Religious mission and Religious Conversion Books

In today's turmoil, witnessing to the Muslim world in a loving way can seem overwhelming. Rather than blunt apologetics, Dr. Abjar Bahkou calls for compassionate evangelism to the individuals who likely know as little about the true teachings of Christ...

There is a movement that is rumbling throughout the Body of Christ --- a revolutionary army of people ready to take up the mandate to pursue the lost, the forgotten, and the poor to show them a God who is passionately in love with them. Servolution is a...

Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism compares and contrasts four distinct positions on the current fundamentalist-evangelical spectrum in light of the history of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism: Fundamentalism,...

A book on evangelizing postmoderns by an experienced pastor-writer who is successfully involved in it.

This is the companion study guide for John Andrews' Utterly Amazed.Our prayer before we even released Utterly Amazed was to: - Point people to Jesus that don't know Him- Brag on Jesus by telling His stories- Encourage and empower...

A spiritual war is upon us and now is the time to put a uniform to our faith. The pages contained in this book explain the awesome power we share as Christ's soldiers, united, in the greatest military ever to assemble on planet Earth. This book will be...

"Discipleship Dynamics: Christian Teachings for Spiritual Formation" is a transformative guide designed to deepen one's spiritual journey through the teachings of Jesus Christ. This comprehensive resource focuses on fostering spiritual growth and...

Is there anyone who can tell where God comes from or describe the beginning of God? Is God begot by someone or has He had the one who created Him? Is there any answer for it or can somebody answer me? We human beings have no answer and Heaven Angels do...

Gefangenschaft, Isolation, Angst und Tränen.Eine Mitarbeiter-Familie erlebt in Afrika zwei Monate der existenziellen Bedrohung. Vor allem aber erlebt sie während dieser Zeit Gott in einer für sie bisher noch nie dagewesenen Höhe, Weite und Tiefe. Seine...

This is the remarkable life-story of Dr. Art Deyo, whose life was radically altered when, after much prayer, God showed him and his wife, Lois, that he should leave Nuclear Engineering and follow his call into the Youth For Christ ministry. This...

"I would rather teach than eat," Alice King Ebey once commented. She began teaching in 1890 at age eighteen in a one-room Wabash County (Indiana) schoolhouse, then attended Mount Morris College in Illinois and later became an instructor in the Bible...

Is it Reasonable to Believe in God?Ideas have consequences... Christian truth claims have always challenged the skepticism and pluralistic ideas of the world. Today's challenge is no different. The secular threats being hurled against Christianity are...

ARE YOU A SERVANT OF CHRIST?Author James Alan Lynch asks three crucial questions to help us explore where we are along the path to obedience. 1) Do you have a proper view of sin? 2) Do you practice a biblical faith? 3) Do you live in humble dependence?...

Taking children through a study of the Old Testament, and pointing toward Jesusm, this workbook has been used for decades with many children taught by the author herself.This full-color workbook makes for a wonderful guide for children from 7 to 17, and...

Pastor John P. Perkins and Anthony D. Bobo, Jr. ask what it means to do justice, to move into reconciliation, to live out evangelism, and to make disciples.In this book, readers will find a clear introduction to the eight principles of Christian...

"We as the American hospices are not sent to help the poor African hospices, but to deepen relationships with them, to assess needs and to discover how they function. We can share our knowledge with them, and they in turn can share their knowledge and...

The Christian faith has repeatedly been called a "religion of the book." Along with the incarnate Word and the oral word of preaching, God has chosen the medium of books to proclaim His goodness to us. The Bible is the book per se, and it sets the...

This title explores the emergence of monastic spirituality - not just as a resource for personal formation, but for building fresh expressions of church.Leaders of traditional religious communities and emerging 'new monastic' communities tell their...

Expanding Vision is a missiological, theological, and practical memoir. The author details cross-cultural experiences that, in conversation with Scripture, challenged his initial resistance to the idea that one born as a Muslim could call themselves a...

Classical orthodoxy, the Reformational understanding of the gospel, and the Great Awakening beliefs and behaviors, including missions/missiology, reflect what the evangelical movement and its mission should be if it is to have a future. Evangelicals must...

How does Christ meet, engage, change, challenge, dialogue, interact with, and bridge cultures? What is the role of the gospel in transforming ethics and culture? These daunting questions guide the present investigation about Evangelical Christianity in...

Would it surprise you to know that New Testament scholars, missiologists, and church-planting authorities cannot agree on how to define tentmaking, whether or not the church should be practicing it today, or even why Paul did it in the first place? It's...

La teologia de la mision es una actividad que procura discernir lo que Dios quiere hacer principalmente a traves del pueblo de Dios en tiempos, lugares y contextos especificos, en el mundo amado por Dios. Teologia de la mision transformadora es una...

