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This is history at its best. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is readable, informative, gripping, and above all honest. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya helps readers understand the life and role of a missionary through real life examples of missionaries throughout history. We see these men and women as fallible and human in their failures as well as their successes. These great leaders of missions are presented as real people, and not super-saints. This second edition covers all 2,000 years of mission history with a special emphasis on the modern era, including chapters focused on the Muslim world, Third World missions, and a comparison of missions in Korea and Japan. It also contains both a general and an “illustration” index where readers can easily locate particular missionaries, stories, or incidents. New design graphics, photographs, and maps help make this a compelling book. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is as informative and intriguing as it is inspiring―an invaluable resource for missionaries, mission agencies, students, and all who are concerned about the spreading of the gospel throughout the world.
- Sales Rank: #186915 in Books
- Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
- Published on: 2004-08-29
- Released on: 2004-08-29
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Format: Deluxe Edition
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.25" h x 1.50" w x 6.38" l, 1.80 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
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'This book, now better than ever, has no competition. No one has ever so ably, efficiently, and delightfully linked together the key personalities that portray so dynamically the story of the expansion of our faith from a handful of people in Jerusalem to the very ends of the earth. It is a must-read for all serious believers.' -- Ralph D. Winter, President
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This is history at its best. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is readable, informative, gripping, and above all honest. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya helps readers understand the life and role of a missionary through real life examples of missionaries throughout history. We see these men and women as fallible and human in their failures as well as their successes. These great leaders of missions are presented as real people, and not super-saints. This second edition covers all 2,000 years of mission history with a special emphasis on the modern era, including chapters focused on the Muslim world, Third World missions, and a comparison of missions in Korea and Japan. It also contains both a general and an 'illustration' index where readers can easily locate particular missionaries, stories, or incidents. New design graphics, photographs, and maps help make this a compelling book. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is as informative and intriguing as it is inspiring---an invaluable resource for missionaries, mission agencies, students, and all who are concerned about the spreading of the gospel throughout the world.
About the Author
Ruth A. Tucker (PhD, Northern Illinois University) has taught mission studies and church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Calvin Theological Seminary. She is the author of dozens of articles and eighteen books, including the award-winning From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya. Visit her website at www.RuthTucker.com.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Fascinating...
By Natalie Vellacott
I received this recommendation from this list of top 10 missionary biographies which is worth checking out!
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I'm not sure how many "biographical histories of Christian Missions" are out there but I'm pretty sure there aren't many as comprehensive as this one. The author works exhaustively through the centuries concluding with the well known names of Brother Andrew and Don Richardson. She highlights people and organisations of note describing a little of their early life, ministry; successes and failures and culminates with their various legacies.
The common trait of most of these missionaries was their dedication and single-mindedness to the cause that they had set about, whether that be direct evangelism or health-care and education (with a view to sharing the Gospel.) These pioneers often were seen as lone rangers or as having an "independent spirit" resulting in rejection by both their organisations and often their peers, but they had the strategic vision and determination to "get things done." Most of them paid little attention to what others said or thought about them and continued labouring faithfully in the work they believed they had been called to. Many died on the field. They were often not easy people to get along with (or work with) and were often stubborn and sometimes dictatorial. Many of them abandoned families and children when these became an obstacle to the work which they saw as the greater priority. It is easy to judge such people from a distance and to highlight flaws and inadequacies but maybe we should ask where we would be without the groundwork these missionaries have laid and without the wealth of mistakes (providing learning experiences that we can utilise.) The author rightly makes the obvious point that; missionaries are not saints, they have the same imperfections as the rest of us.
This book picks out those of particular interest to the author but I think she has done a good job at including a broad range of characters from a historical perspective. I would have liked to see a clearer distinction between Catholic and Evangelical missions/missionaries and the Gospel message being explained clearly in relation to this; that a person can only be saved through faith in Jesus and not by works. Although I realise it is difficult to do this in a historical account but I felt that there was an ecumenical feel about this book at times. I also sensed the author's leanings towards women's rights and equality in the church through her writing. This was a disappointing aspect for me as, regardless of my own views of male headship, I think that a biographical (and historical) account if it is to portray events in an accurate and unbiased manner shouldn't be used to promote something that isn't relevant to the topic. I see from further research that the author has recently gotten herself into hot water by publishing further books where she makes her views even more dominant.
Having said that it was an enjoyable and interesting read and probably a fairly unique book as it no doubt involved a large amount of research and study. I was sad to note that the author herself believed she was called into foreign mission at a young age but became distracted by life and never went to the field. She ends on this note, comparing herself to a female relative who obeyed and went. She seems to be saying through this final chapter that a person can make as much difference at home as they can by actually going to the field. I agree with this but believe it is more about where God calls an individual to serve and obedience is vital if one is called.
