Book Reviews

This concise and highly readable book brings another perspective to the growing phenomenon of house churches.

Historians commonly view British missionaries as agents of the British Empire. Were they? What motivated these preachers of the gospel—the reign of God or the reign of Queen Victoria? This helpful collection of essays edited by Andrew Porter deals with the question of how British missionaries related to the British Empire.

Young New Yorkers greet each other with a hearty
“Whassup?”—which translated means “What’s happening in the world around you?” In Christianity Reborn, Donald Lewis has brought together an international cadre of scholars who seek to answer this question with respect to evangelical missions at the end of the twentieth century.

This is a splendid compilation of articles to help orient Christian workers to the diverse world of children’s needs and ministries.

Ott provides an introduction to European mission training schools and a look at the challenges that face evangelical theological educators.

With the increasing shift in mission personnel from Western to non-Western countries, how do Asian “mission-ed” churches grow up to become “mission-ing” churches?

The reader will find a solid yet digestible meal of philosophy, theology and spirituality.

Whether or not you are an arts enthusiast, if you’re serious about missions and ministry in the twenty-first century, don’t miss this timely and insightful read. A book on the arts that actually gives a biblical perspective is hard to find.

“At last apologetics and missiology meet,” wrote the late Ken Mulholland, former president of the Evangelical Missiological Society. This and other outstanding affirmations make this a book to consider for your library.

This book is primarily a handbook on how to win adherents by logical reasoning to the evangelical Christian faith.