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

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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?

Abstract: 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.
Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-378) and indexes.
Electronic version: Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045046.html

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BV2061.3 .St3

Publisher

Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic., 2008

Physical Description

xxi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780801026591

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Subject(s)

Practical Theology
Missions
Christianity and culture
Missionaries
Missiologie
Zendelingen
Voorbereiding
Contextuele theologie

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