
A Japanese Gospel Message
Framing the gospel message in a way that makes sense to a Japanese audience is critical in communicating Christ in Japan.

Framing the gospel message in a way that makes sense to a Japanese audience is critical in communicating Christ in Japan.
by Emma Wild-Wood and Peniel Rajkumar, eds. Regnum Books International, St. Philip and St James Church, Woodstock Road, Oxford, UK, 0X2 6HR. 309 pages, 2013, £30.99. —Reviewed by Tim

Suffering can play a significant role in the development of faith despite the pain that sufferers must endure seen in the way that the widows of Kitula (Kenya) look to Jesus as their kinsman-defender.
by John P. Bowen Wipf & Stock, 199 W.8th Ave., Suite 3 Eugene Oregon, 97401, 283 pages, 2013, $34.00. —Reviewed by Willem Fietje, president of Associated Gospel Churches of

The Western church can contribute to the health of the whole body of Christ through the wise support of theological education in the Majority World.
by Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry, eds. IVP Academic, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL, 60515-1426, 253 pages, 2012, $22.00. —Reviewed by David R. Dunaetz, former church

The Western church can contribute to the health of the whole body of Christ through the wise support of theological education in the Majority World.
by Alan R. Tippett, ed. Doug Priest, series ed. William Carey Library, 1605 East Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 686 pages, 2013, $39.99. —Reviewed by David H. Greenlee, international

Money is both influential and powerful; it can be used strategically for the benefit of God’s kingdom or detrimentally through creating paternalistic dependence.
Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxlogy Handbook
By James Krabill, Frank Fortunato, Robin P. Harris, and Brian Schrag, eds. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St. Pasadena, CA 91104, 580 pages, 2013, $37.49.
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