Encountering missionary life and work : preparing for intercultural ministry / Tom Steffen and Lois McKinney Douglas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Encountering missionPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, c2008.Description: xxi, 390 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801026591 (pbk.)
  • 0801026598 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 2061.3 .S75 2008
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Partial contents:
The changing scene -- Remembering the past -- Understanding key ideas and terms -- Home-front preparations -- Decision making and the will of God -- Spiritual formation -- Personal readiness -- Ministry readiness -- Avenues to cross-cultural ministries -- Finding your niche -- Getting going -- On-field preparations -- What is culture? -- At home in the culture -- Culture and language acquisition -- Missionaries and their lives -- Women in missions -- Missionary families -- Crises in missions -- Reentry -- What's next?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-378) and indexes.

The changing scene -- Remembering the past -- Understanding key ideas and terms -- Home-front preparations -- Decision making and the will of God -- Spiritual formation -- Personal readiness -- Ministry readiness -- Avenues to cross-cultural ministries -- Finding your niche -- Getting going -- On-field preparations -- What is culture? -- At home in the culture -- Culture and language acquisition -- Missionaries and their lives -- Women in missions -- Missionary families -- Crises in missions -- Reentry -- What's next?

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