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Called to serve, but feel out of place and longing for home? Not in Kansas Anymore: Finding Home in Cross-Cultural Service is the book for you. Serving cross-culturally is not for the faint of heart, and whether you're reaching the nations in your backyard or across the ocean, you will, or already are, facing some challenges that perhaps take you by surprise. Moving from a high-performance culture to a relational one can be a shock, and no one knows how to navigate the divide like veteran missionary and author Carol Ghattas. Not in Kansas Anymore will address the realities in which new and established missionaries live, providing ways to be more effective in service, while less stressed in life. This book provides questions for individual reflection or group discussion, making it an excellent resource for all those seeking to serve God in ministry or cross-cultural work. With thirty-plus years in missions, Carol Ghattas has made her home in over six countries and among a wide-variety of peoples. She's also had to rediscover what home looks like after returning from the field to her native land. Carol has lived what she writes, reflected in this book, her other non-fiction work, and her novels, which she wrote under the pen name Um Daoud. A sought-after speaker on Islam, missions, and other topics, you can connect with Carol through her blog at lifeinexile.net.

What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy leaves home and heads into the jungles to evangelize a murderous tribe of South American Indians? For Bruce Olson, it meant capture, disease, terror, loneliness, and torture. But what he discovered by trial and error has revolutionized then world of missions.Bruchko, which has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide, has been called "more fantastic and harrowing than anything Hollywood could concoct." Living with the Motilone Indians since 1961, Olson has won the friendship of four presidents of Colombia and has made appearances before the United Nations because of his efforts. Bruchko includes the story of his 1988 kidnapping by communist guerrillas and the nine months of captivity that followed. This revised version of Olson's story will amaze you and remind you that simple faith in Christ can make anything possible. "[Bruchko is] an all-time missionary classic. Bruce Olson is a modern missionary hero who has modeled for us in our time the reaching of the unreached tribes." -Loren Cunningham Co-founder, Youth With A Mission

Are you looking for an effective ministry that will reach the hearts of people in your community? One that will draw people who may not be interested in setting foot in your church? Pastor Guy Melton has that same passion. He also has a passion for celebrating the birth of our Savior. Over thirty years ago God used those passions to open a door for the beginning of Christmas at the Oasis, a Christmas event that has changed the lives of thousands throughout these years. Every year multitudes come to enjoy this exciting event . . . but Pastor Guy and his team continue to focus on "the one." Each one who needs Jesus. Each one who needs to experience His love. In Are You Adding or Multiplying at Christmas? Pastor Guy shares the nuts and bolts of how any church can extend its reach and carry out the Great Commission at Christmas. It doesn't matter how big or small your church is-you can do this! Whether you are a pastor or a layperson, you are sure to be inspired to impact your corner of the world.

God doesn't merely call us to go and preach the gospel, but also to stay, to love, and to build a House for His presence. In Who Will Stay?, veteran missionary and church planter D.W. Hansen explains how the true power to change lives is found in community. Weaving together stories from the mission field and teaching from the Bible, he paints a picture of the House that Jesus is building: a safe, thriving, love-filled place where God's transformational work can flourish.

Driving home after a week of course work at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Josh Phillips was crying. He usually managed to keep his emotions in check, but on this day tears streamed down his face.He wept because God had suddenly opened his eyes to the "undeniable opportunity" facing him: to love Muslims in his community and touch them with the gospel of Jesus."I felt ashamed that I hated Muslims," Phillips writes early on in Engaging Nineveh: A Conservative Church, a Baptist Preacher, and a Newfound Heart for Muslims, his first-person account of a transformation of heart, thought and action on his part and his church's. "I cringed that I only witnessed to people who looked and lived as I did. I felt overwhelmed and ashamed that I was not seeing the mission field in my own community."I pulled off the road and begged God for forgiveness. Jesus saved me when I was nine years old, but on that northbound highway, He opened my eyes."Phillips had just spent an intensive week in a master-of-divinity-track class with missionaries Nik and Ruth Ripken, who shared stories about their work in dark places around the world. But it was Nik Ripken's exhortation to see Muslims around the world and at home as a field of harvest that broke Phillips' heart."That was the week God helped me to love my enemies," Phillips said. "That was when I began loving Muslims for the first time."Nik Ripken, writing in the book's foreword, says the experience constituted a "good, hard look in the mirror" for Phillips. "Josh reveals ... how one can face their own racial chasm - not only seeing Muslims as people for whom Christ died, but journeying until the family of Ishmael become one's personal friends.""Josh's book is a pilgrimage of hope and love. He combines his storytelling ability, country-boy humor, and faith in Jesus to challenge his readers to travel down the same road, where faith and racism cannot co-inhabit the same heart."

What To Say Evangelism will teach you precisely what to say in order to lead any unsaved person to their decision for Christ.

