Gospel Meditations for Missions - Softcover

Chris Anderson is the founding pastor of Tri-County Bible Church in Madison, Ohio. He is the founder of churchworksmedia.com, where he has published hymns (including "His Robes for Mine" and "For the Sake of His Name") and the Gospel Meditations series of devotionals.

JD Crowley has lived in Asian cultures all his life. After 12 years of pastoring in Hawaii, he went to Cambodia in 1994 to do linguistic and mission work among the indigenous minorities there. He is the author of The Tampuan/Khmer/English Dictionary and Khmer commentaries on Matthew and Romans.

David Hosaflook has worked with churches and humanitarian projects in Albania since 1992. He is a guest speaker and adjunct professor of intercultural studies, Christian mission, and Albanian history. He is pursuing a doctorate in religious history at the University of Tirana and has published The Siege of Shkodra, a work on the Ottoman invasions in 15th-century Albania.

Tim Keesee is the director of Frontline Missions International, an organization committed to advancing the Gospel in the world's difficult places by developing sustainable platforms for work and witness. He is the executive producer of the missions documentary series Dispatches from the Front. He has authored numerous books and articles on history, politics, and missions.

Joe Tyrpak is the assistant pastor at Tri-County Bible Church. He is a gifted artist and an insightful teacher. He has composed several metrical psalms and co-authored the Gospel Meditations series, all available from churchworksmedia.com.

"Some authors misconstrue what the Christian mission really is. Not Anderson, Crowley, Hosaflook, Keesee, and Tyrpak, however. They define, defend and describe biblical mission in ways as arresting and unique as their names. And in so doing they deepen both our understanding of what God is doing in the world and our desire to join Him in the doing of it! This book is something. Buy it; read it; pray it; and commend it to a friend."
--DAVID J. HESSELGRAVE (Professor Emeritus of Mission at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and author of many books on missiology)

"Can we do missions without meditating on the gospel?  Of course not. And yet, how many well-meaning, mission-minded saints go off into the harvest having failed to prepare their own hearts with due consideration of the Good News?  Too many I fear. Gospel Meditations for Missions helps us slow down to consider what is of first importance that we might hold this treasure more fully in our clay hearts.  I joyfully commend it."
--THABITI ANYABWILE (Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman, keynote speaker, and author)

"Gospel Meditations for Missions is a tremendous resource to challenge and strengthen us about our place in God's global pursuit of His glory through the gospel of His Son. Take a month to feed your soul and fuel your heart by meditating on what Christ wants done and is doing among the nations!"
--DAVID M. DORAN (Pastor of Inter-City Baptist Church in Allen Park, Michigan, President of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, and co-author of For the Sake of His Name)

"By almost any standard--the intentionality of local churches to train, assess, and prepare prospective missionaries; the length of time it takes a missionary to raise support; the little sense of gospel partnership we have with the missionaries we do support--Western Christians don't do missions very well. The reason we don'tdo missions well is that we have not thought about missions well. This book has our poor thinking about missions in its crosshairs."
--MATTHEW C. HOSKINSON (Pastor of the First Baptist Church in New York City and author of Assurance of Salvation)

"The Christian's love for the gospel must be rekindled by spending time meditating on the gospel. The writers of this little book are striving to live Gospel-centered lives, and their insights will stir your affections as you read them."
--WILL GALKIN (Leader of Galkin Evangelistic Ministries, Staff Evangelist at Northland Camp and Conference Center, and Church Planter in Salt Lake City, Utah)