Adjusting Missionary Methods to Today’s Realities
by Marvin J. Newell As human beings living in a mechanized world, we embrace the processes of calibrating and recalibrating on a daily basis. Recalibrating implies that somewhere along the way we have either gotten something wrong, have lost our way, or don’t quite have it right. That in itself is difficult for mission […]
Other Books Received
by Other books received Burrows, William R., Mark R. Gornik, and Janice A. McLean, eds. 2011. Understanding World Christianity: The Vision and Work of Andrew F. Walls. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. Dickens Meyerink, Dorothy. 2011. Ministry among the Maya: A Missionary Memoir. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Edwards Dormer, Jan. 2011. Teaching […]
What Is the Mission of the Church? Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission
by Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert Crossway, 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, IL 60187, 2011, 288 pages, $15.99. —Reviewed by Benjamin G. Edwards, director of Urban Ministry, Inter-City Baptist Church, Allen Park, Michigan. You can never hit the target if you do not know what the target is. Thus, the only way to determine a strategy’s […]
Vulnerable Mission: Insights into Christian Mission to Africa from a Position of Vulnerability
by Jim Harries William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2011, 304 pages, $19.99. —Reviewed by Murray Decker, associate professor of Intercultural Studies, Biola University, Cook School of Intercultural Studies, La Mirada, California. Timid, he is not. This book expresses the strongly-held perspectives and passions of Jim Harries, a veteran missionary with […]
Vietnam’s Christians: A Century of Growth in Adversity
by Reg Reimer William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2011, 144 pages, $12.99. —Reviewed by Richard R. Cook, associate professor of church history and missions, Logos Evangelical Seminary, El Monte, California. Reg Reimer’s small but potent book, Vietnam’s Christians, packs in a tremendous amount of information. He provides a brief and […]
Reflecting God’s Glory Together: Diversity in Evangelical Mission
by A. Scott Moreau and Beth Snodderly, eds. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 2011, 391 pages, $14.99. —Reviewed by John E. Chung, minister of missions, Park Street Church, Boston, Massachusetts. As the world increasingly globalizes, mission agencies and teams have grown more international, drawing missionaries from a more diverse and […]
Global Mission: Reflections and Case Studies in Contextualization for the Whole Church
by Rose Dowsett, editor William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA, 91104, 2011, 277 pages, $17.99. —Reviewed by Craig Ott, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. What do you get when you bring together thirty-three authors from nineteen nations to write thirty-one chapters on one of the most controversial subjects in missions today—contextualization? […]
Behind the Veils of Yemen
by Audra Grace Shelby Chosen Books, 11400 Hampshire Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55438, 2011, 238 pages, $13.99. —Reviewed by Joy Loewen, missionary with Pioneers; author, Woman to Woman, Sharing Jesus with a Muslim Friend. Audra Shelby pulls the reader in on her adventure as a new missionary wife and mother for the first three years […]
From Adoniram Judson to Missio Nexus: Celebrating 200 Years of North American Missions
by Bradley A. Coon Overseas Burmese Christian Fellowship of Boston Two major events took place on February 6, 2012, at Tabernacle Church in Salem, Massachusetts. First, mission leaders, historians, and students gathered to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the commissioning of the first ordained North American missionaries. Second, those in attendance witnessed the […]
The One-Story Missionary: On Technology, Communications, and Authenticity
As technology has advanced, the age of being able to have separate identities at home and on the field has ended. Missionaries now need to know how to serve with one life story.