Why We Do Missions`

Short stories of native missionaries in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Honduras, Colombia, and Mexico show how they declare and live out the biblical message before their neighbors, friends and strangers.One man with demonic oppression in Southeast Asia was placed in a bamboo village jail five years to protect the villagers from his terror. A team of local missionaries set him free through their words and prayers. Does anyone wonder why he now wants to tell others what Jesus did for him?One child was on the verge of being offered as a sacrifice to a heathen god. This book tells how he escaped from that near death experience to pastor a church founded by the 18th century pioneer missionary, William Carey, and now offers aid and encouragement to sixty-four indigenous ministries working among 500 unreached or least-reached people groups in South Asia. Another child suffered a surgical accident that medics feared would paralyze him for life; he overcame the prognosis and now hosts a school that brings free education to over 1,000 African children. He says he has only started. One woman from Honduras adopted an infant only to learn months later that it was deaf. Led by dreams and messages from God, she founded the first school for the deaf in her nation, allowing her students to fully enter life and sustain themselves. Her school became a model for others and transformed her country's attitude toward the disabled.Eight short stories show how local missionaries bring deliverance, hope, and new life to thousands. The book shows that missions is far more than trying to get a group of people to adopt "our" doctrine and customs. Indigenous missionaries, often the grandsons and great grandsons and granddaughters of the first pioneer missionaries, are truly bringing a message that transforms those who receive it. Their language and style may be different than ours, but the results speak for themselves. See for yourself.

• | Author: John Lindner & Associates
• | Publisher: Anm Publishers
• | Publication Date: May 02, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 142 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1946174157
• | ISBN-13: 9781946174154