Finding Direction to Redeem the Nations: Navigating Missions Misconceptions

Do you want to help bring people from all the nations into relationship with Jesus as he intends? Sadly, there are multiple mission approaches today that are ineffective or even counterproductive to reaching that goal. If that concerns you then join this journey through Scripture, mission history, and contemporary experience to find direction to redeem the nations. We will explore what Jesus intended missions to be, what it certainly is not, why it is important, how it should be carried out, and the essential divine power that must energize it. Along the way, you will discover dozens of misconceptions that can misdirect or scuttle your personal, church, or team efforts while clarifying how you should invest your life and resources to accomplish this most important task on earth.

Don Dent served as an international missionary for 30 years in Asia, including as a front-liner, field leader, and trainer. He served as mission program director and world mission professor at Gateway Seminary for 11 years after returning to the US. He now resides in Mississippi and continues to teach as Senior Professor of World Missions at Gateway Seminary. He is the author of The Ongoing Role of Apostles in Missions (2019).