God’s Incredible Plan: A Guide to the Place of Human Action in the Efforts to Share God’s Salvation with all the Peoples of the world
God's Incredible Plan is an introduction to the study of missiology that covers the fields of the maning of missiology, the biblical and theological foundations of missions, the account of the expansion of Christianity (history of missions) and the religious, cultural, demographic, geographical, and strategic dimensions of the Christian Mission. The study seeks to present missiology to a college and diploma audience rather than a theological school level.
More info →Worldview: Implications for Missionary Work
Worldview: Implications for Missionary Work guides readers through the understanding of the meaning and functions of worldview among the peoples of the world. After an investigation of the animistic, syncreticist, monotheistic, and postmodern worldviews, the book suggests ways of witnessing and ministering to those who hold these various beliefs.
More info →Worldview: Implications for Missionary Work Working Manual
This workbook was written by the author to enable the readers to reflect on the worldviews that are discussed in the companion book and to develop contextualized strategies for communicating the gospel message, discipling the believers, and encouraging them to form biblically sound congregations. The exercises in the workbook have the goal of enabling the readers to analyze specific worldviews and compare them with basic concepts in the Christian worldview. This will make it possible for the readers to identify the bridges as well as the barriers that exist between the worldview of a specific cultural group and the Christian worldview. The strategy that is developed, therefore, will seek to find ways to overcome the barriers and utilize the existing bridges for effective inter-cultural ministry.
More info →You the Missionary
You, the Missionary stresses the biblical truth that Christians and churches should move beyond being mission-minded to becoming fully missional. Missional Christians and churches accept God's commission for making disciples among every people as their own marching orders. They engage directly and personally in the efforts to take God's love and God's message to every person in the world. These missional Christians and churches are careful never to so emphasize and engage in missions in other regions that they overlook the needs of people in their own neighborhood. Every believer and every church should strive with the Holy Spirit's empowerment to be the missionary God wants and expects all His followers to be.
More info →Basic Bible Storying: Preparing and Presenting Bible Stories for Evangelism, Discipleship, Training and Ministry
In this work, J. O. Terry, a well-known authority on the proclamation method of Bible Storying, supplies the most comprehensive guide to the method in print. Terry draws on his years of study and experience in Bible Storying to explain the philosophy and strategies of proclaiming biblical truth through stories. The book is an indispensable guide for Bible Storying. It is the first genuine textbook for courses in Bible Storying.
More info →Bible Storying: Drawing the Net
Bible storying methodology places focus on selecting Bible stories, oralizing stories for telling, and how to tell and dialog the stories with listeners. More attention needs focusing on the time of invitation to believe or act upon the stories. Experience continues to teach how this may vary from people group to people group. The book suggests some of the tested approaches and what to do when listeners respond early or do not respond as expected when an invitation is given.
More info →Bible Storying Handbook
This handbook guides short-term teams who desire to use the techniques of Bible Storying in their ministries among various groups of people
More info →Death Stories From the Bible
Bible Storying is a rapidly growing methodology for communicating Christian truth or persons who are primarily oral learners. This collection of stories from the Bible that relate to death and dying provide those who use the Bible Storying method guidance for telling stories. These stories are especially useful for persons in cultures where there is excessive fear of death or strong concerns about loved ones who have died.
More info →Fast-Tracking Bible Stories: Introduction to Fast-Track Method and Models
Not long after the initial spread of Bible Storying a need arose to provide panoramic presentations of selected Bible stories. Since Fast-tracking is story-only, it is a form of proclamation that has proved helpful as an affirmation and review in discipling, and an effective means of probing for evangelistic interest among new listeners. Fast-tracking also provides a very powerful means of presenting the Christmas Story or the Passion Story. This book looks at an overview of Fast-tracking the Bible Stories and should be helpful to encourage and equip the Bible storyer to be prepared when opportunity occurs.
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