by Beate Fagerli, Knud Jørgensen, Rolv Olsen, Kari Storstein Haug, and Knut Tveitereid, editors Regnum Books International, St. Philip & St. James Church, Woodstock Rd., Oxford OX2 6HR UK, 2012, 200 pages, £26.99. ­ —Reviewed by Sarita D. Gallagher, assistant professor of religion at George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon. From the first missionary journeys of . . . read more

by Jonathan J. Bonk, editor Wipf & Stock, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 360 pages, 2011, $40.00. —Reviewed by Gilles Gravelle, PhD, director of research & innovation, The Seed Company—a Wycliffe USA affiliate. This book is a collection of papers by twenty-five authors, including responders. It is the result of the . . . read more

by Ruth Rosen Thomas Nelson, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214, 2012, 320 pages, $22.99. —Reviewed by Theresa Newell, chairman and founding director, CMJ USA; North America coordinator, Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, 1999-2007. Moishe Rosen put Jewish evangelism on the map in the last quarter of the twentieth century. He is the founder of . . . read more

by Paul H. De Neui, editor SEANET Series, vol. 9. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 2012, xiv+156 pages, $15.99. —Reviewed by Edwin R. Zehner, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California. This volume asks what levels of missionary living and organizational expenditure best aid effectiveness while avoiding . . . read more

by Patrick Johnstone William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 256 pages, 2011, $39.99. —Reviewed by Justin D. Long, missionary researcher, Mission to Unreached Peoples. In a world awash in information, we are always looking for improved ways for getting a handle on the current state of Christianity and the missionary task. . . . read more

by Gary Tyra InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 2011, 191 pages. —Reviewed by Blayne C. Waltrip, adjunct faculty in world missions and church development, Pentecostal Theological Seminary; missionary instructor, Church of God World Missions, Cleveland, TN. One cannot deny the amazing growth of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement worldwide during the twentieth century. . . . read more