What's moving in missions
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Where Does My Inspiration Come From?
As one writes for others, one needs to be captivated by an idea, or a person. This inspiration is then shaped into words that hopefully…
Digital Migration and Mission Mobilization
The annual migration of 1.5 million wildebeest across the Serengeti has been described as one of the greatest spectacles of the natural world. The…
When “All In” is All Wrong
A significant limiting factor nonprofit organizations face when innovating is they are artificially insulated from market forces. I realize that may seem counterintuitive because…
Other Books Received
by EMQ Editor Addison, Steve. 2012. What Jesus Started: Joining the Movement, Changing the World. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press. Daniel, Robin. 2012. Mission Strategies…
Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African
by Lamin Sanneh Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2150 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 299 pages, 2012, 276 pages, $24.00. —Reviewed by…
Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission
by J.D. Payne InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 206 pages, 2012. $15.00. —Reviewed by Jenny Yang, vice president of advocacy and…
Sorrow & Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom
by William D. Taylor, Antonia van der Meer, and Reg Reimer, editors. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 568 pages, 2012,…
Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century
by Gary Fujino, Timothy R. Sisk, Tereso C. Casiño William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 304 pages, 2012, $14.99. —Reviewed by…
Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology
by Greg H. Parsons WCIU Press, 1539 E. Howard St. Pasadena CA, 91104 441 pages, 2012, $19.99. —Reviewed by David Dougherty, mission mobilization and leader…
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 240 pages, 2012, $16.00. —Reviewed by Jackson Wu…
Longing for Community: Church, Ummah, or Somewhere in Between?
by David Greenlee, editor William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, forthcoming. —Reviewed by Warrick Farah, blogger at muslimministry.blogspot.com. Easily the most…
Dreams and Visions: Is Jesus Awakening the Muslim World?
by Tom Doyle Thomas Nelson, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville TN 37214, 288 pages, 2012, $15.99. —Reviewed by Scott Hedley, a research associate in Asia. As…
Discovering the Mission of God
by Mike Barnett and Robin Martin, editors InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 640 pages, 2012, $35.00. —Reviewed by Richard R. Cook,…
Come Quickly Dawn: A Training Novel
by George Patterson William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 414 pages, 2012, $24.99. —Reviewed by Garrett Matthew East, missionary with Churches…
Dreams and Visions: A Biblical Pattern of Divine Encounter for Muslims
The author summarizes experiential data and compares it with the biblical evidence in an effort to suggest a paradigm shift for the Church in the West with regard to the salvific utility of dreams and visions for Muslims.
A House of Prayer for All People
During my college years I asked the Lord to give me a church in the south that would bring black and white together, glorifying his name, and fulfilling the scriptures by creating a house of prayer for all people. The Lord has answered that prayer beyond my wildest imagination!
Master-less Plans of Global Evangelism
How is it that when it comes to the development of mission strategy, missions has become essentially syncretized to a secular world? How had they come to make plans which did not actually require faith in order to be carried out?
Contextual Teaching: Changes in Content and Culture
Being effective in fulfilling the call to cross-cultural church leadership training will require that we package and deliver the message in what for us is the uncharted waters of oral learning.
SYMPOSIUM: Response 4: Creating Systems and Relational Structures for the Gospel
by Jessica Fick At the recent Urbana Missions Convention, hosted by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Toby Capps, a businessman in the medical supply field shared about…
SYMPOSIUM: Response 3: A Closer Look at Ephesians
by Doug Beacham As observed by Rasmussen, the title “apostle” is widely used with numerous contexts. In charismatic and Pentecostal contexts, this became more common…
SYMPOSIUM: Response 2: Apostles as Dream Awakeners
by J.R. Woodward I would agree that apostles are founders of new works, “sent ones” to Unreached People Groups. They understand that their calling is…
SYMPOSIUM: Response 1: A Deeper Look at the Criteria of an Apostle
by Jude Hama The Church in Africa is growing very fast. And like the early Church and the Global Church’s experiences across mission history, it…
The Efficiency of Storying
A defense of how Chronological Bible Storying produces true and faithful disciples who may or may not hunger for literate depth.
SYMPOSIUM: Who Really Is an Apostle?
Perhaps it is time to reconsider what we are trying to read into the office of an apostle. Rasmussen proposes a new view of the term and four others respond.