Religious mission and Religious Conversion Books

""Here at last we have in Professor Phillips' book an indispensable road map to guide us in our understanding of Christianity in postwar Japan. His research is impressive, prodigious, and carefully conceived. His findings are illuminating, disturbing,...

CONTENTSPreface, by Anthony Bellagamba, IMCPart One: Mission in the World Today1. Conversion and Mission, by Enda McDonagh2. New Challenges--New Hopes, by Donal Dorr3. The Message of Puebla, by Marcos McGrath4. The Church in Latin America, by Jose...

The purpose of this book is to set forth the gospel of grace--the good news concerning Christ and Him crucified--and that alone. It is sent forth with the prayer that through the reading of these pages many will be led out of darkness into the glorious...

""This work is embarrassingly elementary, embarrassing for the reader, not the writer. Father Barreiro states with the power of simplicity the privileged place of the poor in the eyes of God and the mission of the church and presents the basic ecclesial...

During the past two decades, a secondary movement has been sweeping across Europe and Australia, and is now taking root in East Asian countries, such as Japan and China. The source of this phenomenon is African-American, or "Black" gospel music. Each...

Some time ago, Ralph Winter brilliantly identified three eras of modern missions: Era 1: William Carey focused on the coastlands; Era 2: Hudson Taylor focused on the inlands; Era 3: Donald McGavran and Cameron Townsend focused on unreached peoples. With...

Vincent Donovan is best known as the author of the influential bestseller, Christianity Rediscovered (1978). This new book contains the monthly letters he wrote home from Tanzania between 1957 and 1973. These letters give us previously unknown stories:...

If you can read, you can change a life! This course has been designed so you can reach an unbeliever, disciple a new believer, or grow in the Lord individually or with others.Each lesson consists of the Lesson text, Discipleship Questions, Scriptures,...

Many have found Andrew's Bible commentary to be helpful in their walk with God. So, Discipling Through Philippians was created, a study guide based on notes from Andrew's Living Commentary and Life for Today Study Bible and Commentary: Galatians,...

A believer once told me how he would gather with a Bible study group and discuss Andrew's Life for Today commentary notes. Many in the group found this method of study to be helpful in their walk with God. So, I decided to put together Discipling Through...

Discipling 101It's Easy • It's Simple • It's EffectiveDiscipling 101 is one of the simplest discipleship tools ever developed. It was created so anyone could disciple a person in the truths of the Christian faith. This tool works in prison, where people...

A believer once told me how he would gather with a Bible study group and discuss Andrew's Life for Today commentary notes. Many in the group found this method of study to be helpful in their walk with God. So, I decided to put together Discipling Through...

If the church is God's agent to change people and communities, then what could be hindering our churches from experiencing and engendering transformation in their surrounding communities? What is most needed for the church today is a commitment to the...

When Elke Kummer and her fiancé, Hans, were preparing for overseas missions with Helimission in 1998, they were told of a place called Irian Jaya (today called Papua). Much of the island was essentially untouched by modern life and steeped in extreme...

A Believer is so very Joyful In Jesus that he desires to share his faith with the first person he comes upon. God sends a Non-Believer into his Midst. Only to be ignored and rejected for a few minutes. The Non-Believer has been "mistreated" by people who...

Nothing is more foundational to global missions than one's view of the Word of God. Sadly, Western seminaries and missions agencies have done great damage to the global church by exporting widespread doubt in the veracity of God's Word. This...

Many churches are involved in short-term mission trips. Most of these trips, however, are focused on economic or social development projects, coupled with ""relational evangelism."" Not many are focused on discipleship, or, more specifically, training...

In this second volume of the new APTS Press Monograph Series, Dr. Russ Turney presents a compelling case study of why some missionaries leave the field far too soon. Normal attrition occurs because of health problems, retirement, or the obvious call of...

By Scalpel and Cross: A Missionary Doctor in Old Korea is the story of a Presbyterian medical missionary told against the background of Korea in the first half of the twentieth century, decades before the astounding rise of South Korea. Young Dr...

In this book--part biography, part critical analysis--John Hubers introduces us to a man whose pioneering ministry in the Ottoman Empire has gone largely unnoticed since his memoir was penned in 1828, three years after his death in Beirut, by a seminary...

