by David Cranston and Ruth Padilla DeBorst, editors Regnum Books International —Reviewed by JR Rozko, director of operations & advancement, Missio Alliance I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME thinking about and engaging the realities facing North American church leaders as we endeavor to see our own context in missionary perspective. The longer I do this, the . . . read more

by Craig Ott and J. D. Payne, editors William Carey Library —Reviewed by Patrick Krayer, executive director, Interserve USA AS MISSIONARIES CROSS social, ethnic, and religious boundaries, they encounter new contextual realities. Adapting to the context, they may digress from well-established norms in their first culture. Digression can ignite a backlash, which in turn moves . . . read more

by Doug Priest and Charles Kraft, editors William Carey Library —Reviewed by Kimon Nicolaides, has served as a pastor, military chaplain, missionary, and worked with Vietnamese refugees THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY RECORDS the life of Alan Tippett, one of the most prolific and preeminent missiologists of the twentieth century. It gives the inside story of the forces which . . . read more

by David Cranston and Ruth Padilla DeBorst, editors Regnum Books International —Reviewed by Mark M. Overstreet, executive vice president, T4 Global PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE their best will seek out a mentor. In this brief and accessible introduction, David Cranston seeks to take the reader to new heights in a creative and humble approach to . . . read more

by Dean Flemming IVP Academic —Reviewed by Richard Hibbert, director, School of Cross-Cultural Mission, Sydney and Missionary Bible College EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS continue to debate whether proclaiming the gospel or demonstrating it should be given priority. Reacting to the “social gospel” promoted by theological liberals in the early 1900s, and despite calls of the Lausanne movement . . . read more