by Stephen T. Um and Justin Buzzard Crossway Publishers, 1300 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL 60187, 176 pages, 2013, $15.99. —Reviewed by Kevin Book-Satterlee, Latin America Mission, Mexico City. It
Perspectives from one serving in the military on ways that missions might benefit from taking advantage of the opportunities military volunteers can provide.
Christie, Vance. 2013. Adoniram Judson: Devoted for Life. Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publications.
George Verwer cared deeply about those serving under his leadership; a lasting impact from his leadership style was the enablement of those he led to grow and develop their gifts as leaders following Christ.
Building and maintaining trust is an essential—though often difficult—component of building healthy international teams.
I long for the Church to fully embrace its identity as the missional powerhouse God has formed it to be—that Christ-centered, transformational catalyst that even the gates of hell cannot stand against.
Goulding discusses his church’s journey to become more “synergistic”, proactively seeking God’s will for a global mission program to ensure the good stewardship of the resources God entrusts to them.
God’s word must be big in me, with a heavy bearing on my discipleship and mission as a Christ-follower.
I call the church planting method that we use the Not-So-Good method because it does not require an outstanding missionary, outstanding local leaders, or wonderful converts. Rather, anyone, even not-so-good missionaries, can use this.
by Knut H. Hoyland and Jakob W. Nielsen, eds. Caspari Center for Biblical and Jewish Studies, P.O. Box 46, Jerusalem 91000, Israel, 244 pages, 2013, $25.00. —Reviewed by Jennifer
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