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A modern classic, now in its eighth and final edition.
This book tracks the history of the church in Cambodia from its early beginnings to the present day. Paris-educated Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge army turned the country into a death camp between 1975-1979. Up to two million people died — of starvation, or shot or hoed-down in the killing fields, or tortured to death in the extermination centres.
Don Cormack entered Cambodia five months before the country fell. After that he worked in the refugee camps along the Thai / Cambodia border. Cormack's fluent Cambodian enables the West to receive first-hand accounts ion endurance and faith under one of the most brutal regimes in modern history.
Map. Photo Gallery. Timeline. Index.
Author description
Don Cormack lives in East Sussex, where he grew up as a boy. He served with OMF International from 1972-1996 in Malaysia, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore. After being forced to flee Cambodia in 1975, he worked among Cambodian refugees in the camps which sprang up along the Thai border. He married Margaret Lockhart in 1979, and they have three adult daughters. When the camps closed, Don and Margie moved to Singapore, first teaching at the Discipleship Training Centre and then ministering among heroine addicts. Don and Margie returned to Phnom Penh in 1992, following the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, when Don was invited by the Bishop of Singapore to begin The Church of Christ our Peace.
CONTENTS
Foreword by Sharon James
Preface to the First Edition by Peter Lewis
Author's Preface
Map
Prologue
PART I 1923-1975
1. The Fallow Ground
2. The Implanted Seed
3. The 'Seminary'
4. The Pestilence, Drought and Destroyer
5. The Late Rains
6. The Thinning
7. The Fields White unto Harvest
Photo Gallery
PART II
8. The 17 April, 1975
PART III 1975 to present
9. The Seed Falls into the Ground
10. The Seed Dies
11. The Scent of Water
12. The Seed Produces Many Seeds
13. The Harvest of Wheat and Tares
14. The Gleanings
15. The Fallow Ground: An Epilogue
Photo Gallery
Afterword: The Kingdom of God in the Kingdom of Cambodia
PART IV APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Postscript on Duch
Appendix 2 1995: A Sermon for VJ Day
Timeline 300 BC - present
Index
'There is a kind of suffering so heinous it is beyond telling. Yet when Christ's redemptive grace floods the scene, that same suffering takes on an exalted glow of glory. Be blessed as you read these stories from what has become a classic work.'
Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends
A hundred years of history from the Cambodian church's earliest beginnings, on through its own Neronian persecution, to the present day. It has much to teach us. The stories of the grace of God, and of costly love for Christ,are riveting, powerful, disturbing, even overwhelming.'
Lindsay Brown, Former General Secretary, IFES; Former International Director, Lausanne Movement
We Western Christians who know so little about sacrifice and martyrdom urgently need to heed the lessons from this vivid and harrowing account: that the first principle of church growth and missionary fruitfulness is still that which Jesus predicted and exemplified - the seed must die before it bears much fruit.'
Jonathan Lamb, Minister-at-Large, Keswick Ministries
'Convicting, inspiring, and sobering. These stories pierced my soul. Let your heart, spirit and mind be moved as you read of those who did not count the cost of what it means to follow Jesus.
Sarah Breuel, Director, Revive Europe
A marvellous story of grace and hope from a near-forgotten country. An attach on soft-option' Christianity, and an unmistakeable call to sacrificial faith.
Stephen Gaukroger, Vice President, Bible Society
Ten compelling stories from the killing fields.
These ten stories are 'powerful, riveting, compelling, even overwhelming'. They come straight from the Christian believers who endured one of the worst periods of mass killing in the 20th century. Here we glimpse profound spiritual truth through their lives, courage and faithfulness. They are stories for our own times, as evil tyrants continue to emerge. 110pp.
Map. Photo Gallery. Timeline.
Author description
Don Cormack lives in East Sussex, where he grew up as a boy. He served with OMF International from 1972-1996 in Malaysia, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand and Singapore. After being forced to flee Cambodia in 1975, he worked among Cambodian refugees in the camps which sprang up along the Thai border. He married Margaret Lockhart in 1979, and they have three adult daughters. When the camps closed, Don and Margie moved to Singapore, first teaching at the Discipleship Training Centre and then ministering among heroine addicts. Don and Margie returned to Phnom Penh in 1992, following the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, when Don was invited by the Bishop of Singapore to begin The Church of Christ our Peace.
