Key to the Missionary Problem [Paperback]

Andrew Murray (Author), Leona Choy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 173 pages
• Publisher: Christian Literature Crusade (December 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087508401X
• ISBN-13: 978-0875084015
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Evangelism > General
  • #44 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Evangelism > Missions & Missionary Work

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christian Missions The Way It Ought To Be & How it can be., November 16, 1997

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This review is from: Key to the Missionary Problem (Paperback)

In 1901, New York City was the site of a large and important Christain Missions Conference. No less than revivalists and missionary luminaries, Dwight Moody, Smith Wigglesworth and Hudson Taylor tried to persuade Andrew Murray of South Africa to minister wtih them. Andrew Murray declined - twice. The Missions Conference sessions were transcribed in their entirity and the manuscript sent to Murray. The Key to the Missionary Problem is his discerning and insightful response. He outlines in brief what he understood the other participants to say before launching an answer that hits a bullseye not even targeted by the others. A highligt from Chapter three gives a brilliant history of the Moravians (the present-day Brethren Congregationalists), the most successful missionary sending church since the days of Pentecost. Chapter six sets out a description of the evidence of the Holy Spirit in a Christian's life that should delight and challenge even todays believers. The Key to the Missionary Problem is a "must read" for all of us who hold dear the ideal of a personal walk with Jesus Christ.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christ centered response to the missionary problem!, August 25, 2003

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John Wagner (Virginia Beach, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Key to the Missionary Problem (Paperback)

Andrew Murray's book is one of the best books I've read in my Doctor of Ministries program. The postmodern culture in which we live has made personal evangelism a subject of derision and scorn. Many churches have even relegated individual soul winning as an archaic practice. Murray repeatedly makes the case that the reason soul winning is no longer fashionable is due to the lack of love we have for Jesus Christ Himself. Murray's book is like a breath of fresh air in an age when we focus on 'political correctness' and 'pluralism' and 'tolerance' to the exclusion of upholding the Biblical standard and obedience to the directive to go and make disciples of all peoples. If we claim to be Christian we cannot ignore Jesus' command to be His witnesses in the world to bring people to faith in Him. The Key to the Missionary Problem is a powerful, inspirational, work that should be read by every person who claims the title 'Christian'. The key to the problem is definitely a personal one; the solution to which is renewed love for Jesus and renewed love for those without faith in Jesus; enough love to share the message of salvation in Jesus Christ with them.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Changed my life!, April 30, 2010

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This review is from: Key to the Missionary Problem (Paperback)

To start I would like to note that I love Andrew Murray's books. They are always so Christ focused, accept the Scripture as the final authority and promote genuine holiness.

Key to the Missionary Problem is no different. As a missionary, I concur with Andrew Murray that the vast majority of problems in promoting and carrying out missions is a lack of zeal and love for the Lord Jesus Christ. As I have travelled to many missions conferences, pastors conventions and churches in preparing to enter full time missionary service, I noticed that much of the emphasis in such conferences is on side issues rather than obeying the Great Commission out of pure love for Christ. We must love GOD above all else and MEN secondly. Any theology that promotes loving men over that of loving God is idolatrous.

Andrew Murray does not only present the problem but offers the solution. He gives pastors, missionaries and other Christian leaders the key to understanding the failure of the Church to complete the Great Commission after 2,000 years as well as the key to solving it.

This book also contains excellent information about great missions movements in the past, particularly the Moravians.

This book placed me under such conviction that it put me to the carpet in seeking God for personal revival. I shed tears, shouted, jumped with joy and couldn't wait to tell my wife and friends what great things I was reading.

A++ as usual for Andrew Murray