{"id":4938,"date":"2014-08-27T06:06:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T13:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2014-08-26T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T23:15:50","slug":"book-critical-questions-to-ask-before-going-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4938","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Critical Questions to Ask Before Going Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esionline.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.esionline.org\">Equipping Servants International<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esionline.org\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.esionline.org\/book\/\">Mission Smart: 15 Critical Questions to Ask Before Launching Overseas<\/a>, by David L. Frazier. Equipping Servants International, 2013. 192 pages.<\/p>\n<p>Those of us with a passion and position to mobilize the next generation of cross-cultural laborers sometimes forget that not everyone who volunteers to go has the calling, gifts, self-knowledge, training, and church support to make it as a cross-cultural missionary. David Frazier\u2019s book encourages both goers and senders to slow down and confront unhealthy idealism. It takes a look at the gaps and asks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esionline.org\/book\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.esionline.org\/book\">15 critical questions<\/a> about missionary appointment, preparation, placement, and care. The book\u2019s goal is to reduce attrition and send out well-prepared workers who understand their callings and are prepared to thrive cross-culturally.<\/p>\n<p>Mission Smart also includes thoughtful questions and assignments for missionary candidates to work through with a mentor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mission-Smart-Critical-Questions-Launching\/dp\/1492339261\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mission-Smart-Critical-Questions-Launching\/dp\/1492339261\/\">Purchase from Amazon<\/a> for US$11.70; US$9.99 for the Kindle edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Equipping Servants International Mission Smart: 15 Critical Questions to Ask Before Launching Overseas, by David L. Frazier. Equipping Servants International, 2013. 192 pages. Those of us with a passion and position to mobilize the next generation of cross-cultural laborers sometimes forget that not everyone who volunteers to go has the calling, gifts, self-knowledge, training, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4938\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOK: Critical Questions to Ask Before Going Overseas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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-4938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4939,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions\/4939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}