Scenario Planning: The Power of Asking What If?
Month: January 2010
Academic Societies and Academic Sites Supporting Mission Research
Most of the sites referenced in this article are focused on evangelical and Protestant Christian mission, and we’ve included a few Roman Catholic si…
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor and Yourself
by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert Moody Publishers, 820 N. LaSalle Blvd., Chicago, IL 60610, 208 pages, 2009, $14.99. —Reviewed by Laurie Fortunak Nichols, editorial…
A Muslim-Christian Dialogue on Salvation: The Role of Works
One principle of effective witness with Muslims is listening and allowing them to identify the issues which they find important in the discussion. It …
Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Contemporary Cases
This book addresses the manner in which contextualization is a social and cultural response to the Christian faith that supports both personal and cul…
The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith
Noll endeavors to place the American evangelical experience within the broader story of global Christianity.
Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity
This collection includes an array of articles, starting with a classic reflection on biblical models of mission by David Bosch and concluding with two…
The Forgotten Ways Handbook: A Practical Guide for Developing Missional Churches
For those of you needing guidance on implementing the theoretical aspects of Alan Hirsch’s popular 2007 publication, The Forgotten Ways, this follow…
Edinburgh 2010: Mission Then and Now
Twelve hundred delegates from 170 mission agencies and denominations came together to study the preparatory reports of eight commissions. Edinburgh…
Christian and Critical English Language Educators in Dialogue: Pedagogical and Ethical Dilemmas
Mary Shepard Wong and Suresh Canagarajah have masterfully assembled a collection of thirty-one essays by both secular (“critical”) and Christian w…