Book reviews

Getting Started with Movements

Moerman helps readers develop the vision, understanding, knowledge, and tools necessary to take the first steps toward mobilizing a movement.

Contemporary Research on Global Christianity

In just seven chapters and under 150 pages, World Christianity and the Unfinished Task provides a broad overview of the current status of global Christianity.

Hospitality: A Christian Discipline

With a growing number of displaced people around the world, it is imperative for Christians to understand God’s heart for the vulnerable. As more and more refugees, immigrants, and international students are sovereignly brought into our lives, we need to be open to welcoming them and showing them the love of Jesus…

The Shift of an Era

Wilson builds his case for the role of catalysts by first seeking to lay a foundation for gospel movements from the New Testament and relating these historical accounts to similar experiences today.

Teaching and Learning Across Cultures

This book is impressive in both its scope and depth. From theories of human development to orality to online learning methodology, Ott covers a lot of territory.

The Necessity of Double Listening

Pointing to demographic shifts toward increasing cultural and religious plurality, driven by globalization and increased migration, the authors advocate for the necessity of “double listening,” or being attentive to both the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit and the varied concerns and assumptions of religious seekers.

Shrines and the African Worldview

Africans, including Christians and Muslims, generally believe in Western medicine; however, they often add traditional healing practices to it due to their familiarity. Most African Independent Churches use scriptures like Ezekiel 47:12 which mentions healing leaves to support their practices.

Ministry and Education Principles in the Middle East and North Arica

This book is a passionate, heartfelt, and resourceful treatise on leadership training, experiential learning, and contextual practices in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Impact of Women Workers in North Nigeria

This research on women missionaries in Nigeria done by a Nigerian woman is a welcome contribution to the fields of missiology, women’s studies, and African studies. Being a monograph, the book flows as a dissertation.

When Missions Work Involves Whole Nations

Apostolic Imagination: Recovering a Biblical Vision for the Church’s Mission Today

This book argues that the “Church has ventured away from the apostolic path and continues down a road involving numerous important and good activities labeled as missions” (p. 4).

Calling in Context: Social Location and Vocational Formation

This book approaches the subject of calling with emphasis on the impact of social location (particularly racial-ethnic-cultural identity, socioeconomic status or class, and gender) on vocational formation.

Supracultural Gospel: Bridging East and West

This book argues that the theological bridge between the divergent cultural and theological values in the West and East is the supracultural gospel, which transcends the limited cultural and theological understandings in both the West and East.

TEE in Asia: Empowering Churches, Equipping Disciples

The book TEE in Asia takes us further to see just how far the movement has matured and grown.

Faith in the Marketplace

Samuel Lee’s dissertation aims to provide an in-depth analysis and discussion of the metrics utilized to measure the effectiveness and success of integrating business and mission.

Rethinking Global Mobilization

Mission leaders the world over expend a great deal of energy on mobilization efforts. However, such agendas often lead to frustration and a lack of response. In Rethinking Global Mobilization, veteran mission mobilizer Ryan Shaw seeks to remedy the situation by asking the whole Church to pray, send, and go on a…

We Aren’t Broke

Elsdon proposes a way to “redeem” the decline in American Christianity by presenting a vision for transforming the way churches use their money.

Calling on the Prophets

This short volume walks chronologically through the Prophets found both in the Bible and the Qur’an.

The Life & Impact of Phil Parshall

This festschrift honors Phil Parshall and his contributions with reflections on his life, his writing, and contemporary thought on evangelism in Muslim contexts.

Make Disciples of All Nations

Written mainly by Southern Baptist seminary professors, the twelve major chapters follow the chronological tenure of IMB leadership.

First Nations Version

The familiar Western voice of modern English translations is scrubbed out enough to entice the reader to take in afresh the Creator’s story.

Overflow

Mission is the unavoidable consequence of the triune reality of God. That is Michael Reeves’ core argument in his delightful little book, Overflow.

The Innovation Crisis

Most of the book serves as a practical resource and guide for those wanting to grow in their ability to leverage creative and critical thinking for organizational excellence and growth.

Journey With Me

Lamp’s book provides a basic introduction to foundational spiritual disciplines and practices that are critical for all believers, but especially for those in cross-cultural ministry.