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God calls each of us to be messengers of the gospel. In Peru Is Calling, author Robbie Freeman Shugart invites you to experience her international ministry trips to Peru complete with travel tips. Not only will you discover things to do in cities like Lima, Trujillo, Callao, Cajamarca, and Cusco, you will also see how simple it is to carry Jesus with you wherever you go.

Godsend is a toolkit to help you form new Christian communities with people who were not previously attending church. The book is based on the wisdom of many practitioners over the past 20 to 30 years. It contains loads of stories, advice, and frameworks to help you join a growing company of people who are bringing discipleship, mission, and church together in their everyday lives.

Have you ever wondered what happens to a missionary family when their overseas work unexpectedly ends? In this eye-opening book, the curtain is pulled back to reveal the struggles many missionaries face when returning home earlier than anticipated. With practical suggestions and real-life examples, this book is a must-listen for anyone who wants to help their missionaries thrive when faced with this painful transition.

Networked churches are fast becoming the most pervasive force in missions and church planting around the world—especially in North America. And many of these growing network movements have become the leading edge of the Great Commission. Yet this phenomenon is largely under-studied and under-appreciated. In Stronger Together, network leader, veteran church planter, and pastor Dave Harvey explores the development of church networks and provides a network matrix for churches to map their strengths and weaknesses as well as a vice audit to help strategically address problems.

In this book, Josh Dotzler, challenges the way we have been doing church in the Western culture based on lessons he's learned from the COVID-19 crisis. Historically, a crisis highlights and challenges our beliefs and behaviors. It’s easy to believe we are doing the right things when things seem to be working right. But "working right" doesn’t always mean "doing what’s right".

Beginning with the biblical basics, Jeff Lockyer walks listeners through the underlying theology and practical application of how Southridge Community Church has approached ministry for nearly a quarter century. While providing a fresh approach to ministry, the book stimulates how to think - not what to think. It's written by a local church practitioner for local church practitioners.

Veteran disciplemaker LeRoy Eims emphasized the training of laypeople to become laborers in the harvest field. Today author Randy Eims adds words of principle and direction to his father's classic book Laboring in the Harvest. In this revised and updated version, both LeRoy and Randy define a laborer as one who is equipped to reach the lost and edify the saved. Their words offer a job description for laborers, outline the training needed for laboring, and describe the spiritual tools a laborer needs in Christ's harvest.

A Pumpelhoober is someone who has bad luck. This particular Pumpelhoober has a German father and an American mother but was born in a part of Africa where everyone speaks French. Born in the heart of the African jungle, Pumpelhoober takes us on an enchanting journey through his captivating adventures as he grows up. Every aspect of his life unveils a world of wonder, from his hilarious mishaps to his unique reddish hair tinted by sandy road dust. His ongoing string of bad luck and endearing clumsiness coin him the nickname "Pumpelhoober," enthralling us with delightful insights into his ...

God's Global Grace Movement is the story of how the vision of starting 100,000 churches in unreached villages is transforming the spiritual landscape of India and now expanding to other restricted regions of the world. Meet the leaders who spearheaded the movement and hear their powerful stories-including an array of testimonies, which represent hundreds of thousands of transformed lives.

Enjoy this fun, short read packed with practical, helpful ideas to generate funds. Whether you are an individual, family or group you will be inspired and encouraged that God can use and multiply your efforts in ways you never imagined!

What can I tell you about Missions to Mexico? M2M is a way of knowing, of experiencing life firsthand, of finding yourself and others on the road of discovery. It is living deeply and sucking out the all the marrow of life, as Thoreau told us. At the heart of this message are the interpersonal relationships that reveal the heart of our relationship with God.

Riley Unlikely is the inspiring story of Riley Banks, who first traveled to Kenya at age 13, and has been back every year since, bringing backpacks of school supplies and hygiene kits for young girls, developing relationships and friendships, and is currently, as a young millennial, raising money to build a complete learning complex in Kibwezi, Kenya for those who have nothing.

This book, The Way of Christian Service by Zacharias Tanee Fomum, is the outflow of a heart burdened to see the marks of the lordship of Jesus Christ in every aspect of Christian service. It is the heart cry of a man who is desperate to see a new kind of minister on the horizon of Christian service - men and women who know God intimately, who fellowship with Him daily, and who commune with Him unceasingly.

¿Estás consciente de que Dios se te revela durante los momentos sencillos de la vida? En esta cautivante secuela de Momentos De Dios, el exitoso autor cristiano, el pastor Gale Kragt, cuenta historias apasionantes de su trabajo misionero en las montañas de Honduras y sobre el terreno en Costa Rica. Vive el profundo impacto de la intervención divina que no solo cambió su vida, sino que también tocó la vida de quienes lo rodearon. “¡Habiendo acompañado al pastor Gale en viajes misioneros, he sido testigo de los innegables relatos de provisión sobrenatural, sanidad, favor y ...

God is still interested in our world today. He sees the needs around us and desires to transform lives. He is seeking people who are available to provide solutions.

This powerful account of God’s Spirit moving in Kado Land has been out of print for many years. But now, believing that the testimony of Jesus shared once again will become the spirit of prophecy to usher in a new revival, our mandate comes to republish it. H. A. Baker gives an account of what God did in Kado Land in the mountains of China through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. A native from a tribe ten days distance from the Adullam Mission received the Holy Spirit and then returned to his home. Through him a work of the Spirit started that spread to many other tribes in the region. ...

Gospel Issues for the Global Church introduces eight global issues that significantly impact gospel proclamation today. The global church and its leaders will be better equipped to advance the gospel in their local context through effective appropriation of these issues. The issues include: Diaspora: the Movement and Migration of Peoples; Faith and the Workplace; Creation Care; Disability Concerns; Mental Health and Trauma; Media and Technology; Wealth Creation; and the Arts. Drawing on episodes of the Lausanne Global Classroom which the author directs, each issue is examined historically, ...

Subversive mission is submission—to God and local leaders. Subversive mission offers a new way forward for outsiders called to crosscultural ministry by serving as humble alongsiders. Join Craig Greenfield on this inspiring journey in Asia and beyond as he rediscovers the fivefold missional gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher, and demonstrates how each of these must look radically different in a crosscultural context. Along the way, you'll discover your own missional type through the Missional Type Inventory and come face to face with the five most common pitfalls that Westerners face in crosscultural settings.

Her parents were atheists, but something inside her told her that there had to be a Creator. After years of searching and study, she became a committed Christian. In her mid-30s, she found a church she loved and ministered to at-risk women. She thought she had found her perfect place in Christian service. She was wrong.

Is the way we do church making disciples of our people and helping them fulfil their God-given purpose? There can be no apathy, restlessness, or boredom in such a church! In his warm and candid style, Howard Webb shows how the scriptural model of church as a mission-centered family embracing its place is the way to both grow our people and grow the Kingdom. Here is a vision of church that has the power to transform us and our world.