From Seed to Fruit : Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues among Muslims. [print]
- second edition.
- Pasadena : William Carey Library Publishers, (c)2008.
- 1 online resource (449 pages)
About the Authors and EditorsIndex
Intro; From Seed to Fruit; Contents; Foreword: The Vision; Acknowledgements: Laborers United by a Vision; Introduction: From Seed to Fruit; Part 1: Global Trends: Soils, Seed, Sowers, and First Fruits; Chapter 1: Look at the Fields: Survey of the Task; Chapter 2: Unplowed Ground: Engaging the Unreached; Chapter 3: The Imperishable Seed: Toward Effective Sharing of Scripture; Chapter 4: Laborers from the Global South: Partnering in the Task; Chapter 5: Sister Laborers: Partnering in the Task; Chapter 6: First Fruits and Future Harvests Part 2: Fruitful Practices: Sowing, Watering, Gathering, and ReproducingChapter 7: Eyes to See, Ears to Hear; Chapter 8: The Sowing of Witnessing; Chapter 9: The Watering of Discipling; Chapter 10: The Gathering of Reproducing Fellowships; Chapter 11: The Equipping of Leaders; Chapter 12: The Gathering of Teams of Laborers; Part 3: Emerging Issues in Fruitful Practices: Birds, Rocks, Sun, and Soil; Chapter 13: Factors Affecting the Identity That Jesus-followers Choose; Chapter 14: Factors That Facilitate Fellowships Becoming Movements; Chapter 15: Bible Storying and Oral Use of the Scriptures Chapter 16: Expatriates Empowering Indigenous LeadersChapter 17: Are We Nourishing or Choking Young Plants with Funds?; Chapter 18: Relevant Responses to Folk Muslims; Chapter 19: Pre-Field Preparation to Sow; Part 4: Emerging Issues in Global Trends: More Birds, Rocks, Sun, and Soil; Chapter 20: Islamism and Receptivity to Jesus; Chapter 21: Toward Respectful Witness; Chapter 22: Peacemaking and Church Formation; Chapter 23: An Integrated Identity in a Globalized World; Chapter 24: Recapturing the Role of Suffering; Conclusion: Gathering around the Lord of the Harvest; Bibliography