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Cross-Cultural Church Planting for Probies: Envisioning And Facilitating Holistic Church Planting Among Unreached People Groups From Preparation To Closure

Jan B. Dixon and Roger L. Dixon (CreateSpace, 2014) This book is different from others on cross-cultural church planting in its emphasis on mentoring, negotiating, and spiritual leadership in unreached people groups. It also has a unique look at contextualization and project planning. Order Now!

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Church Planting among Immigrants in US Urban Centers: The Where, Why, and How of Diaspora Missiology in Action

Enoch Wan and Anthony Casey (Institute for Diaspora Studies, 2014) This book shows patterns of assimilation and integration that are common among immigrant groups and provides tools of cultural research to get out in the city, talk to people, build relationships, gain entrance into these communities, find leaders, and plant healthy churches. These tools are …

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Polemic Missiology for the 21st Century: In Memoriam of Roland Allen

Christopher R. Little (Amazon Kindle, 2013) Déjà vu has hit the contemporary missionary movement on a global scale. The same unfortunate presumptions and practices which the revered Roland Allen confronted at beginning of the 20th century have returned with a vengeance one century later.  This book adopts Allen’s polemic style in addressing issues which all …

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One Bible Many Versions: Are All Translations Created Equal?

Dave Brunn (InterVarsity Press Academic, 2013) What makes a Bible translation faithful? Is one version superior to others? Do we really need more than one translation? How can answering these questions help us become better Bible readers?  Dave Brunn has been involved in Bible translation work around the world for many years. From the perspective …

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My Mother’s Sons: Managing Sexuality in Islamic and Christian Cultures

Patrick Krayer (William Cary Library, 2013) My Mother’s Sons provides a thoughtful model for how Western Christian workers can respectfully negotiate sexual boundaries and norms in Muslim contexts.  Westerners are inclined to impose their own culturally shaped notions of gender equality and justice on non-egalitarian communities, alienating the very people they are seeking to serve. …

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Learning from the Least: Reflections on a Journey in Mission with Palestinian Christians

Andrew F. Bush (Wipf and Stock, 2013) With the majority of the world’s Christians now living in the non-Western world, Christian mission has become a global movement. The mission of Western Christianity now faces the challenge of laying aside the preeminence and privilege it has long enjoyed in global Christian mission, and embracing a new …

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Expect Great Things: Mission Quotes that Inform and Inspire

Marvin J. Newell (William Carey Library, 2013) Expect Great Things is the most comprehensive collection of mission quotes, contemporary and classical, ever compiled in one book.  Here you will find over 700 of the best mission quotes ever uttered by Great Commission Christians—250 different authors from Adoniram Judson to John Piper, from J. Hudson Taylor to …

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Expect Great Things, Attempt Great Things: William Carey and Adoniram Judson, Missionary Pioneers

Allen Yeh and Chris Chun, eds. (Wipf & Stock, 2013) This book celebrates the 250th birthday of William Carey (“The Father of Modern Missions”) and the 200th anniversary of the mission of Adoniram Judson (the first missionary sent from America).  The contributors include Timothy George and Tim Tennent, as well as voices from World Christianity–namely …

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