On Being a Missionary </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Hale, Thomas</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1937-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William Carey</publisher> <dateIssued>1995</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>422tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>On Being a Missionary is not designed to be a theoretical textbook. It does not put forward new theses, new approaches to mission, nor does it attempt to break new ground. Instead, the author absorbs and then presents the ideas, experiences, and insights of over one hundred missionary writers. Drawing on his own years of experience as well as the input of many others, Dr. Hale deals with the problems, struggles, and failures that missionaries often face. The goal is to teach the reader how to avoid many of the problems that have plagued others while on the field. Being a missionary is one of the most joyous and rewarding careers possible, and this book aims to make it ever more so.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Thomas Hale</note> <subject> <topic>Missions -- Asia</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Missionaries -- Biography</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">266.023</classification> <classification authority="ddc">H161-T45</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0878082557</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16622/2.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16622/2.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2025-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071623.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>