World Missions

Enjoy five short stories, 20 minutes each, that will inspire you! From the first century, to the present, you will be encouraged by these single men, who did amazing things for God. They changed the world they lived in, and in some cases, ours as well! Saint Patrick was an English teen, when he was captured by Irish slave traders. After his escape, he returned to Ireland to bring the gospel to the people he had come to love. This is one of my all time favorite stories! Percy Mather ventured into one of the most difficult and foreboding areas in the world, the Gobi Desert, in the early 1900'...

(Business Leaders Edition Volume 7) Every enterprise needs leadership and great leaders are formed through both success and failure. Are you and your organization positioned properly for this new age of leadership? Adam Torres is here to help you move forward. In this latest edition of Mission Matters (Business Leaders Edition Volume 7), Torres features 22 top professionals who share their lessons on leadership. In these pages, through inspiring stories, you’ll discover: Four ways leaders can mitigate human error The true power of having a clear life mission How to create amazing digital ...

Solana Sina is a scarab, salvaging wrecked and abandoned space habitats among the Billion Worlds of the Tenth Millennium. She and an oddball crew—a raven, a cyborg, and a dinosaur—board the derelict colony Safdaghar hoping to score some loot before the colony gets catapulted into the outer reaches of the Solar System. But Solana and the scarabs come face-to-face with a gang of vicious pirates looking for slaves and treasure, and a mysterious stranger intent on preserving an explosive secret. Solana must overcome her own horrifying past to survive and escape before it's too late.

Pollution is the single largest cause of death in the developing world. One in seven people in low- and middle-income countries die as a result of it. Simply put, pollution is now the world's most prevalent health risk. And yet, while most everyone has heard about "going green"; few are aware of the more dire and sinister brown pollution - places where man-made toxic pollutants have taken root and spread. Brown sites poison millions of people every year, causing needless suffering and death. After witnessing several brown sites firsthand and meeting families trapped by poverty in these toxic hot spots, environmentalist Richard Fuller founded the Blacksmith Institute, now renamed Pure Earth, a global nonprofit that initiates large-scale cleanups of some of the most polluted places on earth.

En ninguno de sus libros anteriores Og Mandino había narrado sus experiencias como oficial de la octava fuerza aérea en Inglaterra, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En esta reconocida novela, recreada en Londres en tiempos de guerra nos narra un relato conmovedor que rápidamente se transforma en una historia de éxito e inspiración que brinda nueva esperanza y nos muestra una perspectiva fresca da su vida a millones de lectores.Junto con la historia se encuentra un regalo especial.

Jesús nos envía al mundo de la misma manera que el Padre lo envió a él. Sin embargo, aun miles de años después, muchos cristianos todavía no se ponen de acuerdo que incluye esto. Algunos creen que el enfoque de la misión cristiana es evangelizar y «salvar almas». Otros enfatizan asuntos de justicia global o la labor de alivio y desarrollo. ¿Acaso solo una de estas dos opiniones está en lo correcto por si sola?

Many people today talk about justice, but are they living justly? They want to change the world, but are they being changed themselves? Eugene Cho has a confession: "I like to talk about changing the world but I don't really like to do what it takes." If this is true of the man who founded the One Day's Wages global antipoverty movement, then what must it take to act on one's ideals? Cho does not doubt the sincerity of those who want to change the world.

"Love is a funny thing shaped like a lizard. It climbs down your throat and grabs at your gizzard!" —Dr. Jerry Gibson, Author This powerful little book moves from tragedy to comedy while passionately teaching and mentoring Christian love. Dr. Gibson is simply awesome in his ability to explain Bible passages. "Why are we all brothers and sisters? - God's - 'Our Father.'" Having studied and taught Greek, and Hebrew, he is truly a Biblical Scholar. He's humble and unique; he's baptized and mentored a long impressive list of contemporary Christians. With gleeful spirit and humorous intellect,...

In Double Crossed, historian Matthew Avery Sutton tells the extraordinary story of the entwined roles of spy-craft and faith in a world at war. Missionaries, priests, and rabbis, acutely aware of how their actions seemingly conflicted with their spiritual calling, carried out covert operations, bombings, and assassinations within the centers of global religious power, including Mecca, the Vatican, and Palestine.

