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    Sent: Serving God's Mission
    Sent: Serving God's Mission
    Sent: Serving God's Mission
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    Sent: Serving God's Mission

    By Tim Chester

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    By tracing the origins of mission right back to God's character, and then seeing how it unfolds throughout the storyline of the Bible, we begin to understand how important it is to him.

    As we see his heart for mission and the nations, we are challenged to discover God's plan for us too. Will this change our priorities as individuals and churches? Dare we see our place in God's plan and own the task of reaching the unreached?

    Contents
    1 The Father's love
    2 The Son's name
    3 The Spirit's power
    4 The Bible's story
    5 The church's task
    6 The cultural challenge
    7 The global mandate
    Summary and leaders' notes

    This practical, thought-provoking and accessible resource is the latest in the popular IVP/Keswick Ministries series of study guides.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIVP
    Release dateJul 19, 2018
    ISBN9781783596553
    Sent: Serving God's Mission
    Author

    Tim Chester

    Tim Chester is a pastor of Grace Church in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, England, and a faculty member with the Acts 29 Oak Hill Academy. He is the author of over thirty books, including Bible Matters, Mission Matters, and Closing the Window.

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      Sent - Tim Chester

      I am delighted that Keswick’s 2018 focus is on mission! Tim Chester is one of the world’s clearest and most compelling mission teachers, and this study guide is a treasure trove for us to take back to our families and home groups. These studies go beyond the usual sound bites – giving us the opportunity to explore the power of the Holy Spirit in mission, the joy the Father longs to share with the world, and the role for us all.

      Anna Bishop, Executive Director, Global Connections: the UK Network for World Mission (www.globalconnections.org.uk)

      I love the way this study guide so clearly teaches us the Bible to encourage us to reach out to the world. There is a profound conviction here that knowledge of the truth will lead to godliness (Titus 1:1). And, of course, to be godly is to be like God, who so loved the world that he sent his Son to die – a fact that is all the more staggering when we realize from the first study that ‘the underlying reason for mission is God’s desire that others share his pleasure in his Son’.

      Rico Tice, Senior Minister for Evangelism, All Souls, Langham Place, London, and the co-author of Christianity Explored

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      © Tim Chester, 2018

      Tim Chester has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as Author of this work.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher or the Copyright Licensing Agency.

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized,

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      First published 2018

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      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      ISBN: 978–1–78359–654–6

      eBook ISBN: 978–1–78359–655–3

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      Inter-Varsity Press publishes Christian books that are true to the Bible and that communicate the gospel, develop discipleship and strengthen the church for its mission in the world.

      IVP originated within the Inter-Varsity Fellowship, now the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, a student movement connecting Christian Unions in universities and colleges throughout Great Britain, and a member movement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. Website: www.uccf.org.uk. That historic association is maintained, and all senior IVP staff and committee members subscribe to the UCCF Basis of Faith.

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      Contents

      Introduction

      1. The Father’s love (John 17:20–26)

      2. The Son’s name (Acts 4:1–22)

      3. The Spirit’s power (Acts 4:23–31)

      4. The Bible’s story (Luke 24:36–49)

      5. The church’s task (1 Peter 2:9–12)

      6. The cultural challenge (1 Corinthians 9:19–27)

      7. The global mandate (Romans 15:8–24)

      Notes for leaders

      1. The Father’s love

      2. The Son’s name

      3. The Spirit’s power

      4. The Bible’s story

      5. The church’s task

      6. The cultural challenge

      7. The global mandate

      Books mentioned in the text

      About Keswick Ministries

      Introduction

      It’s all too easy not to think much about mission. Every now and then we might write a cheque or

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