Developing a Strategy for Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Cultural Introduction (Encountering Mission)

Terry, John Mark; Payne, J D

ISBN 10: 0801039533 / ISBN 13: 9780801039539

Published by Baker Academic, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Developing a Strategy for Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Cultural Introduction (Encountering Mission)
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801039533
• ISBN 13: 9780801039539
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this addition to the highly acclaimed Encountering Mission series, two leading missionary scholars offer an up-to-date discussion of missionary strategy that is designed for a global audience. The authors focus on the biblical, missiological, historical, cultural, and practical issues that inform and guide the development of an effective missions strategy. The book includes all the features that have made other series volumes useful classroom tools, such as figures, sidebars, and case studies. Students of global or domestic mission work and mission practitioners will value this new resource.

About the Authors

J. D. Payne (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Thomas Welby Bozeman Chair of Christian Ministry at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He has published sixteen books, including Apostolic Imagination: Recovering a Biblical Vision for the Church's Mission Today and Theology of Mission: A Concise Biblical Theology. He has served for more than twenty-five years in theological education and has nineteen years of experience in pastoral ministry.

John Mark Terry (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is department chair and professor of missions at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. He has taught at Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, and the Southern Philippines Baptist Seminary.