Author: Howard Culbertson
Located in: Oklahoma City, OK
Submitted: April 09, 2007
Tell us a little about yourself. I'm a veteran missionary as is co-author Chuck
Gailey. I spent years in Italy and Haiti while
he was a missionary in Africa. I've been
teaching at Southern Nazarene University for
more than 15 years while Gailey just retired
from Nazarene Theological Seminary.
What was your motivation behind this project? We wanted to produce a usable introductory book
on the global mission enterprise that would
excite as well as inform.
What do you hope folks will gain from this project? The primary audience are students in
introductory missions courses in Bible college,
universities and seminars. This overview of the
global mission effort is, however, written in a
way that makes it easily accessible to pastors
and local lay leaders.
Who are your influences, sources of inspiration or favorite authors / artists? The book leans heavily on Scripture and draws
from the words and actions of greats like
William Carey, David Livingstone, Hudson Taylor,
William Cameron Townsend as well as lots of
lesser-known, but significant missionaries.
Anything else you'd like readers / listeners to know: It's for the future missionary as well as the
future pastor.
