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Despite political instability and social upheaval, the church expanded rapidly, especially in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWinter challenges western Christians to recognize the significance of this global movement and to support indigenous leadership and missions. He emphasizes the need to view history through a missional lens, where God’s purpose is being fulfilled in unexpected ways. This thought-provoking work calls the church to greater faith, vision, and participation in God’s unfolding plan across the nations during a unique moment in history.[\/DESCRIPTION]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[SUBTITLE]The Most Significant Transition in World Events in a 500 Year Period[\/SUBTITLE] [CREDIT] by: Ralph D. Winter (Author) [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 156 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2005 [\/PUBLISHYEAR]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e[ENDORSEMENT2]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe period from 1945 to 1970 may prove to be a critical turning point in the worldwide expansion of Christianity.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNo Christian who wishes to understand what God has been doing in our world during these \"unbelievable years\" can afford to neglect this concise and comprehensive summation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eRalph Covell\u003c\/cite\u003e[\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn the 25 years missions experienced more extensive and radical changes than in any previous hundred.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDr. Winter has brought to our attention some of the most significant of these.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eHarold Cook\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[\/ENDORSEMENT3] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[ENDORSEMENT4]\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEvery pastor and layman should read it... written from the perspective of an informed evangelical... packed with factual information which will startle those who think the cause of Christ has been failing in its world mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eRobert B. 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A Roundabout Route to Afghanistan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. A Modern Tentmaker and a Crown Prince\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Close Call over Kandahar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. A Father’s Joy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Two Watermelons in One Hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Adventures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. An Assist from Eisenhower\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. A Church Building Destroyed, A Government Overthrown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Becoming Professor Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Ice Cream on the Cake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. Disciplines for Spiritual Growth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. The Sunset Years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"William Carey Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44713258516522,"sku":"vag1787299539499","price":11.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (ePub)","offer_id":44713258549290,"sku":"ild1787299539500","price":8.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/4380\/4714\/files\/where-no-one-has-heard_1.jpg?v=1787299545"},{"product_id":"i-will-do-a-new-thing-2011-edition","title":"I Will Do A New Thing (2011 Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DESCRIPTION]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Unfinished Task\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt all started when Ralph Winter gave an address at Lausanne called “The Unfinished Task,” urging the missions world to focus on a new type of evangelism to reach “hidden” or “unreached” peoples. 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Casiño, ThD, PhD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n[\/TOC]","brand":"William Carey Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44713258647594,"sku":"bqe1787299543077","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/4380\/4714\/files\/mission-history-of-asian-churches_1.jpg?v=1787299548"},{"product_id":"awakening-the-hermit-kingdom","title":"Awakening the Hermit Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DESCRIPTION] \u003cem\u003eAwakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea\u003c\/em\u003e gives a focused look at the long-ignored subject, the pioneer women missionaries to the Hermit Kingdom, as the early missionaries often called Korea. Based largely on private papers and mission reports of the missionaries, the author explores the life and work of the American women missionaries in the first quarter century of the Protestant mission in Korea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book brings a new light to the history of Protestantism in Korea by revealing the identity and activities of the women missionaries, as well as the level of religious and social impact made by their presence and work in Korea. [\/DESCRIPTION] [CREDIT] Katherine H. Lee Ahn[\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 424 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Library [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2009 [\/PUBLISHYEAR] [ENDORSEMENT1]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eAwakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea is timely, needed, remarkably well researched and filled with delightful detail about the lives of women missionaries. Although the book is a scholarly piece of work it is still written in story form with fascinating details about the women missionaries' lives, personal struggles, and other aspects that make the reading engaging and inspiring.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eSamuel Hugh Moffett\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenry Winters Luce Professor of Ecumenics and Mission, Emeritus Princeton Theological Seminary\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT1] [ENDORSEMENT2]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThis study of the first generation of missionary work in Korea focuses on the crucial role Western women played. Their dynamic vision and courage was remarkable. Relying on diaries and letters written by missionaries, Dr. Katherine Lee Anh captures this story admirably. She shows that the pioneering work of these missionary women established precedents that opened the way for pioneering work by Korean women in church and society. This is an indispensable part of the history of the modern mission movement.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eWilbert R. Shenk\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003esenior professor of Mission History Fuller Graduate School of Intercultural Studies\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT2] [TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. American Protestant Missions in Korea, 1885-1907\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The Making of Pioneer Women Missionaries for Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Journey to Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The Land of Korea and the American Missionary Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Establishing Missionary Life in Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The Beginning of Women's Missionary Work in Korea, 1884-1889\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. 