Missions Training Text Now in Ebook Format
Dr. Grant McClung, President of Missions Resource Group, has produced his world missions training text “Globalbeliever.com: Connecting To God’s Work in Your World” as a free online resource. In the original print format, “Globalbeliever.com” has been used widely by pastors, local church missions classes and prayer groups, and as a basic Biblical introduction to world missions in seminaries, universities, and Bible colleges. The Spanish-language version, “Creyenteglobal.com,” is widely distributed throughout Latin America and will also be formatted for online access.
“Through our training programs on five continents in 2010,” McClung noted, “we mobilized pastors, missionaries, missions leaders, and marketplace laity through printed books and curriculum materials. But we saw, especially in poorer contexts, how traditional print resources are not affordable for many. Now, the entire text is available as a free online world missions reader for anyone at www.MissionsResourceGroup.org or www.Globalbeliever.com.”
The availability of McClung’s “ebook” converges with an international, denomination-wide “Great Commission” emphasis throughout the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee USA). Dr. Raymond F. Culpepper, Church of God General Overseer, has urged the Pentecostal denomination to remain focused and active in “the missional mandate.” “This is why I welcome Grant McClung’s significant book,” he stated, “and commend it to you as an insightful and practical ministry resource. It arrives at a time when the international events and global developments of our time need the perspectives and prescriptions of a rich and deep Biblical view of global engagement. This book adds value to pastors and local church leaders as they seek to motivate, train, and deploy their congregations in evangelism, church planting, and world missions. It is full of practical helps for preaching and teaching, including outlines, stories and illustrations, statistics, maps, charts, and global missions trends.”
McClung continues his at-large capacity with Church of God World Missions as an international missions trainer and also serves as Missiological Advisor to the World Missions Commission of the Pentecostal World Fellowship. “Making ‘Globalbeliever.com’ available online, he said, “will now broaden our vision for a more rapid and effective mobilization of the global Great Commission community for missional resourcing in these challenging times. We hope it will also speak to a younger generation who are increasingly active in global awareness and social activism through online connections.”
