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Volume 22: The Missionary Family: Witness, Concerns, Care

Volume 22: The Missionary Family: Witness, Concerns, Care Edited by Dwight P. Baker and Robert J. Priest The title of this book points to a feature—the missionary family—often considered to be a distinctive of the Protestant missionary movement.  Certainly the presence of missionary families in the...

Volume 21: Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities

Volume 21: Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities Edited by Craig Ott and J. D. Payne One hundred years ago Roland Allen authored his landmark study Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? The 2012 annual conference of the Evangelical Missiological Society celebrated this...

Volume 20: Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century

Volume 20: Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century Edited by Gary Fujino, Timothy R. Sisk, Tereso C. Casiño Rapid urbanization and globalization processes worldwide have changed the landscape of our times. In Asia and Africa the number of urban dwellers increases...

Volume 19: Reflecting God’s Glory Together: Diversity in Evangelical Mission

Volume 19: Reflecting God’s Glory Together: Diversity in Evangelical Mission Edited by A. Scott Moreau, Beth Snodderly The true story of mission has been deeper, wider, and far more diverse than many Christians in countries with long histories of church presence have realized. The authors in...

Volume 18: Serving Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountability in Mission

Volume 18: Serving Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountability in Mission Dwight Baker, Doug Hayward The word “ethics” carries an aura of countervailing views, overlapping claims, uncertain footing, and seductive attractions. Some issues are as clear as the horizontal versus vertical axes in...

Volume 17: Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges and Case Studies

Volume 17: Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges and Case Studies Edited by Enoch Wan, Michael Pocock The churches from the whole world are joined in the effort to reach the whole world. Although it has been documented that Western missionaries serving outside their countries still...

Volume 16: Effective Engagement in Short-term Missions: Doing it Right!

Volume 16: Effective Engagement in Short-term Missions: Doing it Right! Edited by Robert Priest Effective Engagement in Short-term Missions represents the single most ambitious effort to date to understand and improve upon patterns of ministry in STM. In six sections, the authors explore topics such...

Volume 15: Missions In Contexts Of Violence

Volume 15: Missions In Contexts Of Violence Edited by Keith E. Eitel This volume deals with the contexts of violence. In an age of increasing concern for this type of missionary work, the missions community needs to hear from those that have reflected on the multifaceted elements involved in...

Volume 14: Business as Mission: From Impoverished to Empowered

Volume 14: Business as Mission: From Impoverished to Empowered Edited by Tom A. Steffen, Mike Barnett “To put it bluntly, business as mission (BAM) is a work in progress. It is a field that needs definition, theological clarity, and missiological focus. Our call for papers for our regional...

Volume 13: Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultural Currents

Volume 13: Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultural Currents Edited by Gailyn Van Rheenen “Culture’s influence upon Christianity is easier to discern in retrospect than in prospect. If history is our guide, one thing is sure: This age will be as syncretistic as any other How is the...