Missions In The Dark Soil

The book is an historical work that reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of a Southern Baptist missionary, T. J. Bowen and the relevant applications for African missions and contemporary missionaries. The significance of the study lies on the ability to pioneer missions among the people of strange culture, language, colour and values successfully. This book researches into problems observable in the life and works of Bowen that need clarification. They are problem of contextualizing mission, developing means and strategy for language barriers, mission funding and support, neglecting education as mission tool and ill-health challenges of missionaries which usually truncate dreams. This book, however, interacts with Nigerian Baptist Mission under GMB and her relationship with local churches on how to strengthen missionaries with SWOT Analysis. This book recommends suggested ways for African mission boards and agencies to be pragmatic in strategic making, be aware of the psychological welfare of her missionaries and provide a health insurance scheme for serving missionaries. When Mission Board and local churches hold hands together, missionaries will strive better on the field. Mission is still young in Africa dark soil, we only need men, methods and materials to grow gospel as God increases the open-doors for mission.

“When I seek God's face” is a discipleship book that explains the necessity of closer walk with God. It contains the benefits in seeking the Face of God, dilemma of the Unbroken life, the need for renewal like that of eagle, the purpose and the nature of seeking God on our duty post, the arm of prayer in strengthening the man who seeks God, the power of keeping hope of Christ alive as the anchor for our soul and lastly the full concentration in pressing towards the mark of winning the presence of God at the end of all struggle on earth. This book challenges our thought to seek God's face, not His hand that we should be mature Christians that grow beyond earthly gain and to seek God for what He has for us, both now and hereafter.developing means and strategy for language barriers, mission funding and support, neglecting education as mission tool and ill-health challenges of missionaries which usually truncate dreams. This book, however, interacts with Nigerian Baptist Mission under GMB and her relationship with local churches on how to strengthen missionaries with SWOT Analysis. This book recommends suggested ways for African mission boards and agencies to be pragmatic in strategic making, be aware of the psychological welfare of her missionaries and provide a health insurance scheme for serving missionaries. When Mission Board and local churches hold hands together, missionaries will strive better on the field. Mission is still young in Africa dark soil, we only need men, methods and materials to grow gospel as God increases the open-doors for mission.

It is about the summary of THOMAS JEFFERSON BOWEN in Nigeria. His geographical movement, attempts and success story in the adventure. It is also about the way the Nigerian Baptist Convention honours the great work of THOMAS JEFFERSON BOWEN and the present state of Baptist Work in Nigeria.