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Some considerations for those who are contemplating taking family members into the field.
As a missionary goes out, they are usually sent by their local church. But the goal is not to replicate their local church in another context.
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As a missionary goes out, they are usually sent by their local church. But the goal is not to replicate their local church in another context. This module discovers God's Mission to magnify His glory by multiplying His image across the earth from Genesis to Revelation. There is a worksheet available on their Youtube.
By AsiaLink and Truth Endures, this video, while older, has John Piper speaking on the missionary question and looks specifically at the Unreached of Central Asia.
When God Comes Calling
by Ted Fletcher
‘When God Comes Calling’ is a story about a man who had achieved remarkable success, but wasn’t content. Ted had a vision for the world; that people everywhere would learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ. “Why should some hear the life-giving message many times before some have the chance to hear it once?”, he asked.
Hudson Taylor and Maria
by John Pollock
The story of Hudson Taylor is one of adventure and excitement – of improbable answers to prayer, opposition from the establishment and triumphs of faith. Even more interesting is the story of the relationship at the heart of it all – the story of Hudson and Maria Taylor.
My Seventh Monsoon
by Naomi Reed
From the view point of her seventh monsoon, Naomi Reed takes time to look back on the seasons of her life. As she does so, she shares with us her journey of faith and mission and reveals poignant truths about God and the way he works his purposes in our lives through seasons.
The Insanity of God
by Nik Ripken
The Insanity of God is the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky who thought they were going on just your ordinary missionary pilgrimage, but discovered it would be anything but.
Through Gates of Splendor
by Elisabeth Elliot
This is a 1957 best selling book which tells the story of Operation Auca, an attempt by five American missionaries – Jim Elliot (the author’s husband), Pete Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint, and Roger Youderian – to reach the Huaorani tribe of eastern Ecuador. All five of the men were killed by the tribe.
Voices from the Field
by TJ MacLeslie
Voices from the Field presents a unique opportunity to encounter real people and hear authentic Christian perspectives from around the world. We have access to more information than ever before, but this flood of data has not produced genuine connection nor understanding. Genuine conversations require safe places for us to share, and humility to listen.
Warriors of Ethiopia
by Richard McLellan
This book recounts the stories of just some of the hundreds of peasant farmers from Southern Ethiopia who God called to take the Gospel message into previously inaccessible regions, to people so fierce they would not hesitate to kill an outsider.
Forged on the Field
Forged on the Field contains more than 70 letters from global mission leaders. These are not letters from ivory tower mission theorists, but from front-line mission teams today. This one-of-a-kind book draws together the collective wisdom of an international community of cross-cultural mission leaders - men, women, some relatively new, many well-seasoned.
Tested by Fire
by John Piper
Great privilege. Great pain. John Piper reveals the fruit of suffering in the lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper and David Brainerd.
Shaped by the Spirit
by Kate Pocklington
Shun self-help in favour of spiritual-help and become the other-focussed disciple that Jesus is inviting you to be in this accessible and practical book.
1000 Cups of Tea Gospel Fluency Across Cultures
by Preston Fidler
If you are interested in diving deeper into the world of language, culture, and relationships and how to engage your context missionally, take a look at this!
Bruchko
by Bruce Olson
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 the world of missions.
In the Land of Blue Burqas
by Kate McCord
Riveting and fast paced, In the Land of Blue Burqas depicts sharing the love and truth of Christ with women living in Afghanistan, which has been called "the world's most dangerous country in which to be born a woman."
Screams in the Desert
by Sue Eenigenburg
Screams in the Desert is an invitation to participate in one woman's cross-cultural journey and the lessons she learns along the way. Sue Eenigenburg's poignant and humorous accounts of life overseas provide insight into issues that many women encounter in the mission field.
The Spiritual Secret of Hudson Taylor
by Dr & Mrs Howard Taylor
Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret is a spiritual biography of the "father of modern missions," that poses the question: "What empowered Hudson Taylor's ministry in China?"
Let the Nations be Glad
John Piper's bestselling book on missions draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach.
For the Joy
Edited by Miriam Chan & Sophia Russell
Every child is different, but mothers are very much the same around the world—the same worries and fears, guilt and joys. Dive in to For the Joy and laugh and cry with 21 Australian missionary mothers as they share stories of raising kids in both remote far-flung places and some of the most populated cities in the world.
Third Culture Kids
by David Pollock & Ruth E. Van Reken
Third culture kids (TCK)—children of expatriates, missionaries, military personnel, and others who live outside their passport country—have unique issues with personal development and identity. David C. Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken bring to light the emotional and psychological realities that come with the TCK journey.
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