Joy Dawson
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Joy Dawson is a New Zealand missionary
and intercessor
who has been teaching the Bible
internationally since 1970. Her missionary work has taken her to over 55 nations. She has taught extensively on television
and radio
, and her books, audio and video tapes have been translated and distributed worldwide. She currently resides in Tujunga, California.
Joy and her husband Jim are unsalaried missionaries with Youth With A Mission, an interdenominational missionary organization operating in 173 countries, and are elders of The Church On The Way, in Van Nuys, California.
Three generations of Joy and Jim's family are in full-time ministry on three different continents, and in four countries.
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
and intercessor
Intercession
Intercession is the act of interceding between two parties. In both Christian and Islamic religious usage, it is a prayer to God on behalf of others....
who has been teaching the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
internationally since 1970. Her missionary work has taken her to over 55 nations. She has taught extensively on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, and her books, audio and video tapes have been translated and distributed worldwide. She currently resides in Tujunga, California.
Joy and her husband Jim are unsalaried missionaries with Youth With A Mission, an interdenominational missionary organization operating in 173 countries, and are elders of The Church On The Way, in Van Nuys, California.
Three generations of Joy and Jim's family are in full-time ministry on three different continents, and in four countries.
External links
All Joy Dawson's books and many of her CD and DVD teachings are available from her website: www.joydawson.com.- Some of her teaching can be downloaded from the YWAM podcast site