Today's All-Star Missions Churches: Strategies to Help Your Church Get Into the Game [Paperback]

Tom Telford (Author), Lois Shaw (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2001

Highlights churches throughout the country that have developed excellent missions programs and gives practical ideas for starting or strengthening missions programs in your church."Both informs and energizes the reader with these snapshots of local congregations who are hoisting the missions flag higher than ever before."--Woody Phillips, president, United World Mission

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From the Back Cover

What are the best missions churches in America? Why are their missions programs so effective? How can your church learn from them?

Find the answers in Today's All-Star Missions Churches. This unique resource highlights churches throughout the country that have developed excellent missions programs using the particular gifts and abilities of their members. Through their examples and Tom Telford's practical suggestions for implementation, your church will discover a variety of unique ideas for enhancing your missions program, improving the support of current missionaries, and working effectively with missions agencies.

"Actual stories of real churches that have punched through to brilliant success in ways that others can follow. This trim, powerful book is absolutely essential for pastors and people, lay and ordained."
Dr. Ralph Winter, director, US Center of World Mission

"Tom Telford's great passion is to see local churches of any size maximize their potential for global involvement. That's what this book is about."
Paul Borthwick, Development Associates International

"Tom has hit another one out of the park."
Dave Mays, ACMC Great Lakes Regional Director

"Missions is far from dead in the American church, and here's the proof. Telford both informs and energizes the reader with these snapshots of local congregations who are hoisting the missions flag higher than ever before."
Woody Phillips, president, United World Mission

"From the pews of our church to Mongolia, there are people who have been mobilized for missions through Tom's energetic and spiritual leadership."
Daniel Chittick, Chelten Baptist Church Mission Committee, Dresher, Pennsylvania

About the Author

Tom Telford is vice president of mobilization for United World Mission and a popular missions speaker and consultant. He lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Lois Shaw is a writer and former missionary in Africa. She now resides in Newport News, Virginia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Baker Books; Presumed First Edition edition (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801063817
• ISBN-13: 978-0801063817
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #625,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Today's All-Star Missions Churches, October 27, 2010

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Philip "The Switch" (Arden Hills, MN, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Today's All-Star Missions Churches: Strategies to Help Your Church Get Into the Game (Kindle Edition)

The author went around to many different churches around the country and interviewed the pastors and missions pastors. He highlighted (what he believed to be) the churches that were the best at doing missions in the country and what made them unique. He throws in the baseball theme to spruce the book up, but it isn't that pervasive.

There are good insights, but the book does cater to larger churches. Many of these churches have well over 1,000 members attending. But he tried to highlight why he picked the church and what they did that set them apart from the rest of the churches. The last two chapters list off a bunch of churches that would receive an honorable mention status. The appendix lists off a bunch of good missions books that are worth reading.

Overall, I liked the book for giving more insights to how different churches do missions, but I was also happy as to the brevity of the book. Even though many of the churches took unique approaches, after a while, it seemed like many of the churches were doing many of the same things to promote missions (such as sending pastoral staff overseas, doing a perspectives course, and going to missions conferences). I recommend the read to lay-leaders, pastors, missionaries, and any college students majoring in the ministry.

***On a side note: I bought it for the Kindle and the formatting was good, so you do not have to worry about it if you are considering the Kindle version.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great examples of missional churches, December 15, 2009

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W. Smith (Lincoln, CA) - See all my reviews
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In my experience in church leadership this book illustrates so clearly what it takes to become a missional church. Great book and required reading for anyone serving in missions.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Todays All-Star Missions Church, February 25, 2008

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The service was good, the book arrived in excellent condition, in a good time frame. Thanks