WorthKeeping: Global Perspectives on Best Practice
The insights on missionary retention in WorthKeeping equal or exceed the contributions on missionary attrition in Too Valuable to Lose, the first book from the “Researching Missionary Attrition Project” or ReMAP.
To Give or Not To Give? Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity & Redefining Sustainability
Dependency and sustainability are the new buzzwords. The order of the day is, “Support indigenous ministry, but be very careful how you give.” John Rowell challenges this conventional thinking.
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath
Written to the American churchgoer, Buchanan’s message is even more urgent for frontline cross-cultural workers laboring under the “tyranny of the urgent” and the “reality of insufficient resources.”
Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross: Contemporary Images of the Atonement
Few themes trigger a neuralgic reaction among evangelicals more quickly than the atonement. The atonement is the bedrock of Christian faith. In Jesus Christ God acted for our salvation. But the meaning of the atonement is not easily grasped; an element of mystery surrounds God’s saving action.
Harvest of Hope: Stories of Life-Changing Gifts
Over the past few years, a variety of non-profits, including many Christian organizations, have begun to publish lists or “catalogs” of projects which donors can fund for needy people in a particular place. Strom sets out to see for herself what happens to contributions given to charities via these gift catalog programs.
American Churches: Ministry Insights from Groundbreaking Congregations
This book is a tale of two cultures: the East Asian culture and the American culture
Glocalization: How Followers of Jesus Engage the New Flat Earth
Building on Thomas Friedman’s “flat earth” summary of globalization, Roberts’ intent is to cast a vision—presumably for leaders in North American churches.
Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness
Evangelism is a bad word. Evangelism conveys an attitude of superiority that is offensive to Western cultural ideals and cultures dominated by religions other than Christianity. If this is the position of many within Western culture, where is evangelism’s place in these postmodern days?
China’s Christian Martyrs
Hattaway does the reader a service by keeping the book unbiased as he even-handedly relates persecution of Christ-followers across Mainland China.
Called to Reach: Equipping Cross-Cultural Disciplers
The mission community is indebted to Yount and Barnett for providing such a tool in this transformational book that touches both head and heart with biblical balance.