Book reviews
Reviews of the books shaping mission thinking and practice. Page 14 of 40 · 942 in all.
Not Done Yet: Reaching and Keeping Unchurched Emerging Adults
By Beth Severson
Undivided Witness: Followers of Jesus, Community Development, and Least-Reached Communities
Edited by David Greenlee, Mark Galpin, and Paul Bendor-Samuel
Facing West: American Evangelicals in an Age of World Christianity
By David R. Swartz
The Oxford Handbook of Qur’anic Studies
Edited by: Mustafa Shah and Muhammad Abdel Haleem
A History of Christian Conversion
By David W. Kling
Members onlyObedient Nations: What’s So Great about the Great Commission?
The book argues that the Great Commission is “very individualistic as well as highly corporate and nation-focused and touches on all the social/communal elements in between these two poles: family, tribe, community, city and nation” (Kindle location 3705).
Members onlySent to Flourish: A Guide to Planting and Multiplying Churches
This edited book—the eight contributors of which are church planters, seminary faculty, and network leaders—seeks to give church planters and their teams tools to be theologically reflective, spiritually grounded, and missionally agile.
Clues to Africa, Islam, & the Gospel: Insights for New Workers
By Colin Bearup
Three Pieces of Glass: Why We Feel Lonely in a World Mediated by Screens
By Eric O. Jacobsen
Longing for Revival: From Holy Discontent to Breakthrough Faith
By James Choung and Ryan Pfeiffer
Working Abroad with Purpose: The Way of a Tentmaker
By Glenn D. Deckert
Christianity in India: Conversion, Community Development and Religious Freedom
Edited by Rebecca Samuel Shah and Joel Carpenter
The End of Youth Ministry?: Why Parents Don’t Really Care About Youth Groups and What Youth Workers Should Do About It
By Andrew Root
A Public Missiology: How Local Churches Witness to a Complex World
By Gregg Okesson
Narratives in Conflict: Atonement in Hebrews and the Qur’an
By Matthew Aaron Bennett
The Arts as Witness in Multifaith Contexts
Edited by Roberta R. King and William A. Dyrness
Practicing Hope: Missions in Global Crises
Edited by Jerry M. Ireland and Michelle L. K. Raven
Apostle of Persuasion: Theology and Rhetoric in the Pauline Letters
By James W. Thompson
Handbook of Megachurches
Edited by Stephen Hunt
God in the Rainforest: A Tale of Martyrdom and Redemption in Amazonian Ecuador
By Kathryn T. Long
Members onlyThe Post-Quarantine Church: Six Urgent Challenges + Opportunities That Will Determine the Future of Your Congregation
The book is written as a result of the author’s blogs, webinars, and church consultations with “tens of thousands of church leaders through the pandemic” (page 4), along with his coaching many leaders directly and speaking or writing to nearly a million others. It focuses on the following six challenges to the…
Members onlyBlank Slate: Write Your Own Rules for a 22nd-Century Church Movement
The book is written by three generations of pastors, preachers, and leaders who seek to answers these questions: “Why are young adults, the most diverse in America, so difficult to reach by the traditional mainline church?
Members only24:14 – A Testimony to All Peoples
This compiled and edited volume centers around Matthew 24:14, which serves as the basis for the title of the book.
Emerging Faith: Lessons from Mission History in Asia
Edited by Paul H. De Neui