Titre :	Encountering missionary life and work : preparing for intercultural ministry
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Steffen, Tom A., Auteur ; Douglas, Lois McKinney, Auteur
Editeur :	Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic
Année de publication :	c2008
Collection :	Encountering mission.
Importance :	XXI, 390 p.
Présentation :	Illustrations
Format :	23 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-8010-2659-1
Note générale :	Includes bibliographical references and Index.
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Christianity and culture. Missionaries. Missions.
Index. décimale :	BV 2061.3
Résumé :	This new volume in the award-winning Encountering Mission series is for current and future missionaries. It provides practical guidance regarding getting ready for the mission field and the realities of life on the field. The authors are well qualified to write such a manual, each having served as a missionary for more than twenty years and each having taught missions in seminary.
Note de contenu :	The changing scene -- Remembering the past -- Understanding key ideas and terms -- Home-front preparations -- Decision making and the will of God -- Spiritual formation -- Personal readiness -- Ministry readiness -- Avenues to cross-cultural ministries -- Finding your niche -- Getting going -- On-field preparations -- What is culture? -- At home in the culture -- Culture and language acquisition -- Missionaries and their lives -- Women in missions -- Missionary families -- Crises in missions -- Reentry -- What's next?

Encountering missionary life and work : preparing for intercultural ministry [texte imprimé] / Steffen, Tom A., Auteur ; Douglas, Lois McKinney, Auteur . - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2008 . - XXI, 390 p. : Illustrations ; 23 cm. - (Encountering mission.) .
ISBN : 978-0-8010-2659-1
Includes bibliographical references and Index.
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Christianity and culture. Missionaries. Missions.
Index. décimale :	BV 2061.3
Résumé :	This new volume in the award-winning Encountering Mission series is for current and future missionaries. It provides practical guidance regarding getting ready for the mission field and the realities of life on the field. The authors are well qualified to write such a manual, each having served as a missionary for more than twenty years and each having taught missions in seminary.
Note de contenu :	The changing scene -- Remembering the past -- Understanding key ideas and terms -- Home-front preparations -- Decision making and the will of God -- Spiritual formation -- Personal readiness -- Ministry readiness -- Avenues to cross-cultural ministries -- Finding your niche -- Getting going -- On-field preparations -- What is culture? -- At home in the culture -- Culture and language acquisition -- Missionaries and their lives -- Women in missions -- Missionary families -- Crises in missions -- Reentry -- What's next?