Being effective in fulfilling the call to cross-cultural church leadership training will require that we package and deliver the message in what for us is the uncharted waters of oral learning.
How is it that when it comes to the development of mission strategy, missions has become essentially syncretized to a secular world? How had they come to make plans which did not actually require faith in order to be carried out?
In a world where geo-political considerations dominate the news, another question looms large in a more eternal direction: “What are the implications of this for an Arab Spring of gospel advance?”
During my college years I asked the Lord to give me a church in the south that would bring black and white together, glorifying his name, and fulfilling the scriptures by creating a house of prayer for all people. The Lord has answered that prayer beyond my wildest imagination!
Conscientiousness and commitment are vital qualities of effective Christian workers, but over-conscientious workers do not listen to their limitations as humans.
The author summarizes experiential data and compares it with the biblical evidence in an effort to suggest a paradigm shift for the Church in the West with regard to the salvific utility of dreams and visions for Muslims.
Through describing his own personal journey, the author shares how God’s people can do their best work, following the leading of the Holy Spirit.
by George Patterson William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 414 pages, 2012, $24.99. —Reviewed by Garrett Matthew East, missionary with Churches of Christ, headed for
A method for developing a measurement instrument that can guide leaders to define the end goal and that provides church planters with a graphic picture of progress.
by Mike Barnett and Robin Martin, editors InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 640 pages, 2012, $35.00. —Reviewed by Richard R. Cook, associate professor of church
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