The Lifelong Learning Link: Twelve Reasons for Continuous Education for Missionaries

By planning for growth on all levels—personal, cultural, and organizational—missionaries can help correct errors of the past; can learn better; can more creatively interact with life situations; can be more flexible, relevant, and stimulating in their ministries; can have lives more fully integrated...

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Main Author: Brewer, Monroe (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1991
In: Missiology
Year: 1991, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-202
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Summary:By planning for growth on all levels—personal, cultural, and organizational—missionaries can help correct errors of the past; can learn better; can more creatively interact with life situations; can be more flexible, relevant, and stimulating in their ministries; can have lives more fully integrated and balanced; can potentially have fewer and less serious problems and not stagnate in their missionary ruts; and can be a blessing to everyone else and God too.This article presents the case for a commitment to “continuous education” by proposing four philosophical and eight practical reasons for missionaries to expand their ministries through lifelong learning.
ISSN:2051-3623
Contains:Enthalten in: Missiology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/009182969101900206