TransforMission : Making Disciples through Short-Term Missions
ISBN: 9780805447743 | 0805447741
Format: Board BookPublisher: B&H Academic
Pub. Date: 5/1/2010
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Remarkably, thirty percent of North American teenagersmillions of people between the ages of 13 and 17have engaged in religious missions or service projects. Building on this statistic, the authors ofTransforMissionbelieve that short-term mission is one way God is taking the gospel to the nations and, concurrently, transforming the lives of these student participants. Writing to youth ministers, missiologists, church leaders, adult volunteers, and post-high school students, they assess strategies for further promoting this kind of involvement b... MORE
| Introduction: Calling Them to Greatness: Short-Term Mission for Life Transformation | p. 1 |
| Short-Term Mission in Perspective: Exploring the Bigger Picture | |
| Holding the View-Master: The Where, What, and Who of Global Mission | p. 9 |
| What Students Are Doing: The Yesterday and Today of Student Missions | p. 18 |
| What People Are Saying: The Two Sides of Short-Term Mission | p. 35 |
| What Researchers Are Finding: Rose-Colored... MORE | p. 51 |
| Transformation in Perspective: Examining the Process and Principles | |
| Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The Promise | p. 85 |
| Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The Power | p. 99 |
| Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The Premise | p. 124 |
| Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The Practice | p. 140 |
| Overcoming Inconsistencies for a Change: The People | p. 161 |
| The Transformissional Dimensions of Short-Term Mission: Getting the I.D.E.A. | |
| Influence: Surround Them with Relationships | p. 175 |
| Develop: Shape Them Through Process | p. 189 |
| Engage: Mobilize Them for Challenge | p. 209 |
| Assess: Evaluate Them for Change | p. 222 |
| Conclusion: Challenging Them to Death: The Gravity of Mission and the Weight of Student Ministry | p. 234 |
| Name Index | p. 241 |
| Scripture Index | p. 245 |
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MICHAEL S. WILDER, Ph.D., is associate dean of doctoral studies in the School of Church Ministries at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
SHANE W. PARKER, Ph.D., is associate dean of graduate education at Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School.
SHANE W. PARKER, Ph.D., is associate dean of graduate education at Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School.
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