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This third volume traces the captivating human drama surrounding the origins. In fifteen fascinating chapters the book presents, for the first time ever, the embattled life of George Charles Smith—today recognized worldwide as the founder of the Maritime Mission Movement. Here, the reader can follow the turbulent career of this man of extremes: his humble origins; his harrowing years in a “floating hell” in Nelson’s navy; his relentless war with the “Sodom and Gomorrah” of London’s Sailortown; his dogged pursuit of a “Marine Jerusalem”; his survival of heartless debtors’ prisons; his feting throughout America; and his “last watch” in his home port, Penzance, in southwest England. Perhaps the most powerful affirmation of the lasting legacy of George Charles Smith is how also non-Western participants in today’s maritime mission readily discern in him the profile of a prophet. 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You will never look at the ocean in the same way.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eMiriam Adeney, PhD\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworld mission professor at Seattle Pacific University and Regent College, Vancouver BC\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT1] [ENDORSEMENT2]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eIt has been a delight to read this first-ever biography of George Charles Smith, the founder of the worldwide Seafarers’ Mission Movement. With source materials about Smith’s stormy life scattered in so many places, Dr. Roald Kverndal has undertaken a mammoth task in compiling the data for such a formidable enterprise. I am not aware of any statue or blue plaque having yet been erected to Smith’s memory. This book will therefore help to raise rightful awareness.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eDr. Stephen Friend\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eco-founder of the International Association for the Study of Maritime Mission\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eWisdom, it is said, is often best taught by experience. In the case of “Boatswain Smith,” he gained the wisdom to become the worldwide grandfather of Christian ministry among seafarers by himself “coming up through the hawse pipe.” The author has knitted together a fascinating series of vignettes from Smith’s own words into the inspirational life story of a man of extraordinary vision and faith.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eMonsignor James E. 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When I recently shared a glimpse of this Pioneer Pastor from Penzance with a seafaring friend of mine, he was just all ears and begged me for a copy one day.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eReverend Peter Ibrahim\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eveteran port chaplain to International Seafarers in Hamburg\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT4] [ENDORSEMENT5]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eEver since George Charles Smith received his original call to seafarers’ mission in the early 1800s, he has been an icon and inspirer for others—across all denominational boundaries. I too have been greatly indebted to him—not least during my many years of service in the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in London, as a direct successor to Smith’s groundbreaking ministry in the Danish-Norwegian Temple there. Dr. Roald Kverndal deserves our thanks for researching the life story of this truly heroic pioneer.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eReverend Dagfinn Kvale\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethirty-year chaplain in the Norwegian Seamen's Mission\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT5] [TOC]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eTimeline\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Early Years (1782–1796)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 A Floating Hell (1797–1802)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Bound for “Damascus” (1802–1803)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 New Sailing Orders (1803–1809)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 Casting Off! 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Author Richard Varberg tells of his life through four decades adjusting to a new culture and climate, developing effective strategies for planting churches and equipping local pastors, while also maintaining his own relationship with Jesus Christ through many trials and triumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr. Varberg sailed to the Philippines with his wife Elenor and their three-month old son, Paul, in 1958, twelve years after the U.S. ceded its sovereignty over the region. With their Iowa farm behind, the Varbergs raised five children overseas (three of which are still serving as missionaries in the Philippines).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpacted by the title query posed by a father grieving over the possibility that his son died without Christ before the gospel reached their village, Mr. Varberg gained a new resolve early in his ministry and an unforgettable account on reaching the unreached. 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Dick and Elenor Varberg are two of the finest missionaries I have ever known and the way God used them, protected them, is using their children and continuing to multiply their 40 years in the Philippines is phenomenal. I would love to see this book placed in the hands of tens of thousands of youth during the years they are considering their future. Eternity is at stake! I do not know how a person can better invest their life.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eBob Ricker\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003epastor and author, former president of Baptist General Conference\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT3] [ENDORSEMENT4]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eJesus told his followers to go into all the world with good news. The stories of going have inspired people since the book of Acts. I'm glad Richard Varberg as added his journey to the story.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eJohn Ortberg\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003epastor and author, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT4] [ENDORSEMENT5]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eOnce I started, I could not stop reading this book of stories told by Dick Varberg. He shares instructive episodes from a forty-year career of advancing the gospel throughout the islands of the Philippines. You'll read of prison threats or worse, of dreams in the night in which Christ spoke directly, of tough-minded negotiations that settled disputes, of architectural and construction ingenuity, of harrowing trips in outrigger canoes, and always the hand of the Lord at work to save, to protect and to guide. 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