Biblical Missions
Principles, Priorities, and Practices
- Evangelism & Missions
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
Biblical Missions: Principles, Priorities, and Practices brings together experienced and biblically focused missions voices to equip evangelical students worldwide for a faithful gospel witness today. This comprehensive textbook produced by The Master's Academy International (TMAI), a non-profit organization and part of the John MacArthur family of ministries, is designed to equip pastors and church leaders around the world in biblical missiology and practice. The book combines 100 voices from 60 nations of origin or service to not only address the principles of biblical missions theory but also offer recommendations for faithful field applications, both within historically missions-sending countries as well as in Majority World countries that are reaching their surrounding regions with the gospel. Local churches around the world, as well as like-minded Christian colleges, seminaries, and missions organizations, are invited to follow these proven pathways to fulfill the Great Commission faithfully.
Endorsements (21)
“This massive volume introduces readers into the foundations and the fundamentals of the missionary work of the church, written by a wide range of authors who are concerned with scriptural integrity and commitment to the gospel and its proclamation. The book is highly recommended.”
“for a holistic understanding of biblical missions. I am sure that this major resource will serve well the next generation of students, church leaders, missionaries, and missiologists for years to come.”
“Drawing from the wells of systematic theology, biblical theology, and missions history, as well as hundreds of years of combined experience, a group of pastors, scholars, and missionaries joins forces in this book to provide unique perspectives from the mission field (in places as diverse as India, Italy, and Israel) to answer such questions as these: How should the example of the apostles guide missions? How does systematic theology inform missions? And how should churches support missions? Comprehensive, practical, and fascinating, this is a significant Reformed textbook on missiology. Come with questions and leave with biblical answers.”
“Believing the practice of missions to be extremely crucial, I was excited to discover a volume containing so many valuable insights. The biblical and historical undergirdings make it even more relevant. Here is a must-read for all who take our Lord’s Great Commission seriously.”
“from its zeal for world missions combined with careful biblical reflection.”
“The book you hold in your hands is a veritable treasure trove of immense importance that concerns key missiological issues confronting the global church today. Rejecting the “hallowed” trends in much of the modern evangelical mindset, the authors of this book propose instead a bold, thorough, and more eminently biblical philosophy of missions, carefully articulated by some of its most prominent representatives across the globe. This book may become the standard textbook on doing missions God’s way for years to come. The global church is very much indebted to Tatlock, Burnett, and all the other contributors for their courageous, clear, and comprehensive endeavor in the service of God and His church.”
“God’s redemptive plan is biblical, theocentric, Christ exalting, and church driven. History demonstrates that effective missions efforts have always been anchored in the Word of God, believed, lived out, and proclaimed in the power of the Spirit of God. Biblical Missions is an important work that argues for this kind of Great Commission work and from many different voices.”
“much needed!) resource on biblical missions that views Scripture as the ultimate authority and approaches it with a consistent literal methodology.”
“In the current missions world, mushy thinking and semibiblical, speed-driven efforts have now become the norm. This book takes us back to a Scripture-driven missiology. Tatlock and Burnett have gathered a group of solid thinkers and practitioners who shine a bright light on where the missions world is today and how we got there—a must-read for anyone serious about the Great Commission.”
“Biblical Missions is a resource we’ve needed for a long time: a meticulously researched and carefully carefully reasoned missions textbook that unflinchingly turns to Scripture first as it discusses the various thorny issues that have plagued modern day missiology. I was encouraged and sharpened by what I found here.”
“This excellent new volume is both comprehensive and committed to biblical authority. Moreover, to one deeply concerned with restoring biblical leadership to local churches, this book is a great encouragement because it rightly seeks to restore missions to the local church also, from training missionaries to indigenous church planting to raising up elders in the planted church. Biblical Missions: Principles, Priorities, and Practices is a clear, resounding call to every local body of believers to arise and fulfill her Lord’s commission in her Lord’s way. I warmly recommend it to readers everywhere.”
“For more than thirty years I have been directing missions and equipping missionaries throughout the world. I only wish this masterpiece, Biblical Missions: Principles, Priorities, and Practices, could have been available sooner. It is by far the most comprehensive, theologically accurate, and Christ-honoring reference book for missions I have ever seen.”
“A profound and thorough work for anyone interested in missions or who is already serving in missions. A fascinating, enlightening, and enjoyable read. To God be the glory!”
“Such a valuable resource! Each contributor offers biblically grounded, practical insights on key missiological issues, demonstrating how Scripture guides the mission of the church today. This is the one book to have if you are passionate about advancing the gospel with biblical clarity, theological depth, and global perspective.”
“Biblical Missions is, in my opinion, the most comprehensive treatment on the subject of missions in recent decades. In bringing together some of the most brilliant theological minds in the church today, it recovers a topic that is often relegated to the ecclesiastical cellar and places it where it rightly belongs: at the forefront of what the church exists to do in the world—making disciples of all nations (Matt 28:19).”
“Here is a much needed resource for the church today. It encompasses the whole of missions from the call to the care of the missionary. Here is a unique and timely tool for missionaries, missions committees, pastors, and the church at large, put together by a worldwide school of scholars involved in fulfilling the Great Commission.”
“Though clouded and confused by many in the twenty-first century, the first-century work of biblical missions continues to advance worldwide by God’s grace through the strategic work of faithful disciples of Christ. Participants in this vital cause must be trained and guided by seasoned leaders who have remained tenaciously faithful to God’s Word. Herein you will find timeless principles, indispensable priorities, and a variety of practical insights that will aid the next generation in getting one step closer to the completion of the Lord’s Great Commission.”
“There are unique seasons in redemptive history when the Lord providentially gathers His choice servants for a very special ministry fruitfulness. Decades of missionary experience and ministry wisdom have merged in this volume, producing a remarkable blend of biblical depth, fresh practical clarity, and gospel urgency. Insightful ministry voices from around the globe leave no missionary challenge unaddressed, giving the church a comprehensive study guide for faithfully obeying our Lord’s Great Commission. Pastors will love this tool for its biblical precision, and missionaries will find new boldness in its pages. Truly an extraordinary gift to God’s people!”
“During my time in seminary, it was a missiology class that lit a fire in my heart for missions that has never gone out. Those early years shaped much of the way that our own church now prioritizes reaching the nations. Before that, I had little clue as to what biblical missions really looked like, which led to a host of well-intentioned but unbiblical ideas and efforts. Thanks to Mark Tatlock and Chris Burnett, a whole new generation can not only embrace the mission of God to the nations with zeal but also do so with biblical accuracy and experience God’s blessing through their faithful labors.”
“Not just biblical but also practical and thorough. As a pastor concerned about fidelity and fruitfulness, fruitfulness, I commend Biblical Missions as an essential training tool for years to come.”
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