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Apr
24

Leader’s Teaching Guide for “The Story Lives On”

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In The Story Lives On: God’s Power Throughout Generations, Wanda S. Lee, servant leader of the world’s largest organization of laypeople engaged in missions, gives an intimate, detailed narrative about individuals and groups having impact for Christ in places of human hopelessness. She relates encouraging stories of God’s redemptive work, past and present.

New Hope author Joyce A. Mitchell has developed a free group teaching guide for The Story Lives On, the 2012–13 WMU® emphasis book by Wanda S. Lee.

Download it here now free. You’ll find great ideas for guided, interactive activities to explore this book as a group.

Start by reading Wanda Lee’s article, “Telling the Story of Jesus Throughout Generations.” And watch NewHopeDigital.com for upcoming podcasts with the author coming very soon.

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Apr
17

Taylor Field: Staying in Ministry and Measuring Success

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Listen as pastor Taylor Field (Graffiti Church, New York City) talks about envy, staying in ministry in difficult places, and measuring success. This is the third in a trilogy of podcasts on the subject of upside-down leadership.

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Taylor Field’s latest release is Upside-Down Leadership: Rethinking Influence and Success. In this book, Field challenges readers to flip conventional thinking on leadership upside down. He offers 10 principles, or antiprinciples, of his own along with a strong dose of fresh perspectives from the lives of biblical persons, great missionaries, other historic servant leaders, and contemporary witnesses. Chapter titles include: “Forget Results,” “Associate with Losers,” and “Become a Nobody.”

Upside-Down Leadership is available in paperback and ebook format. Download chapter 1 for free here.

A free book club and small-group guide is available here now.

Follow Taylor Field’s new blog at thestairwaytonowhere.com. And follow Graffiti on Facebook.

Taylor Field pastors a church that welcomes about 100 people on Sundays to the same storefront location, after 25 years (graffitichurch.org). Weekdays, Taylor frequently works with people some might label underachievers. He knows few influencers and has goals other than career advancement, a new church site, his books on the New York Times best-seller list, or a jam-packed speaking schedule. Taylor serves with Graffiti Community Ministries in the Lower East Side (Manhattan) in New York City.

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Apr
11

Taylor Field: The Upside-Down Man and Other Unleaders

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Listen as pastor Taylor Field (Graffiti Church, New York City) talks about his ministry, his new book, and a provocative anecdote from missions history. Find out what he says is the unifying trait of upside-down leaders, or “unleaders.” 

Taylor Field’s latest book is Upside-Down Leadership: Rethinking Influence and Success. In this fascinating study, Field creatively challenges readers to flip conventional thinking on leadership upside down. He offers 10 principles, or antiprinciples, of his own and provides diverse illustrations from the lives and writings of biblical persons, great missionaries, other historic servant leaders, and contemporary witnesses. Chapter titles include: “Forget Results,” “Associate with Losers,” “Get Off the Cutting Edge,” and “Become a Nobody.”

Upside-Down Leadership is available in paperback and ebook format. Download the first chapter free here.

Follow Taylor Field’s new blog at thestairwaytonowhere.com. Check out what’s going on at Graffiti on Facebook.

Taylor Field pastors a church that welcomes about 100 people on Sundays to the same storefront location, after 25 years (graffitichurch.org). Weekdays, Taylor frequently works with people some might label underachievers. He knows few influencers and has goals other than career advancement, a new church site, his books on the New York Times best-seller list, or a jam-packed speaking schedule. Taylor serves with Graffiti Community Ministries in the Lower East Side (Manhattan) in New York City.

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Apr
10

Telling the Story of Jesus Throughout Generations

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by Wanda S. Lee

This past year as I began the journey of writing The Story Lives On, I had many conversations with missions leaders who well know the story of WMU® and our early missions history.

Reflecting on those conversations I was reminded of nineteenth-century women like Lottie Moon, Ann Judson, Henrietta Hall Shuck, and others who faced tremendous barriers in sharing the gospel and also met challenges in their role as women leaders during their generation. But telling the story of Jesus was more important than any obstacles they faced. They shared boldly and their example inspires us to do the same.