From the tragic loss of courageous airmen who gave their lives for our freedom to the gentle breezes that swirl through graves in a quiet cemetery in Belgium’s countryside, Bob Steele takes us on a personal journey of history and revelation as he recounts the story of his uncle, a gunner on a World War II bomber, and his own personal quest to uncover the fates of the crewmen, their families, and gracious Europeans who honored them.

What if life wasn’t just something that happened to you, but something you had the power to influence? Adventure of a Lifetime isn’t about wishful thinking or vague spiritual ideas—it’s a practical, thought-provoking guide to recognizing the role you play in shaping your experiences. We often think of challenges as obstacles, but what if they were actually opportunities—chances to create solutions, grow, and build a more fulfilling life? Mistakes aren’t failures; they’re stepping stones. And the way we respond to life’s ups and downs has a direct impact on what comes next.

"A willingness to go is all they have in common," exclaim Beth Moore and Kim P. Davis, speaking of their friends on the front lines who are spreading the gospel around the world and with whom they collaborated to create this audiobook. This second book of 366 daily devotionals features stories of God's faithfulness, written by hundreds of missionaries worldwide. From stirring miracles to heroic adventures, this second volume highlights those who daily go to the outer limits of spiritual devotion.

Stanley and his family receive an unexpected phone call from Scotland Yard. Stanley has been invited to London to help with a top-secret case. One of the crown jewels was stolen years ago. The queen has long suspected Lady Laura, her distant cousin, of the theft, and Lady Laura will be in London to attend a formal ball at Buckingham Palace. If she has the jewel, this will be the perfect time to wear it. And that's where Stanley comes in. Stanley loves the idea of being a spy, even if being flat has nothing to do with his mission. Or so he thinks....

In From the Rising of the Sun, you'll explore eleven locations spanning the globe, witnessing different expressions of Christian worship that are consistent with Scripture but faithful to the local language, customs, and culture. Each chapter begins with a travelogue narrative that unfolds the experience of worship in a country or region and concludes with a biblical study on a particular aspect of worship or cross-cultural engagement, showing how each worship service is unique yet distinctly biblical.

Stars glittered over the restlessly undulating waters of the North Sea late on the evening of May 10th, 1941, as a lone twin-propeller Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter bearing the Iron Cross emblem of the Nazi Luftwaffe came in sight of the low, dark line of land along the horizon that marked where Scotland lay.

“Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?” IN nothing does the Church of Christ so plainly vindicate her true character and mission, in nothing does she affirm so clearly that she is a divine institution, and not a merely human, as in bold assaults upon the kingdom of Satan; challenging the adversary on his own ground — not timidly content if only she can shield and shelter from his malice and his wiles those who have always continued with her, but winning back from his dominion those whom for a while she has lost, and he had won; daring the strong man in his own stronghold, and, ...

From technical wizardly that goes disastrously wrong, to underwater warfare with a sting in its tail, this new book by Tony Matthews delves into a wide range of top-secret stories, including black propaganda missions, calamitous Resistance operations and accounts of espionage activities at the very highest level. Spies, Saboteurs and Secret Missions of World War II is a fascinating insight into some of the most astonishing clandestine activities of the Second World War.

An escaped convict. High-level corruption. And a plot to kill anyone in the way. Agents Reece Cannon and Tommy Shanahan are plunged into an investigation that pits them against an insidious chemical weapon — a substance that inflicts a slow, agonizing death by suffocation — and one ruthless murder after another. As they race to unearth the truth, Reece and Shanahan are suddenly forced to deal with the hidden agendas of new "partners," all while facing the most dangerous people they've ever come up against. But when a ghost from the past shows up — Jack, a brutal killer and ex-fiancé ...

As a Christian parent, you want your children to develop good character and godly wisdom. But how do you go beyond hoping and praying to teaching them ethical knowledge, practical skills, and virtuous habits? This innovative guide provides practical, effective ideas you can use to help your children build their faith and character in 50 ways, including engaging with the Bible and culture, interacting with God and others, making good decisions, becoming better learners, and managing conflict.

This is the digital teacher’s guide for the Color the World coloring book. This guide is for one teacher. This guide accompanies the coloring pages and provides teachers with 15 clear, engaging lessons to help children understand God’s heart for the world and their role in missions. Each lesson includes: ✅ Big Idea – A simple, clear concept for kids. ✅ Bible Truth – Key Bible verses (KJV) that support the lesson. ✅ Teaching Time – A narrative-style explanation to help teachers engage children. ✅ Discussion Questions – To spark reflection and participation. ✅ Activity ...