Global Member Care, Volume 1: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice
by Kelly O’Donnell William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 265 pages, 2011, $16.99. —Reviewed by Brent Lindquist, president, Link Care Center. How can we keep up the good work of member care in this new and challenging time of crisis, trauma, violence, and change? In Global Member Care, Kelly O’Donnell has […]
Exploring Theological English: Reading, Vocabulary, and Grammar for ESL/EFL
by Cheri L. Pierson, Lonna J. Dickerson, and Florence R. Scott. Piquant Editions, P.O. Box 83, Carlisle, CA3 9GR, 378 pages, 2010, $27.95. —Reviewed by Mary Shepard Wong, professor, Global Studies, Sociology, and TESOL Department, Azusa Pacific University. For multilingual seminary students who are seeking to expand their repertoire of English reading strategies, increase their […]
Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Africa and Asia
by Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 286 pages, 2011, $25.00. —Reviewed by Nicholas G. Piotrowski, PhD candidate, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. It is no exaggeration to say that most Christians have a myopic perspective on the universal church (including church history). Mark Noll and […]
The Church under the Cross: Mission in Asia in the Times of Turmoil: A Missionary Memoir: Volume 1
by Wendell Paul Karsen William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2140 Oak Industrial Drive NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 454 pages, 2010, $36.00. —Reviewed by Charles W. Weber, history department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. The Church under the Cross is an autobiography as it should be: a vivid, fast-paced account of a person’s life as it […]
The Facilitator Era: Beyond Church Multiplication
by Tom Steffen Wipf & Stock, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 418 pages, 2011, $46.00. —Reviewed by Damian O. Emetuche, assistant church planting professor, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Tom Steffen’s book, The Facilitator Era, is an interesting read for a number of reasons. Foremost is the uniqueness of the style—it […]
Missions on the Web Interview with Joseph Vijayam
Joseph Vijayam is a widely-respected information technology professional who epitomizes servant leadership within the global Christian community.
Case Study: A Locally Sustainable and Multiplying Approach for Majority World Churches
Listening to the dreams and aspirations of African, Asian, and Latin American church leaders from 1984 to 1996 changed my perspective on how to best fulfill the mission Jesus entrusted to us.
The Integration of Business and Business as Mission
Mission and business could use the help of the other.
Singing Ourselves into Being: The Music of West Papua
The author shares how a people in Papua have taken
Dutch-influenced and created songs and used them for the
growth and encouragement of the Church in that region.
What is Church? From Surveying Scripture to Applying in Culture
The author looks at “church” in the context of scripture and identifies applications for participating in Jesus’ work to establish his Church where it has never before existed.