Can Christians read biblical meaning into qur'ānic texts? Does this violate the intent of those passages? What about making positive reference to the Qur'ān in the context of an evangelistic presentation or defense of biblical doctrines? Does this imply...

A girl named Sarah was going to the library to get a book, but before she went to the library she had a goal of what she wanted to do it was to be a missionary. She went to the library and found a book that looked interesting, but the library didn't want...

Light Shining In Darkness is a book written by Frederick Whitfield and published in 1885. The book is a collection of sermons that aim to provide spiritual guidance and inspiration to readers. The sermons focus on various themes such as faith, salvation,...

""Letters To Reverend B. Stow, R. H. Neale, And R. W. Cushman: On Modern Revivals"" is a book written by Otis Ainsworth Skinner and published in 1842. The book is a collection of letters that Skinner wrote to three prominent clergymen of his time,...

The Sevenfold Blessing: Or Perfect Salvation Through The Blood Of Christ is a religious book written by James Gosset Tanner in 1880. The book aims to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the concept of perfect salvation through the blood...

Remarkable Conversions is a book written by James Fleming and published in 1877. The book is a collection of stories about people who have undergone extraordinary spiritual transformations. Fleming, a Scottish minister, compiled these stories to...

""Missionary Ships Connected With The London Missionary Society"" is a historical book written by Ebenezer Prout in 1865. The book provides a detailed account of the various ships that were used by the London Missionary Society for their missionary work...

""Our Village Mission"" is a book written by William Ramsay Sparks and published in 1883. It contains six addresses that were delivered during the week of a village mission. The book is a reflection of the author's experiences and observations during the...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

The Thirty-Seventh Report Of The Upper Canada Bible Society For The Year Ending March 31, 1877 is a historical document published in 1877 by the Upper Canada Bible Society. The report provides a detailed account of the activities and achievements of the...

""Method In Soul Winning On Home And Foreign Fields"" is a book written by Henry Clay Mabie in 1906. The book is a comprehensive guide on how to effectively evangelize and win souls for Christ both in one's home country and in foreign lands. It provides...

The Redeeming Love of God is a religious book written by John Watkins Pitchford in 1872. The book focuses on the concept of God's love and how it can redeem and transform individuals. Pitchford explores different aspects of God's love, including its...

The Publications Of The New England Tract Society V2 (1820) is a book that contains a collection of publications from the New England Tract Society. The society was founded in 1814 and aimed to distribute religious literature to the people of New England...

The New Commandment: Or The Christian�������s Test is a religious book written by L. and G. Seeley and published in 1840. The book focuses on the teachings of Jesus Christ and his commandment to love one another as he has loved us. The authors argue that...

The Home Mission Series, No. 1-3: Plain Gospel Truths For Parochial Missions is a book written by Forbes Edward Winslow and published in 1880. The book is a collection of three volumes that provide a comprehensive guide for parochial missions. It is...

The Home and Foreign Missionary Record of the Free Church of Scotland for 1867 is a book published by the Free Church of Scotland in the year 1867. The book contains records of the missionary activities of the church both within Scotland and in foreign...

Short Missionary Discourses: Or Monthly Concert Lectures (1824) is a collection of lectures by Enoch Pond, a prominent American theologian and missionary. The book contains a series of short, practical discourses on the subject of Christian missions,...

Thomas Scirghi, SJ, has trained priests, deacons, and lay ecclesial ministers in the art and theology of preaching for decades. In Longing to See Your Face, he makes his insights and experience accessible to a much wider audience.Scirghi begins with a...

First published in Germany in 1889, E. R. Baierlein's sensitive and respectful portrayal of Native American life is available for the first time in English. In the Wilderness with the Red Indians is a moving historical account of a Lutheran...

In light of our increasingly post-Christian Western contexts, David Gustafson offers a mission-oriented ecclesiology that moves from missional theory to practices of missional engagement. Introducing "God's human drama" as a way to explain the gospel...

A bold new way of thinking about Christian mission"With, " says Samuel Wells, "is the most important word in the Christian faith."In this compelling follow-up to Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church, Wells explores what it means for...

In the Old Testament, the Jubilee year was a celebration of restoration of lands and elimination of debts. In contemporary America, however, many areas are struggling under the weight of poverty and hopelessness in a new and uncertain economy. In these...