Training Missionaries

Author : Evelyn Hibbert,Richard Hibbert
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645081043

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Training Missionaries by Evelyn Hibbert,Richard Hibbert Pdf

Missionaries must know God, be able to relate well to other people, understand and engage with another culture, and be able to use the Bible in a way that informs all aspects of their lives and ministries. Missionary training must address each of these areas if it is to help Christians to be effective in taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. Effective training has been shown to prevent people from prematurely leaving the field. It also reduces the danger of cross-cultural workers uncritically exporting culturally bound forms of Christianity. This book details four key areas that every missionary training program, whatever its context, must focus on developing. It shows how these can be holistically addressed in a learning community where trainers and trainees engage in cross-cultural ministry together.

Author : Paul Sungro Lee
Publisher : Evangelical Alliance for Preacher Training/Commission
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Missionary Candidate Training by Paul Sungro Lee Pdf

Today, the world mission has unprecedentedly become a task of every national churches and believers on earth. Missionaries are being sent out from every nations to every nations! Strategists have previously noticed that Africa, along with East Asia, would emerge as the key fulcrum for world missions in the 21st Century. 2010 Lausanne Congress held in South Africa proved that to be true. Along this path, Evangelical Alliance for Preacher Training/Commission (EAPTC) opened their missions training schools in Kenya and South Korea, using this book as their training text. It was through the efforts of those missionary trainees that their work expanded into over 200 new church plants in 11 countries today. This book was put together mainly for Two-Thirds World missionary candidates who often find themselves limited with sound missions training opportunities around, while the lessons in this manual apply to all who are mission-interested. Going as a missionary or sending a missionary without proper training is quite reckless. The principles of cross-cultural mission presented in 11 chapters of this book are field-tested nuggets that can certainly equip anyone aspiring for missionary work. The training has been scientifically validated effective through research and used in Africa, Asia, Americas and Oceania. This manual is also available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Amharic.

Author : Hannah Kyong-Jin Cho
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532675003

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Understanding Burnout Recovery Among Native-Born Korean Missionaries by Hannah Kyong-Jin Cho Pdf

In this timely book, Cho provides mission scholars, sending churches, and mission agencies with an understanding of Korean missionaries' burnout recovery process. Her study of Korean missionary burnout recovery included thirty-nine research participants who had experienced burnout in missionary service and who subsequently recovered. Participants reported a variety of physical, emotional, and spiritual symptoms, as well as relational difficulties experienced during burnout. Cho describes how their self-help approach, characterized by independent, religious self-effort, brought only temporary relief. Through self-care, however, they experienced genuine recovery. Self-care that leads to lasting recovery is holistic and grace-based, characterized by a correct understanding of the roles of God and others in their lives and engagement in authentic community for interdependent care. This study also gives insightful recommendations to missionary member care systems, mission agencies, and other sending organizations in an Asian cultural context about how to care for Korean missionaries. It is also intended for counselors of home churches so that they can provide better member care for burned-out missionaries. Lastly, this study advances research into contextually appropriate paradigms and strategies helpful to cross-cultural missionaries in the area of both Korean missionaries and non-Western studies in missionary member care.

Author : Valerie A. Rance
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725289581

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Trauma and Coping Mechanisms among Assemblies of God World Missionaries by Valerie A. Rance Pdf

Trauma, from the fall of Adam and Eve forward impacts human lives in overpowering ways. A review of the lives of biblical personalities and missionaries reveals shared traumatic experiences. In addition to the stress of cultural adjustment, missionaries often live in contexts of violence, political unrest, economic instability, natural disasters, and relational conflict. The examined biblical personalities faced similar issues, yet a majority coped with trauma in ways that led to well-being. The proposed biblical theory of well-being assists missionaries to move deeper in their trust of God by utilizing the coping skills of the biblical personalities including asking God for help, lifting up their praise and worship to God, standing on a sense of call, working with God, lamenting/venting to God in healthy ways, embracing a theology of suffering, and accepting assistance from friends and family. The adherence to the constructs of this theory protects missionaries from the ravages of psychological trauma by avoiding negative coping and developing positive coping skills that lead to trusting in the only One who gives hope in seemingly hopeless situations.

