Envisioning Effective Ministry: Evangelism in a Muslim Context
I want to share with you another book that you need to add to your library. Envisioning Effective Ministry: Evangelism in a Muslim Context is hot off the press. It is the best of the best EMQ articles on what you need to know about ministering to Muslims. My friends Laurie Fortunak Nichols and Gary Corwin have edited this collection that [...]
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A Few Helpful Resources on Migration Issues
In this post, I want to share with you a few helpful books that I’ve come across in my research in the area of diaspora missiology. To the majority of you reading this post, the words “diaspora missiology” are new. This growing category of missiology is the study related to the intersection of the global [...]
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New Book: Leading from the Lions’ Den
Tom Harper is president of Church Central and NetWorld Alliance, a leading business-to-business media communications company. I have known Tom through our connection with the Great Commission Research Network and Society for Church Consulting. His new book is scheduled to be released next month, and you will want to check it out. I was able to talk with him about this work, and wanted [...]
Mission Handbook 21st Edition
I want to bring to your attention a new resource that needs to be added to your library. Linda J. Weber has edited the latest edition of Mission Handbook: U. S. and Canadian Protestant Ministries Overseas. This work was published through the Evangelism and Missions Information Service (EMIS) at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. [...]
Missional House Churches in America-Part 2
If you read the first post, you know that these two posts are the result of the fact that at least three major U.S. news papers carried stories last week on house churches. In the 24 hours following post #1, I received notice that another U.S. story was published. In this final post, I want [...]
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Missional House Churches in America-Part 1
At least three major U.S. newspapers ran stories this past week on house churches. You can read them HERE, HERE, and HERE. While I was planning to write on another topic today, I revised my schedule to address this matter from my experience and research. There is clearly a growing interest among people regarding this expression of the Body [...]
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Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions
Last week, I finished working with Bette Smyth, proof-reader and first-round editor on my next book, Evangelism: A Biblical Response to Today’s Questions. This is my third book with Biblica (the artist formerly known as Paternoster/Authentic), and third work with Bette. As always, it was a delight to work with her. She ain’t done nary a bad job, and always [...]
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Interview with David Sills on Reaching and Teaching
(Okay, I know that this is my second post today. But I’m leaving for vacation, abstaining from blogging, tweeting, and yes, email. Therefore, I wanted to get this posted today.) One of the many blessings of serving with the faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is the fellowship with the faculty of The Southern Baptist [...]
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Interview with Ed Stetzer on Viral Churches
In this post, I want to draw your attention to the recently published book Viral Churches: Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers by Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird. Stetzer is the president of LifeWay Research and Bird directs the research division at Leadership Network and teaches at Alliance Theological Seminary. Both of these men have written numerous books and [...]
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ethNYcity by Chris Clayman and Meredith Lee
Since I just completed a series on diaspora missiology, I thought it would be appropriate to inform you of a new book that you need in your library. Chris Clayman and Meredith Lee have written ethNYcity: The Nations, Tongues, and Faiths of Metropolitan New York (NY: Metro New York Baptist Association; Cary, NC: Baptist State Convention [...]
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