Book reviews
Reviews of the books shaping mission thinking and practice. Page 7 of 40 · 954 in all.
Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics
Reviewed by Nathaniel (Than) Veltman who currently serves as mission scholar in missiology and community development with United World mission’s theological education initiative at the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
World Religions: A Guide to the Essentials
The market for textbooks for courses in world religions might be crowded, but Thomas A. Robinson’s and Hillary P. Rodrigues’ new edition of World Religions
Humble Confidence: A Model for Interfaith Apologetics
As a young Christian, I was introduced to Christian apologetics through the book Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by the venerable Josh McDowell.
Zúme Training: Multiplying Disciples
Disciple-making is a lost art. In many churches discipleship is largely dependent on programs organized by local churches
The Great Story and the Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission
This book uses the whole Bible to inform the understanding of the mission of God and the mission of God’s people with the goal that God’s people “participate in the purposes of God across a wide spectrum of human life and with a large horizon of biblical vision and hope” (pages ix-x).
Afghan Mountain Faith: Stories of Justice, Beauty, and Relationships
This book discusses how relationships, justice, and beauty relate to the Afghan people in God’s kingdom.
A Transformative Journey through Time and Faith
The Chronological Life Application Study Bible in the New Living Translation, crafted by Tyndale Publishers, is a literary gem that transcends traditional Bible editions.
Manual for Sojourners: A Study on Peter’s Use of Scripture and Its Relevance Today
This book explores the theme of sojourning in First Peter as it relates to the story of sojourners in the Old Testament, to the audience of the epistle, and to the sojourners in contemporary times.
Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism
An International Review with a decade of pastoral and church-planting experience in East Asia and the Northeastern United States.
Jesus and the Nations: Discipleship and Mission in the Gospel of Matthew
Reviewed by David Greenlee, PhD, missiologist for Operation Mobilization based in Tyrone, Georgia.
Movement Catalysts: Profile of an Apostolic Leader
Reviewed by David Greenlee, PhD, missiologist for Operation Mobilization based in Tyrone, Georgia.
Reaching Your Muslim Neighbor with the Gospel
A.S. Ibrahim has two aims in this book. He seeks first to help his readers understand the Muslim mindset and second to challenge
Supracultural Gospel: Bridging East and West
Because cross-cultural servants may be ethnocentric as they share the gospel, there is a need to be more supracultural as they evangelize and disciple.
New Funding Models for Global Mission: Learning from the Majority World
An International Review with a decade of pastoral and church-planting experience in East Asia and the Northeastern United States.
New and Old Horizons in the Orality Movement: Expanding the Firm Foundations
Reviewed by Jerome S. Cepeda, PhD student in Orality Studies, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines.
Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement
Reviewed by Richard Cook, professor of church history and missions at Logos Evangelical Seminary in El Monte, California, and a former missionary in Taiwan.
Elisabeth Elliot: A Life
Rarely does a biography make the book review list for Evangelical Missions Quarterly. Lucy Austen’s biography of Elisabeth Elliot, however
All That Jesus Commanded: The Christian Life according to the Gospels
Reviewed by Randy L. Jackson, PhD, who served 18 years with the International Mission Board. Currently, he is the associate pastor of discipleship and missions at First Baptist Church in Milton, Florida.
Christ-Followers in Other Religions: The Global Witness of Insider Movements
Reviewed by Alan Howell who served in Mozambique among the Makua-Metto people (2003–2018) and as visiting professor of missions at Harding University (2019–2023).
Seeking God’s Face: Practical Reflections on Honor and Shame in Scripture
Reviewed by L. Lynn Thigpen, PhD, adjunct professor, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, and emeritus IMB missionary to Southeast Asia.
On Being a Missionary (Abridged): An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Life and Ministry
This book presents in practical ways that “going, staying, and being left to carry on (cross-cultural ministry) are all hard and each one requires grit and grace” (page xv).
Grit to Stay, Grace to Go: Staying Well in Cross-Cultural Ministry
This book presents in practical ways that “going, staying, and being left to carry on (cross-cultural ministry) are all hard and each one requires grit and grace” (page xv).
Portraits of Global Christianity: Research and Reflections in Honor of Todd M. Johnson
This book provides practical strategies and insights for achieving sustained movement expansion.
Demonology for the Global Church: A Biblical Approach in a Multicultural World
Reviewed by Mark D. Wood, director of lingdom leadership training center in Darhan, Mongolia.