Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China
This book should be read by anyone who is interested in the history of Christianity in China. It explains how Christianity originally came to…
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People Vision: Reimagining Mission to Least Reached Peoples
The central concept of the text, “people vision,” refers to “an eschatological vision of persons from ‘every tribe and language and people …
Cabbages in the Desert: How God Transformed a Devout Muslim
It is no secret that the missionary effort is no longer exclusively from the West to the rest. Missiological practices, likewise, are increasingly tra…
Natural Theology: Five Views
When Psalm 19:1 says, “the heavens declare the glory of God,” what is it that the heavens are actually saying? Does the second of God’s books, t…
Building Community Through Hospitality: Insights from Ethiopia for America’s Loneliness Epidemic.
In Building Community Through Hospitality, an EMS monograph series dissertation publication, Udall encourages American churches to learn from Ethiopia…
Finding Direction to Redeem the Nations: Navigating Missions Misconceptions
Don Dent addresses the everybody is a missionary and missions is everything adages through clear responses to 40 missions misconceptions. He identifie…
Evil: A North Korean Christian Refugee Perspective
Dr. Ryan Klejment-Lavin’s interview-based research on North Korean refugees in South Korea breaks some very interesting new ground in the study of t…
Why Study History? Reflecting on the Importance of the Past
It is almost cliché to note how few people care about history, at least in the United States. John Fea, history professor at Messiah University, coun…
Missions on Point: The Local Church at the Heart of Ecclesiology and Missiology
There is a problem with missions in the local church. In fact, according to David C. Meade, the local church has abdicated its “biblical role and re…
Understanding Spiritual Abuse: What it is and How to Respond
The reality of living in a fallen world gives rise to the human capacity for harm and abuse, leaving individuals with the lasting effects of trauma. F…