Author : C. David Harley,David Harley
Publisher : William Carey Library
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0878082603

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Preparing to Serve by C. David Harley,David Harley Pdf

The author's study of missionary training has taken him all over the world. In this work, he shares lessons learned from both Western and non-Western missionary training regarding training, clear objectives, getting started, the profile of a trainer, selecting trainees, the marks of effective training, holistic equipping, contextualized curriculum, and careful assessment of the entire training process.

Author : Robert Brynjolfson,Jonathan Lewis
Publisher : William Carey Library
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0878084576

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Integral Ministry Training by Robert Brynjolfson,Jonathan Lewis Pdf

This manual is an invaluable resource for anyone from the global evangelical community who is involved with training people for ministry. As a textbook, it presents a biblical and educational framework for holistic training as well as a context-sensitive process for the design of new programs and the evaluation of existing programs. Packed with practical examples and aids, it is a tool trainers will keep handy and use often in their course planning and implementation. This book was published in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance.

Author : James Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781105412783

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Mormon Mission Prep by James Smith Pdf

Mormon Mission Prep: A Practical Guide to Spiritual and Physical Preparation takes a unique look at missionary preparation by focusing on the practical as well as the spiritual side of preparing to serve the Lord. The book provides details on the application forms and estimated timelines of when to start and how long steps should take. The book helps young people, their parents, and leaders to know the mission call process in order to relieve stress and help prevent unnecessary delays in getting the mission call. The book also discusses how to become an effective missionary by knowing and using the scriptures, maintaining your worthiness, understanding the gospel, and developing a testimony. Author Jimmy Smith addresses these issues and more in this book that is full of tips on preparing both spiritually and physically for an LDS mission.

Author : Dr. R. Zarwulugbo Liberty,Dr. Ronald Kilpatrick
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1475933010

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Growing Missionaries Biblically by Dr. R. Zarwulugbo Liberty,Dr. Ronald Kilpatrick Pdf

For missionaries in the twenty-first century, change is necessary in order for them to continue to be strong and viable. Growing Missionaries Biblically takes a fresh look at Christian missions and proposes a comprehensive, biblical missionary training program for short- and longterm missions. Its objective is to produce an effective, cross cultural ministry for Africa and, with some modifications, globally. The goal is to provide a postimperial, post-colonial model for training missionaries by looking to biblical guidance on the subject. Author Dr. R. Zarwulugbo Liberty is a native of Liberia, Africa, with biblical, theological, and practical insights for prospective and seasoned missionaries and their supporters. The information he provides can successfully launch and sustain these missionaries in the course of their mission work. In order to accomplish his goals, he proposes the use of bicultural missionaries. A bicultural missionary is one who has studied both his own culture and the culture of the people to be served. This missionary will not equate his or her culture with Christianity and will know and understand the practices of the culture he or she serves that can easily be incorporated and assimilated into Christianity. Growing Missionaries Biblically proposes a vital curriculum for missionary preparation for cross-cultural missionary service.

Author : Carmel Gallagher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781040029572

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Retired Missionaries and Faith in a Changing Society by Carmel Gallagher Pdf

Retired Missionaries and Faith in a Changing Society offers a sociological study of the Irish missionary diaspora. It draws on a series of interviews with female and male Catholic missionaries, mainly nuns and priests, who have worked in Asia, Africa and Central and South America, and who have returned to live in Ireland. The chapters provide unique insight into their experiences, exploring how they have navigated life-course changes in the context of changing church and changing societies. Retired missionaries have several vantage points from which to communicate their understandings, having worked across cultures and encountered some of the most challenging global social problems. Responding to significant changes in the Catholic Church, in Irish society, in their host countries and in mission work itself, their lives offer valuable perspectives on what it is to be Christian in contemporary society. The rich narrative data illuminates deep and complex processes of meaning-making as missionaries have sought to integrate their religion and spirituality in dynamic and diverse settings. The book suggests that the holistic character of the work of missionaries raises important questions about the different ways of being ethical, religious and acting justly in the world today. It will be of particular interest to scholars of Christianity, missiology, and the sociology of religion.

