Broschiertes Buch

Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium

Beschreibung

Missionaries pour their lives into the task of loving others, sharing hope, and laboring for the sake of Christ. While their deep commitment bears much kingdom fruit, it can be easy for them to neglect their own emotional and spiritual well-being. For this reason, Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium contains essays on various topics related to caring for missionaries and those they serve. Member care is a broad subject encompassing many disciplines and so the contributors do not intend to cover the entire gamut of such an expansive, evolving topic. The chapters in this book are arranged into three sections: Theological Foundations for Care Giving, Challenges for Care Giving, and Contexts for Care Giving. The local church is learning not only to provide money but to encourage, mentor, and provide emotional support. Mission agencies are now aware of the complexities of selection, training, sending, and supporting missionary families. While there is room for improvement all around, the mission workforce is better educated, trained, and finally, better cared for in the field. With years of foundational experience behind us, how do we care for the harvest force in the new millennium? This volume helps readers answer that question.

Autor

Tom Steffen (DMiss, Biola University) is a professor emeritus of intercultural studies at Biola University. He specializes in church multiplication, orality, honor-shame, and business as mission. He and his family spent fifteen years in the Philippines with New Tribes Mission before coming to Biola. Tom's books include Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry: Great Commission Companies (with Steve Rundle) and Worldview-based Storytelling: The Integration of Storytelling, Ritual, and Symbol in the Orality Movement. F. Douglas P. Pennoyer (PhD) spent his childhood years on the mission field. He has authored numerous books and articles, has taught at Seattle Pacific University and Biola University, and preached and pastored at several churches in the United States. Dr. Pennoyer and his wife Joann have four children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: William Carey Library
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781645085225
• ISBN-10: 1645085228
• Artikelnr.: 68365911