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The following visual resources are available from GBM to help you and spur you on in the important partnership of prayer for our missionaries. Some resources are available by completing and returning our Resource Order Form. For other resources please contact Mission Centre directly.
Books
Written to celebrate GBM’s 150th Anniversary in 2011, this is a lively and readable account of GBM’s history through huge changes and world upheavals. The early chapters explain the roots of the then Strict Baptist Mission, their passion for India, and the early days of the pioneer missionaries in Tamil Nadu.
The story of how the gospel came to the Kolli hills, and how a network of churches
was planted across South India is a long way from where we are now, yet those early
missionaries laid down principles and convictions about cross-
In 1967 Mrs Gandhi closed the door to new missionary visas, a God-
Price £5 including postage and packing. Available from Mission Centre.
‘World mission is someone else’s job! Leave it to the specialists, the agencies,
and let’s concentrate on reaching our local community around our church.’ Sadly,
that is often how Christians think about cross-
God’s plan as set out in Scripture is to put the local church at the heart of world
mission. The biblical pattern is for local churches to send out missionaries, and
for missionaries to be answerable to the local churches that send and support them.
This was the conviction that changed Grace Baptist Mission into a church-
This book, published to celebrate GBM’s 150th anniversary, has been put together
to explore the biblical principles of mission, to apply them to a wide range of different
cultures, and to show how church-
In five chapters Sukesh Pabari explores the biblical basis of mission, and the means,
tools aim and final goal of mission. Then seven different authors look at contexts
where GBM works, including India, France, Post-
Price £7.99 including postage and packing. Available from Mission Centre.
Radio has been part of GBM’s ministry since the 1950s. Tracing the history of the
work from valve radios in South India to today’s software-
Price £1.50 including postage and packing. Available from Mission Centre.
A booklet that seeks to give biblical and practical guidelines for giving money to churches in the developing world. Download a PDF copy here.
Hard copies are available free from GBM Mission Centre.
Please feel free to use any of the photos in our photo gallery to help in your church prayer meetings or PowerPoint.
‘Why am I poor?’
‘Why aren’t I being blessed?’
‘Why don’t the promises of the prosperity gospel preacher come true for me?’
These are the kind of questions Ian Flanders is asked by African Christians. Ian
broadcasts his GBM Radio programme, Esperance Aujourd’hui, to the French-
Reflecting on this during sabbatical leave, Ian produced a paper which has now been published by GBM as The Gospel in African Soil. Whenever we take the Christian faith into a new context, we need to understand the cultural and religious influences on the hearts and minds of those we reach. Europe and Africa have been brought closer by the ease of international travel and yet in many ways remain worlds apart. The Gospel in African Soil gives an overview of African Traditional Religion and seeks to understand the various ways in which Christian mission has interacted with this belief system over the past two centuries. It evaluates some contemporary Christian movements, particularly the Prosperity Gospel, and how they may be influenced by traditional African culture. It also reflects on some potential ways to better communicate the gospel into this context. Ian also poses us in the West with the challenge of depending on God in every aspect of everyday life.
Price £2.50 including postage and packing.
As well as doing an extensive Bible survey book by book, and teaching Christian doctrine.
GBM’s Serving Today radio programme also teaches a little church history. 2017 is
an anniversary year, marking 500 years since martin Luther nailed his ninety-
Andrew Cook has taken the material from these programmes and edited it into a book,
The Reformation: A Sound-
The Reformation: A Sound-
You can buy your copy from your local Christian bookshop, or from GBM Mission Centre (+P&P).