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InterVarsity Press (IVP) has announced that Tyndale House Publishers will serve as the exclusive global distributor for its IVP Español imprint.
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Patrick Johnstone, author of The Future of the Global Church, a new release from Biblica Books from InterVarsity Press, will visit five U.S. cities from January 14-25 to prepare American Christians for global ministry in the twenty-first century.
EbookGlobal Evangelicalism
Theology, History and Culture in Regional Perspective
Edited by Donald M. Lewis and Richard V. Pierard
Evangelicalism is not merely a North American religiously charged ideology that dominates the popular mind. Over the last century, evangelicalism has taken on global proportions. It has spread from its northern heartlands and formed burgeoning newcenters of vibrant life in the global South. Alongside Islam, it is now arguably the most important and dynamic religious movement in the world today. ...
PaperbackMinistering in Honor-Shame Cultures
Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials
by Jayson Georges and Mark D. Baker
Many a Westerner has had a cross-cultural experience of honor and shame. First there are those stuttering moments in the new social landscape. Then after missed cues and social bruises comes the revelation that this culture—indeed much of the world—runs on an honor-shame operating system. When Western individualism and its introspective conscience fails to engage cultural gears, how can we shift ...
PaperbackDiscovering Church Planting
An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting
by J. D. Payne
Foreword by David J. HesselgraveIn Discovering Church Planting, J. D. Payne explores the biblical, historical, and missiological principles of global church planting as well as unfolding practical strategies for confronting contemporary challenges to our vital task in reaching a lost world.
This comprehensive introduction to church planting shows the reader how to apply effective, international church planting ...
PaperbackThe Cross and Gendercide
A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls
by Elizabeth Gerhardt
Violence against women and girls is a human rights epidemic that affects millions of lives around the world. While many Christians are addressing this crisis through education, advocacy and philanthropic support, there has been a reluctance to name gendercide as a theological and confessional issue, a matter that strikes at the very essence of the Christian faith. In The Cross and Gendercide, ...
PaperbackFrom Pandemic to Renewal
Practices for a World Shaken by Crisis
by Chris Rice
The pandemic changed the world on a global scale. Not only was it devastating in terms of loss of life, it also revealed deep layers of anxiety and brokenness throughout society. Mental exhaustion, economic disparities, and escalating divisions now mark our times.
But award-winning author Chris Rice sees the challenges of our day as a historic opportunity for renewal and fresh ...
PaperbackWhy the Rest Hates the West
Understanding the Roots of Global Rage
by Meic Pearse
"Why do they hate us so much?"Many in the U.S. are baffled at the hatred and anti-Western sentiment they see on the international news. Why are people around the world so resentful of Western cultural values and ideals? Historian Meic Pearse unpacks the deep divides between the West and the rest of the world. He shows how many of the underlying assumptions of Western civilization directly oppose ...
PaperbackTo Give or Not to Give
Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity, and Redefining Sustainability
by John Rowell
Foreword by Peter KuzmicModern mission theory is guided largely by the three self paradigm that suggests indigenous churches can only be healthy if they are self-governing, self-propagating, and self-supporting. Consequently, Western missionaries, their churches, and their agencies have been increasingly indisposed to giving generously. We must rethink the interplay of dollars dependency and what it means to do the right ...
PaperbackMinistering in Patronage Cultures
Biblical Models and Missional Implications
by Jayson Georges
Patronage governs many relationships in Majority World cultures. But regrettably, Western theologians and missionaries rarely notice this prominent cultural reality. Patronage—a reciprocal relationship between social unequals—is acentral part of global cultures and the biblical story of God's mission.
Misunderstanding patronage creates problems not only for Westerners ministering ...
