Publications by Members

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A Future for the Latino Church: Models for Multilingual, Multigenerational Hispanic Congregations

Daniel A. Rodriguez (InterVarsity Press Academic, 2011) Many assume that Hispanic ministry in North America still necessarily focuses on Spanish-language congregations.  But over 60 percent of all American Latinos were born in the United States and are now English dominant. Daniel Rodriguez argues that effective Latino ministry and church planting are now centered in second-generation, …

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Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions

J. D. Payne (Biblica, 2011) J. D. Payne’s newest book responds to today’s most commonly asked questions about evangelism and salvation.   It seeks to establish biblical, theological, and practical foundations for missional living. Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions gives the reader clear parameters for sharing faith that can be applied to differing

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Evangelical and Frontier Mission: Perspectives on the Global Progress of the Gospel

Beth Snodderly and A. Scott Moreau, editors (Wipf & Stock, 2011) The stories of the evangelical world church deserve to be heard. The centennial celebrations of the Edinburgh 1910 conference offered Christians of all stripes multiple opportunities to reflect on the past century of mission. Over the course of the twentieth century one of the

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Biblical Multicultural Teams: Applying Biblical Truth in Cultural Differences

Sheryl Silzer (William Carey International University Press, 2011) Biblical Multicultural Teams speaks to the heart of cultural misunderstanding- our childhood upbringing. Sheryl Takagi Silzer is able in this work to provide both an honest look at her own cross-cultural experience and an astute academic understanding of cross-cultural communication. We all work and function in a

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Jesus’ Authority in Markan Perspective: Scope and Missiological Implications

Steven K. Mittwede (Fromm Verlag, 2010) A commitment to authentic and effective cross-cultural ministry, especially in a resistant context, demands that the challenge of contextualisation be dealt with properly.  One form of contextualisation, namely the application of redemptive analogies, may hold particular promise for cross-cultural ministers. The present study favourably evaluates the proposal that the

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Introducción a la Misiología

Hayward Armstrong, Mark McClellan, and M. David Sills (Reaching & Teaching International Ministries, 2010) Esta obra es una introducción práctica al tema de la misiología.  Es una introducción porque abarca en forma general los temas normalmente considerados como esenciales en cualquier discusión seria de las misiones, como su filosofía, su teología, sus bases bíblicas, sus

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Engaging Islam

Georges Houssney (Treeline Publishing, 2010) Georges Houssney’s new book, Engaging Islam, alerts Christians to the challenges and opportunities of reaching Muslims worldwide. Learn how to engage Muslims, understand them on a personal level, and gain an understanding of the role we have as Christians to boldly preach the gospel with conviction. Inspirational stories of transformation and

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