Download or read book Missionaries Are Real People written by Ellen Rosenberger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling with real life issues but feel pressure to keep them inside because you are a missionary? Are you a family member or friend of a missionary who desires to better understand your loved one? Are you preparing to move overseas and want a more accurate picture of what to expect? Missionaries Are Real People takes an honest look at what life is really like on the mission field. Ellen Rosenberger grapples with the real problems, needs, and emotions that missionaries experience. She brings to light the struggles that are not talked about but are very real. She writes openly about depression and burnout, exploring the difficulties of transitions and overcoming conflict. Ellen addresses abuse, struggles with faith, and grief. By talking about these normally overlooked issues, Missionaries Are Real People aims to bring clarity and healing to silent hurts. Maybe you are a missionary who longs for someone to understand your struggles and name your issues. You think, I can't let anyone know I am struggling with this, especially because I'm a missionary! Perhaps you feel debilitated by the stereotype that "missionaries are perfect" as you are living in the reality of your own brokenness and imperfection. You might feel as though you cannot express the under-the-surface issues that you are facing on the mission field. Having grown up on the mission field and having spent most of her adult life there, Ellen knows what it's like to have struggled to live under the pressure to be perfect. She's felt the pain of hidden struggles and masked-over issues. And she's experienced freedom and healing in being vulnerable about her imperfections as a missionary. This book is not about methodology or theory, but about real life stories and experiences. It's about the multi-faceted dynamics of missionary relationships with all their joys and struggles. Missionaries Are Real People unveils the unspoken realities of missionary life. Not for the sake of shaming but for the purpose of restoring. The time is now to break down stereotypes, to speak up for what is really going on, and to seek solutions. Let's not delay another day. There might be a missionary's life that depends on it.

Download or read book A Real Live Missionary written by Robert Don Hughes and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1990 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Romance of Missionary Heroism written by John Chisholm Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Heaven s Heroes written by David Shibley and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God had an only Son and He was a missionary." With these words, David Livingstone confirmed that he, too, would spend his life telling people in far-off lands about the love of God. This explorer, doctor, author, and missionary longed to see "the smoke of a thousand villages," because huddled around African tribal fires were people who might never hear the story of God's love unless missionaries obeyed God's call to serve Him. David Livingstone is one of 22 men and women whose exciting adventures will be enjoyed by the whole family. As you read each of these wonderful stories aloud during family times or on your own, you will see how you, too, can reach out to your world through deeds and prayer to tell others the good news about Jesus and His love.

Download or read book God s Faithful Firebrand Ralph G Finch written by Daniel E. Finch and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want the thrill of reading about a real life pioneer who went beyond the bounds of safety and took unbelievable risks because he believed God had called him to carry the Gospel around the world, you will want to read this book. No Olympian runner ever carried a firebrand higher or ran with greater purpose and passion than did the farm boy from southern Ohio. Without hesitation, for a lifetime Ralph G. Finch crisscrossed America and the world holding high the torch of right and holy living. He thrilled with the excitement of the race and always saw victory ahead. He kept his face set like a flint of steel and never veered to the right or left. His fervent, pioneer spirit drove him to always explore new opportunities for ministry. His willingness to go to the hard places never ceased. He had the ability to make any place he went to, glow with expectancy and hope. To him, missions was not just an enthusiasm, however interesting and glamorous, that passed with time, but a fervor springing from a heart aflame with a burden to help hurting humanity the world around, which lasted throughout his whole life.

Download or read book Passport to Heaven written by Micah Wilder and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You have a call, Elder Wilder.” When missionary Micah Wilder set his sights on bringing a Baptist congregation into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he had no idea that he was the one about to be changed. Yet when he finally came to know the God of the Bible, Micah had no choice but to surrender himself—no matter the consequences. For a passionate young Mormon who had grown up in the Church, finding authentic faith meant giving up all he knew: his community, his ambitions, and his place in the world. Yet as Micah struggled to reconcile the teachings of his Church with the truths revealed in the Bible, he awakened to his need for God’s grace. This led him to be summoned to the door of the mission president, terrified but confident in the testimony he knew could cost him everything. Passport to Heaven is a gripping account of Micah’s surprising journey from living as a devoted member of a religion based on human works to embracing the divine mercy and freedom that can only be found in Jesus Christ.

