Before You Go

Are you preparing to take the gospel to the nations?
You’ve said “yes” to God’s call to go, and now you will pack up your things and step into the unknown of a new location, people, and culture. The following years will likely include great joy, frustration, homesickness, difficulty, and excitement. In this book, ten men who have served in missions in various ways share what they wish they had known before they began.
This book is a handbook for entering the mission field, including essays on:

• Discerning Your Calling
• Leaving What You Love
• Identity and Task
• Integrity and Accountability
• Serving Well as a Team
• Prayer and Evangelism
• Going Single
• Family & Mission
• The Fellowship of the Suffering
• Spiritual Patterns of a Missionary

Matthew Bennett is associate professor of missions and theology at Cedarville University. He and his wife Emily served as missionaries in North Africa and the Middle East for seven years. Matt is the author of Hope for American Evangelicals, The Qur’an and the Christian, and 40 Questions About Islam.
 
Joshua Bowman (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is assistant professor of missions and theology at Cedarville University. He and his wife, Amy, along with their four children, served in Zambia and South Asia with the International Mission Board for 17 years as a church planter, church-strengthening strategist, and team leader. He is the author of Cross-Cultural Missional Partnership.