The Local Church in Mission
Watching mission blossom here at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church has challenged many of my assumptions about mission and the local church
The Local Church in Mission: Confessions of a Recovering Mission Snob
Watching mission blossom here at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church has challenged many of my assumptions about mission and the local church
Other Books Received
Other Books Received
Daniels, Gene. 2012. Meditations for the Missions Heart: Forty Days to Renew Your Mission Vision. n.p.
Serving God Globally: Finding Your Place in International Development
by Roland Hoksbergen Baker Academic, P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516, 240 pages, 2012, $21.99. —Reviewed by Seth Barnes, executive director, Adventures In Missions. Young people are more globally minded now than ever before. But how does a Christian 20-something looking for his or her place in the world actually find it? Serving God […]
River of God: An Introduction to World Missions
by Doug Priest and Stephen Burris, eds. Wipf & Stock, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 292 pages, 2012, $32.00. —Reviewed by Stan May, PhD, former missionary and mission professor; pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Olive Branch, Missouri; president, Chronological Bible Teaching Ministries. How does anyone write about the complexities of reaching the […]
The Rise of the Global South: The Decline of Western Christendom and the Rise of Majority World Christianity
by Elijah J. F. Kim Wipf & Stock, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 524 pages, 2012, $58.00. —Reviewed by Diane Stinton, dean of students and associate professor of Missions, Regent College; associate professor of Theology, Africa International University (NEGST), Kenya. Not every book on global Christianity emerges from a clear sense […]
Global Theology in Evangelical Perspective: Exploring the Contextual Nature of Theology and Mission
by Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green, editors IVP Academic, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 267 pages, 2012, $26.00. —Reviewed by Marvin J. Newell, senior vice president, Missio Nexus. It is noteworthy and refreshing to see more and more newly released mission-related books intentionally inclusive of global voices. This is another and […]
Cultivating Sent Communities: Missional Spiritual Formation
by Dwight J. Zscheile, editor William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2140 Oak Industrial Dr. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 216 pages, 2012, $30.00. —Reviewed by Lee Beach, assistant professor of Christian Ministry, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario. There can be a potential tension in Christian spirituality between the ideas of “being” and “doing”. On one […]
Comprehending Mission: The Questions, Methods, Themes, Problems, and Prospects of Missiology
by Stanley H. Skreslet Orbis Books, P. O. Box 302, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302, 2012, 243 pages, $30.00. —Reviewed by David R. Dunaetz, assistant professor of organizational psychology, Azusa Pacific University; former church planter in France. Stanley Skreslet, dean of faculty at Union Presbyterian Seminary and former missionary to Egypt, has successfully created a new type […]
Biblical Multicultural Teams: Applying Biblical Truth to Cultural Differences
William Carey International University Press, 1539 E. Howard Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 2011, 178 pages, $9.55. —Reviewed by Marcus W. Dean, associate professor and chair, Department of Intercultural Studies, Houghton College; former missionary in Colombia and Puerto Rico. I am always looking for more ideas for teaching students about cultures and how to serve meaningfully […]