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Encountering missionary life and work :

by Steffen, Tom A.,

Additional authors: Douglas, Lois McKinney, -- 1931-

Series: Encountering mission Published by : Baker Academic, (Grand Rapids, MI :) Physical details: xxi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. ISBN:9780801026591; 0801026598.

Year: 2008

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Previous	266 SMI The challenge of missions /	266 SPO Die Saailand is die wereld : [gedenkuitgave] uitgegee in opdrag van die Kuratorium van die Hammanskraalse Teologiese Skool van die Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika /	266 SPO Die Saailand is die wereld : [gedenkuitgave] uitgegee in opdrag van die Kuratorium van die Hammanskraalse Teologiese Skool van die Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afrika /	266 STE Encountering missionary life and work :	266 STO Christ the liberator /	266 TAY Christianity and the natives of South Africa.	266 TER Developing a strategy for missions :	Next

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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?

This new volume in the award-winning Encountering Mission series is for current and future missionaries. It provides practical guidance regarding getting ready for the mission field and the realities of life on the field. The authors are well qualified to write such a manual, each having served as a missionary for more than twenty years and each having taught missions in seminary.

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