Other Books Received
by EMQ editor Balisky, E. Paul. 2009. Wolaitta Evangelists: A Study of Religious Innovation in Southern Ethiopia, 1937-1975. American Society of Missiology Monograph Series. Eugene, Ore.: Pickwick Publications. Fox Young, Richard, ed. 2009. India and the Indianness of Christianity: Essaying on Understanding—Historical, Theological, and Bibliographical—in Honor of Robert Eric Frykenberg. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. […]
Challenges for a Constantly Changing Mission Context
Impressions gleaned from interaction with mission leadership across the country.
Deleadered: Reflections on the Removal or Reassignment of Leaders in Mission Organizations
Nine principles for creating more healthy leadership transitions.
Prayer Letters to the Home Team
The following letter was written to a missionary with whom I have a long-term friendship.
Missions and the Arts
In 2002 we first developed a MisLinks page connecting to missionally-focused arts resources. Eight years is a lifetime on the Web, so we have returned to our Arts page to update it with new resources.
World Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit
The vital role of prevenient grace in world mission, the catholic spirit of John Wesley, and “being with” as a Wesleyan incarnational impulse are but a few of the bracing topics unpacked in World Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit.
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor and Yourself
Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert have sought to help North American congregations—and their missionaries—to constructively participate in poverty-alleviating strategies.
Teaching in a Distant Classroom: Crossing Borders for Global Transformation
Drawing upon their personal teaching experiences in nearly a dozen countries, Michael Romanowski and Teri McCarthy provide a highly useful and practical guide for three groups of evangelical Christians who teach overseas.
Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges, and Case Studies
by Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock, eds. Evangelical Missiological Society Series 17. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2009, 411 pages, $14.99. —Reviewed by Christopher J. Black, a Ph.D. candidate at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Volume 17 of the Evangelical Missiological Society’s monograph series flows out of their 2008 annual […]
Kingdom without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity
Kingdom without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity is a sweeping appraisal of the global advance of Christianity and the state of the Church around the world.