What's moving in missions
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Dad’s Final Gift: Caring for Aging Parents on the Mission Field
The author shares, through one deeply moving example, how caring for aging parents on the mission field can lead missionaries into a deeper understanding of the culture in which they serve.
Contextualization in a Glocalizing World
Five realities we need to face as we seek to contextualize the gospel message in an increasingly globalized world that is filled with “flat cities.”
Let More African Americans Minister to Their “Cousin” Black Africans!
The author looks at similar values between African Americans and Black Africans that can lead to spiritual and social bonding and missional opportunities between the two groups.
Remembering the Story: Historical Reflection Leading to Spiritual Dialogue
The author shares how historical reflection promoted meaningful presentations of the gospel with Muslims in North Africa.
A Missionary Ethic of Economic Affluence
The author seeks to create a larger ethic for the issue of missionary affluence that allows others to make redemptive decisions in particular contexts.
Funding Kingdom Work By Building Financial Capacity in National Organizations
Wycliffe International’s “Matching Funds Experiment” produced significant results for the Church to consider when considering models of local and global giving for missionary support.
Ducking Missionary Conflict in Africa and Beyond
Interpersonal conflicts frequently trouble missionary endeavors.
The Consensus Principle
The challenges to organizational unity are perhaps as great today as they have ever been.
Worldview for Christian Witness
by Charles H. Kraft William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2008, 547 pages, $29.99. —Reviewed by Brian M. Howell, associate professor…
We’re in this Boat Together: Leadership Succession between the Generations
by Camille F. Bishop Authentic Publishing, 1820 Jet Stream Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, 2008, 176 pages, $14.99. —Reviewed by Steve Hoke, vice president for…
Shaping the Future: Girls and Our Destiny
This book is for people reaching out to children and women in any kind of context.
Missional House Churches: Reaching Our Communities with the Gospel
Finally, someone has done preliminary research on the evangelistic effectiveness of house churches in the United States.
From Seed to Fruit: Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues among Muslims
by J. Dudley Woodberry, ed. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, Calif. 91104, 2008, 428 pages, includes a CD with supplemental resources on…
Faith of Our Fathers: God in Ancient China
Thong writes persuasively that God wants the Chinese people to know him and to love him, and to that purpose has left many markers or signposts scattered throughout Chinese history and culture.
Communicating Christ through Story and Song: Orality in Buddhist Contexts
Communicating Christ through Story and Song; Orality in Buddhist Contexts is a collection of papers presented by practitioners working among Buddhists.
China’s Millions: The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society, 1832–1905
by Alvyn Austin Studies in the History of Christian Missions. Eerdmans, 2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 2007, xxxii + 506 pages,…
A New Vision for Missions: William Cameron Townsend, the Wycliffe Bible Translators, and the Culture of Early Evangelical Faith Missions, 1896-1945
by William Lawrence Svelmoe University of Alabama Press, Box 870380, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0380, 2008, 400 pages, $46.00. —Reviewed by Dave Broucek, EMQ book review editor. …
Folk Religions
Previously, we wrote about Religions on the Web (October 2002). In this installment, we will focus more closely on what are called folk or popular religions.
International Development: Helping or Hurting?
Some thoughts to guide us as we seek to influence a justice movement underway. Together, if we tread humbly, we can fulfill our calling to bring healing to the broken world around us.
A Comprehensive Mission Thrust for Your Church
A four-phased approach to establish excellence in missions.
Overcoming Option Fatigue in Future Missionaries
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity, where more options and choices are available to us than ever before.
Decontextualization—A Much Neglected Element of Mission
Although we need to be sensitive to specific contexts, there is a time and a place for challenging the cultural context with countercultural values of the Kingdom of God.
Welcoming International Students Strategically
Through experience, the authors share four lessons on how to welcome international students to the U.S. and how to model a house church that will be reproducible in their home countries.
Many Starting Points Can Lead to Jesus
Starting with a meaningful truth about Jesus will help people take that first step of faith.