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Language Development for MKs
How families and organizations can build a foundation of knowledge about language acquisition and its relationship to academic learning—especially as it relates to missionary kids.
Sustainable Theological Education
Suggestions on how to bridge the gap between theological institutions in the Majority World and their local churches and contexts.
Doing Evangelical Theology with the Japanese
Crucial theological issues and proper contextualization that communicates the gospel in a way that can be understood and applied by the Japanese.
Church Planting and Kingdom Building: Are They the Same?
Global church planting involves the structural growth of the Body of Christ; however, kingdom building expands the concept of Christ-like character built upon a biblical interrelating of the Body of Christ.
A Story of Phenomenal Success: Indigenous Mission Training Centers and Myanmar
Four transferable principles that make an indigenous church-planting movement more likely to succeed.
The Toddler’s School of Missiology: Everything I Needed to Know about Church Planting I Could Have Learned from My Children
The author, a church planter in Burkina Faso, details how child-rearing and church planting can reveal similar lessons.
Which Should Come First—Discipleship or Church Planting?
The classic debate is an impassioned one with the goal of igniting the hearts of devout church planters, evangelists, and teachers.
Doing Missions Like It’s 1930?
History seldom repeats itself in exactly the same way, although there are times when things look eerily similar. This present period looks a lot like the early 1930s.
Toward a Cross-cultural Identity of Forgiveness
The author looks at individualistic and collectivistic worldviews and explains how the Church can move toward a cross-cultural identity of forgiveness in respective cultures.
Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity
by Lamin Sanneh Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, 2008, 347 pages, $19.95. —Reviewed by Marvin Newell, executive director, CrossGlobal Link.…
Transforming Worldviews: An Anthropological Understanding of How People Change
Anyone who knew this man and his work well are overjoyed to have his marvelous insights, scholarship, and creativity brought together in this single volume.
The Surprising Work of God: Harold John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelism
In The Surprising Work of God, Garth M. Rosell offers an engaging portrayal of the emergence of the worldwide evangelical movement primarily through the life, work, and friendship of two of its key leaders: Harold John Ockenga and Billy Graham.
Search and Rescue: Becoming a Disciple Who Makes a Difference
While discipleship in many cases has been reduced to the memorization and intellectual acceptance of “facts” about the gospel, this book proposes a simple alternative: repent of sin, read the Bible, and repeat.
Revolution in Generosity: Transforming Stewards to Be Rich toward God
Revolution in Generosity is a compilation of the writings of twenty-two expert contributors, some of the best scholars and practitioners in Christian stewardship today.
The Primitivist Missiology of Anthony Norris Groves: A Radical Influence on Nineteenth-century Protestant Church in Britain
As the second of a 2-volume work, this book builds upon its companion volume by attempting to demonstrate how Groves’ ecclesiology was worked out in mission practice and theory.
Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness: Insights from Anthropology, Communication, and Spiritual Power
This book identifies three of the virtually revolutionary concepts that have been at the heart of this paradigmatic change in how we communicate the gospel.
Nurturing the Nations: Reclaiming the Dignity of Women in Building Healthy Cultures
Nurturing the Nations is primarily about women, but in addition, it covers the related topics of poverty and worldview.
The Missionary Call: Find Your Place in God’s Plan for the World
Sills clarifies the missionary call by discussing factors that make up the call.
Mission in the Twenty-first Century: Exploring the Five Marks of Global Mission
These five marks sketch out the parameters of a holistic concept of mission and provide a starting point for on-going reflection.
Jesus and the Cross: Reflections of Christians from Islamic Contexts
David Emmanuel Singh brings together eighteen scholars from Afghanistan, East Africa, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Palestine, and more to explore Muslim objections and barriers to understanding the cross of Jesus.
Escaping the Devil’s Bedroom: Sex Trafficking, Global Prostitution, and the Gospel’s Transforming Power
Dawn Herzog Jewell is bent on confronting the evil of sexual exploitation around the world and invites her readers to choose one of two options.
Converting Colonialism: Visions and Realities in Mission History, 1706–1914
by Dana L. Robert, ed. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 2008, 320 pages, $40.00. —Reviewed by…
Letters from our Readers
THE SHARIA OF GOD This letter concerns Bradford Greer’s “The Sharia of God: A Contextual Bridge for Islamic Contexts” (July 2008).
Breakthrough! Steps to Research and Resolve the Mysteries in Your Ministry
Nussbaum’s approach focuses on deciding what level of research you need to solve a particular problem.