• Why Church?: A Basic Introduction, By Scott W. Sunquist
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    Why Church?

    A Basic Introduction

    by Scott W. Sunquist
    Foreword by Richard J. Mouw

    Is a church just something we create to serve our purposes or to maintain old traditions? Or is it something more vital, more meaningful, and more powerful? In this introduction to the nature of the local church, historian and missionary Scott Sunquist brings us a portrait of the church in motion, clarifying the two primary purposes of the church: worship and witness.

  • Seeking Church: Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom, By Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
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    Seeking Church

    Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom

    Missiological Engagements

    by Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness

    New expressions of church, including so-called insider movements, are proliferating among non-Christian religious communities worldwide. Drawing on the growing social-scientific work on emergent theory, Darren Duerksen and William Dyrness explore how all Christian movements have been and are engaged in a "reverse hermeneutic," where the gospel is read and interpreted through existing cultural and religious norms.

  • Intercultural Theology, Volume Three: A Theology of Interreligious Relations, By Henning Wrogemann
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    Intercultural Theology, Volume Three

    A Theology of Interreligious Relations

    Missiological Engagements

    by Henning Wrogemann

    Christianity is not only a global but also an intercultural phenomenon. In this third volume of his three-volume Intercultural Theology, Henning Wrogemann proposes that we need to go beyond currently trending theologies of mission to formulate both a theory of interreligious relations and a related but methodologically independent theology of interreligious relations.

  • You Welcomed Me: Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us, By Kent Annan
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    You Welcomed Me

    Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us

    by Kent Annan

    "Are we for them or against them?" In this wise, practical book on the refugee and immigrant crises around the world, Kent Annan explores how fear and misunderstanding can motivate our responses to people in need. Instead, he invites us into stories of welcome, laying out simple practices for a way forward across social and cultural divides.

  • Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered: Millennials and Social Change in African Perspective, By Wanjiru M. Gitau
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    Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered

    Millennials and Social Change in African Perspective

    Missiological Engagements

    by Wanjiru M. Gitau
    Foreword by Mark R. Shaw

    In this case study of Kenya's Nairobi Chapel and its "daughter" Mavuno Church, Wanjiru M. Gitau offers analysis of the rise, growth, and place of megachurches worldwide in the new millennium. This engaging account centers on the role of millennials in responding to the dislocating transitions of globalization in postcolonial Africa and around the world, gleaning practical wisdom for postdenominational churches everywhere.

  • The Global Diffusion of Evangelicalism: The Age of Billy Graham and John Stott, By Brian Stanley
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    The Global Diffusion of Evangelicalism

    The Age of Billy Graham and John Stott

    History of Evangelicalism Series

    by Brian Stanley

    In this fifth volume in the History of Evangelicalism series, Brian Stanley offers an authoritative survey of worldwide evangelicalism from the 1940s to the 1990s. He makes extensive use of primary sources and covers a range of key topics, issues, trends and events, along with prominent and lesser-known figures from the era.

  • Intercultural Theology, Volume Two: Theologies of Mission, By Henning Wrogemann
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    Intercultural Theology, Volume Two

    Theologies of Mission

    Missiological Engagements

    by Henning Wrogemann

    In this second volume of his three-volume Intercultural Theology, Henning Wrogemann turns to theologies of mission. Tracing developments across a range of Christian traditions, movements, themes, and regions of the globe, Wrogemann provides an overview of the theological underpinnings, rationalizations, and visions for mission and its practice.

  • Window on the World: An Operation World Prayer Resource, Edited by Molly Wall and Jason Mandryk
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    Window on the World

    An Operation World Prayer Resource

    Operation World Resources

    Edited by Molly Wall and Jason Mandryk

    If you appreciate Operation World as an adult, your kids will love this invaluable and age-appropriate prayer resource that develops cultural, political, and geographical awareness. This revised edition includes new entries for more countries and people groups, with updated information and prayer points. Young people and adults alike can discover and pray for the peoples of the world.

  • In Search of Christ in Latin America: From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior, By Samuel Escobar
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    In Search of Christ in Latin America

    From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior

    by Samuel Escobar
    Foreword by C. René Padilla

    Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey and study of Christology in Latin America. Presented for the first time in English, this rich resource starts with the first Spanish influence and moves through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, culminating in an important description of the work of the Latin American Theological Fraternity.

  • Explorations in Asian Christianity: History, Theology, and Mission, By Scott W. Sunquist
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    Explorations in Asian Christianity

    History, Theology, and Mission

    Missiological Engagements

    by Scott W. Sunquist

    Asia is the birthplace of Christianity, yet the history of Asian Christianity has long been a difficult one. Scott W. Sunquist is a recognized expert on the history of the Christian faith in Asia, and these essays cover Asian Christianity in broad perspective, with topics such as the history of Christian mission and missionary practice in Asia, theological education, and global migration.

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