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

Expect Great Things, Attempt Great Things: William Carey and Adoniram Judson, Missionary Pioneers Allen Yeh and Chris Chun, eds. 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...

Expect Great Things: Mission Quotes that Inform and Inspire

Expect Great Things: Mission Quotes that Inform and Inspire Marvin J. Newell 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...

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

Learning from the Least: Reflections on a Journey in Mission with Palestinian Christians Andrew F. Bush 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...

One Bible Many Versions: Are All Translations Created Equal?

One Bible Many Versions: Are All Translations Created Equal? Dave Brunn 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...

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

Polemic Missiology for the 21st Century: In Memoriam of Roland Allen Christopher R. Little 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...

Insider Movements: Biblically Incredible or Incredibly Brilliant?

Insider Movements: Biblically Incredible or Incredibly Brilliant? Jeff Morton 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...

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

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

Understanding World Religions in Fifteen Minutes a Day

Understanding World Religions in Fifteen Minutes a Day Garry R. Morgan What religions are represented in your neighborhood, your workplace, and your children’s school? Things seem to be changing every day, and it can be hard to keep up. You may know a little about some of these religions. Others are...

Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology

Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology Greg Parsons 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...

The Questioning God

The Questioning God Ant Greenham A questioning approach lies at the heart of our relationship with God. That’s how God engages us. In fact, questioning (or free inquiry), is central to our being human. Yet the major monotheistic religions vary markedly on this matter. In The Questioning God, Dr...