Other Books Received
by EMQ Editor Addison, Steve. 2012. What Jesus Started: Joining the Movement, Changing the World. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press. Daniel, Robin. 2012. Mission Strategies Then and Now. Chester, U.K.: Tamarisk Publications. Fickett, Harold. 2013. The Ralph D. Winter Story: How One Man Dared to Shake Up World Missions. Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library. Johnson, […]
Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African
by Lamin Sanneh Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2150 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 299 pages, 2012, 276 pages, $24.00. —Reviewed by Mike Nichols, program director for Intercultural Studies, Lincoln Christian University, Lincoln, Illinois; former missionary to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just how did a boy of little means from the […]
Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission
by J.D. Payne InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 206 pages, 2012. $15.00. —Reviewed by Jenny Yang, vice president of advocacy and policy, World Relief. The migration of people throughout the world creates a huge missional opportunity for the Church, but whether the Church seizes the opportunity will be depend upon a […]
Sorrow & Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom
by William D. Taylor, Antonia van der Meer, and Reg Reimer, editors. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 568 pages, 2012, $29.99. —Reviewed by J. Keith Bateman, who served for fifteen years as a missionary in Africa, seven of them in Sudan, and since 2007 has served as U.S. director of […]
Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century
by Gary Fujino, Timothy R. Sisk, Tereso C. Casiño William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 304 pages, 2012, $14.99. —Reviewed by Ivan Chung, director of International Student Services at Biola University. Reaching the City appropriately expands on the changing demographics of missions today and adds essential thought, vision, and practice for […]
Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology
by Greg H. Parsons WCIU Press, 1539 E. Howard St. Pasadena CA, 91104 441 pages, 2012, $19.99. —Reviewed by David Dougherty, mission mobilization and leader development, OMF International. Dr. Ralph D. Winter was responsible for the most significant change in how mission agencies and churches understand the task of world evangelization since World War II. […]
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 240 pages, 2012, $16.00. —Reviewed by Jackson Wu (PhD) teaches theology and missiology in an unregistered seminary in China. He blogs at jacksonwu.wordpress.com. It would not be overstating to say every Christian should become familiar with this book. […]
Longing for Community: Church, Ummah, or Somewhere in Between?
by David Greenlee, editor William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, forthcoming. —Reviewed by Warrick Farah, blogger at muslimministry.blogspot.com. Easily the most contentious issues surrounding ministry to Muslims today are the Insider Movement and matters of socio-religious identity for Muslim Background Believers (MBBs). Longing for Community is a collection of essays from […]
Dreams and Visions: Is Jesus Awakening the Muslim World?
by Tom Doyle Thomas Nelson, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville TN 37214, 288 pages, 2012, $15.99. —Reviewed by Scott Hedley, a research associate in Asia. As a researcher working with a Muslim language group in Asia, I was very interested in the subject of this book since I have personally met Muslims who have become more […]
Discovering the Mission of God
by Mike Barnett and Robin Martin, editors InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426, 640 pages, 2012, $35.00. —Reviewed by Richard R. Cook, associate professor of church history and missions, Logos Evangelical Seminary, El Monte, California. The global missionary movement is multiplying and transforming at a breakneck pace, especially in the last ten […]