Book reviews
Reviews of the books shaping mission thinking and practice. Page 34 of 40 · 942 in all.
Mission in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Context
Robert Gallagher and Paul Hertig have edited a book that seeks to bridge the gap between the first century context in which Luke wrote, and the twenty-first century context in which mission practitioners live.
The New Global Mission: The Gospel From Everywhere to Everyone
Compelling reflection, The New Global Mission both elucidates complex issues in contemporary missions and draws the reader to thoughtfully consider steps forward.
Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference
Mercy ministry? Good. Micro-enterprise development? You bet. Disaster relief? Of course. Social action? Uh, you mean political involvement? Isn’t that social gospel liberal stuff?
Empowered Church Leadership: Ministry in the Spirit According to Paul
“Dodd examines the letters of the Apostle Paul, writing to church leaders, lay and clergy alike, in hopes of engaging the reader in an extended study of the New Testament’s “underpinnings for effective, life-giving leadership.”
Encountering New Religious Movements: A Holistic Approach
“At last apologetics and missiology meet,” wrote the late Ken Mulholland, former president of the Evangelical Missiological Society. This and other outstanding affirmations make this a book to consider for your library.
The Fundamentalist Movement Among Protestant Missionaries
Yao’s book successfully utilizes the methodology of experts such as Ernest Sandeen, George M. Marsden and Joel A. Carpenter on the study of “fundamentalist movement in the West” and applies it to the historical study of China missions.
Going Public with the Gospel
Lon Allison and Mark Anderson’s Going Public with the Gospel, is a strong, stimulating apologetic for the ministry of public, proclamation evangelism.
Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Missions
“Globalization is a part of God’s plan to integrate the entire body of Christ into his global plan (mission)” (47). People can and should become a part of this plan by creating Great Commission Companies (GCCs) throughout the world.
The Illustrated Guide to World Religions
This book is primarily a handbook on how to win adherents by logical reasoning to the evangelical Christian faith.
Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power
The book reveals secrets about house churches in China, with names, places and pictures.
Mission Handbook 2004-2006: U.S. and Canadian Protestant Ministries Overseas (19th ed.)
The new Mission Handbook is out. Frequently I receive questions about which organizations work in a particular country, conduct certain kinds of ministry, what I know about an agency or how to get in touch with it. This is where I go for the answers.
Mission in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Context
Robert Gallagher and Paul Hertig have edited a book that seeks to bridge the gap between the first century context in which Luke wrote, and the twenty-first century context in which mission practitioners live.
The New Global Mission: The Gospel From Everywhere to Everyone
Compelling reflection, The New Global Mission both elucidates complex issues in contemporary missions and draws the reader to thoughtfully consider steps forward.
Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference
Mercy ministry? Good. Micro-enterprise development? You bet. Disaster relief? Of course. Social action? Uh, you mean political involvement? Isn’t that social gospel liberal stuff?
Church Planting Movement: How God is Redeeming a Lost World
Since Garrison published his booklet, Church Planting Movements, in 2000, missionaries have been longing for more information. If readers only expected an expanded version of the booklet, they will be disappointed.
Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical and Practical Survey
Finding a contemporary, comprehensive, general introductory text on world missions that speaks directly to today’s generation of potential Christian workers is difficult. Moreau, Corwin and McGee, three missions scholars representing the academic, editorial and mission agency worlds, have collaborated to make that…
Pandita Ramabai’s America
The editor compares this work of Ramabai with Alexis Tocqueville’s classic Democracy in America (13).
Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching
What does it mean to be an effective educator in a cross-cultural context? While several books have been written on contextualization and cultural values, very little has been written on the specific application of these ideas to the realm of teaching and learning.
Stress and Trauma Handbook
Beyond protection, we must create space to grow, flourish and develop.” With this premise, John Fawcett thoughtfully develops field research findings taken from research conducted among World Vision personnel.
Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible
Evangelical missions is committed to being biblical. Yet too often the Bible remains an assumed foundation rather than a functional authority in mission strategizing.
The Message of Mission
Neither commentary nor sermon, The Message of Mission gives sparkling consideration to fifteen key texts of Scripture that focus on mission in “the grand narrative of the Bible.
Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?
The premise of the popular television quiz show “Jeopardy” is to give a statement, after which the correctly-responding contestant asks a question which that statement answers.
Church Planting Movement: How God is Redeeming a Lost World
Since Garrison published his booklet, Church Planting Movements, in 2000, missionaries have been longing for more information. If readers only expected an expanded version of the booklet, they will be disappointed.
Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical and Practical Survey
Finding a contemporary, comprehensive, general introductory text on world missions that speaks directly to today’s generation of potential Christian workers is difficult. Moreau, Corwin and McGee, three missions scholars representing the academic, editorial and mission agency worlds, have collaborated to make that…