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The strip club is not a place most Christians want to talk about— which is exactly why this book exists. The Strip Club Chronicles: Stories from the Mission Field is a gripping, unfiltered collection of true stories from inside strip clubs, street corners, and the unseen margins where exploitation thrives and faith is tested. These pages do not offer tidy testimonies or rescue fantasies. They reveal the cost of showing up where darkness lives—and choosing presence over performance. From late-night outreach and spiritual warfare to sacred conversations behind neon lights, this book ...

WINNER OF THE 2022 ECPA CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD FOR NEW AUTHOR Healthy relationships across cultures are possible. Dr. Michelle Reyes takes a close look at the concept of cultural accommodation found in Scripture—and especially in the letter of 1 Corinthians—to redefine how Christians interact...

Many believe Charles Colson and Ellen Vaughn¿s The Body to be the watershed book of the past decade. It impacted the Church worldwide, encouraging Christians of diverse backgrounds to see themselves as part of the universal body of Christ. It challenged many to a new sense of unity, realizing that we blunt the Gospel message every time we divide over petty issues and personal turf.

While globalization gives North American Christians unprecedented opportunities to influence the world, we need to take care not to slip into a type of postmodern colonialism in which we make ourselves the experts or the "hero come to save the day". Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations, not to spread Western cultural Christianity or solve the world with American dollars.

The stories in the chapters that follow aren't chronological. They're not a history of how I found myself living on the side of a mountain in Mexico, and I'm not sure that would interest anyone but my mother and her friends anyway. Instead, I've mined my journals for those moments when God used the very people I thought I was in Mexico to lead, to lead me instead. Time and again I've been led to trust God, with my little mustard seed of faith, to see how he not only shows up in our circumstance - but he shows off!

In this concise and informative book, former missionary Scott Hildreth delves into the heart of Christian evangelism and missions, drawing inspiration from the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:16-20. With a focus on practical insights and biblical principles, this guide equips believers to actively participate in both local conversations about Jesus and the global mission of sharing the gospel. Listeners discover that obedience to Jesus’s command is not optional—it’s our privilege and responsibility, knowing that His presence accompanies us to the very end of the age.

God's mission in creation and redemption is to bring men and women into the fellowship that the Father, Son, and Spirit have always shared. Come and See: A History and Theology of Mission is an invitation to understand that mission. Exploring how God's nature informs mission and surveying the missional narrative of Scripture, Come and See lays a theological and biblical foundation for Christian mission, inviting you to savor and participate in the grand story of God's mission that begins in Genesis and continues today.

More than three billion people in the world have never heard the Gospel - not even once. But who cares? To many American Christians, these statistics about “unreached” people seem too unbelievable to take seriously. How could anyone in this day and age not have heard of Jesus? We assume that people don’t believe in Jesus because they don’t want to - that they’ve had the opportunity and have chosen a different path. We want you to know the people around the world who don’t know Jesus.

I’ve surrendered to following God’s will, but this is not what I expected. Where’s the peace? The joy? The fruit? Did I somehow miss the call, God? Sound familiar? If you’ve followed God for any number of years, you’ve likely been thrust into a wilderness of doubt and disappointment along the way. Is this an accident? A byproduct of your sin? The mere effect of living in this broken world? Or is it possible that it’s an intentional journey? Would a loving God actually lead you to a place of struggle? Those were Corella’s questions, too, as she found herself in a literal and ...

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.

This book is the testimony of what led to such a commitment by the then 20-year-old girl. She has pursued God, bound by that covenant for the last 27 years. She narrates the directions her life has taken driven by that one purpose. It is an adventure story following as God guides and a witness to how God intervenes to cause his will to be done. Following His purpose in covenant for 27 years!

In this groundbreaking study, Cheryl Bear-Barnetson presents an approach to First Nations ministry from the foundations of indigenous worldview and values. She begins with an overview of First Nations theology, which includes the Native views of Creator, the Holy Spirit, the Incarnation, a theology of land, and a theology of missions. Various Native practices, traditional gatherings, and ceremonies are also described. Bear-Barnetson argues that leaders who are more fully informed about Native beliefs, values, and practices will see a dramatic increase in their effectiveness in ministering ...

Today, over three billion people, a third of humanity, have yet to hear the good news of Jesus. They have no opportunity to believe in him as their Savior and find peace with God through him. Of all the injustices in the world—and there are many that are quite distressing—this is the worst, because of the eternal consequences. A third of anything is significant—especially this third.

If you want to know where and how the church is going to grow, think local and global. Think glocal.Glocal is Bob Roberts’ term for the seamless connectedness between the local and global. That connection is affecting the church in ways that never could have been imagined in the first-century...

“Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance…” — Psalm 2:8 The world will not be won by mere programs, policies, or polite conversation. The nations will be possessed by fervent, disciplined, and sustained prayer. The nations of the earth are not lost to darkness—they are the inheritance of Christ, and He is calling His Church to pray them into His Kingdom. Give Us the Nations: Prayers That Release God’s Rule Over Every Nation is a powerful prophetic intercessory guide designed to awaken believers to their global mandate: to partner with Heaven in prayer ...

Alex Hennis has a passion for God. His story is a powerful one of redemption and restoration. You will be fascinated and blessed by this young man's story—I know I was. Ruth Graham, Author of "Forgiving Father, Forgiving Myself, An Invitation to the Miracle of Forgiveness" Having known Alex for more than a dozen years, I can verify the amazing work God has done in Alex’s life. After earning his Doctor of Ministry degree while at Angola, Alex is now serving as a faculty member at Global University, and the influence of Alex’s ministry has spread to the nations. A wonderful story of ...

This is the story of the making of a missionary to America. Dr. Tesfai Tesema was born in Ethiopia, grew up as an agnostic, became a Christian in Saudi Arabia, started a church planting movement in Sudan, and became a missionary in San Jose, California.

Church Planting by the Book explains church planting in the first-century church and seeks to understand how Scripture can be applied to modern church plants. With its focus on the churches of Acts 2, Church Planting provides readers with a scriptural example of healthy churches and provides unique insight for modern church planters.

Lloyd D. Oppel. Samuel A. Mattix. Twenty years old. Neophyte missionaries to Laos, the Land of a Million Elephants. The Vietnam War has slopped over into Laos and is taking a horrific toll. Lloyd and Sam are taken prisoners of the Communist North Vietnamese Army. Follow them as they journey into the Eye of the Tempest.

Are you preparing to take the gospel to the nations? You’ve said “yes” to God’s call to go, and now you will pack up your things and step into the unknown of a new location, people, and culture. The following years will likely include great joy, frustration, homesickness, difficulty, and excitement. In this book, ten men who have served in missions in various ways share what they wish they had known before they began.