The Missionary Crisis (Paul Snider)

The Missionary Crisis

Five Dangers Plaguing Missions & How the Church Can be the Solution

With a Foreword by Paul Washer

The Missionary Crisis confronts five dangers facing missionaries and the local churches that send them and gives biblical and practical instruction for missionaries, sending churches, and mission organizations. This book boldly approaches gentle correction for the missionary to reverse these five crises in their ministries. It challenges the local church to prepare and equip men and women for the high calling of missionary life.

The focus of this book centers on the importance of the gospel, doctrine, prayer, accountability, and family. The final chapter gives the local church practical counsel to ensure their missionary is not only spiritually healthy according to God’s Word but showing the church how they can come alongside their missionary as the sending agent.

Endorsements

“The church should value The Missionary Crisis by Paul Snider as a hugely helpful resource concerning missions. Paul writes with the advantage of developing a thorough understanding of missions by applying scriptures and biblical principles to front-line mission work deep in Papua’s jungles. The Missionary Crisis correctly emphasizes the gospel’s vital importance, the necessity of sound theology, the non-negotiable qualifications of the missionary’s character and life, and the continuing care he should prioritize for his family. It should be read prayerfully by every missionary, pastor, and church member to understand and practice the vital work of missions biblically and effectively.”

– Jamey Tucker, HeartCry Missionary Society Asia Coordinator

“Paul Snider’s book, The Missionary Crisis, is like looking through a window. He divulges the plight of modern missions with engaging reality. As a missionary, Paul’s perspective will afford the reader a much greater concern for what is called today kingdom advancement. Years ago, a mission director said that “the mission field is littered with uncrucified flesh.” His assessment, both then and now, is accurate. But Paul doesn’t stop after exposing the encumbrances to global missions; he offers biblical and practical solutions to the problems. Local churches, mission agencies, and anyone with an interest in gospel mission enterprise will profit immensely from this superb work.”

– Don Currin, Pastor of Providence Baptist Church, Tuscumbia, Alabama

Contents (many short chapters under each of these unit headings)

1. Missionaries Must Understand the Gospel
2. No Doctrine, No Mission
3. A Missionary’s Prayer Life
4. Drowning in Unaccountability
5. The Dangers of Being a Missionary Family
6. What the Church Needs to Know

Appendix 1: Preaching the Gospel to a Remote People Group

Appendix 2: My Testimony of Conversion