Beyond Mapping at Global Mapping

I have spent the past three days at another great board meeting for Global Mapping International (GMI). And once again, I leave amazed at some of the new resources and services this small ministry has been able to create for the benefit of those serving in missions around the world.

For example, during the past twelve months, GMI has published seven new books all on important topics relevant to contemporary mission leaders. Here is a highlight of just three of them:

Help Your Missionaries Thrive by Harder and Foote. Based on recent research data GMI produced for a client foundation, this book will help mission executives understand the critical factors that shape the success of today’s missionary field staff.

Serving God in a Migrant Crisis by Patrick Johnstone. With the current crisis of Middle East migrants flooding into Europe, this book could not be more appropriate for helping today’s ministry workers know how to respond. Building on his tremendous experience during the past two decades of authoring Operation World, Johnstone uses his insight to challenge how to use this crisis as a means of sharing God’s love.

Our Anchor in a World Adrift by Hirst and Legasphmunar. This short work, co-authored by GMI’s president, John Hirst, is a great way to put into perspective seven global trends that are changing the status quo as we know it. Beyond simply giving statistics of social impact, the book encourages the reader to use an anchor of faith to help find stability and purpose despite the traumatic changes global trends might bring.

I’m looking forward to digging into these new GMI books and also using them in some of the teaching and workshops I’ll be involved in during the upcoming months. If you are interested in them as well, they’re all available in both print and digital form from Amazon as well as from GMI’s own website: www.gmi.org.

By the way, they’ve also produced a nice little “trailer” video on the Migrant Crisis book that will give you an idea of what it’s about. And, I’m proud to say, the video is narrated by my daughter-in-law, Sarah Lewis! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdqSPqeNqHo.