Charles E. Van Engen

A Long Walk, a Gradual Ascent

Evangelism & Missions

“The New Testament book of Acts has no ending because the Holy Spirit is still recording the stories of the birth and building of Christ’s church. With over two-thirds of the world church now in the South and East of the globe, it is urgent that we research and write the local histories of the church’s birth and life everywhere in the world. This very readable, fascinating, transparent, carefully researched, and lovingly told story of the Friends Church among the Aymara people of Bolivia is an important contribution.”

Abrahamic Blessing

Evangelism & Missions

“This excellent work is carefully and thoroughly researched, well documented, insightful, and passionate. [Abrahamic Blessing] should be read by anyone interested in God's mission who wants to learn to read the Bible with a missiological lens. . . . All of us who teach missiology are indebted to Sarita Gallagher for her outstanding contribution to the field. The reader will be inspired and challenged by this work.”

Being Missional, Becoming Missional

Evangelism & Missions

“The church does not exist to serve its members. The church consists of the followers of Jesus who together exist to participate in God’s mission of reconciling all peoples to God. . . . This clear, readable, and insightful work adds an essential element to the ongoing conversation of the past thirty years regarding the missional church. The thesis of this Evangelical Missiological Society monograph is that the church’s encounter with the triune God transforms the church to participate in its missionary vocation, and as the church participates in God’s mission, it encounters anew the triune God. This is a must-read for Christian church and mission leaders everywhere in the world. . . . This work should be translated at least into Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese, and Swahili.”

Between the Beginning and the End

Theology

“This moving meditation is a must-read for all church leaders. Bavinck's radical kingdom vision will revolutionize the reader's understanding of the Christian's place and role in God's mission from age to age. Bert Hielema's translation is outstanding -- readable, fluid, clear, forceful, and compelling.”

Business as Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“There is a growing awareness throughout the world church that in the twenty-first century business as mission (BAM) may well prove to one of God?s primary, if not the principle, instrument of world evangelization and kingdom transformation. Neal Johnson?s presentation of BAM is masterful, comprehensive, clear, wonderfully readable, motivating and challenging--the best in the field. May this work help to motivate and mobilize biblical Christians around the globe to new, creative and committed missionary action to, within and through the marketplace to proclaim in word and deed the coming of the kingdom of God in Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Christian Dogmatics

Theology

“One of the best and most helpful one-volume summaries of Christian thought published in the last several decades. Accessible, clear, inspiring, informative, and very readable, this work should be in every pastor’s library.”

For the Love of God

Evangelism & Missions

“This is a must-read for pastors, members of missions task forces, missionary leaders and practitioners, Christians involved in development projects, and mission thinkers. Here we are able to join a stimulating and insightful conversation regarding Christian mission. This work is broadly global, thoroughly evangelical, carefully biblical, theologically clear, uniquely grounded in the life of the local congregation, missionally transformational, and wonderfully practical.”

Missiological Hermeneutics

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Mission in the Old Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In the best tradition of Richard De Ridder, John Stott, Arthur Glasser, John Piper, and Roger Greenway, this book is a much-needed resource for all . . . who want to understand God's missionary purpose for the church as found in the Old Testament. . . . The reader will [also] find excellent sources for further study in the footnotes and bibliography.”

Re:Vision

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Malphurs and Penfold offer us their marvelous wisdom, creativity, practical analysis, and motivating vision—envisioning—with regard to pastoral leadership in the church. In this present situation in North America, there is much confusion over what could and should be done to lead churches toward health and growth. One thing we do know is that without vision—without envisioning—congregations slowly decline and die. This book is a treasure trove of down-to-earth, immediately usable advice for all of us called to lead the church today.”

Surviving Persecution

Evangelism & Missions

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The New Global Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“This book is must reading for all those who would lead Christ's church in this new millennium. Two-thirds of all Christians now live in Asia, Africa and Latin America. This means that the church's mission is now a truly global enterprise, as Escobar shows. Samuel Escobar, the dean of Latin American Protestant Evangelical missiologists, gives us here an insightful, careful, concise and passionate overview of the complex and constantly changing reality facing us all in the church's mission today. Escobar demonstrates a clear and compelling missionary commitment to the missional goal that, in the words of Donald McGavran, 'women and men become disciples of Jesus Christ and responsible members of Christ's Church.' The book's insightful trinitarian organization is capped off by a very helpful review of selected works by mission thinkers of the past fifty years.”

The Riddle of Life

Apologetics

“Here is a winsome, clear, concise, and inviting presentation of the basis for the Christian faith. . . . Persons of all ages and cultures who are asking deep questions about life's significance and purpose will find The Riddle of Life accessible, very contemporary, and profoundly meaningful.”

Tug of War

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Bold, creative, and daunting, this book invites all leaders who are followers of Jesus to reconsider how we think of power and weakness. This is a must-read for anyone in leadership—and especially those who are involved in forming leaders—in the church.”

Understanding Christian Mission

Theology

“An outstanding one-volume introduction to missiology. It is creative, unique, and captivating. I will recommend this text to all my colleagues.”