Other Recommended Mission Reads
by EMQ Editor Archer, Clint. 2014. Holding the Rope: Short-term Missions, Long-term Impact. Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library. Chan, Simon. 2014. Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic. Haykin, Michael A.G. and C. Jeffrey Robinson Sr. 2014. To the Ends of the Earth: Calvin’s Missional Vision and […]
Single Mission: Thriving as a Single Person in Cross-cultural Mission
by Debbie Hawker and Tim Herbert, editors Condeo Press —Reviewed by Anna Bishop, minister (world mission), All Souls, Langham Place, U.K. I WAS DELIGHTED WHEN Debbie Hawker and Tim Herbert told me that they were working on this book. Although there are many books on singleness (e.g., by Al Hsu and Andrea Trevenna) and even a […]
Recovering the Full Mission of God: A Biblical Perspective on Being, Doing, and Telling
by Dean Flemming IVP Academic —Reviewed by Richard Hibbert, director, School of Cross-Cultural Mission, Sydney and Missionary Bible College EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS continue to debate whether proclaiming the gospel or demonstrating it should be given priority. Reacting to the “social gospel” promoted by theological liberals in the early 1900s, and despite calls of the Lausanne movement […]
On Eagles’ Wings: Models in Mentoring
by David Cranston and Ruth Padilla DeBorst, editors Regnum Books International —Reviewed by Mark M. Overstreet, executive vice president, T4 Global PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE their best will seek out a mentor. In this brief and accessible introduction, David Cranston seeks to take the reader to new heights in a creative and humble approach to […]
No Continuing City: The Story of a Missiologist from Colonial to Postcolonial Times
by Doug Priest and Charles Kraft, editors William Carey Library —Reviewed by Kimon Nicolaides, has served as a pastor, military chaplain, missionary, and worked with Vietnamese refugees THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY RECORDS the life of Alan Tippett, one of the most prolific and preeminent missiologists of the twentieth century. It gives the inside story of the forces which […]
Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities
by Craig Ott and J. D. Payne, editors William Carey Library —Reviewed by Patrick Krayer, executive director, Interserve USA AS MISSIONARIES CROSS social, ethnic, and religious boundaries, they encounter new contextual realities. Adapting to the context, they may digress from well-established norms in their first culture. Digression can ignite a backlash, which in turn moves […]
Mission as Transformation: Learning from Catalysts
by David Cranston and Ruth Padilla DeBorst, editors Regnum Books International —Reviewed by JR Rozko, director of operations & advancement, Missio Alliance I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME thinking about and engaging the realities facing North American church leaders as we endeavor to see our own context in missionary perspective. The longer I do this, the […]
Journey toward Justice: Personal Encounters in the Global South
by Nicholas P. Wolterstorff Baker Academic —Reviewed by Jenny Collins, associate professor of missions, Taylor University MANY CHRISTIANS FOCUSED ON the noble work of fighting global injustice are often fueled by face-to-face encounters with the oppressed, yet some lack a complete picture of the foundational aspects of justice. Philosopher and esteemed scholar Nicholas Wolterstorff identifies […]
Global Member Care, Volume Two: Crossing Sectors for Serving Humanity
by Kelly O’Donnell & Michèle Lewis O’Donnell, editors William Carey Library —Reviewed by William Peed, global ministry program director, Kingswood University, Sussex, NB, Canada HUMANITARIAN, HUMAN HEALTH, and human resource workers in today’s flat world will benefit from the contributions the member care personnel offer each other in Global Member Care. Editors Kelly and Michèle […]
First the Kingdom of God: Global Voices on Global Mission
by Daniel K. Darko and Beth Snodderly, editors William Carey International University Press —Reviewed by David R. Dunaetz, Azusa Pacific University; Claremont Graduate University; former church planter in France THIS IS A COLLECTION OF academic articles, all relating to missions or evangelism, and all written from an evangelical perspective. The majority of these articles appeared […]