Violence and abuse in society

Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, made up of multiple ethnic groups, cultures, and languages.

Child welfare services are intended to prevent the abuse or neglect of children; ensure that children have safe, permanent homes; and promote the well-being of children and their families.

The Child Welfare System: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions opens with a description of the empirical results of a study on bird's nest parenting as a form of shared parenting.

There are many issues in the role of firearms and personal violence (suicide and homicide).

Perceptions of vulnerability to violence and crime may be affected by differential exposure to risk and by individual, social and contextual factors.

Child abuse is a modality of violence against children and adolescents which remains to be comprehensively attended.

The missionary endeavor is as ancient as the Word of God.

Return for a fifth time with Pastor Blackstone to the fabled land of India and discover more biblical precepts and life-changing concepts as he travels again with his good friend Shibu Simon to "e;earth's farthest bounds.

Modern Christians have been bombarded by objections launched against the Christian faith from popular secular authors, bloggers, and stars from the entertainment industry.

Sustaining Grace explores the dynamic between new faith communities and denominational systems through the lens of stewardship and sustainability.

This compelling collection tells five stories of young Australian women who served in times of armed conflict in early twentieth-century China.

Churches in the West are renowned for responding to the measured needs of the vulnerable within their communities.

Why does the church engage in missions?

The cultural landscape plays a momentous role in the transmission of Christianity.

For the last couple decades, urban church planting has been all the rage.

Peoples on the Move provides pastors, church planters, and missionaries with the tools they need to walk out their door and learn the unique dynamics of their neighborhoods in order to formulate effective strategies for ministry.

Cross-cultural ministry is extremely challenging and must be entered into with eyes wide open.

The world has shrunk in the processes of globalization, and the old ways of actively ignoring plurality in theology are no longer viable.

A devout Catholic politician assassinated by a capricious dictator.

Multicultural churches help us understand God's will for us to become one in this multicultural world and experience a heavenly gathering in advance.

A Long Walk, a Gradual Ascent tells the one-hundred-year story of the development of the Friends Church (INELA) among the Aymara peoples of the Bolivian Andes.

Too often, the solution sought by many struggling churches is to make the homerun hire--to find the charismatic leader who will take them to the promised land of growth and vibrant ministry.

The History of Christian Missions in Guangxi, China describes the fascinating history of Catholic and Protestant missions in bandit-infested Guangxi from the seventeenth century to the present.

This book offers a critical analysis of the use of language in mission studies.

As bearers of the divine image, all of us are storytellers and artists.

The wise King Solomon gives us this proverb: "e;Do you see a man skilled in his work?

In this timely book, Cho provides mission scholars, sending churches, and mission agencies with an understanding of Korean missionaries' burnout recovery process.

Secularization, as a movement away from a religious orientation to life, is strong in Canada and has influence worldwide.

Talking about Jesus' story with others is designed to be a joy-producing experience for his followers, not to mention those hearing his story.

Talking about Jesus' story with others is designed to be a joy-producing experience for his followers, not to mention those hearing his story.

The stories in this book are the fruit of a vision that took root more than four decades ago.

Christian mission involves God, the missionary, and the other, the recipient of mission.

Are you dreaming of working abroad?

The church's witness to the world falters in an age of doctrinal uncertainty, emerging experiments of life forms and behavior norms, and consequent cultural pressures.

Various ministry approaches have been utilized in Muslim nations in the past in order to lead lost souls into God's Kingdom.

This project explores the relationship between worship, discipleship, and evangelism within the missional church movement.

This volume provides a detailed account of the tireless, dedicated work of a small group of missionaries sent to China by the American Churches of Christ early in the twentieth century.

Short-term mission trips are commonplace in American church life.

Is the Christian concept of grace anathema to the social structure of merit-making found in Buddhist karmic communities?

Persecution can kill the church--unless there is an adequate understanding of, preparation for, and response to this potentially fatal threat.

How does a missional mindset or perspective impact the way we read Scripture?

Faith Seeking Conviviality traces the journey of a U.

You are about to read a book with a double storyline with many intertwining segments.

The Second Vatican Council (1962-65) called for the renewal of all religious institutes in the Catholic Church.

Somewhere in the mists of time, between history and hagiography, stands the great evangelist and missionary St.

In many ways, sacrifice is a prerequisite for obeying the Great Commission.

It's almost undeniable that God is working miracles of healing in evangelization today.

Gender, Violence, and Justice is a volume of collected essays by an expert in the field of violence against women and pastoral theology.

This festschrift contains original missiological contributions from colleagues and former doctoral students of Dr.

Christian universalism has been explored in its biblical, philosophical, and historical dimensions.