Publications by Members

If you are an EMS member who has a recent publication that you wish to have listed here, please fill out our book submission form.

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 …

More Details

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

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 …

More Details

Expect Great Things: Mission Quotes that Inform and Inspire Read More »

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 …

More Details

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

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 …

More Details

One Bible Many Versions: Are All Translations Created Equal? Read More »

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 …

More Details

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

Insider Movements: Biblically Incredible or Incredibly Brilliant?

Jeff Morton (Wipf & Stock, 2012) Today, proponents of IM support their observations of what God is doing among Muslims with eight biblical passages. In 1938 the Reverend Henry H. Riggs wrote “Shall We Try Unbeaten Paths in Working for Moslems?” He encouraged the church to help Muslim converts remain inside Islam so that they …

More Details

Insider Movements: Biblically Incredible or Incredibly Brilliant? Read More »

Through God’s Eyes. A Bible Study of God’s Motivations for Missions (Revised Edition)

Patrick O. Cate (William Carey Library, 2012) Through God’s Eyes is an inductive Bible study for students to personally wrestle with what God is saying about His passion for getting the gospel to all of  the world.  It is designed to get students into the Word of God listening for them selves to God’s heart …

More Details

Through God’s Eyes. A Bible Study of God’s Motivations for Missions (Revised Edition) Read More »

Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology

Greg Parsons (William Carey International University Press, 2012) Ralph D. Winter (1924-2009) ranks among the most influential missiologists of the 20th Century. Missiologists and Christian leaders around the world have recognized his many significant contributions to the evangelical approach to the Great Commission task. To date, there is no complete or even popular biographical work …

More Details

Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology Read More »