Likewise, numerous twentieth-century leaders opened additional avenues for missions service. These include Wana Ann and Giles Fort, who served as medical missions pioneers in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and Mary Saunders, a nurse in Africa stayed the course in times of tribal wars. Their unique contributions to the missions story are important to tell as we seek God’s direction for the future.

New Stories Being Written

Today, there are many incredible servants finding new avenues to tell the story of Jesus. Missionaries like Ginger Smith and Kay Bennett working with homeless women and children in New Orleans and Houston while also leading the charge against human trafficking in our country. Professional people like warden Burl Cain at Angola Prison in Louisiana. And others like Taylor and Susan Field ministering in inner-city New York. They offer us glimpses of how we can tell God’s story in the midst of life’s most difficult circumstances.

It has been my privilege to collect these stories and more while sharing some of my own story in this new book. The experience of Peter and John in Acts 4:20 challenged me to examine my own life and rediscover my passion for sharing the story of Jesus. After being imprisoned and beaten for telling the story of Jesus they responded to threats of further persecution with this answer: ‘“We cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.’” (NIV 1984)

Their encounters with Jesus had been so dramatic nothing could stop them from telling what they had experienced. As I reflect on the times in my life where God has been so present and so clearly directed the outcome of various life experiences, I need to be as bold as Peter and John and speak about what I have seen and heard. I hope through reading these stories of faith and commitment you also might renew your commitment to tell the story of Jesus with great joy to all you meet!

Wanda S. Lee’s passion for engaging others to understand and be radically involved in the mission of God is evident in her writing, speaking, and dynamic leadership as executive director of national WMU (Woman’s Missionary Union) since 2000. Wanda and husband, Larry Lee, reside in Birmingham, Alabama. 

 Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

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Apr
9

Download Chapter 1 of “The Story Lives On” by Wanda S. Lee

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Download chapter 1 of The Story Lives On by Wanda S. Lee, executive director of national WMU® since 2000.

Rooted in Acts 4:12–20, The Story Lives On vividly portrays what has been seen and heard of God’s redemptive power through authentic stories of:

  • Radical overcoming through Jesus Christ—across groups and cultures
  • Victories in the battle against human exploitation, including trafficking
  • Passion for the Great Commission throughout generations

Wanda Lee hammers out a biblical response to human suffering, reports on the present passion of Christian leaders and laypersons, records past victories, and ignites continuing commitment to missions to “the least.”

Wanda Lee‘s passion for engaging others to understand and be radically involved in the mission of God is evident in her writing, speaking, and dynamic leadership of national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU). Lee’s books, monthly magazine column (Mosaic), extensive speaking schedule, and travel allow her to encourage and challenge diverse audiences around the world. She has experience as an international missionary, registered nurse, executive, and pastor’s wife. Wanda and her husband, Larry, reside in Birimingham, Alabama.

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Mar
16

Compelled

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Living the Mission of God
Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation

Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation are executive editor and general editor of The Mission of God Study Bible. This book is a companion to that study.

The authors challenge readers to look at love within the context of God, the church, and the lives of individual believers. Compelled provides readers a basic theological grounding and a platform for personal application as they understand that missional living is all about simply the calling to love others.

Look at the love of God; begin to truly understand what is at the center of the church’s foundation, commission, and direction; but most importantly, understand your role within the mission of God as you integrate love into all aspects of your missional calling.

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Retail: $14.99
EAN: 9781596693517
ISBN: 1596693517
Item #: N124104

Publisher: New Hope Publishers
Imprint: New Hope Publishers
Pub Date: June 5, 2012

Category: Christian Living, Missions
Format: Paperback, Trade paperback (US)
Language: English
Size: 6 X 9 Inches
Page Count: 192
Pack Qty: 36

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Mar
6

Taylor Field

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Taylor Field pastors a church that welcomes about 100 people on Sundays to the same storefront location, after 25 years (see graffitichurch.org). Weekdays, Taylor frequently works with people some might label underachievers. He knows few influencers and has goals other than career advancement, a new church site, his books on the New York Times best-seller list, or a jam-packed speaking schedule. When he speaks, the groups are relatively small. Taylor serves with Graffiti Community Ministries in the Lower East Side in New York City.