"We know what the gospel is-but do we know why it is? As Christians, we often ask what the gospel is, when we should be asking why it is. Matthew W. Bates has previously demonstrated that the "good news" of the gospel is that Jesus is King. But in his latest book, he explores God's intentions: why has God issued this royal proclamation? And what role can it play in our everyday lives? As Bates observes, we find the answer in a simple but challenging realization: "I am a horrible king of my own life." With examples from Scripture, literature, and personal experience, Bates explains what pledging allegiance to Jesus as ruler of our lives actually looks like. Living authentically according to God's reign conforms humanity to the image of Jesus and extends his glory and honor to all creation. Perfect for church studies, evangelism, or personal spiritual reading, Why the Gospel? invites readers to consider how we can transform our lives and communities through loyalty and devotion to King Jesus. The book includes questions to guide discussion."--

More than a chronicle about carving a large Christian camping ministry out of the remote Alaskan wilderness. More than a tale about an ice cream-eating bear or baptizing people in a frozen lake. This is an account of willing but very human individuals who followed God's call to serve Him in Alaska. It is the story about uniting early missionary efforts across the state, the unique ministry tool of Christian camping, and equipping each new generation. Ultimately, it is the testimony about the God who is seeking and saving the lost (Luke 19:10). This is a second, expanded and updated, edition of Building Lives Worth Living which was originally written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Victory Bible Camp. The story did not end after the first book. In the last 25 years, God has continued to use His people to build His Kingdom! Ginny Gillespie suspected that she might end up at Victory Bible Camp someday because Stan hinted at such when he asked her to marry him in 1967. But she never dreamed it would be the place where they would raise their children (Kim, Chris, and Michelle), serve for thirty years and experience so many challenges and blessings. At Victory, Ginny served as the ministry's bookkeeper, while also filling roles in administration, cleaning, and cooking. Kim and Michelle have used their camping experience internationally in Siberia and Central Asia, as well as domestically in the mission organizations they serve. In writing this second edition, Ginny and her daughters feel less like authors and more like collectors of stories. Their deepest desire is that you see God's hand in the pages of this book and that it gives you the courage to follow His voice wherever He calls YOU to serve.

The Story of William Duma, a humble Zulu pastor who so depended on the Lord that his ministry was filled with God's miraculous power. The author worked in South Africa and learned of the healing ministry of William Duma at the Umgeni Road Baptist Church, in a low-income area of Durban. Struck by his humility, she was led to write his story, a work completed a short time after he died in Durban in 1977. Originally published in 1979 in South Africa, reprinted in Australia in 1992, and in the UK in 2000.

A God-Designed Generation for a God-Given TaskThe scale and scope of the global, technological, and cultural changes of the past two decades are unprecedented. For the first time in history, American churches and agencies are mobilizing from a post-Christian cultural context and to new collaborations with a global mission force. Amidst these rapid changes, how can mission leaders continue to ensure that we fulfill the Great Commission mandate to disciple Christ-worshippers from every tribe, tongue, and nation?In Mobilizing Gen Z, Jolene Erlacher and Katy White blend leading research with the voices of current mission practitioners to unpack the dynamics behind our changing culture and the resulting impact on the church. And perhaps not-so-surprisingly, they reach the conclusion that God has already provided a solution for such a time as thisGen Z (b. 1996 2010).Through an in-depth profile of this rising cohorttheir characteristics, worldview, strengths and weaknessesthe authors illustrate both why Gen Z is sorely needed and why we must seek to engage them differently than previous generations. Encouraging and winsome, Mobilizing Gen Z provides practical tools and strategies for engaging, equipping, and retaining Gen Z missionaries. Are we ready to pass the torch?

In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Second Edition, Ryan P. Burge gives readers a nuanced, accurate, and meaningful look at the growing number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. This second edition includes substantial updates.

Challenging other narratives of mission history, Skreslet offers a new speech-act theory approach to the modern roots of World Christianity that differentiates between what a missionary might intend to communicate and the effects of what has been said or actions taken both in the moment and over time.

Seven sessions on Christian unity based around a Covenant for Mission.Each of the seven units is constructed in such a way as to enable it to be adapted to the context in which it is used. The sessions differ from one another in detail but the overall pattern is a statement of the theme and a prayer; a Bible reading or readings, followed by notes for a sermon or a study group introduction; discussion starters and suggestions for prayer. The Appendix consists of a selection of ideas or quotations relevant to each chapter.The sessions may be used ecumenically, or by individual congregations or groups of churches.

How can we ever hope for the world to get better if we keep limiting what God can do? After reading this book, you will step up with courage to be a part of the hope that the world needs against a destructive culture. God has called you to be a witness of light in the middle of the darkness, and you will obey Him with boldness and integrity. ...