Download or read book Way Below the Angels written by Craig Harline and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Craig Harline set off on his two-year Mormon mission to Belgium in the 1970s, he had big dreams of doing miracles, converting the masses, and coming home a hero. What he found instead was a lot of rain and cold, one-sentence conversations with irritated people, and silly squabbles with fellow missionaries-- a range of experiences that nothing, including his own missionary training, had prepared him for. He also found a wealth of friendships with fellow Mormons as well as unconverted locals and, along the way, gained insights that would shape the rest of his life.

Download or read book Real Life of a Missionary written by Vergil E. Wolf and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Missions Disrupted written by Larry W. Sharp and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most everything in the world has changed since the age of the “Greatest Missionary Generation,” which was an outpouring of missionaries following World War II that lasted until around 1985. Today, however, missionaries are no longer welcomed in most of the world, and Christian terms like evangelism, church planting, conversion, and missions are considered pejorative outside of the Western world. All this demands a reexamination of the theology of Missio Dei for today’s world and a theory for change that can be validated with credible research. Author and former missionary Larry Sharp believes that the era of “professional missions” as we’ve known it is coming to an end. But since God still seeks to redeem his world, the future lies now with “missional professionals,” with a new set of rules for how the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed. Near the end of his life, Billy Graham said, “The great work of God in the 21st century will be through everyday believers living out their faith in the workplace.” Since the first century AD, there have been historical events—such the persecution of the early church, the Edict of Milan, and the Protestant Reformation—where major disruption resulted in the radical advance of the gospel. We are on the cusp of another disruptive innovation. Through real-life narratives of international workplace professionals who have successfully integrated their faith with their work, Missions Disrupted describes how this new work of missions looks today. These inspiring stories come from the world of agriculture, manufacturing, medicine, information technology, education, engineering, music, and retail. It is up to the next generations to continue to share the Good News with the world, wherever and however that may be.

Download or read book Confessions Anecdotes and Musings of a Real Live Missionary written by Harrison H. Pike and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book True Confessions of a Missionary written by Kim J. Weiler and published by Word Alive Press. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having served the Lord for thirty years in full-time ministry, Kim Weiler has witnessed miraculous and life-changing events. True Confessions of a Missionary is a collection of personal testimonies written to help others overcome the enemy, build their faith, and bring glory to the King of Kings. Each chapter tells the true stories of men and women forever changed by Jesus’ love and power. Physical healings, spiritual deliverance, and powerful conversions are documented and attested to by more than one person, fulfilling the words of scripture in Matthew 18:16 that every matter be established by two or more witnesses. True Confessions of a Missionary is about giving glory to an awesome, personal God who wants to be involved in the lives of His children. The author prays that those who read it will be encouraged to pursue a deeper, more intimate relationship with our Abba Father and step out and share their testimony with a world that is lost without Him.

Download or read book Retaking Eden written by Pastor D and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embarking on overseas missions can be both an exhilarating and daunting experience. From the day you take your first concrete step into answering the call, your life will never be the same. And it will never belong to you again. The tears, fears, financial struggles, relationship strains, rejection, discouragement, depression, anxiety, and an ever-growing sense of your own insufficiency to accomplish the task for which you have been sent are sure to be greater than you could anticipate or imagine. In Retaking Eden, author Pastor D offers real-world advice for those contemplating mission work. Through a series of fictional letters written to Macy and Mark, Pastor D addresses a wide range of issues, concerns, and problems missionaries may and can face abroad. Based on his personal experiences, he shares instruction as well as the real-life joys and sorrows of missionary life. Providing keen insight into the life of a missionary, Retaking Eden chronicles the amazing adventures and lessons God provided during Pastor D’s journey.

