Explore what it means for the global church today to embrace the missional practices modeled by early believers in the New Testament.As the church around the world continues to engage with and act on the calling to make disciples of all nations and share the gospel, the church needs to look backward, examining the patterns and actions of early believers and the basic principles of living out faith that are relevant for Christians in all places. Adapted from the ple...

With contributions from popular Bible teachers, including David Platt, John Piper, D. A. Carson, Andy Davis, Mack Stiles, Michael Oh, and Stephen Um, this collection of biblical expositions explores how God's love for us is meant to drive Christians out into the world on mission for him. Addressing "hot topics" that are actively discussed today—such as whether or not people without Christ are really lost and the Christian's responsibility to fight for social justice—this ...

Wrecked is about the life we are afraid to live. It's about radical sacrifice and selfless service--how we find purpose in the midst of pain. It's a look at how we discover fulfillment in the least likely of places. It's about living like we mean it. It's a guide to growing up and giving your life away, helping you live in the tension between the next adventure and the daily mundane.This book is for us--a generation intent on pursuing our life's work in a way that leaves u...

The life of the first-century man born Saul of Tarsus, who went on to become Paul the Apostle, by the acclaimed historian and author of Thermopylae.Paul, born into Asia Minor's Jewish aristocracy and a passionate student of scripture, was part of the crowd that killed Stephen, a deacon regarded as the first Christian martyr. But on the road to Damascus, Paul experienced a miracle that would change his life and in turn change history.His conversion le...

Too often, the desire to accomplish ministry is squashed under the fear and perceived burden of raising the necessary funds. Break through that perception into a reality where you reach out and effectively develop relationships that quickly allow you to reach your personal or organizational funding and prayer support goals. With this new and expanded version of People Raising as your guide, it is possible!Veteran ministry leader, William Dillon, takes you through the basic...

With over 300,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short term missions.Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions**Leader’s Guide is aimed at the preparation and debriefing of short-term missionaries. Accompanying Helping Without Hurting: Short Term Missions Participants’ Guide, it is an ideal...

This book is about a subject which isn't too sexy in Christian circles: evangelism.Through storytelling and biblical teaching, Smack Heads and Fat Cats outlines a vision for evangelism which doesn't just preach the message, but lives the message. Which loves people enough to show them what Jesus is like.It's an invitation to join the adventure of being good news. Because everyone, from the street to the boardroom, needs to hear it.

Good intentions are not enough.When Helping Hurts offers a different framework for thinking about poverty and its alleviation. Rather than simply defining it as a lack of material things, the book addresses the roots of the issue: broken relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creation. Online videos included.Join together as a class or small group to explore how to help the poor without hurting them.The S...

Distillation of crucial issues for the church by one of the leading voices in missional theologySince the publication of the groundbreaking volume Missional Church in 1998, there has been wide-ranging engagement with the theme of the missional church. One of the leading voices in the missional church conversation, Darrell Guder here lays out basic theological issues that must be addressed for the church to serve God faithfully as Christ's witnessing people.G...

What does it mean to live a missional life?This unique ebook provides readers with a collection of short chapters that will help them discern just that, both individually and as communities. Using stories, questions and challenging articles, Jamie Arpin-Ricci (pastor and author of "The Cost of Community: Jesus, St. Francis & Life in the Kingdom" & "Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living in the Radical Way of St. Patrick") invites readers to explore th...

One of the biggest challenges in global mission work is money?not merely the need for it, but working through cross-cultural differences surrounding how funds are used and accounted for. Cross-cultural missteps regarding financial issues can derail partnerships between supporting churches and agencies and national leaders on the ground. North Americans don?t understand how cultural expectations of patronage shape how financial support is perceived and understood, and Western money often co...