Davies discusses five pioneers who had a profound influence on mission thinking and activity years before Carey took up his pen: Jan Amos Comenius, Richard Baxter, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards and Count Zinzendorf.
In this volume, ten contributors inform and involve us in the tragedy of HIV/AIDS impact on children.
Kenneth MacHarg helps us stay up to date by describing recent stories of Christians in Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Chile and Argentina.
The author assesses three primary training models: Providers (42%), Out-sourcers (31%), and Partners (19%).
Increasingly, overseas service involves health care, agriculture, economics, education and related community development approaches as the means to do ministry in the country.
It’s the birthplace of Christ and of the Church. Yet Christians are leaving the Middle East in droves. Sixty percent of believers have emigrated from the region since the 1950s.
Our wives had just left the room where we had been eating. Once they were out of hearing range, my guest leaned towards me and in a whisper, said, “Jim, I need to talk with you about a very sensitive issue.”
Our purpose is not to speak to this issue authoritatively, but to present the problem in hopes that it may stimulate further discussion and management in the larger missions community.
No one can deny that the widespread growth and adoption of technology in society has heralded a new era with new realities.
How should missions proceed within the clash of civilizations? How should American missionaries operate within the context of anti-Western sentiment?
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