Recommended for all Christians and especially those interested in mission. I read it in a few sittings out of necessity as it is a library book in a foreign country i am visiting.... but I wouldn't recommend this as it can become overwhelming and a lot of the stories/factual information become irrelevant during a straight read-through. It is probably more useful as a text book/manual for research or to find recommendations of other biographies to read!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
The story is the people
By editor.john
From the Apostle Paul and the sub-apostolic fathers, to St. Patrick, Boniface and Francis Xavier of the early centuries, through the Moravian pietistic advance and the classic pioneers of missions such as William Carey in India and Adoniram Judson in Burma, to Robert Moffat, Mary Slessor and David Livingstone in Africa (The white man's graveyard), to Roert Morrison, J. Hudson Taylor and Jonathan Goforth in China, as well as Korea and Japan, this book gives a superb view of the history of missions by the people who made missions history. It has a special section on outreach to American Indians in the colonial era, the Pacific Islands, and the Muslim world featuring Henry Martyn, Samuel Zwemer and others. It discusses the entrance of single women into the missions force, and the role of the student volunteers, as well as the "faith" missionaries and the rise of medical and technical missions of more recent times. It even has a section of missionaries originating in the "third world" such as Pandita Ramabai of India and John Sung of China. It also gives sketches of more contemporary missionary celebrities such as Bruce Olson and Mother Teresa. This book gives an eye-opening preview of the key personalities of missions and provides a glimpse into their struggles, shortcomings and achievements. This book, along with "100 Most Important Events in Christian History" are required reading in our Christian High School.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
A Unique Biography of the History of Missions
By Mathew Gilbert
God has used the lives of saints—both men and women—throughout history to take the message of salvation through the gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth. The accounts of these men and women that have been recorded are immense sources of joy and encouragement for believers today. Outside the Bible, biographies of saints—especially missionaries—from history provide Christians today with the most motivation, inspiration, and even strategy for evangelism and missions. Missions in the 21st century is greatly impacted by the biographies, journals, and other writings of those missionaries from the previous twenty centuries.
Ruth Tucker has taught missiology and church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Calvin Theological Seminary. She is the author of numerous books including Another Gospel, Daughters of the Church, and most recently, Parade of Faith.
A Unique Biography of Missions
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is an award-winning biographical history that sketches the history of Christian missions, but it is accomplished in a unique way. Tucker gives biographical information about Christian missionaries from the earliest Christians all the way into the 20th century. This book, therefore, describes and details not only the major movements of Christian missions, but it also more specifically describes the work and lives of the individuals who were used by God to make his name known among the nations. Well-known missionaries are documented alongside some unsung heroes of the expansion of the kingdom. And while this volume is a large collection of historical biographies, it is a highly readable work that flows much like a story–a grand story embedded in the eternal story of God’s salvation of sinners.
Popular missionaries such as David Brainerd, the Moravians, William Carey, Adoniram and Ann Judson, David Livingstone, Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, CT Studd, Jim Eliot, John and Betty Stam, Brother Andrew and many others are all discussed in brevity, but with sufficient detail.
In this book there are countless accounts of many men and women who have extended the grace of God and by doing so, exalted the glory of God in their God-given desire to see those who had not heard of Christ, come to know him. There were a few individuals that jumped off the page as I read. I will mention one lesser-known (at least to me) missionary to whet your appetite for the rest of the book. The account of Vibia Perpetua stood out and struck a chord in my heart and soul.
Vibia Perpetua (pp. 32-34)
Namely, the passion and unwavering submission and loyalty of Perpetua to Jesus led me to greatly examine my own life, faith, and also to ask myself a few vital questions as I view my current ministry and possible future ministries. The story of Vibia Perpetua was previously unknown to me, but it is a story that deserves to be told and re-told. Her life is marked by her devotion to Jesus and her desire to follow him at all costs.
Living as a Christian in the midst of severe and harsh Roman persecution of Christians in the early 3rd century AD would put the faith of Perpetua to the test and she has provided us with a model of what obedience to Christ looks like when suffering and persecution comes against us. I immediately thought of and even turned to Matthew 10 after reading her account and martyrdom. Perpetua was arrested for her faith, denied the pleas of her father to renounce her faith, was led to be tortured by a bear, a leopard, and a wild boar, renounced her family rather than her Savior, and was beheaded in shame all due to a God-man whom she had given her full allegiance.
I was most challenged by one statement that Vibia Perpetua made after her father gave one last desperate effort to get her daughter to renounce Christ and be freed and saved from her persecutors. “Then the father laid her child upon her neck and he…said, ‘Be merciful to us, daughter, and live with us!’” She responded while throwing her child to the side with words that gripped my soul, “Be gone from me, enemies of God, for I know you not!” This is not some stranger that she uttered these very strong words to. No, this was her own father who deeply loved her. Indeed, the love of her father is the reason that he is pleading so ardently with her to renounce this Jesus she is so passionately following.
Living in the relatively safe West, I cannot begin to imagine what it would be like to be placed in a position to choose Jesus or my dad. I have a very strong and good relationship with my father and if my allegiance to Christ came into conflict with my relationship with him, I know that I must have the courage and resolve of Perpetua to renounce my father, if necessary, instead of renouncing my God and Savior King.
It is very easy and a dangerous tendency when living in safety and comfort to become lukewarm and complacent in obedience to Jesus. Living in hostile environments would eliminate nominal Christianity very quickly. No one would nominally adhere to someone if being associated with him means you will be imprisoned or killed. I was greatly challenged through reading the account of Perpetua to ponder whether I would show similar unwavering faith in Jesus and trust in the unshakeable hope I have in him.
In fact, from reading this, I am resolved to remind myself daily of the gospel of Jesus and the certainty of the hope I have in him. As I consider the possibility that God could call me to preach his gospel among an unreached people group in the Middle East, for example, I pray that I would be given the grace to have an unwavering and solid faith in my suffering Savior and Lord who is worthy of absolute allegiance and obedience even through suffering. May I, like Perpetua, be prepared to suffer well for the sake of Christ and the advance of his gospel and kingdom. To her death, Perpetua desired to exalt God and his glory and I pray my last words and pleas would be similar to hers:
“Give out the Word to the brothers and sisters, stand fast in the faith, love one another, and don’t let our suffering be a stumbling block to you.”
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