Make Disciples of All Nations: A History of Southern Baptist International Missions

by John D. Massey; Mike Morris; II W. Madison Grace

Publisher:

Kregel

, 2021

Overview

A contemporary evaluation of the history and present status of Southern Baptist Missions.

For more than 175 years the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention has been sending missionaries around the world to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. IMB missionaries have planted nearly 14,000 churches and have seen more than 77,000 decisions for Christ. It has also developed strategies and methods that have been adopted by numerous other missions groups. Make Disciples of All Nations tells the story of this groundbreaking organization, including its most recent developments.

Besides recounting its historical development, the contributors to this volume critically evaluate the IMB’s strategies and methods, as well as examine its controversies, regional developments, and organizational changes. The concluding chapter explores how Southern Baptist missions can best adapt to an era of global Christianity.

Students, missionaries, and those involved in supporting them will be informed and encouraged by this account of one of the oldest and largest missions organizations in the world.

Key Features

• Examines the IMB’s controversies, regional developments, and organizational changes
• Explores the history of one of the oldest and largest missions organizations in the world
• Tells the story of this groundbreaking organization, including its most recent developments

Product Details

• Title: Make Disciples of All Nations: A History of Southern Baptist International Missions
• Authors: John D. Massey, Mike Morris, II W. Madison Grace
• Publisher: Kregel
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 398
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Baptist International Missions › History; Baptists › Missions; Evangelistic work
• ISBNs: 9780825445583, 0825445582
• Resource ID: LLS:MKDSCPLSNTMSSNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:32:24Z

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