Other Books Received
Other Books Received Ande, Titre. 2010. Leadership & Authority: Bula Matari and the Life-Community Ecclesiology in Congo. Oxford: Regnum Books International. Carlton, R. Bruce. 2010. Strategy Coordinator: Changing the Course of Southern Baptist Missions. Oxford: Regnum Books International. Edwards, Don. 2010. Is Hearing Enough? Literacy and the Great Commandments. Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library. Hamrin, […]
Miracles, Missions, and American Pentecostalism
by Gary B. McGee Orbis Books, P.O. Box 302, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302, 2010, 326 pages, $30.00 paperback. —Reviewed by Grant McClung, president, MissionsResourceGroup.org; and missiological advisor, World Missions Commission of the Pentecostal World Fellowship. Few books can claim the designation of “a missiological goldmine” for mission researchers, doctoral students, missionaries, and mission professors. This one […]
Marks of the Messenger: Knowing, Living and Speaking the Gospel
by J. Mack Stiles InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1226, 128 pages, 2010, $15.00. —Reviewed by John Mann, youth and teaching pastor at Salem Alliance Church in Salem, Oregon. There is a growing discussion in organizational culture regarding the merits of a Results Only Work Environment (ROWE). The mantra is “people are […]
Global Awakening: How 20th-Century Revivals Triggered a Christian Revolution
by Mark Shaw IVP Academic, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 221 pages, 2010, $20.00. —Reviewed by Eddie Gibbs, senior professor of church growth, Fuller Theological Seminary. There have been a stream of popular accounts of revivals in different parts of the world that have brought encouragement, stimulated prayer for revival, and triggered prophecies […]
Expectations & Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission
by Sue Eenigenburg and Robynn Bliss William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 239 pages, 2010, $13.99. —Reviewed by Cheri Pierson, assistant professor, Intercultural Studies /TESOL, Wheaton College. Sue Eenigenburg and Robynn Bliss’ new book, Expectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission, is a unique resource that applies to women preparing […]
Encountering Theology of Mission: Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues
by Craig Ott, Stephen J. Strauss, with Timothy C. Tennent Baker Academic, P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287, 432 pages, 2010, $29.99. —Reviewed by Christopher Flanders, assistant professor of missions and director of the Halbert Institute for Missions, Abilene Christian University. In Encountering Theology of Mission, professors of mission and intercultural studies Craig Ott […]
The Changing World of Christianity: The Global History of a Borderless Religion
by Dyron B. Daughrity Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. 28 Broadway, 18th floor, New York, NY 10006, 290 pages, 2010, $34.95. —Reviewed by Melody J. Wachsmuth, mission journalist in preparation. The challenge of assessing the growth and global movement of Christianity over two thousand years is no small task—it requires a multi-disciplinary study such as is […]
Follow-up Resources for Lausanne Capetown 2010
by A. Scott Moreau and Mike O’Rear By the time you read this, the four celebrations of the centenary of Edinburgh 1910 will be behind us. Of the four, Tokyo 20101 (tokyo2010.org) and Capetown 2010 (lausanne.org/cape-town-2010) were most focused on the interests and ongoing passions of evangelicals. Tokyo 2010 issued a clarion call to keep […]
Engaging Boomers for Missions: Overcoming the Obstacles
Through contact with thousands of Boomers across the U.S. who are considering a future in missions, five significant obstacles seem to be common: faith, finances, fit, family, and fight.
Diversity and Leadership: The Challenge of Leadership in Multicultural Missions
One of the greatest challenges in my ten years as international director of SIM (Serving In Mission) was to find ways for missionaries with radically different assumptions about leadership to work together in harmony.