BOOKS with Contributions by Jen Avellaneda
Post – Pandemic Missions: Strategies for Churches by Joye Good Henderson (Quotes from Jen Avellaneda)
From Alaska to Zimbabwe, rural Indiana to the jungles of Bolivia, missionaries, pastors, church mission leaders, and organizations were all blind-sided by COVID-19. Through interviews with more than 100 people who are active in community and global missions, seven strategies emerged that can be used to guide churches and mission leaders through similar crises when going, sending, welcoming or supporting have been interrupted or broken down.
At a time when the world was locked down, masked and quarantined, we have had to re-evaluate how we do missions. Answers included virtual technology, live-stream worship and digital evangelism. This book examines how we adapted and related, created and connected. But questions remain: in a post-pandemic world, how will we move forward with mission partnerships; what will sending and going look like if international borders do not re-open; and, what is the role of Short-Term Mission teams?
A Missional Life: Living in Light of Eternity by Laura Krokos & more (Chapter by Jen Avellaneda)
It is easy to walk (or sprint) through life without being purposeful in living out the mission Jesus has given us. It’s easy to be controlled by the tyranny of the urgent or get comfortable in our daily routines that living on purpose for the glory of God is something that we reserve for a missions trip.
Missional Life; A Practical Guide for Living in Light of Eternity will not only give numerous practical ideas of how to live on mission in many spheres of life but will also offer perspective and encouragement to believers longing to live in light of eternity.
Mission-Minded Families by Jon & Ann Dunagan (Endorsement by Jen Avellaneda)
“Missions is not just for missionaries; God’s call is for all.” David Livingstone once said, “This generation can only reach this generation.” The Dunagan’s ask, “Will we raise our children to effectively reach their generation for Jesus Christ?” In this updated 480-page resource, your family will be encouraged to live with passion for the Gospel and God’s Great Commission and compassion for the needs of the world. Packed with practical ideas and inspiration for mission-minded parenting, your family will be equipped to live on-mission for God, realizing “God’s mission is for your family to expand His family.”
In a mission-minded family, there’s a God-infused energy. There’s a focus on God’s worldwide purpose and a passion for the lost. There’s a spiritual depth and hunger that reaches beyond the maintenance mode of cultural Christianity. A mission-minded family emphasizes leadership, calling and destiny. There’s a prevailing attitude of self-sacrifice, an emphasis on total submission to God’s will, and an unmistakable and contagious joy.