Download or read book Out of the Occult Into the Light written by Christian Story Christian Story Press and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of deliverance from demonic oppression to a life of service to God, join Susannah as she walks a path fraught with danger as she discovers that God has a plan for everyone of His children. * Called as a child * Interference * Slip-sliding away * Into the shadows * Instantaneously set free * Sanctified by the believing wife * A crooked path * Russian invasion * Out to the edge * Wounded but not defeated * All quiet on the home front * What now, Lord? * Meeting the new mission field Read "Out of the Occult Into the Light" Today! About the Author:Susannah Wollman is the wife and best friend of Jeffrey Wollman, for whom she is "an help meet for him" (Genesis 2:18). Gifted by God as a teacher, she has used it to bless her own five children, uncounted orphans, teachers and students as they sought to know how to teach from a Christian foundation. A former missionary to Russia and Ukraine, she now lives in Lewisville, Texas, where she ministers to her family, her church, and the Chin people who populate her neighborhood. She and Jeff are deeply involved in the Jewish Messianic movement at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. Christian Story Press publishes real life testimonies by everyday born again Christians.

Download or read book The Missionary Enterprise a True Development of the Life of the Church A Sermon Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Worcester Mass October 4 1864 written by Jonathan Bailey Condit and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Missionary written by William Carmichael and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Eller is an American missionary in Venezuela, married to missionary nurse, Christie. Together they rescue homeless children in Caracas. But for David, that isn't enough. The supply of homeless children is endless because of massive poverty and the oppressive policies of the Venezuelan government, led by the Hugo Chavez- like Armando Guzman. In a moment of anger, David publicly rails against the government, unaware that someone dangerous might be listening- a revolutionary looking for recruits. David falls into an unimaginable nightmare of espionage, ending in a desperate, life-or-death gamble to flee the country with his wife and son, with all the resources of a corrupt dictatorship at their heels.

