Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Books for Starting a Strong Missions Awareness in Your Congregation

0362717: Touch the World Through Prayer

Touch the World Through Prayer
By Wesley Duewel / Zondervan

"God has a wonderful plan by which you can have a world influence through your prayer," writes Dr. Wesley Duewel. "God has planned that ordinary Christians like you and me can become mighty in prayer for the reaping of Christ's harvest among the nations today."

Touch the World through Prayer explains how every Christian can pray for the missionaries, church leaders, and political leaders in countries around the globe where the gospel is being preached today. Dr. Duewel gives specific Bible promises that we can claim in these intercessory prayers.

He describes how to pray in the power of Jesus' name, how to counteract the influence of Satan, how to recognize the work of angels in answer to prayer, and much more. Touch the World through Prayer provides step-by-step plans for making a prayer list, organizing a prayer circle, and holding a prayer retreat for your Chris

 
36191: Mighty Prevailing Prayer

Mighty Prevailing Prayer
By Wesley Duewel / Zondervan

God has more effective prayer life for you than you ever dreamed possible. Let this volume be your open door to wonderful answers to prayer. Here is your personal guide to a life of mighty prevailing prayer. Let this book speak to your heart, take you to your knees, and help you obtain prayer answers in difficult and resistant situations. Leonard Ravenhill calls it an "encyclopedia." You will want to read and re

 
36181: Ablaze for God

Ablaze for God
By Wesley Duewel / Zondervan

This is a book for every Christian leader - Pastor,Lay leader Bible or Sunday school teacher, Youth Leader, Missionary or Leader in God's cause at large. This is not a "how to" book, although it is filled with practical suggestions for your leadership. It is a book on the spiritual dynamics of your leadership. How can you be more of a person of God? How can you have more of God's seal and power on your leadership? God's radiance upon your life; God's anointing on your leadership; a burning love for Christ, the church, and the unsaved; your awesome accountability as a spiritual leader, your prayer life as a leader - these are

 
26487: Introducing World Missions

Introducing World Missions
By A.S. Moreau, G.R. Corwin & G.B. McGee / Baker

As the first volume of the Encountering Mission series, this book provides a broad overview of world missions. The book is divided into five major sections. The first two provide the biblical and theological basis for missions as well as a historical survey. The following three sections consider the practical issues and contemporary challenges involved in mission work.

The authors incorporate a number of features that add focus and insight to their broader survey. Chapters close with a case study to focus on important issues and concerns. There are also numerous sidebars, maps, and charts throughout the text that provide further details on particular subjects and raise questions for discussion. A teacher's manual (available on CD-ROM) includes additional case studies, historical documents, and PowerPoint slides for classroom presentation. As a bonus, a free CD-ROM containing the Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions is included in the back of each book. This comprehensive reference work contains over 1,400 articles on the theory, practice, theology, and history of mission.
A. Scott Moreau is professor of missions and intercultural studies at Wheaton College Graduate School in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the general editor of the Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions.

Gary R. Corwin is associate editor of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, special representative with SIM (Serving in Mission), and a visiting lecturer at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Gary B. McGee is professor of church history and Pentecostal studies at the Assemblies of God Theol