Salt, Light, and a City: Introducing Missional Ecclesiology
by Graham Hill Wipf & Stock, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 320 pages, 2012, $35.00. —Reviewed by J.R. Woodward, co-founder, Ecclesia Network; author Creating a Missional Culture; blogger, jrwoodward.net What does it mean to develop a missional ecclesiology by and for the whole Church, for the good of the world and […]
Ascension Day 2013: Global Missional Implications
May 9, 2013, is “Ascension Day,” marking the day when Jesus Christ ascended up into heaven, as recorded in Acts 1:3-11. It starts a global countdown of ten days of international prayer leading to the annual Global Day of Prayer on Sunday, May 19 (daily prayer guides are available at http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/).
Go and Do: Becoming a Missional Christian
by Don Everts InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 199 pages, 2012, $15.00. —Reviewed by Josh Mann, lead pastor, Fox Island Alliance Church, Fox Island, Washington. Go and Do is a powerful and practical primer on missional living. It surprised me with its breadth, it refreshed me with its simplicity, and it […]
Toward Respectful Understanding & Witness among Muslims: Essays in Honor of J. Dudley Woodberry
by Evelyne A. Reisacher, editor William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 325 pages, 2012, $20.99. —Reviewed by Benjamin Lee Hegeman, missionary scholar in residence, SIM; educator, Houghton College and in Benin. Imagine being invited to some charming maritime cottage in Maine for a prolonged weekend of missiological fellowship with Dudley Woodberry, […]
This Ordinary Adventure: Settling Down Without Settling
by Christine and Adam Jeske Intervarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 2012, 206 pages, $15.00. —Reviewed by Amy Rozko, director of mobilization, International Teams. After finishing the first chapter of This Ordinary Adventure by thirty-something married couple Christine and Adam Jeske, I decided my husband should read this book as well. By […]
Telling the Gospel through Story: Evangelism that Keeps Hearers Wanting More
by Christine Dillon InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 224 pages, 2012, $15.00. —Reviewed by Mark M. Overstreet, PhD, vice president, T4 Global, Dallas, Texas. Have you been frustrated by ineffective methods of evangelism that leave people uninterested in the gospel? With real-world experience from numerous mission contexts, Christine Dillon explains a […]
Missional Apologetics: Cultural Diagnosis and Gospel Plausibility in C.S. Lewis and Lesslie Newbigin
by David Feddes Christian Leaders Press, Monee, IL 60449, 294 pages, 2012, $19.95. —Reviewed by Robert S. Covolo, Center for Advanced Theological Studies, Fuller Seminary. The Christian faith in the West has found itself in the strange position of seeking to bring the gospel to the very culture it helped create. With this dynamic in […]
The Early Religious History of France: An Introduction for Church Planters and Missionaries
by David R. Dunaetz Martel Press, 142 Principia Ct., Claremont, CA 91711, 150 pages, 2012, nprice. —Reviewed by Edward Smither, professor, Intercultural Studies, Columbia International University; author, Brazilian Evangelical Missions in the Arab World. Should we read history missiologically, and can that historical reflection help mission practice today? David Dunaetz attempts to answer yes to […]
Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World
by J.R. Woodward InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 2012, 256 pages, $25.00. —Reviewed by Jonathan K. Dodson (MDiv, ThM), pastor and apostolic leader, Austin, Texas. As the volume of missional church literature increases, a segment of North America has grasped the apostolic impulse of the Church. Yet as books on mission […]
Brazilian Evangelical Missions in the Arab World: History, Culture, Practice, and Theology
by Edward L. Smither Pickwick Publications (imprint of Wipf & Stock), 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401, 2012, 272 pages, $24.80. —Reviewed by Dave Broucek, international ministries director, South America Mission. Ed Smither’s work represents a mature evangelical description of Latin American missionary efforts. Earlier narratives of missions from south of the […]