"Most of us focus on strategy, methods and materials, but Ryan helps us look beyond just purpose and plans, and evaluate the person. He exhorts me to ask myself, 'Am I really becoming the man I need to be to accomplish God's mission in and through my life?' Spiritual Equipping for Mission is a challenge for any world changer who wants to know and live and share the heart of God with those who desperately need to experience the love of the Savior."Steve Shadrach, executive director, Center for Mission Mobilization
"Ryan Shaw's latest book, Spiritual Equipping for Mission, flows from his observations of the effects of spiritual fatigue on sincere Christians who began with zeal but, because they were not equipped with tools to foster long-term spiritual vitality, burned out or became discouraged. With real-life advice and useful tools, Ryan lays out a plan to build strong spiritual foundations so that crosscultural workers thrive. Spiritual Equipping for Mission should be on the required reading list of every person or team preparing to serve as crosscultural message bearers."Paul Borthwick, senior consultant, Development Associates International, and author, Western Christians in Global Mission
"Ryan Shaw presents in this book the key elements necessary for the message bearer to make a positive impact in his or her ministry context. These important principles are biblically grounded with examples from God's servants in the Bible and fromthe history of missions, interwoven with personal experiences and practical applications. This excellent book is indispensable to all who are called to serve the Lord in advancing his kingdom, but also to those who train and send missionary workers. It helps us to understand the crucial importance of a healthy spiritual formation in the effort to fulfill the demands of the Great Commission."Bertil Ekstrom, executive director, World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission
"Ryan Shaw has touched a nerve and struck a much-needed balance with his helpful book. The pages of this book ring with the values of a trained Great Commission apologist and crackle with the spiritual insights of a passionate worshiper of Jesus. The spiritual keys that Ryan puts forth are indispensable to the formation of the heart and life of any message bearer and will fuel the fire of even the most experienced person already engaged in kingdom work. I highly recommend this book as a training resource, as an instrument for personal challenge and inspiration, and as a handbook for being a disciple-making message bearer."John Brown, senior pastor, Harmony Vineyard Church, Kansas City, Missouri
"In this book Ryan Shaw has presented ten issues that are key for anyone wanting to be serious about crosscultural message bearing. While much crosscultural training is focused on strategy and methodology, Ryan deals with core issues of who the message bearer is to be, and how they can remain alive in their inner being. If these matters are not kept in focus, the message bearer will not thrive and even the best strategy and methods will not be fruitful."Betty Sue Brewster, senior associate professor of language and culture learning, Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Intercultural Studies
"Ryan's book offers powerful spiritual keys to every message bearer. I keep thinking how desperately the emerging mission movement needs to hear such messages that point to the necessity of being spiritually grounded as the primary and vital resource for success in any mission enterprise."Daniel Bourdanné, general secretary, International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
"Relevant, megamotivational, practical and a vital message for the church in our day. I urge people not only to read it but to also get involved in distributing copies."George Verwer, founder and former international director of Operation Mobilization
"I am thrilled with the insights and practical truth Ryan Shaw has brought together here. According to Hudson Taylor, the real secret for modern-day message bearers is a life and vibrant inner core of ever-developing faith and intimacy with God. The keys identified here are right on to unlock the potential Jesus promised!"Donnie Scearce, lead pastor, North Park Church, London, Ontario, Canada
"In Judges 6:13, Gideon wondered why his generation had not been experiencing the kind of testimonies that were given about God's miracles and marvelous works among the people of Israel in the past. I too have often wondered why the spectacular acts of the Holy Spirit associated with the apostles in the book of Acts, as well as the utter dedication attributed to the early missionaries, are rarely seen in the present generation of missionaries, whether from the West or from the emerging missionary movement in the global South. I am glad to discover that the reasons and the remedies are being explored in Spiritual Equipping for Mission by Ryan Shaw. This book will be a veritable tool in unearthing what has been missing as well aspointing the church and mission movement to what should matter as we confront the last of the giants in missions and mobilize, equip and unleash the great potentials in God's people on the remaining and daunting harvest. I highly recommend this bookto my colleagues in the Great Commission community."Reuben Ezemadu, international director, Christian Missionary Foundation, and continental coordinator, Movement for African National Initiatives
"Message bearers eager to thrive in life and ministry will discover biblical truth and practical wisdom in every chapter of Ryan Shaw's Spiritual Equipping for Mission. Anchored in God's Word, rich in personal testimony and birthed in real-life experience, Ryan's inspiring focus on inner transformation is both a refreshing voice in the metrics-saturated missiological conversation and a true expression of his own life and ministry."Eric Peters, international director, Pioneers
