Disability in Mission
Did you know that many churches and mission agencies refuse to send people with disabilities to the mission field? Sometimes they feel the disability exposes the missionary to danger; others assume that people with disabilities would under perform in their missionary tasks. Churches and agencies erroneously think that the disability would distract a person from ‘giving all’ while on the field.
Nothing could be further from the truth! It’s not that mission boards and churches are hard-hearted toward people with disabilities who desire to serve overseas; rather, these groups are operating under false or outdated assumptions. It’s why I’m so excited about the new book Disability in Mission: The Church’s Hidden Treasure written by my missionary friends, David Deuel and Nathan G. John. These men are not only experts when it comes to disabling conditions, they understand missions from the top to the bottom.
People with disabilities excel on the mission field, because their platform of weakness becomes the springboard from which God does powerful, life-transforming work! If you have a disability and a desire to serve on the field, this book is for you and your church or sending agency! And pray about giving a copy to your pastor – let’s spread the biblical word that “God’s power shows up best in weakness”… especially on the mission field!
–Joni Eareckson Tada
Disability in Mission
Disability in Mission: The Church’s Hidden Treasure outlines a radical change in approaches to missiology, missions, and praxis for the twenty-first-century global cultural context. It explores a pattern whereby God works powerfully in missions through disability and not in spite of it.
