Mission Education FAQ

When will the NMI missions books be available on CD? I no longer have a tape deck in my car, only a CD player.

We have good news! The Adult NMI missions books are now available on CD. For those who still use audio cassette tapes, the books are still available on cassette. To order the NMI mission books on CD click here, or call Nazarene Publishing House toll-free at 1-800-877-0700. Enjoy!

Why were the tapes for children's mission books discontinued?

A quick, simple answer: inadequate sales. Nazarene Publishing House (NPH) products are market-driven, just as with any publisher. If a book is not selling or if sales result in a loss, that item is removed from inventory. If requests for children's books on tape reach a we've-got-to-have-this fever, then I feel NPH would reconsider its decision.

How are the NMI reading books selected? I'm interested in writing a book.

So glad you asked! The mission education coordinator is responsible for handling all book proposals and works with authors through the approval and editorial stages. The mission education coordinator works closely with the Mission Education Committee (MEC), the group who makes final decisions on all books, throughout the entire process.When anyone expresses a desire to be an author, the mission education coordinator sends him or her the MEC Writer's Guidelines and answers any pertinent questions. Then these steps are followed:

1.) The writer submits a book prospectus to the MEC for review;
2.) The MEC votes to either request an entire manuscript or reject the proposal;
3.) When the manuscript is submitted, the MEC evaluates and approves/ rejects it;
4.) The book is edited and submitted to NPH for printing. Interested in writing, anyone? Contact the General NMI Office

Why is some of the information in the mission education lessons out-of-date?

Lines. Yes, it all has to do with time lines and deadlines. Lessons are assigned and written two years before publication. And even though the mission education coordinator tries to update information in the editing stage, which is almost a year before the churches receive the materials, that information may be dated as well. Therefore, it's imperative that the mission education leader consult the latest sources (such as the NMI web site, World Mission web site, Mission Connection magazine, Global Glimpses newsletter, Holiness Today, Nazarene News, etc.) to share the most current information possible with you people.

How can I use the Adult Mission Education packet in my church? We don't have a monthly missionary meeting any longer.

In other words, you're asking: How can I make it fit? This could perhaps be best answered with a challenge provided by Wes Eby in a recent issue of HeartLine, the General NMI Director's monthly newsletter, entitled, "Mission Education: Making it Fit."
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Have you ever returned from the supermarket and discovered the purchased items didn't fit in your cabinets? What did you do? Throw the stuff away because your space didn't accommodate them? Of course not! It's good "stuff". You made the necessary adjustments. You rearranged. You stacked. You crammed. You combined. You made them fit. The same can be said for mission education. Your challenge is to make "it" fit your church, your people. We don't throw away mission education just because we think it doesn't fit our congregation. We adjust. We rearrange. We adapt. We combine. It's good "stuff", and we make it fit.