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A Vision for Missions

by Tom Wells

Tom Wells writes with the conviction that when it comes to cross-cultural mission, Christians must come back to first principles. Human need and world conditions are not the starting point. The gospel is a call to know and worship God, and the primary conviction of the messenger must be that God is worthy to be known. The missionary vision must begin with the vision of God. Only then can the church truly respond to the command to ‘declare his glory among the nations.’ This is a challenging book, and equally relevant to Christians at home and abroad. It treats missionary endeavour not as a separate interest but as basic to Christianity itself. By reference to David Brainerd, William Carey, and Henry Martyn the author also shows the true inspiration which lay behind the missionary movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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A Vision for Missions — Interior page
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A Vision for Missions — Interior page
Interior page
A Vision for Missions — Interior page
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Publication

Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Paperback
Dust jacket
No
Total pages
160 pages
ISBN-13
9781800403888

Reference

Publisher page
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Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. 'It Pleased God'
  • 2. Renouncing the Utilitarian God
  • 3. God, Self-sufficient
  • 4. God's Sovereign Power
  • 5. God, Fully Wise
  • 6. The Righteousness of God
  • 7. The Graciousness of God
  • 8. God in His Faithfulness
  • 9. 'Glory ... in the Face of Jesus Christ'
  • 10. God's Glory and Human Need
  • 11. David Brainerd before God
  • 12. Another Look at William Carey
  • 13. The Example of Henry Martyn
  • 14. Summing Up