Though Graffiti Community Ministries began with a few people in Lower Manhattan, it works to express God’s love in tangible ways for thousands each year, launching Graffiti 2 (South Bronx) and Graffiti 3 (Brooklyn). Serving, fostering, and supporting some 20 new churches, Graffiti partners with many other New York City ministries. Their commitment: to do the small things, to serve the unserved.

Follow Taylor Field’s new blog at thestairwaytonowhere.com. Check out what’s going on at Graffiti on Facebook.

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Mar
6

Upside-Down Leadership

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Rethinking Influence and Success
Taylor Field

Everyday people may not see themselves as successful, influential leaders; and there are plenty of stale human expectations to discourage. Yet the lives and words of biblical persons, other historic servant leaders, great missionaries, and contemporary witnesses boost us with fresh perspectives. These lives with unique points of view bind the cynicism that might paralyze us and release hope that fuels our individual ability to have true impact.

Graffiti Church (New York City) pastor and leader Taylor Field creatively challenges us to flip conventional ideas upside down, escape clichés on leadership, and to see real leadership principles revealed as right side up. Everyday readers involved in community service, church, and missions will find current, practical, realistic, and diverse illustrations—simple, short, biblical, and cross-cultural—that help people to transcend barriers and powerfully influence their faith.

Free small-group/book club guide available here.

Free download of chapter 1 available here.

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Ebook also available ($9.99).

Retail: $14.99
EAN: 9781596693425
ISBN: 1596693428
Item #: N124147

Publisher: New Hope Publishers
Imprint: New Hope Publishers
Pub Date: April 3, 2012

Category: Christian Living, Leadership
Format: Paperback, Trade paperback (US)
Language: English
Size: 6 X 9 Inches
Page Count: 192
Pack Qty: 36

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Feb
15

The Story Lives On

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God’s Power Throughout Generations
Wanda S. Lee

God uses people to embody His power to change the world in miraculous ways.

Wanda Lee, national WMU executive director and hands-on missionary, leading the world’s largest organization of laypeople engaged in missions, gives an intimate, detailed narrative about the radical individuals and groups having an impact for Christ in places of hopelessness and exploitation.

As an executive,  former field missionary, and nurse, Lee hammers out a biblical response to human suffering. Reporting on the present passion of Christian leaders and laypersons, and recording past victories, this book will ignite continuing commitment to missions to the least.

Using Acts 4:12–20 as the foundation, Lee bears authentic witness to what she and others have seen and heard of God’s redemptive power:

• Radical overcoming through Jesus Christ—across audience and culture

• Liberating victory in the battle against human exploitation

• Redemptive witnesses fanning the flame of passion for the Great Commission throughout generations

Free leader’s guide for group study available here.

Ebook available.

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Retail: $14.99
EAN: 9781596693449
ISBN: 1596693444
Item #: N124149

Publisher: New Hope Publishers
Imprint: New Hope Publishers
Pub Date: April 3, 2012

Category: Christian Living, Women, Missions
Format: Paperback, Trade paperback (US)
Language: English
Size: 5.5 X 8.5 Inches
Page Count: 192
Pack Qty: 36

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Dec
29

Kimberly Sowell: Considering Lostness with an Eye to the New Year

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Listen as Kimberly Sowell shares statistics about lostness in the world today. She defines people groups, unreached people groups (UPGs), and unengaged, unreached people groups (UUPGs).

After sharing an important story from a recent missions trip to Japan, Kimberly gives suggestions for action in the new year. Will there be people celebrating Christ for the first time next year because of God’s grace through your obedience?

Kimberly Sowell is founder and president of Kingdom Heart Ministries and the author of several books for New Hope Publishers, including Soul Shaping, Women of the Covenant, and A Passion for Purpose. She also serves as director of missions mobilization and women’s minstry at Second Baptist Church, Lancaster, South Carolina.

Kimberly recommended http://www.joshuaproject.net/ for more information on people groups.

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