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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.… (more)
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Tucker covers all aspect of missionary work from translation to organization of missionary societies, the use of airplanes, radio, and T.V. She covers virtually every country missionaries have set foot on and both well-known, like David Brainard, Willim Carey, Yonggi Cho, and Amy Carmichal (with a chapter on woman missionaries) and unknown missionaries.
This should be required reading for all Christians who seek the mission field.
My only suggestion is that another book should be written where this one ends as it was written in 1983.