A Worldview Approach to Ministry Among Muslim Women

Thomas Hale

William Carey Library, 1995 - Biography & Autobiography - 370 pages

Practical strategies for discipling Muslim women with cultural sensitivity

Four years in the making, A Worldview Approach to Ministry Among Muslim Women is a ground-breaking exploration into the way culture and worldview affect ministry among Muslim women. Using original field research from eight different language and culture groups, the book explores a variety of ministries among Muslim women and provides tools to analyze their effectiveness. 

With contributions from scholars, field workers and agency administrators, readers are encouraged in a holistic Muslim ministry perspective through in-depth studies in Muslim beliefs, anthropological tools, worldview analyses, and explorations in strategic issues and discipleship. The book concludes with case studies and discussion questions to provide a comprehensive training manual for workers and students alike.

Contents

• Why Missionaries?: 1
• The Call: 16
• Preparation: 30
• Into the New World: 50
• Making the Transcultural Connection: 61
• Nepal 1 Visitors 0: 79
• Kings Cooks Beggars Saints: 102
• A Palace or a Mud Hut?: 136
• Thoughts for New Missionariesand Old Ones: 150
• Sin and Interpersonal Conflict: 169
• Resolving Interpersonal Conflict: 192
• Fitting into the Team: 213
• Keeping the Focus: 240
• Contents: 251
• More Recent Developments: 287
• Stress: 300
• Prayer and the Holy Spirit: 331
• Singles and Doubles: 348
• Missionary Children: 370
• Furlough: 388
• Afterword: 405
• Index: 419

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Worldview Approach to Ministry Among Muslim Women
• Author: Thomas Hale
• Publisher: William Carey Library, 1995
• ISBN: 0878082557, 9780878082551
• Length: 370 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Religion / Christian Church / Growth; Religion / Christian Ministry / Discipleship; Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions; Religion / Women