A Vision For Missions
The Character of God and the Missionary Motive
| Weight | 0.16 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 18.1 × 12.1 × 1.0 cm |
| ISBN | 9781800403888 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Format | Book |
| Short ISBN | |
| Original Pub Date | 1985 |
| Topic | Missions |
| Page Count | 160 |
| subtitle | The Character of God and the Missionary Motive |
Book Description
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.
Author Biography
Tom Wells (1933–2019) was a preacher and writer based in West Chester, near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, where he was for nearly thirty years the pastor of The King’s Chapel Reformed Baptist Church. He also authored Come to Me!, Christian: Take Heart!, A Price for a People, and The Moral Basis of Faith, also published by The Banner of Truth Trust.
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| Preface | 7 | |
| 1 | ‘It Pleased God’ | 11 |
| 2 | Renouncing the Utilitarian God | 22 |
| 3 | God, Self-sufficient | 32 |
| 4 | God’s Sovereign Power | 42 |
| 5 | God, Fully Wise | 53 |
| 6 | The Righteousness of God | 63 |
| 7 | The Graciousness of God | 73 |
| 8 | God in His Faithfulness | 85 |
| 9 | ‘Glory … in the Face of Jesus Christ’ | 97 |
| 10 | God’s Glory and Human Need | 107 |
| 11 | David Brainerd before God | 121 |
| 12 | Another Look at William Carey | 130 |
| 13 | The Example of Henry Martyn | 141 |
| 14 | Summing Up | 153 |
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Melody Ledwell –
This is an excellent book. The best I have read lately. It doesn’t speak about Mission but the One, God, who gives us the purpose of Missions.
I am buying some to give to others.