Here you can read online David W. Shenk - Gods Call to Mission full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 1994, publisher: Herald Press, genre: Religion. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:
Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.
Gods Call to Mission: summary, description and annotation
We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Gods Call to Mission" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.
David W. Shenk: author's other books
Who wrote Gods Call to Mission? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.
Gods Call to Mission — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work
Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Gods Call to Mission" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shenk, David W., 1937 God's call to mission / David W. Shenk: foreword by Leighton Ford. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8361-3669-1 (alk. paper) 1. MissionsTheory. 2. Christianity and culture. 3. Christianity and other religions. 4. MennonitesMissions. I. Title. BV2063.S49 1994 266'.001dc20 94-402 CIP
The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
All Bible quotations are used by permission, all rights reserved, and unless otherwise indicated are from The Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.
GOD'S CALL TO MISSION Copyright 1994 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683 Published simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6H7. All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Number: 94-402 International Standard Book Number: 0-8361-3669-1 Printed in the United States of America Book and cover design by Gwen M. Stamm
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 04 03 02 01 00 99 98
Page 5
To Dan Daniel Ray Wenger joyfully embraced God's call to mission which included serving among suffering people in Nicaragua until December 30, 1989, when, at twenty-three years of age, an auto accident while accompanying youth for a weekend church retreat opened the door of heaven, where Dan joined those multitudes who are cheering us onward in the way of Christ.
Page 7
Contents
Foreword
by Leighton Ford
9
Author's Preface
11
Introduction
15
1. In the Beginning
21
2. An Amazing Nation
34
3. The Great Surprise
49
4. The End Is Here
63
5. The Global Plan
78
6. The Global Village
94
7. The Global Church
110
8. The Rock
129
9. The Four Pillars
144
10. Leaders Who Empower
160
11. Grace and Generosity
177
12. Cultures and Religions
189
13. The Quechua
205
Appendixes
217
Bibliography
222
The Author
228
Page 9
Foreword
I must begin this foreword with a confession: I had not planned to write it!
When my longtime friend, Eugene Witmer, wrote asking if I would consider doing a foreword for the forthcoming book on missions by David Shenk, I was honored. But I immediately wrote back that, as much as I would like to do it, time would not permit.
Somehow this word did not reach the publishers, who sent me the proofs anyway. I thought I would just glance at the book. After all, a good friend had introduced it, and I have always respected Mennonite writings on evangelism and mission. After a few minutes of scanning, I was intrigued and read on. Now I am, obviously, writing the forewordfor a number of reasons.
First, God's Call to Mission is a work of love. David Shenk explains that he was born and grew up on a pioneer mission field in Africa, among people who had never heard of Jesus Christ. There in Africa he became, as he describes it, "a voluntary and joyful captive of Jesus Christ and his church."
Shenk also writes from the standpoint of one who spent his entire life involved in the mission of Christfrom his childhood in Africa to his time working with steel crews as a Pennsylvania student, from his work with young street people in New York to urban church planting in Kenya.
Look at similar books to Gods Call to Mission. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.
Discussion, reviews of the book Gods Call to Mission and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.
