Why Traditional Benchmarking Rarely Produces Breakthrough Innovation
Month: April 2011
Setting Goals for North American Missions: A Multi-ministry Exercise
Forty-five mission executive directors/CEOs participated in an exercise to consider the future challenges for North American missions.
Why Africa Matters
by Cedric Mayson Orbis Books, P.O. Box 302, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302, 198 pages, 2010, $20.00. —Reviewed by Mike Nichols, program director for intercultural studies at…
Truth That Sticks: How to Communicate Velcro Truth in a Teflon World
by Avery T. Willis, Jr. and Mark Snowden NavPress, P.O. Box 35001, Colorado Springs, CO 80935, 238 pages, 2010, $14.99. —Reviewed by Samuel E. Chiang,…
Serving Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountability in Mission
by Dwight P. Baker and Douglas Hayward, eds. William Carey Library, 1605 Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 403 pages, 2010, $14.99. —Reviewed by Ellen Livingood,…
Recovering from Traumatic Stress: A Guide for Missionaries
by Stephanie Laite Lanham and Joyce Pelletier William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 120 pages, 2010, $12.99. —Reviewed by David A.…
Orality Breakouts: Using Heart Language to Transform Hearts
International Orality Network/Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. ION/LCWE, Hong Kong, 159 pages, 2010, $4.95. —Reviewed by Tom Steffen, professor of intercultural studies and director of…
MissionSHIFT: Global Mission Issues in the Third Millennium
by David J. Hesselgrave and Ed Stetzer, eds. B&H Publishing, 127 Ninth Ave. N., MSN 14, Nashville, TN 37234-0002, 312 pages, 2010, $26.99. —Reviewed by…
Local Theology for the Global Church: Principles for an Evangelical Approach to Contextualization
by Matthew Cook, Rob Haskell, Ruth Julian, and Natee Tanchanpongs, eds. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 256 pages, 2010, $17.99.…
The Gospel among the Nations: A Documentary History of Inculturation
by Robert A. Hunt Orbis Books, Price Bldg, Box 302, Maryknoll, NY 10545, 290 pages, 2010, $35.00. —Reviewed by Dr. Allen Yeh, professor at Biola…