Jeannie Marie - Across the Street and Around the World: Following Jesus to the Nations in Your Neighborhood...and Beyond

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Praise for Across the Street and Around the World

This is the right message at the right time from the right person.

Bob Goff, author of Love Does and Everybody Always

In Across the Street and Around the World, Jeannie Marie shares a lifetime of invaluable experience with the rest of us. Her book is a treasure trove of insights and practical resources for engaging the nations in our own backyard and to the ends of the earth!

David Garrison, executive director of Global Gates and author of Church Planting Movements and A Wind in the House of Islam

This book is different. Its packed with a winsome, inviting practicality for any Christ-follower to have a fruitful part in reaching the nations. Every chapter lists a few ideas, tips, or next steps. But almost every idea is described in story form. The stories are all about everyday, common people with struggles and weaknesses on display. So its not hard to imagine how youor someone you knowmight step into the story of Gods purpose with joy. Weve long needed this book. Its going to be widely used.

Steve Hawthorne, coeditor of Perspectives on the World Christian Movement

This book is very inspirational and easy to read and it shares deep, life-changing principles. The many examples help the reader to grasp the crucial points of each chapter, challenging the reader to get involved in cross-cultural ministry one way or another and gives practical ways how to do that. I pray that the Lord would use this book to raise up numerous workers who will go to the unengaged and unreached peoples of the world. If I hadnt given my life to serve the Lord among the least reached peoples in the world almost thirty years ago, I would do it after reading Jeannies book.

Daniel Waheli, field worker involved with several church planting movements in Africa and author of Lessons Learned in the Lions Den

Here is my endorsement of this tremendous book: I know that many readers want to make a difference in the lives of Hindu, Muslim, and other non-Christian peoples, but dont know where to begin. Jeannie Marie shows the way. This book is a fun read, a missions how-to, and a journey with Jesus Christ to the places in our world, some of them nearby, where the need for Gods love is so great.

Bob Blincoe, president of Frontiers USA

A great resource for groups and individuals considering possible involvement in mission initiatives, Across the Street and Around the World shows the incredible opportunities that all believers have to be involved and illustrates practically the multitude of ways it can happen. Its focus is not just on practical strategies for reaching across cultural and language barriers, but also emphasizes the need for clarity in the communication of the gospel in order to meet the spiritual needs of people. This book is not theory, but life.

Oli Jacobsen, chairman of International Ministries, Ethnos360

In a world divided by walls Across the Street and Around the World is a must-read. We live in an increasingly diverse society and Jeannie Marie shows us how we must live toward one another as followers of Christ. Sometimes Christians find it easier to travel far away to share the love of Christ than to love our immigrant neighbor two doors down. Sometimes its easier to give someone a meal than to sit down together and share a meal. Jeannie Marie reminds us that we live in a divided culture where the immigrants, foreigners, and minorities are even demonized at times. Its time for us to change that narrative and be reminded that every person from every place is made in the image of God, and he waits for us to embrace them and recognize them as the good and beautiful people he made. When we cross the street, the walls come down.

Palmer Chinchen, PhD, lead pastor at the Grove, expatriate, speaker, and author of Justice Calling, Barefoot Tribe, and True Religion

A book to pay attention towhether you are an individual thinking through your lifes purpose, a church leader trying to ensure you lead on mission, or a mission leader navigating these days where everything is changing in your world. Jeannie is adding her experienced and articulate voice to the call for us all to have a fresh look at our efforts to bring the good news of Jesus to the billions who have never heard it or seen it lived out. If you are also serious about that mission, this is a must-read for you.

Andrew Scott, president and CEO of Operation Mobilization USA and author of Scatter

Jeannies stories are above all real, accessible, and carry a gritty authenticity. If we are serious about changing the reality of the least-reached in our generation, we must insist that disciple-making is everyones business! This book paints the picture of how this is possible and provides accessible starting points for any believer.

Jonathan Thiessen, lead at ScatterGlobal

Those who seek to come into agreement with Gods heart for the nations can learn a lot from Across the Street and Around the Wordabout engaging the nations among us, expanding our missional intelligence, and going and sending effectively. For individuals, churches, and small groups, what follows is both a compelling call to action and an inspired declaration of creative and effective strategies to direct us.

Stephen Sloan, PhD, director of the Institute for Oral History, associate professor in the Department of History at Baylor University, and coauthor of Listening on the Edge

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