Description: Mack Leeann`s Guide to ShortTerm Missions by J. Mack Stiles, Leeann Stiles How can you prepare for a short-term missions trip? What are the hazards to avoid and the opportunities to embrace? Veteran trip leaders Mack and Leeann Stiles offer practical advice, hard-won lessons, and hilarious stories to help you know what to expect as you get ready to see God in action in new ways. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Today the world is as close as an airplane flight. Thousands take advantage of this, going for short visits to other countries to be more involved in Gods worldwide mission.How can you prepare for such a trip? What are the hazards to avoid and the opportunities to embrace? Here is field-tested advice you should not leave home without!Mack and Leeann Stiles are veteran leaders of more than a dozen two-month mission trips that have taken them around the globe. Their practical advice, hard-won lessons and hilarious stories will help you know what to expect as you get ready to see God in action in new ways.This book offers you the keys toestablishing partnerships with sending churcheslearning from your hosts in the countries you visitbecoming a culturally sensitive personovercoming the shortcomings of short-term missionsgrowing a servant spiritlearning to trust God, your hosts and yourselffacing injustice with realism and compassionspeaking about Jesus in a way that makes sense in a new culturedealing with reentry culture shock when you get back homeShort mission trips can put feet on your knowledge of God and give you a God-sized picture of the world. In the process of going you will grow, and even though you may feel inadequate or scared, you will also give much to those you go to. Author Biography Mack Stiles is CEO of Gulf Digital Solutions and general secretary for the Fellowship of Christian UAE Students (FOCUS) in the United Arab Emirates. He has worked for many years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the United States. He is the author of Speaking of Jesus and coauthor with his wife of Mack and Leeanns Guide to Short-Term Missions.Stiles is a pharmacist based in Lexington, Kentucky. With her husband, Mack, she has codirected more than a dozen short-term mission trips in Kenya, the Middle East and Central America. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Risky Adventure2. The First Journey: From Head to Heart3. Abrahams Math Lesson: A Missions Mindset4. Models for Modern Short Terms5. Short Terms with a Long-term View6. Extra! Would-Be Missionary Becomes Headhunter!7. A God for all the Potatoes8. Kenyan House-Help9. Questions of Trust10. Culture Shock!11. Redlining12. Scars13. Headlines from Mombasa14. Partnerships: Back Home On Site15. Pith Helmets Modern Missionaries16. Unnecessary Risks?17. Oh, the Places You Will Go: Families On Short Terms18. Home Sweet Home? ReentryShort Terms A-ZNotes Review "This excellent book makes short-term missions a possibility for everyday Christians. Yet it has not avoided problem areas, and so brings a realistic and honest perspective to this exploding movement. The biblical illustrations and [the Stiless] personal stories from their wide experience means this is a must-read book for everyone going overseas." -- John Kyle, senior vice president, Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies Long Description Today the world is as close as an airplane flight. Thousands take advantage of this, going for short visits to other countries to be more involved in Gods worldwide mission.How can you prepare for such a trip? What are the hazards to avoid and the opportunities to embrace? Here is field-tested advice you should not leave home without!Mack and Leeann Stiles are veteran leaders of more than a dozen two-month mission trips that have taken them around the globe. Their practical advice, hard-won lessons and hilarious stories will help you know what to expect as you get ready to see God in action in new ways.This book offers you the keys to establishing partnerships with sending churches learning from your hosts in the countries you visit becoming a culturally sensitive person overcoming the shortcomings of short-term missions growing a servant spirit learning to trust God, your hosts and yourself facing injustice with realism and compassion speaking about Jesus in a way that makes sense in a new culture dealing with reentry culture shock when you get back home Short mission trips can put feet on your knowledge of God and give you a God-sized picture of the world. In the process of going you will grow, and even though you may feel inadequate or scared, you will also give much to those you go to. Review Text "This excellent book makes short-term missions a possibility for everyday Christians. Yet it has not avoided problem areas, and so brings a realistic and honest perspective to this exploding movement. The biblical illustrations and [the Stiless] personal stories from their wide experience means this is a must-read book for everyone going overseas." Review Quote "This excellent book makes short-term missions a possibility for everyday Christians. Yet it has not avoided problem areas, and so brings a realistic and honest perspective to this exploding movement. The biblical illustrations and [the Stiless] personal stories from their wide experience means this is a must-read book for everyone going overseas." Details ISBN0830822690 Author Leeann Stiles Language English ISBN-10 0830822690 ISBN-13 9780830822690 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 266 Year 2000 Residence KY, US Birth 1956 Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 186 Short Title MACK & LEEANNS GT SHORT-TERM M DOI 10.1604/9780830822690 Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,US Place of Publication Illinois Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2000-08-10 NZ Release Date 2000-08-10 US Release Date 2000-08-10 UK Release Date 2000-08-10 Publisher InterVarsity Press Publication Date 2000-08-10 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129541359;
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Book Title: Mack Leeann's Guide to Short-Term Missions
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Author: J. Mack Stiles, Leeann Stiles
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Christianity
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Publication Year: 2000
Item Weight: 227g
Number of Pages: 186 Pages