Searching for the Indigenous Church: A Missionary Pilgrimage
Ebook
“This book bubbles up out of the heart of a man who has been on pilgrimage in Central Asia’s heartland. He has walked the dusty caravan trails he writes about in this perceptive and challenging book . . . . I’ve walked beside him as together we’ve sought to see Christ plant His church among an unreached Central Asian people group . . . . Gene will challenge you to radically rethink what we mean . . . when we speak of indigenous churches.” –John Lee (pseudonym), Missionary, Central Asia
Foreword
Preface
Prologue – A Heart Set on Pilgrimage
Chapter 1- Land of the Steppe
Chapter 2- Point of Entry
Chapter 3- Shrines
Chapter 4- Caravansary
Chapter 5- On Being Lost
Chapter 6- Signs in the Sky
Chapter 7- A Late Night Challenge
Chapter 8- Labin’s Long Shadow
Chapter 9- Funerals
Chapter 10- Hassan’s Advice
Chapter 11- Tea Party Terrorists
Chapter 12- Wind, Sand, and Time
Epilogue – The Treasures in My Bag
Scripture Cited
Many books have been written about the problems associated with crossing into another culture. Most of them are helpful, indeed valuable, but they do not quite prepare the reader for his or her actual arrival in a cross-cultural setting. No matter how much we have read about the need to remove our culturally tinted glasses and see things from the perspective of another culture, most of us have difficulty doing so. The main reason for this is that we don't even recognize we are wearing such glasses. Gene Daniels makes us aware of our cultural glasses more effectively than any author I know. For this reason alone I believe his books is a must-read for anyone contemplating missionary service--in Central Asia or elsewhere.
-Dr. Thomas Hale, Author, On Being a Missionary and A Light Shines in Central Asia
This book bubbles up out of the heart of a man who has been on pilgrimage in Central Asia's heartland. He has walked the dusty caravan trails he writes about in this perceptive and challenging book. I know, because I've walked beside him as together we sought to see Christ plant His church among the unreached Central Asian people group.
Reading this book will stir your heart as you meet several growing indigenous church leaders and hear their stories. Be prepared to be both shocked and challenged by some of the hard lessons they have learned on their journeys of faith. They are not speaking out of the classroom theory, but from the depth of their recent experiences with those whom God used to bring the Good News. In this book, you will be forced to wrestle with uncomfortable questions that reveal blind spots in our "cherished" way of doing things. Gene speaks out of a wealth of "walked-out" experiences, and he will challenge you to radically rethink what we mean in missions when we speak of indigenous churches.
-John Lee (pseudonym), A Missionary in Central Asia
- Title: Searching for the Indigenous Church: A Missionary Pilgrimage
- Authors: Daniels Gene, Thomas Hale
- Publisher: William Carey Library
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781645085638, 9780878083435, 087808343X, 1645085635
- Resource ID: LLS:9781645085638
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-06-05T00:50:30Z
Gene Daniels (PhD, University of South Africa) has over thirty-five years of experience in various forms of Christian ministry. He and his family moved to Central Asia in 1997 and served for twelve years as church planters among unreached Muslim people groups. Since that time, he continued to serve as a mission researcher, trainer, and writer, with a specialty in qualitative research in Muslim contexts. Daniels is the author of many articles and several books.