Soul Graft

by Brad Hill

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0910452660
• ISBN13: 9780910452663
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Covenant Pubns
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Amazing and Honest Look at Cross-Cultural Missions

Soul Graft is an intimate and personal journey of cross-cultural discovery written by Brad Hill, missionary to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is the most honest and real look at missionary life in sub-saharan Africa I have read. Anyone who has spent time there will recognize the fondness and laugh-out-loud humor with which he describes the various characters and situations that are truly African. I was challenged by Mr Hill's ability to see the beauty and rich depth of African culture, while asking all the right questions about what it means to truly be an ambassador of Christ's love to every tribe and nation, every soul. My favorite missionary author, and one of my favorite authors, period. From the back cover: How can one graft one's soul - and the sould of one's family - to another culture? Does it ever really happen? This missionary's personal odyssey is different fom many in its persepective. Brad Hill invites the reader to witness the human side of missionary service. His first person wrestlings with cross cultural relationships and ministry ar erich with both encouragement and challenge for sensitive Christians everywhere. Noone escapes the pathos. Yet through faith, good humor, and real insight, Hill helps us to see how service and witness for the LORD of the Church and the world - even if often incomplete from our perspective - is never in vain. Brad Hill has, with his wife Ruth, served as a Covenant missionary in Zaire since 1973. A graduate of Seattle Pacific College (B.A, 1972), North Park Theological Seminary (M. Div., 1982), and Western Evangelical Seminary (D.Min, 1986), he is a member of Midway Community Covenant Church, Des Moines, WA. The Hills have two daughters, Rachel and Rebecca.

Soul Graft - Missionary Realities

This is a great book. Unlike some other books in this genre, it's not full of stories of waves of natives coming to Christ. The author doesn't paint himself or fellow missionaries as the hero in this book. This book is surprisingly real and honest.The author, Brad Hill, and his wife Ruth are encountering real cultural differences between themselves and the people that they are sent to minister to. The book shows a dry wit and a sense of humor that had me laughing at times and crying at others.There is a scene in the book where a national pastor holds up a skinny chicken and hands it to Hill. The pastor tells Hill that this is like the church that the missionaries left them - a skinny half dead chicken. I can't imagine how I could step up to speak after such an introduction. The best part is that Hill tells the reader he feels the same. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book.I'd love to see this one republished. Anybody who's thinking about doing cross-cultural ministry would benefit from reading this book.Hill also wrote, "Slivers of the Cross".