History seldom repeats itself in exactly the same way, although there are times when things look eerily similar. This present period looks a lot like the early 1930s.
by Alvyn Austin Studies in the History of Christian Missions. Eerdmans, 2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505, 2007, xxxii + 506 pages, $45.00. —Reviewed by Ryan
The classic debate is an impassioned one with the goal of igniting the hearts of devout church planters, evangelists, and teachers.
Communicating Christ through Story and Song; Orality in Buddhist Contexts is a collection of papers presented by practitioners working among Buddhists.
The author, a church planter in Burkina Faso, details how child-rearing and church planting can reveal similar lessons.
Thong writes persuasively that God wants the Chinese people to know him and to love him, and to that purpose has left many markers or signposts scattered throughout Chinese history and culture.
Four transferable principles that make an indigenous church-planting movement more likely to succeed.
by J. Dudley Woodberry, ed. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, Calif. 91104, 2008, 428 pages, includes a CD with supplemental resources on global trends and fruitful
Global church planting involves the structural growth of the Body of Christ; however, kingdom building expands the concept of Christ-like character built upon a biblical interrelating of the Body of Christ.
Finally, someone has done preliminary research on the evangelistic effectiveness of house churches in the United States.
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