Salvation is more than just being saved from sin. Salvation is being saved to the glory of God. We were created in the likeness and the image of God, and it is His desire for us to be crowned with His glory and honor.The Blood and the Glory reveals...

Given the consistent challenge of Islamist acute violence, particularly in Nigeria, this monograph attempts to respond to the question: How can Jesus's followers pattern response to violence after Jesus's model demonstrated in his triumph over death,...

Few missiologists have impacted mission theory and practice among Churches of Christ as significantly as has Dr. Gailyn Van Rheenen, yet his global missiological influence has extended far beyond the boundaries of his denominational heritage. This...

Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:11 that Christ set the Church the role of the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher. Volumes have been written about Paul the apostle. Much less has been written, however, about how versatile he was in filling the...

Most Christians claim to know to Jesus as a friend or guide, as an inspiration and model. We adore him and even worship him. But what happens when you have him for dinner? This book explores the development of the meal practice of Jesus's followers as...

Born on a farm in Canada, Jonathan Goforth's ambition as a young boy was to study and become a politician. Little did he know then what the future held in store. At the age of eighteen he was converted to Christianity and immediately became interested in...

Written specifically to missionary teens, Hiding in the Hallway offers MKs a biblical context for faith in light of their unique circumstances, challenges, and opportunities. Filled with personal anecdotes, former MK Jeanne Harrison champions gospel...

Mainline Christianity in the West is dying. Addiction to hierarchical and bureaucratic power is killing it. A management-god and a mission-god have usurped the Way of Christ. In the midst of decline the missional movement is attempting to reboot the...

The first year for any missionary is filled with adventure and trials. Assimilating to a new culture requires more than any book can offer. This is the story of a young woman who stepped out of her college years directly into the mission field. She was...

Communities of Faith is a collection of essays on the multicultural Christian spirit and practices of churches around the world, with particular attention to Africa and the African diaspora. The essays span history, theology, anthropology, ecumenism, and...

The First Steps of Your Discipleship Journey . . .Are More Important than You Think!Are you seeking a strong spiritual walk? If you are willing to do some training, this course can get you there! Replicating Jesus's exciting vision, First Steps teaches...

Mission in the Gospels considers the gospels through a twin lens: first, the nature of Jesus' own mission (as understood by the evangelists), and secondly, the desire of the gospel writers and their churches to gain some understanding of their own...

Secular contemporary development discourse deals with the problems of societal development and transformation by prioritizing the human good in terms of vital and social values with the aim of providing the basic necessities of life through social...

All over Canada, from coast to coast, there is new life in the Christian church. In spite of declining numbers, every Christian tradition has stories to tell of new ministries, fledgling Christian communities, and fresh expressions of church springing...

"From a mission field to a missions sender." These words capture the story of the Brazilian evangelical church, which has gone from receiving missionaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to becoming a movement that presently sends out more...

How did Christian missions happen in the early church from AD 100 to 750? Beginning with a brief look at the social, political, cultural, and religious contexts, Mission in the Early Church tells the story of early Christian missionaries, their methods,...

Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998) was one of the seminal theologians of mission in the twentieth century, and perhaps the most important in the English-speaking world. His thinking was anchored in the practice of mission: he was a missionary in India, a...

In this collection of inspirational and challenging essays, Methodists from around the globe reflect on the practice of disciple-making in their own contexts. From their own perspectives, they address questions like: What are the challenges you face?...

This study is the first comprehensive history of the impact of the modern missionary movement on the understanding of and work toward Christian unity. It tells stories from all branches of the church: Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant in its many...

Globalization and urbanization are twin forces that are powerfully shaping economics, politics, and religion in the world today. Traditional anthropological theories are inadequate to recognize and analyze trends such as global migration, diasporas, and...

Discover Your Part in the Ministry of Mission Nannys!Mission Nannys was started by Betty Sullins in 1991, after she personally traveled to help international missionaries with domestic duties of the home. Her eyes were opened to just how much her...

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Live in Tents – Build Only Altars throws fresh light on issues and opportunities in mid-20th century Christian mission through the life of Australian visionary and strategist, Gilbert McArthur (1922-1994). From 1955 McArthur pioneered with the...

Christ at the Wall in the City is Bill Krispin's first-person account of his lifelong adventure in ministry, which begins with his arrival at Westminster Seminary in 1965, following an urban childhood and graduation from North Park University. Though he...

Here is a resource book that you will find yourself using every week!These punchy quotes and powerful statements will aid you in your public ministry... as you use them for...posters or wall hangingschurch sign boardsbulletin boardssermon titlesand your...