Jerry Slate, Steve Martin, John Miller, and David Vinson
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In the work of world missions, those who send missionaries are as essential to the cause as those who are sent. William Carey famously described missionaries as those who descend into an unexplored pit, while those who support them “hold the ropes.” But if we are to hold the ropes well, we must also know the ropes. Sending churches and cross-cultural church planters alike must possess a missiology that is biblically sound and confessionally robust.
Reforming World Missions was written to equip churches and missionaries with just such theological clarity. Rooted deeply in Scripture and the historic Reformed Baptist confessional tradition, this substantial volume addresses the theology, practice, history, and pastoral realities of the missionary enterprise. From covenant theology to the missionary’s self-watch, from the responsibilities of sending churches to the complexities of modern missions, this work calls the church back to careful, doctrinally grounded obedience to the Great Commission.
This is not a book driven by sentimentality or pragmatism. It is a call to reform — a return to the biblical foundations that shaped the missionary labours of Carey, Pearce, Judson, and generations of faithful servants who carried the gospel to the nations.
May God be pleased to raise up many biblically qualified missionaries who are sent well, until the earth is filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
“The authors of this volume have bequeathed to local churches a manual for missions that will equip us for the “task unfinished”. They present a biblically faithful, confessionally robust and eminently practical book to guide us through what has become a minefield of misinformation, confusion and discouragement for local churches that want to play their part in fulfilling the Great Commission. Moving through the theology, practice and history of missions, they conclude with some remarkably helpful appendices, writing as those who have “practiced what they preach” in their own churches.
As well as being comprehensive in scope, there are countless insights that provoke thought, while providing clear direction for action. For example, how “conversion as treason” requires that we preach a culturally confrontational gospel message; how Reformed missionaries are the most “seeker-sensitive” of all church-planters, God himself being the seeker of true worshippers; how it is surely the case that there are more confessionally Reformed Baptist ministers called to labour cross-culturally than are currently in the mission field, and what we ought to do about it!
It is my hope and prayer that this book takes its place as the manual for missions that all our churches need.”
Oliver Allmand-Smith
Pastor | Trinity Grace Church
Ramsbottom ,UK
Director of African Pastors Conferences
Trustee of International Reformed Baptist Seminary
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“The Great Commission remains in force for the church today, applying to all true believers—no nation or denomination is exempt! The risen and ascended Christ, who is both the message of the gospel and the motivation for it, empowers His people by His Spirit to proclaim His Word to the ends of the earth. Grounding missiology in the local church, the authors provide a biblically faithful, eminently practical, and refreshingly historical survey of missions in the Reformed tradition. Above all, they ground missions in the being and perfections of God, the purchased and accomplished salvation of Christ for the elect, and the nature of Christ’s bride, the church. While one need not agree with everything in this helpful manual, this multifaceted treatment of Reformed missiology is a clarion call for the church to pursue the Great Commission with zeal until Christ returns.”
Joel R. Beeke
Chancellor | Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Pastor | Heritage Reformed Congregation
Grand Rapids, MI
Jerry Slate Jr. (B.A. Columbia International University) serves as one of the pastors of Berean Baptist Church in Powder Springs, Georgia, which he planted in February 2003. He married his wife, Angela, in 1993 and the Lord has blessed them with six children. He has had the privilege of preaching God’s word and training indigenous pastors in various international contexts. Jerry has served as the chairman of Reformed Baptist Mission Services (RBMS) and of the Administrative Council for the Southeastern Association of Confessional Baptist Churches. He is also the co-author (with Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin) of Loving God and Neighbor with Samuel Pearce (Lexham Publishers).
| Pages | 608 |
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| Dimensions | 6 × 9 × 1.5 in |
| ISBN | 978-1-965810-85-9 |
