03022cam a2200577 a 4500 ocn181424040 OCoLC 20190128093056.0 071102s2008 miua b 001 0 eng 2007045046 DLC eng DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP C#P BWX WTS OCLCQ NLGGC CHC BDX ZID OCLCF OCLCQ NZABT OCLCQ OCLCA RVA NLUKB OCLCQ ZAAPA 166368579 9780801026591 (pbk.) 0801026598 (pbk.) AU@ 000042383877 NLGGC 327510617 (OCoLC)181424040 (OCoLC)166368579 BV2061.3 .S75 2008 266 22 11.78 bcl ZAAA Steffen, Tom A., 1947- Encountering missionary life and work : preparing for intercultural ministry / Tom Steffen and Lois McKinney Douglas. Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, �2008. xxi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Encountering mission 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. Missions. Missionaries. Christianity and culture. Christianity and culture. fast (OCoLC)fst00859660 Missionaries. fast (OCoLC)fst01023720 Missions. fast (OCoLC)fst01023771 Missiologie. gtt Zendelingen. gtt Voorbereiding. gtt Contextuele theologie. gtt Douglas, Lois McKinney, 1931- Encountering mission. Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045046.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 24.99 18.74 0801026598 0007366583 active Brodart BROD 07389299 $32.00 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0007366583 YBP Library Services YANK 2601236 C0 ZAAPA 43150 43150 0 0 ddc 0 1 DAPA DAPA 2019-01-28 0 266 STE APA077645 2019-01-28 1 2019-01-28 RES