Sorrow and blood : Christian mission in contexts of suffering, persecution, and martyrdom / William D. Taylor, Antonia van der Meer, Reg Reimer. [print]

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Part 1 - Building the foundation -- A global survey / Christoph Sauer and Thomas Schirrmacher -- Reflections on mission in the context of suffering / Beram Kumar -- Christian responses to suffering, persecution, and martyrdom Reg Reamer -- The demographics of martyrdom / Todd M. Johnson -- A response to the high counts of Christian martyrs per year Thomas Schirrmacher -- Redefining persecution Charles L. Tieszen -- Persecution, martyrdom, and mission Daid Tai-Woong Lee

Part 2 - Reflections from scripture and theology -- Deliver us from evil Rose Dowsett -- From Genesis to Revelation Wolfgang Haede -- A biblical theology of persecution and discipleship Glenn Penner -- The prosperity gospel Grant LeMarquand -- Reflections on the prosperity gospel Femi B. Adeleye -- In the context of world evangelism Marvin Newell -- The teaching of Jesus on suffering in mission Antonia van der Meer -- Biblical teaching on suffering and perseverance in Paul and Peter Margaretha N. Adiwardana -- The problem of evil and suffering Isaiah M. Dau -- God's plan of perseverance and suffering in the book of Revelation Margaretha N. Adiwardana

Part 3 - Reflections from history and case studies -- Picturing the persecuted church in the art of the early Christian catacombs Kelley Magill -- From Asia Minor to contemporary Turkey Carlos Madrigal -- How saintly should biographies be? / Miriam Adeney -- An inductive approach to understanding persecution in the Middle East Andrew Edward -- Suffering and persecution in the Middle East A pastor from Egypt -- The first Christian martyrs of Japan How Chuang Chua -- Tsarist Russia and the Soviet and Post-Soviet Union Mark R. Elliott -- Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union Johannes Reimer -- Post-communist Perestroika Russia Eugene Bakhmutsky -- The modern secular West Janet Epp Buckingham -- Angola Antonia van der Meer -- Brazilian missionaries Antonia van der Meer -- Training our missionaries to die Reuben Ezemadu -- The Rwandan martyrs of ethnic ideology Antoine Rutayisire -- The Rwanda martyrs Celestin Musekura -- God and Red Caesar Xiqiu "Bob" Fu -- China Wright Doyle -- Sri Lanka Godfrey Yogarajah and Roshini Wickremesinhe -- India Richard Howell -- Graham Staines (1941-1999) / Abhijit Nayak -- Vietnam Reg Reamer -- Surviving Evin Prison Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh,interiew by Sam Yeghnazar -- The Korean hostage incident David Tai Woong Lee and Steve Sang-Cheol Moon -- The refugee highway partnership Heidi Schoedel -- Suffering in mission among the poor in India Iris Paul

Part 4 - Preparation, support, and restoration -- A pastoral theology of suffering in mission Antonia van der Meer -- Global dialogue summary Pastors, mission pastors, agency and network leaders -- Missionary training Rob Brynjolfson -- Preparing church and mission agencies Stephen Panya Baba -- Preparing both the local church and our missionaries: global north Paul Estabrooks -- Preparing both the local church and our missionaries: global south Paulo Moreira Filho with Marcos Amado -- Preparing a mission agency S. Kent Parks -- Missionary families Laura Mae Gardner -- A story of missionary martyrs' children Dave Thompson -- Code of best practices Voice of the Martyrs Canada -- Best practices for foreign teams visiting the persecuted church National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka -- Guidelines for crisis management and prevention Global Connections, in association with the Global Mission Network -- Policy recommendations Crisis Consulting International -- Best practices for ministry to and with the persecuted church The Religious Liberty Partnership -- What do we learn from the persecuted? / Ronald R. Boyd-Macmillan -- Human rights and persecution Thomas Schirrmacher and Thomas K. Johnson -- Advocating for the persecuted Reg Reamer -- Reflections on theology, strategy, and engagement Chris Seiple -- Jesus Christ's comfort and healing for traumatic wounds Kyle Miller -- Counseling victims of human induced trauma Patricia Miersma -- A review of "Healing the Wounds of Trauma" / Patricia Miersma -- The place and function of academics Christof Sauer and Thomas Schirrmacher -- The place and function of research Steve Sang-Cheol Moon

Part 5 - Final themes -- Prayer without ceasing Mindy Belz -- A call / Faith J. H. McDonnell -- A service of thoughtful prayer for the persecuted church Yonne Christine Deacutis Taylor -- Approaching the final door of our journey William D. Taylor, Antonia van der Meer, and Reg Reamer.

This book is the product of the Mission Commission's global missiology task force and a worldwide team of committed colleagues and writers. Some 62 writers from 23 nations have collaborated to generate this unique global resource and anthology. Ajith Fernando of Sri Lanka and Christopher Wright of the UK each wrote prefaces to the book This latest WEA volume has the potential of profoundly shaping our approach to mission in today's challenging and increasingly dangerous world.

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