Global Missions

Discover how to navigate the motivations, expectations, sacrifices, and rewards of missional living. God thinks highly of you, esteems your uniqueness, and values your individuality. Whether He uses you at home or abroad, The Mind of a Missionary gives you the keys to thriving in your heavenly calling as you join God's redemptive mission.

Missiologist James E. Plueddemann presents a roadmap for cross-cultural leadership development in the global church. With keen understanding of current research on cultural dynamics, he integrates theology with leadership theory to apply biblical insights to practical issues in world mission. The future of the global church depends on effective multicultural leadership. God has called people from various contexts to minister and lead in every land for the sake of the gospel.

Every local church should be engaged with global missions, even if most individuals in the church aren't called to go overseas. But what does this engagement actually look like? How can local churches train, send, and support missionaries well? Unpacking principles from the Bible and applying them in the context of real life in a local church, this short guide is filled with practical steps and advice for supporting missionaries, forming international partnerships, sending short-term teams, and engaging with the nations here at home.

Early Pentecostals (approximately 1905-1925) sent women as well as men into global missions and charitable work. They served on every inhabited continent. These ten case studies reflect the fascinating women from diverse backgrounds, a shared calling, and a variety of opportunities and challenges in living all across the world in the early twentieth century. Six women were married - with or without children. Four were single. Their adventures and exploits model how those who may be considered disempowered or less able for a variety of reasons - whether physical limitations, a lack of ...

In Azusa Street Mission and Revival, Cecil M. Robeck Jr. brings to bear expertise from decades of focused study in church history to reveal the captivating story of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, which became known as the Azusa Street Mission. From humble beginnings with few resources, this small, uniquely diverse, and inclusive congregation led by William J. Seymour ignited a fire that quickly grew into a blaze and spread across the world, giving rise to the global Pentecostal movement.

The history of the Episcopal Church is intimately bound up with the history of empire. The two grew in tandem in the modern era, and as they grew they developed particular ideologies and practices around race. As slavery was carried over into the new political formations of the United States, so too were racially based exclusions carried over in the Episcopal Church. Mission, Race, and Empire presents a new history of the Episcopal Church from its origins in the early British Empire up to the present, told through the lenses of empire and race.

An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. In the tradition of such best-selling books as Shoe Dog and Mountains Beyond Mountains, Thirst is a riveting account of how to build a better charity, a better business, a better life - and a gritty tale that proves it’s never too late to make a change.

★★★★★"A literally explosive finale! A perfect ending for a heart-pounding trilogy!" ★★★★★"Excellent series, great characters, brilliant ending!" As the radiation poisoning that Nadia Laksheva was exposed to in Chernobyl takes hold of her body, she knows she is living on borrowed time. But Salamander, the terrorist who has waged war against her family has a deadly new plan to ‘make the sky bleed’. Nadia's search for Salamander leads to Hong Kong, Sudan, Sakhalin in Northern Russia, and North Korea. But all paths inevitably converge on a remote ridge in the Arctic at ...

Yes, it’s possible to grow your donor base, raise more support, and get fully funded in today's modern world. Over 5,000 missionaries leave the field every year because of a lack of finances. There’s a gap between what you’ve been taught about raising support and the reality of what it actually takes. More than ever, donors are distracted and preoccupied. How can missionaries and ministry leaders raise support and grow their donor base in an increasingly noisy world?

OUR PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES AND EXPLOITS WITH THE INTERNET AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Our reasons for embarking on this project is rooted on the unprecedented scaling from the local to the global through the Digital technologies and AI channels with global impacts that we had experience during the Global Locked Down due to the last pandemic. Today, our impacts and influences as an Evangelists and as GLOBALLY ENDORSED Science Technology - STI, Technical Vocation Education Training- TVET, GENDER FRIENDLY- , DIGITAL GAME CHANGER and MEANINGFUL BUSINESS- MB100 Innovators for the UN SDGs- are most ...

North and South Korea are on a collision course with the prospect of reigniting war in this action-packed military thriller! 1LT Sam Harper, surfing engineer, tries to fit in on his new job. He’ll risk everything to prevent mass destruction. Sam’s intelligence analysts identify security vulnerabilities in a government lab in Seoul. Meanwhile, his CIA ex-girlfriend complicates his life with her spy priorities. A desperate North Korean general sends a naive Special Forces lieutenant and his team across the DMZ to steal nuclear materials technology. Sends them disguised to infiltrate the ...

