{"product_id":"overturning-tables-freeing-missions-from-the-christian-industrial-complex-paperback","title":"Overturning Tables: Freeing Missions from the Christian-Industrial Complex - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott A. Bessenecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutreach\u003c\/i\u003e Resource of the Year Recommendation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest World Missions Book, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe are more than the businesses we have become.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of Christian ministry has been shaped to operate not according to the witness of the Scriptures, but according to the values of the free market. We adopt metrics of success that have nothing to do with the state of people's souls or the seeding of the earth with the kingdom of God. We have borrowed our paradigms uncritically from the for-profit corporate sector. The mission of the Church is being held back by the business container into which we have placed the gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery year Scott Bessenecker travels the world with thousands of college students, ministering to those in need and learning from the global church about what God is doing in the world. In \u003ci\u003eOverturning Tables\u003c\/i\u003e he shows, through stories and analysis, that the mission of God reaches well beyond the grasp of the free market, and if we are willing to reach as well, we will see God do amazing things, even as the world sees the gospel in its fullest sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Bessenecker\u003c\/b\u003e is associate director for missions for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor.\u003c\/i\u003e He blogs at urbana.org and can be followed on Twitter at @Bessenecker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 201\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779968598304,"sku":"9780830836802","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8aca3343ec56f08867029287cc40b819.webp?v=1780520876","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/overturning-tables-freeing-missions-from-the-christian-industrial-complex-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}