Book reviews
Reviews of the books shaping mission thinking and practice. Page 7 of 40 · 942 in all.
Members onlySupracultural 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.
Members onlyNew 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.
Members onlyNew 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.
Members onlyFaithful 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.
Members onlyElisabeth Elliot: A Life
Rarely does a biography make the book review list for Evangelical Missions Quarterly. Lucy Austen’s biography of Elisabeth Elliot, however
Members onlyAll 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.
Members onlyChrist-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).
Members onlySeeking 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.
Members onlyOn 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).
Members onlyGrit 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).
Members onlyPortraits of Global Christianity: Research and Reflections in Honor of Todd M. Johnson
This book provides practical strategies and insights for achieving sustained movement expansion.
Members onlyDemonology 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.
Members onlyShandong: Inside the Greatest Christian Revival in History
Reviewed by Gene Wilson, church planting catalyst with ReachGlobal and author of Emerging Gospel Movements – The Role of Catalysts (Wipf and Stock, 2021).
Members onlyThe God that the Poor Seek: Conversion, Context, and the World of the Vulnerable
Reviewed by L. Lynn Thigpen, PhD, adjunct professor, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, and emeritus IMB missionary to Southeast Asia.
Members onlyGod at Work in the World: Theology and Mission in the Global Church
Reviewed by Anish Puthusseril Joseph, who has served as an assistant professor of biblical studies in India and is currently a PhD student in intercultural studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Members onlyCalling in Context: Social Location and Vocational Formation
Reviewed by Boaz Johnson, professor of Hebrew Bible and Theological Studies, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois.
Members onlyTeamwork Cross-Culturally
Reviewed by Karry Kelley (PhD) who is a church planter with World Team, and, together with his wife Charlyn, trains church planting teams.
Members onlyLearning to Lead at the Feet of Jesus: Encounters with Grace and Truth
Reviewed by Dolores King-St. George, board member at South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary, president of King Communications, a leadership, marketing, and media agency, and president of GraceNetMedia, a media non-profit for Bible teaching and missions.
Members onlyBecoming a Missionary Church: Lesslie Newbigin and Contemporary Church Movements
Review by Randy L. Jackson, PhD (missions), associate pastor of discipleship and missions at First Baptist Church of Milton, Florida, who served 18 years as a missionary with the International Mission Board.
Members onlyLatin American Voices on Leadership: Their Emergence and Growth
Reviewed by Duane H. Elmer, professor emeritus of educational studies and international studies at Trinity International University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Members onlyEvery Believer, Every Platform, Every Nation: Unleashing an Army of the Whole House through Marketplace Ministry
Reviewed by Daniel Topf (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary), missions coach with World Team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Members onlyRethinking the Theology of the World Council of Churches: Toward an Alternative Mission Paradigm
Paul Seung-oh An, dean of the graduate school at Youngnam Theological University and Seminary, has written a book in which he seeks to evaluate how much the World Council of Churches (WCC) contributes to “the healthy establishment and expansion of Christianity” (vii). The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, is not much.
Members onlySubversive Mission: Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need
Reviewed by Harry Harm, who has served cross-culturally for 38 years in North America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe and is now a consultant for innovation and strategic planning for the SIL Global Sign Languages Team in Dallas, Texas.
Members onlyImpacting Eternity: A Practitioner’s Guide for Sustained Movement Expansion
This book provides practical strategies and insights for achieving sustained movement expansion.