Pressure Points: Twelve Global Issues Shaping the Face of the Church - Softcover

J.D. Payne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418550744 ISBN 13: 9781418550745

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2013

Synopsis

Each generation of believers faces numerous challenges to the mission of the church.

While the church does not have control over the large issues of each generation, its response to them is a matter of Kingdom stewardship.

J. D. Payne gets to the heart of the twelve most important problems we face today. In Pressure Points J. D. helps us see how we can prevent these global issues from pushing the church off its biblical moorings, so we can absorb the pressures while responding in a way that remains faithful to the church’s calling and mission. Come to see that despite all the challenges, some of the greatest days for Kingdom advancement are ahead of us. 

 

Topics include:

• Unreached people groups
• Truth and pluralism
• The West as a mission field
• The majority world church
• World religions
• International migration
• Globalization
• Poverty
• Urbanization
• Children and youth
• Healthcare
• Oral learners

About this title

About the Author

J. D. Payne (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the pastor of church multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. He has pastored churches in Kentucky and Indiana, and he served as a seminary professor for a decade. He is the author of several books on missions and evangelism. J. D. and his wife, Sarah, live in Birmingham with their three children, Hannah, Rachel, and Joel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1418550744
• ISBN 13: 9781418550745
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208