An Honorific Gospel: Biblically Faithful & Culturally Relevant Christians engaged in communicating the gospel navigate a challenging tension: faithfulness to God’s ancient, revealed Word—and relevance to the local, current social context.
Moving to the Margins with Amy CarmichaelFollow in the footsteps of Amy Carmichael, whose defiance against injustice shined a light in Indias darkest corners.
Women Surviving the Great CommissionMissionary women have high expectations when they respond to Gods call; of themselves, their mission agencies, host cultures, churches, co-workers, and even of God.
In the author's ten years living in China, Chinese friends and foreign friends alike have told him that in many ways he is more like a Chinese person than an American.
New Wineskins for Global Missioncaptures the essence of a groundbreaking conference in 1994 where Episcopalians from all over the United States gathered to embrace their role in global missions.
Adoniram Judson was not only a historic figurehead in the first wave of foreign missionaries from the United States and a hero in his own day, but his story still wins the admiration of Christians even today.
This book explores the relationship between Christian faith and Jewish identity from the perspective of three Jewish believers in Jesus living in eastern and central Europe before World War 1: Rudolf Hermann (Chaim) Gurland, Christian Theophilus Lucky (Chaim Jedidjah Pollak), and Isaac (Ignatz) Lichtenstein.
Follow the REAL rubric for success in starting new ministries If congregations were to look outside their doors, they may find that the people who need the good news don't look like them and that the way to engage them is by having ministries that are REAL.
Principles for an Evangelical Approach to ContextualizationAs the church in the global south continues to grow at a rapid pace, the question of how to develop local theologies becomes more and more urgent.
January 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Fresh Expressions movement which spread internationally and denominationally from its origins in the Church of England.
Shortlisted for the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion - Constructive-Reflective Studies Winner of the American Academy of Religion's Religion and the Arts Book AwardWinner of the Borsch-Rast Book Prize & Lectureship An Oxford Alumni Book of the Month pickWhile place-based pilgrimage is an embodied practice, can it be experienced in its fullness through built environments, assemblages of souvenirs, and music?
In the two previous books of his trilogy, Seamen's Missions (1986) and The Way of the Sea (2008), the author researched how the seafarers' mission movement began and expanded.
Based on an intensive study of five cooperative ministry ventures, this thought-provoking book looks at how each takes a unique approach in addressing its own mission context.
In November 1877, three months after Emperor Meiji's conscript army of commoners defeated forces led by Japan's famous "e;last samurai,"e; the Reverend Tom Alexander and his new wife, Emma, arrived in Japan, a country where Christianity had been punishable by death until 1868.
There has been a growing interest in the rapidly evolving nature of cities in the past 10-15 years, but especially in the last 5 years, and the profound impact this is having upon our understanding of community, belonging and church.
Offers readers a way to find their place in God's story A creative invitation to those who are on the margins of the church Recent research in the sociology of religion indicates that around one in five Americans are religiously ';liminal,' that is, they are on the fence about affiliating with a faith or a congregation.
The church's witness to the world falters in an age of doctrinal uncertainty, emerging experiments of life forms and behavior norms, and consequent cultural pressures.
Women Surviving the Great CommissionMissionary women have high expectations when they respond to Gods call; of themselves, their mission agencies, host cultures, churches, co-workers, and even of God.
Considering the factors which help shape millennial belief, Changing Shape reflects on the challenges and opportunities that 'missing generation' bring to the Church, and considers what lessons the Church can learn from the Millennial mindset.
Authors from eighteen countries give us their perspectives on biblical principles and cultural expressions of spirituality particularly as the church engages in God's mission.
The Trinity can be understood as a social community with members speaking and listening to one another in love, or, as Luther understood the Trinity, as conversation, then God's mission essentially involves in mission-in-dialogue.
A Bible Study of God's Motivations for MissionsThis newly revised classic workbook features updated resources to help readers better understand the needs and growth of missions today.
Religion and the American West offers a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive overview of the ways religion has shaped the idea of the American West and how the region has influenced broader religious and racial categories.
