Well Connected: Releasing Power, Restoring Hope Through Kingdom Partnerships
Powerful global forces are motivating organizations of many kinds to bridge traditional barriers by attempting new partnerships and alliances. But uncertainties and risks abound. Can these new arrangements really achieve the desired synergies and efficiencies?
Pocket Guide to World Religions
Urbanization has been a worldwide reality for several decades. As a result, the peoples and their religions have been clustering in the cities of the world for some time.
The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World’s Poor
Warning, The New Friars will be hazardous to your suburbanite soup kitchen mentality!
Mission in the Way of Paul: Biblical Mission for the Church in the 21st Century
Christopher Little is to be congratulated for writing a book on the second most significant missionary exemplar of all time, the peripatetic and harrowingly adventurous Apostle Paul.
Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian: A Reader
This fine collection of essays illustrates that breadth need not imply superficiality.
Kitchen Table Counseling, A Practical and Biblical Guide for Women Helping Others
As a professional therapist, I am often approached by Christian women who are asked to help others in emotional distress. “How do I help this woman?” is the usual question. Since more women tend to seek help from acquaintances rather than trained professionals, I am delighted to have discovered Kitchen Table Counseling, a valid and very helpful book for these lay counselors.
Hope for the Southern World: Impacting Societal Problems in the Non-Western World
The majority of evangelical Christians now live in the southern hemisphere. God has multiplied his Church in Latin America, Africa and southern Asia. This success story in world missions carries a nagging concern.
The Evangelization of Slaves and Catholic Origins in Eastern Africa
Buying Africans by the thousands at slave markets, evangelizing but not fully freeing them and forming them into faith communities and then resettling them in new sites as missionaries is a mission strategy that would startle even those who have never heard of contextualization.
Business as Mission: The Power of Business in the Kingdom of God
Business as mission (BAM) is an ongoing topic of discussion and has yielded much interest. Michael Baer’s aptly titled new book addresses this topic from personal experience and with a practical tone.
Missions-related News on the Web
One of the distinctive strengths of the Internet is its ability to provide immediate access to current news around the world. This issue of Missions on the Web highlights a variety of websites providing missions-related news, as well as broader international news of evangelical church and ministry events of interest to missionaries.