Eight Steps of the Missions Continuum - by Hal Cunnyngham & Amanda Dimperio Davis (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The world's population is approaching 8 billion souls. Governments are becoming increasingly hostile to Christianity, and especially toward evangelicals who believe in the exclusivity of the gospel of Jesus Christ for salvation. With more than 3,000 people groups still unreached and unengaged with a gospel witness, the Great Commission is a formidable task. The world's cities are growing exponentially with refugees, im- migrants, and people seeking better lives, most of whom have had little exposure to the gospel of Jesus Christ. How can we, the church, make a greater impact on lostness?

As God raises up his church around the world in all shapes and sizes to take on this task, this book presents eight steps that will assist and encourage churches, agencies, and missionaries from every part of the world to assess and identify concrete actions that will help them more fully embrace the calling God places on their hearts.

Review Quotes

"Hal Cunnyngham and Amanda Dimperio Davis provide a series of steps churches and groups can take to make the Great Commission task their own. The pages of this book contain wisdom produced by more than a decade of consultancies in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The results recorded here point to an effective process. Those who work through these Eight Steps will empower local churches with the biblical basis for missions and provide the actual steps they need to join the Great Commission task of sending missionaries cross- culturally in a sustainable fashion. These Eight Steps provide a clear process for the global church to partner together to put feet to the vision of the whole church owning the mission task."

- JOHN BRADY, vice president for global engagement, International Mission Board

"The missionary task is enormous and complex. Eight Steps of the Missions Continuum provides the strategic foundation for every church to participate in the Great Commission. It helps churches understand the urgency of the task and transcends cultural challenges. Although many ethnic groups of the world have been a mission field for a long time, we are grateful for the opportunity for these ethnic churches to now be part of the mission force reaching the world for Christ."

- PETER YANES, executive director for Asian American relations and mobilization, SBC Executive Committee

"The Eight Steps process is about creating a culture of evangelism, disciple-making, equipping leaders, and sending members as missionaries to reach the nations for the glory of God. Thank you for training us to develop this sending culture in our churches!"

- RALPH GARAY, international church planting strategist, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

"I have been in the ministry for 32 years and one of the Eight Steps workshops made me reevaluate what I am doing. Is it biblical or just following others' methods? I will never [again] plant a church that doesn't have missions as its ultimate focus."

- PALAN RAMASAMY, vice chairman, Malaysian Baptist Convention

"The Eight Steps process is interactive, adaptable, informative, and most of all covers valuable content to result in churches and conventions sending missionaries. One thing we all appreciate is a framework we can take and contextualize

as we implement it in various countries across Africa."

- DAREN DAVIS, affinity leader, sub-Saharan Africa, International Mission Board