New Models of Mission
By Evelyn Hibbert | The growth of the church in the Majority World and its decline in traditional sending countries is causing significant changes in mission. This has created challenges and opportunities.
Transformational Change in Christian Ministry
Confronting a culture of individualism, Wan and Raibley argue that personal and communal transformations occur through relationships. Based on the relational nature of the Triune God, the authors’ framework, relational interactionism, suggests that Christian formation leads us into the likeness of the Trinity.
Social Research Methods: For Students and Scholars of Religious Studies
To remain relevant, theological studies must engage in social science research, argues Joshua Iyadurai in Social Research Methods. Often, however, students of theology and religious studies are ill-equipped for such a task. This book seeks to fill that gap.
The Journey Concept: Rethinking Organisational Strategy in the Global Context of God’s Mission
I have long been uncomfortable with the competitive military and sports imagery in mission literature and the prevalence of corporate strategic planning and evaluation models. Many practitioners feel the assumptions of these concepts do not fit well with the contemporary, complex, fluid realities of global mission contexts.
Faith Adrift Christianity: How Can We Avoid Drifting Away from God?
This book is the fruit of more than 20 years of research, reflection, and observation by Cecil Stalnaker, a missionary who served in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United States. Stalnaker was shaken by research finding that in Sweden, for each non-religious person that starts going to church, 26 others raised in the Christian faith turn their back on God (10).
Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations: Creating Contexts Where People Flourish
Whether organizational leadership occurs within a cross-cultural environment or not, the challenge is always to create a healthy environment. In his four-part book, Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations, Justin Irving touches on the most critical elements of organizational leadership that can be applied in any setting.
Character Theology: Engaging God through His Cast of Characters
In Character Theology: Engaging God through His Cast of Characters, authors Tom Steffen and Ray Neu introduce an approach to teaching the narrative portions of the Bible that focuses on drawing out truths of Scripture through the lives of the Bible characters.
Facing Danger: A Guide Through Risk
The task of reaching the least reached is increasingly accompanied by risk. Anna Hampton, drawing on her years of experience in Afghanistan, helps guide the reader through risk in the second edition of her book Facing Danger, originally published in 2016.
Christ Among the Nations: Narratives of Transformation in Global Mission
What is the role of narrative in global mission today? Through biblical, historical, and contemporary stories, the authors of Christ Among the Nations demonstrate that narrative holds a unique power for global mission transformation.
Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible
“Can a Westernized, twenty-first century reading of Scripture – even with the benefit of scholarly exegesis – provide sufficient understanding of what Jesus said and people associated with him heard two thousand years ago?” (181).