by Janel Kragt Bakker Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY, 10016, 320 pages, 2013, $29.95. —Reviewed by Benjamin Espinoza, director of youth and community life, Covenant Church, Bowling Green, Ohio. With the onset of globalization, the fall of colonialism, and the rapid expansion of the Majority World Church, new models of mission . . . read more

by John Mark Terry and J. D. Payne. Baker Academic, P.O. Box 6278, Grand Rapids, MI 49516, 304 pages, 2013, $26.99. —Reviewed by Gerald Roe, associate professor, Intercultural Studies, North Greenville University. It has been said that in times of conflict, enduring peace is not won by strategy alone; there must be action. Missions at . . . read more

by Basil Scott Primalogue Publishing Media.  #32 2nd Cross, Hutchins Road, St. Thomas Town PO, Bangalore 560 084 India, 208 pages, 2013, $9.99 Kindle. —Reviewed by Joel Rainey, executive director, Mid-Maryland Baptist Association; adjunct professor, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Capital Bible Seminary. Basil Scott seeks to leverage his decades of experience in order to provide . . . read more

by Eddie Gibbs Baker Academic, P.O. Box 6278, Grand Rapids, MI 49516, 272 pages, 2013, $20.99. —Reviewed by Brian Lays, MDiv student, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. There is little doubt that the Western Church is in an epochal transition. The long age of Christendom, in which the Church enjoyed considerable social, political, and cultural influence, is . . . read more