Download or read book Missionary Hero Stories True Stories of Missionaries and National Christian Leaders written by Nina Millen and published by McCormick Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missionary pso HERO STORIES TRUE STORIES OF MISSIONARIES AND NATIONAL CHRISTIAN LEADERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Edited, by x NINA MILLEN FRIENDSHIP PRESS New York COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY FRIENDSHIP PRESS, ING. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS P. indicates a story suitable for primary children J. one for juniors J. H. one that is usable with junior highs. AFRICA ANGOLA HELPER TO DR. MARY P., j. 1 by Gertrude Jenness Rinden Mary Cushman 1870- Congregational Christian MEDICINE STRONGER THAN BLACK MAGIC j., J. H. 8 by Alice Geer Kelsey Henry McDowell 1894- Congregational Christian AGRICULTURF EGYPT DR. HENRY OF ASSIUT j., J. H. 16 by Anna A. Milligan Vellore Meek L. M. Henry 1854-1942 MEDICINE U ted Vre yterian NIGERIA AT THE FOOT OF GARKIDA MOUNTAIN j., J. H. 22 by Pattie L. Bittinger H. Stover Kulp 1894- Church of the Brethren EVANGELISM ASIA ARABIA DOCTOR IN THE DESERT j., J. H. 28 by Florence M. Gordon Paul Harrison 1883- Reformed Church MEDICINE HE WAS AFRAID BUT HE KEPT ON j, J. H. S3 by Frank T. Cartwright James Hoover 1872-1935 Methodist EVANGELISM BURMA THE FARMER MISSIONARY j., J. H. 39 by Florence Stansbury Brayton Case 1887-1944 Northern Baptist AGBictri ruRE CHINA AN UNWANTED GIRL j., J. H. 47 by Edith Fredericks Ida Kahn 1871-1931 Methodist MEDICINE RED-HEADED WHIRLWIND j., J. H. 54 by Muriel Beaton Patterson Robert McClure 1900- United Church of Canada MEDICINE THE STORY SMALL BROTHER LOVED p., j. 61 by Mary Brewster Hollister Newton Chiang 1900- Episcopal EDUCATION YING TEACHER OF HONAN j., J. H. 69 by Viola Fischer Ingeborg NystuI 1880- Evangelical Lutheran EVANGELISM INDIA NEVER OFF DUTY J. H. 75 by Jane Gilbert Christian Frederick Schwartz 1726-1798Lutheran EVANGELISM AND EDUCATION iv CONTENTS THREE KNOCKS IN THE NIGHT j., J. H. 81 by Florence M. Gordon Ida Scudder 1870- Reformed Church MEDICINE THE WAH-WAH MAN j., J. H. 8T by Alice Hudson Lewis Sam Higginbottom 1874- Presbyterian U. S. A. AGRICULTURE JAPAN LET THE WORK GO ON j., J. H. 93 by Helen F Nicholson Rudolph Teusler 1876-1934 Episcopal MEDICINE MICHI KAWAI, THE TEACHER j. 100 by Margaret L. Decker Michi Kawai 1877- Church of Christ in Japan EDUCATION KOREA A FAMOUS WOMAN OF KOREA j., J. H. 106 by Virginia Fairfax and Hallie Buie Helen Kim 1899- Methodist EDUCATION PHILIPPINES A FILIPINO KEEPER OF THE FAITH j., J. H. 112 by Marjorie Roberts Juan Leones 1889-1935 United Brethren in Christ EVANGELISM SIGNAL HILL j., J. H. 119 by Alice Geer Kelsey Frank Laubach 1884- Congregational Christian EDUCATION AND EVANGELISM vj CONTENTS SUMATRA SOLDIER OF PEACE j., J. H. 127 by Alice Hudson Lewis Ludwig Nommensen 1834-1918 Rhenish EVANGELISM TIBET PIONEER IN TIBET j., J. H. 134 by Mabel Niedermeyer Albert Shelton 1875-1922 Disciples of Christ MEDICINE TURKEY DOCTOR ON HORSEBACK j. 141 by Alice Geer Kelsey Frederick Shepard 1855-1915 Congregational Christian MEDICINE NORTH AMERICA CANADA THE MAN WHO NEVER WASTED TIME j., J. H. 148 by Violet Clark William Walton 1869- Church of England in Canada EVANGELISM UNITED STATES THE PREACHER WHO CARRIED THE BALL TO CONGRESS j. 155 by Elizabeth S. Whitehouse Dirk Lay 1886-1944 Presbyterian 17. S. A. EVANGELISM vi CONTENTS LATIN AMERICA BRAZIL THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WALKS SO FAST j., J. H. 162 by Myrtle Stosberg Sydenstricker Charlotte Kemper 1837-1927 Presbyterian U. S. EVANGELISM COWBOY OF THE AMAZON 167 by Una Roberts Lawrence j., J. H. EricNelson 1862-1939 Southern Baptist EVANGELISM CUBA THE GOSPEL CAVALRYMAN OF THE CANE FIELDS j., J. H. 176 by Una Roberts Lawrence Primo Navarro 1873-1927 Southern Baptist EVANGELISM vfi HELPER TO DR. MARY Mary Cushman 1870- by GERTRUDE JENNESS RINDEN NOT so very long ago, in the great land of Africa, there lived two friends. One was little, and the other was big. One had black, fuzzy pigtails, and the other had gray hair that she combed up plain and neat into a knot on the top of her head. One wore a square cloth tied around her little black body...

Download or read book Through the Outhouse Floor written by Barbara Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986, Barbara travels with her husband, Paul, to the Zairean rainforest on a mission-to translate the New Testament into the language of the Komo people. Of course, simply getting there is an adventure-traveling with an infant and two-year old through a civil war, pot-holed roads, bureaucratic regulations and customs. Trying to stay in the country has its challenges as does trying to get out, which the family has do to twice with urgency. Ms. Thomas recounts the numerous and often amusing stories as she faces the challenges of raising two boys without electric power or running water, in a mud and pole house, in the middle of a rainforest. A perfect environment for raising boys, she states, "plenty of mud, water, and trees". Through it all she gives insights into their cross-cultural struggles and triumphs among the initially exasperating, increasingly understandable, and finally lovable Komo people.