What if your elite private school was secretly training the world’s next generation of spies? For Scott Smith, an 18-year-old with an ordinary name but an extraordinary fate, Ravenwood Academy was supposed to be a stepping stone to power and prestige. Instead, it became his greatest nightmare. The school is a front for a global espionage network, its graduates destined to infiltrate governments, corporations, and intelligence agencies. When Scott uncovers the truth, he is thrust into a deadly game of survival, betrayal, and secrets that could change the world. With allies like the sharp-...

A pesar de que la mayoría de los cristianos no se trasladan a vivir a otros países, la Biblia recluta a todos los cristianos y a todas las iglesias locales en el gran proyecto de las misiones mundiales. La iglesia local es el motor de las misiones a nivel mundial, ¿pero por dónde debemos empezar? Las iglesias no necesitan un complicado programa misionero, lo que necesitan es la Biblia y la sabiduría necesaria para saber cómo aplicarla. Este libro se basa en la Escritura y ofrece pasos prácticos para capacitar misioneros.

What do Muslim Terrorists, the Chinese Navy, and a disavowed Ranger Platoon have in common? After the events in Techno Ranger, 1LT Sam Harper and CPT Schnier's Ranger Recon Platoon gets sucked into a sniper shoot-out in the government sector of Manila. Where they aren't supposed to be operating. Michelle is around to complicate their lives with CIA shenanigans, but it's when Schnier runs into his own ex-girlfriend that everything becomes infinitely more complicated. Terrorist and military threats to the Philippines turn personal for everyone. Order Covert Commando, book two of Sam Harper's ...

When enemies vanish into thin air, even the best can’t see what’s coming. Lieutenant Jason "Steel" Armstrong and his elite Marine unit thought their last mission tested them to their limits. Now, they’re back in action, tasked with a high-stakes operation in the unforgiving mountains of Afghanistan. Their target: a shadowy insurgent network that’s harnessed groundbreaking cloaking technology to evade detection and stockpile weapons for global destruction. Dubbed "Operation Mirage," the mission is anything but straightforward. Ambushes, hostile terrain, and a relentless enemy force ...

Across the church, there is a rift between theology and missions. Bad theology produces bad missions, and bad missions fuel bad theology. We wrongly think that we must choose between making a global impact and thinking deeply about the things of God. But the relationship between theology and missions is symbiotic—one cannot exist without the other. They walk hand in hand.

Operation Reckoning The explosive conclusion to the Steele Armstrong Series After the devastating events of Operation Mirage, Captain Jason "Steel" Armstrong and his team are fractured, their morale shaken, and their trust tested. As Phantom's deadly syndicate expands its reach, a terrifying new threat emerges: Inferno Eclipse, a weaponized satellite system capable of global destruction. To stop Phantom's endgame, Steel must reunite his team, confront betrayal, and form uneasy alliances with new operatives. From treacherous jungles to the icy peaks of Eastern Europe and the heart of a ...

In his book, The Great Omission, missionary Jon Nelms “tells it like it is” by exposing the failures in missions and the reasons behind them as he leads the listener to logical, biblical, and proven solutions that, if followed, will allow this to be the first generation to fulfill the Lord’s Great Commission since it was assigned some 2,000 years ago.

A historical fiction book set in England and the Middle East during World War I. In "Secret Plot of WWI," the stakes of war are heightened as Major Richard Hannay embarks on a perilous mission that could change the course of history. Battling his own demons and the scars of recent combat, Hannay must navigate the treacherous waters of espionage and military strategy to thwart a potential uprising led by a charismatic figure threatening to ignite Islamic jihad against the Allied forces. With influences from the past haunting him, Hannay's journey takes him beyond the battlefield, revealing ...

From New York Times bestselling author Liliana Hart comes an out-of-print book that has been revised and updated, with added scenes and a new ending. “Gritty, deadly, and peppered with unexpected humor, this supersexy, adrenaline-charged story will keep readers on edge and breathless until the last page.” (Library Journal) Grace Meredith and Gabe Brennan had the perfect life. Careers they loved as CIA operatives and a daughter they adored. But when a sniper’s bullet shatters the illusion and kills their daughter, Gabe and Grace separate, dealing with the grief their own ways. Gabe ...