Book Reviews

by Mark Shaw IVP Academic, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 221 pages, 2010, $20.00. —Reviewed by Eddie Gibbs, senior professor of church growth, Fuller Theological Seminary. There

by J. Mack Stiles InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1226, 128 pages, 2010, $15.00. —Reviewed by John Mann, youth and teaching pastor at Salem Alliance Church

by Gary B. McGee Orbis Books, P.O. Box 302, Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302, 2010, 326 pages, $30.00 paperback. —Reviewed by Grant McClung, president, MissionsResourceGroup.org; and missiological advisor, World Missions Commission

Other Books Received Ande, Titre. 2010. Leadership & Authority: Bula Matari and the Life-Community Ecclesiology in Congo. Oxford: Regnum Books International. Carlton, R. Bruce. 2010. Strategy Coordinator: Changing the

This book is a good contribution to the emerging literature on work in slum communities but without a specific focus on missional notions.

Invitation to World Missions contains a strong biblical approach with practical suggestions.

The Meeting of the Waters is not your usual “mission textbook,” but it is the kind of trends analysis that is indispensable for anticipating future church and mission.

Written for present and potential church planters, this is not so much a book of new ideas but, rather a book of ideas on how to generate new ideas relevant to the church planter’s specific cultural and economic context.

The book is an excellent read for getting basic theological insight into the world of marketplace ministry.

Flanigan, Shawn Teresa. 2010. For the Love of God: NGOs and Religious Identity in a Violent World. Sterling, Va.: Kumarian Press. Hirsch, Alan and Debra Hirsch. 2010. Untamed: Reactivating