Out of the Comfort Zone [Paperback]

George Verwer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2000

It's Time to Transform Global Missions
Respected missionary and Christian leader George Verwer sums up his life experience with mission work—as a sender, a doer and a trainer—and talks straight about what is really needed in missions in the 21st century. To get the job done, mission workers and organizations need a grace-awakened approach. No longer should mission agencies compete with each other or dwell on minor theological differences. In Out of the Comfort Zone Verwer identifies the key elements for working together to win lost souls for Christ.

Mission agencies have different strategies, and even within a mission or church there can be tension and division over strategy and details of how things should be done. Must we be so dogmatic on matters that the Bible is not clear about? Can't we accept that God works in different ways among different groups of people? The work of God is bigger than any fellowship or organization."
—George Verwer

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...it would make a great study for a small group interested in a biblical approach to world evangelization." -- Church Libraries, Summer 2001

"Senders, trainers, supporters and missionaries will all benefit from accepting Verwer's challenge." -- Christian Retailing Magazine, January 8, 2001

About the Author

George Verwer is the founder and International Coordinator of Operation Mobilisation which is a ministry of evangelism, discipleship training and church planting. George has a burning concern for vital, propagating and revolutionary Christianity in his own life and in those he meets. Saved at the age of 16 in a Jack Wyrtzen meeting in which Billy Graham spoke in Madison Square Garden, New York, George returned to his school in northern New Jersey. Within a year about 200 of his classmates had found a relationship with the living God through Jesus Christ. George had a growing conviction to share the Word of God on foreign soil. He started with distribution of Gospels of John in Mexico along with two friends. This continued with others during summer holidays - beginning in Mexico in 1957. Attending Maryville College after high school, he transferred to Moody Bible Institute where he met a girl, Drena, who was a fellow student and later became his wife. They were led together in discipling young Christians while concurrently carrying out a rigorous programme of world evangelism. George and his wife, Drena, have three adult children. They make their home in England, the international headquarters of OM. George shares the Christian revolution of love and balance right around the world. He starts at home emphasizing the need to worship God, to live in fellowship with one another by walking in the light, and live a disciplined life of victory as forgiven, repentant, Cross-centered Christians.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764224786
• ISBN-13: 978-0764224782
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,944,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A man's life lessons, April 13, 2001

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This review is from: Out of the Comfort Zone (Paperback)

George Verwer, the founder and current international director of Operation Mobilization (OM), writes this book after 40 years of trying and motivating kingdom work. Having worked with so many people (over 100,000 people have been through OM since the late '50s) from all over the world (over 60 nationalities represented within OM) his insight and knowledge into world missions are pratically unmatched today. The cornerstone of this book is the need for a more 'grace awakened' and balanced approach to world missions. Mr. Verwer clearly spells out simplistic and encouraging solutions to many of the key issues facing the church today, such as: tensions between being and doing, leadership, using only nationals as missionaries, and many more.