{"id":252,"date":"2004-04-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-21T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=252"},"modified":"2010-08-28T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-28T21:12:18","slug":"april-21-2004-resource-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Missions Catalyst 04.21.04 &#8211; Resource Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In This Issue: Two New Books <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BOOK: Beyond the Ranges<\/li>\n<li>BOOK: Exploring World Mission: Context &amp; Challenges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"..\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionscatalyst.org\/\">Missions  Catalyst<\/a> is a free, weekly electronic digest of mission    news  and  resources   designed to inspire and equip Christians worldwide    for  global    ministry. Use it to fuel your prayers, find tips and     opportunities,    and stay in touch with how God is building his kingdom     all over  the   world. Please forward it freely!<\/p>\n<h2>BOOK: Beyond the Ranges<\/h2>\n<p>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wclbooks.com\/\" target=\"new\">WCLbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Kenneth Latourette, Eerdmans Publishing, 1967, Hardcover, 161 Pages.<br \/>\nThe autobiography of Kenneth Scott Latourette, tells of his experience as a student volunteer in China, how he lost his health and his faith, and how he then recovered to become the greatest mission and church historian of all time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wclbooks.com\/\" target=\"new\">Order Book<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>BOOK: Exploring World Mission: Context &amp; Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvisionresources.com\/\" target=\"new\">worldvisionresources.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Bryant L. Myers, World Vision Resources, 2003, 96 pages, also on CD-ROM. Author of the best-selling books <em>The Changing Shape of World Mission<\/em> and <em>The New Context of World Mission<\/em>, Myers draws on the most current resources available, including the latest editions of <em>Operation World<\/em> and <em>World Christian Encyclopedia<\/em>, to bring you the most meaningful picture of where mission is heading in the next century and why.<\/p>\n<p>Using bold graphics to display the most current data, Myers traces the historical roots of Christian mission and examines the context of mission in today&#8217;s world. By examining the latest trends in population, economics, politics, religion, children, and the church, Myers shows us our greatest challenges and interprets them as our greatest opportunities to affect our world. First by seeing our world the way God sees it; second, by obeying the command to love God and neighbor; and finally, by acting according to Jesus&#8217; compassion, compassion with an attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Order book from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvisionresources.com\/\" target=\"new\">worldvisionresources.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Questions? Problems? Submissions? Contact publisher\/managing editor <a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:missionscatalyst@calebresources.org\" target=\"_blank\">Marti Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1>Missions Catalyst e-Magazine<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Missions Catalyst Features &#8211; Resource Reviews<br \/>\nApril 21, 2004. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In This Issue  <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BOOK: Beyond the Ranges<\/li>\n<li>BOOK: Exploring World Mission: Context &amp; Challenges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>BOOK: Beyond the Ranges<\/h2>\n<p>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wclbooks.com\/\" target=\"new\">WCLbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1740,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/1740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}