About the author
Map
Foreword by Julia Cameron
PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE
The flight from Phnom Penh
The fall of Phnom Penh
PART TWO: TEN STORIES
1. Van Rean's story
2. Chen's story 'How beautiful are the feet'
3. Events on the third anniversary
4. Pastor Reach Yeah
5. Haim and his family face their execution
6. Christmas!
7. Pastor Hom, his flock, and his personal grief
8. A boy whose brother is dying
9. A Khmer Rouge soldier finds forgiveness
10. A mother's love
Afterword
Timeline
'Riveting, powerful, disturbing, even overwhelming stories of the grace of God, and of costly love for Christ.
Lindsay Brown, Former General Secretary, IFES and former International Director, Lausanne Movement.
These are stories the world needs to hear, and Christians need to know. Don Cormack knew and loved and served so many of these brothers and sisters who loved Jesus more than life itself. With depth and compassion he brings us their voices first-hand, tracing the beautiful fruit borne out of the killing fields.
Mark Ellis, CEO Keswick Ministries
There is a kind of suffering so heinous, it is beyond telling. Yet when Christ's redemptive grace floods the scene, that same suffering takes on an exalted glow of glory. It's what I experienced in reading these powerful stories. Be blessed as you read them, letting them whet your appetite for the larger classic work from which they are drawn.
Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends International Disability Center
Convicting, inspiring and sobering. These stories pierced my soul. Let your heart, spirit and mind be moved as you read of those who did not count the cost of what it means to follow Jesus.
Sarah Breuel, Director of Revive, Europe; Member, Lausanne Movement Board
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Practical and spiritual guidance for anyone facing the challenges of dying and death — whether their own death or that of a family member or friend.
The authors draw on their personal stories, as well as on years of medical and pastoral experience. Their writing is full of sensitivity, empathy and wise understanding.
Each chapter focuses on a different area or question, so you can find what you need with ease. The final chapter concludes with a clear message of hope.
The book carries a full index, and a list of resources.
Elaine Sugden worked in Leeds in the 1970s as a doctor of children with leukaemia before moving with her family to India for six years. From 1984 she worked in adult oncology in Oxford, and from 1995 as a consultant treating adults and children with cancer. She wrote her contributions to this book after retiring in 2013, based on her years as a practising doctor. Elaine continues to be involved in a European organization working for those treated for cancer when children. Her booklet Caring for People with Cancer, based on a series of seminars in India, was published in 1998.
Philip Giddings taught at the University of Reading from 1972 until his retirement as Head of the School of Politics and International Relations in 2011. Philip was an elected member of the Church of England General Synod from 1985-2015, and of Archbishops’ Council from 2001-2015, and he chaired its Mission and Public Affairs Council from 2003-2011. He has twice been widowed. His other publications are in the field of Parliamentary affairs and the Ombudsman institution.
Martin Down is an Anglican priest who served in country parishes in Lincolnshire and Norfolk until 2012 when he retired to live in Oxfordshire. Martin is author of several books including The Best Is Yet To Be: Being happy in retirement and old age (2012) and The Christian Hope: A guide to life after death (2016).
Gareth Tuckwell was Medical Director of Burrswood Christian Hospital, and CEO from 1986-2012, and Medical Director and Clinical Director at Hospice in the Weald from 2003-2007. He has been involved with Macmillan Cancer Support as both a regional director and trustee. Until 2020 he chaired Sanctuary Trust and the ME Trust. He remains vice-president of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care. Gareth contributed to ‘A Time to Heal’, a report for the House of Bishops in 2000, A Question of Healing (Eagle, 2000) and Transforming Health (MARC 2005).
Foreword to the first edition by Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Start here
Why and how we need to talk about dying
Philip Giddings
Chapter 1
Coping with life-threatening illness
Elaine Sugden
Chapter 2
Difficult decisions
Elaine Sugden
Chapter 3
Talking about dying: When? Where? How?
Elaine Sugden
Chapter 4
Coping with the unexpected
Philip Giddings
Chapter 5
Suicide
Elaine Sugden
Chapter 6
The death of a baby
Elaine Sugden
Chapter 7
Talking to children
Elaine Sugden
Chapter 8
Talking about life after death
Martin Down
Chapter 9
Facing up to fear
Martin Down
Chapter 10
Praying for healing
Gareth Tuckwell
Chapter 11
Practical Matters
Martin Down
Chapter 12
Suggestions of ways to help
Elaine Sugden and Philip Giddings
Endpiece
Where to find more help
Useful Websites
Bibliography
Appendix 1
Advance Care Planning
Appendix 2
Preparing for an expected death at home
Appendix 3
What to do after a death at home
About the authors
Index
'This is one of the most practical books I have come across. The compassion, experience and faith of the authors shine through. I commend it very warmly indeed for the guidance it offers and the hope it provides.'
Michael Lloyd, Principal, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
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