Author : James Johnston (F.S.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Missions
ISBN : WISC:89077020352

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Report of the Centenary Conference on the Protestant Missions of the World by James Johnston (F.S.S.) Pdf

Author : Revd John Pritchard
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472409164

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Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1900-1996 by Revd John Pritchard Pdf

The twentieth century saw the spectacular growth of Christianity in much of the global south, the transformation of mission fields into self-governing Churches, schemes of church union (some successful, others abortive), evolving attitudes to other faiths and significant Christian engagement with issues of racial justice and world poverty. This book examines the contribution of the Methodist Missionary Society (and its predecessors before 1932) to these world-changing movements, from the remarkable mass conversions in south-west China and west Africa early in the century to the controversy over grants to liberation movements in the 1970s and 1980s. Pritchard traces the MMS contribution to education, health care, rural development and social welfare and describes the administration of the Societies and the selection and preparation of candidates for missionary service. This is a ground-breaking study of Methodist Overseas Mission in the twentieth century, how it adjusted to changing circumstances - including the forced withdrawals from China and Burma - and developed new initiatives and partnerships, including its World Church in Britain programme which brought missionaries from the younger Churches to serve in Britain and Ireland.

Author : Murray W. Dempster,Byron D. Klaus,Douglas Petersen
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441241849

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Called and Empowered by Murray W. Dempster,Byron D. Klaus,Douglas Petersen Pdf

"An unprecedented mix of pentecostal theology and mission practice, virtually a manifesto for pentecostal missions. . . . The fullest and finest missiological treatise originating within classical Pentecostalism available."--Russell P. Spittler

Author : Jonathan J. Bonk
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610976183

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Accountability in Missions by Jonathan J. Bonk Pdf

The Korean missions movement is perhaps the most signiþcant story of the Church in the world over the past one hundred years. Today Korea can boast of being the leading sender of missionaries per head of population. Yet this movement has not been well integrated into the global mission community and also this community has at times failed to understand and learn from this tremendous work of God. I am excited that God has brought together a unique body of people to wrestle with these issues. This work will help bring about much needed collaboration and develop each other's strengths in an environment of mutual respect. --MALCOLM L. McGREGOR, SIM International Director Accountability in Missions is a remarkable book, exploring the full range of mission accountability issues--strategic, þnancial, and relational--from both Korean and North American perspectives. This is global missiology made practical and accessible to all missions practitioners. The many articles that penetrate the mysteries of Korean and North American interaction especially make it a must-read book for all Koreans and North Americans working together. --STEVE STRAUSS, Professor of Mission and Intercultural Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary This collection of essays provides a biblical and theological basis for accountability and brings voices East and West, demonstrating that accountability--to God and to others--is a universal principle, not linked to one culture or context (i.e., Western). Further, the collection is eminently practical, addressing matters of governance (decision-making), þnance, and personal integrity. To all mission leaders I say: read this book! Actually, read it but also þnd colleagues with whom to discuss and digest these principles and review our mission practices. --GORDON T. SMITH, President, reSource Leadership International

Author : William David Taylor
Publisher : Baker Publishing Group
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801089034

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Internationalizing Missionary Training by William David Taylor Pdf

Author : Jonathan J. Bonk,Nelson J. Jennings,Kim Jinbong
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645082873

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Missionaries, Mental Health, and Accountability: by Jonathan J. Bonk,Nelson J. Jennings,Kim Jinbong Pdf

Hope and Help in Member Care. Culture shock. Marital strife. Depression. Addictions. Disillusionment. Organization and team tensions. Family trauma. Medical issues. This is not what you signed up for when you pursued missions. Field workers cross-linguistic, cultural, and ministry boundaries, but they still experience the same mental health challenges as everyone else—and often more. When the missionary unit includes a spouse and children, the complexities multiply as each person undergoes stressors. Needing psychological or psychiatric help too often leads to burnout or worse. It’s time to let go of the stigma and embrace mental health. Missionaries, Mental Health, and Accountability opens with stories of scriptural saints who also struggled and still made profound impacts for the kingdom. Then, global contributors—comprised of an equal balance of Korean and Western writers—reach into the complexity of missionary mental health with the added component of accountability in church and agency support systems. Specifically, four important areas of missionary mental health are considered: 1) disillusion, discouragement, and depression; 2) relational dynamics and tensions; 3) contributing factors in missionary psychological duress; and, 4)resources and organizational structures that address missionary mental health. Every chapter demonstrates courage, personal conviction, and judicious honesty. Significant insights provided through case studies, surveys, and personal reflections will offer action steps for increasing mental health awareness and developing mental health best practices for individuals and teams. Written for field workers and those who support them, Missionaries, Mental Health, and Accountability is a critical resource in member care.