Volume 44 – Issue 4

An Ordinary Family in Ministry

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Balisky lays out a “theology of the family in mission,” reflecting on missional families in the Bible.

The Kingdom of Character: The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, 1886-1926

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Parker traces the history of the SVM by focusing on a variety of themes that shaped the movement’s birth and development.

Personal Piety vs. Institutional Aid: A Case for a Return to Alms-giving

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Daniels suggests missionaries on the field return to personal alms-giving, thereby investing in relationships on a deeper level.

The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry

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The book is the first in a new series from Eerdmans entitled the “Missional Church series,” and is comprised of essays that come from a conference on the missional church hosted by Luther Seminary in December 2005.

On Furlough: What Returning Missionaries and Home Churches Want

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Ten ways missionaries on furlough and mission committees and churches can bless each other.

Music in the Life of the African Church

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We European and American missionaries brought the Word to Africa, and we relegated music to its pagan past. This book, very positive in tone, provides a sobering look at what we missed.

Christological Monotheism and Muslim Evangelism

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How do missionaries in Muslim churches speak of the divinity of Christ without appearing to contradict their belief in monotheism?

Why Church Matters: Worship, Ministry, and Mission in Practice

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Jonathan R. Wilson believes that the “practicing church” declares God’s redemptive work and enhances the church’s witness through the empowerment of the Spirit.