J. Nelson Jennings

Encountering Theology of Mission

Theology

“Good maps can be hard to find. Thankfully Craig Ott, Stephen Strauss, and Timothy Tennent have drawn up a comprehensive yet easy-to-navigate guide to the complex terrain of theologizing about Christian mission. It is hard to imagine a more careful presentation of this vast subject.”

Introducing Christian Mission Today

Evangelism & Missions

“Michael Goheen has distilled some of the best of recent Western missiological thinking into a readable and well-organized presentation. The book is current and has God's entire, comprehensive and worldwide mission in view. There are also particular examples and focused discussions on such crucial topics as urban mission. Many congregations, individuals and mission agencies will find great insight and reap much benefit here.”

Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered

Church Leadership & Ministry

“I'm not sure there is any analysis out there quite like Wanjiru Gitau's Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered. Somehow Gitau has managed a wide-ranging, global, and multidisciplinary study that stays anchored in the running example of Mavuno Church and its leaders. This study respects historical backgrounds, all the while addressing the contemporary realities of millennials, 'Afropolitans,' and Africa's 'youth bulge.' Gitau has done us all a tremendous service by concretely and adeptly explaining how God is working among worldwide megachurch formations today, as well as leading such movements into tomorrow. Don't miss this unique and groundbreaking story.”

Pastoral Leadership

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Intriguing, fascinating, instructive, convicting, encouraging, applicable: those are the stages that readers can anticipate experiencing through Won Sang Lee's unique case study and aptly entitled Pastoral Leadership. This self-critical comparison between Lee's own pastoral ministry and that of John Chrysostom might at first seem presumptuous, arbitrary, and contrived. However, readers will soon realize they have entered a spirit-led guidebook for their own leadership responsibilities and Christian discipleship. Read it, apply it, and teach from it.”

Paul Planted, Apollos Watered, but God

Evangelism & Missions

“Readers of Paul Planted, Apollos Watered, but God cannot help but feel the authors’ humble and self-critical—‘vulnerable’—posture. The book is not a guilt-inducing diatribe against an all-too-common, self-reliant, cross-cultural mission approach from which vulnerable mission distances itself. Rather, this readable set of essays mines the Bible, the authors’ wide-reaching mission experience, and other missiologists’ insights to invite readers to humble themselves, learn from others, and serve. This volume is both scholarly and practical, a helpful addition to today’s landscape of mission thinking.”

The Drama of Discipleship

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Practical. Scriptural. Missional. Challenging. Inspirational. . . . Communities of Jesus’s followers will find guidance here for growth in all areas of our lives. Many thanks to Greg Perry for The Drama of Discipleship, a facilitating tool for God’s transforming communication with his people—that pointed, divine exhortation which spurs us to serve as kingdom outposts in our local communities.”

The Gap Between God and Christianity

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Tom Stallter has faithfully and pointedly served those of us who comprise his Euro-North American audience. Building on his extensive international experience and painstaking scholarly pursuits, Stallter offers here not only a penetrating critique of our enslaving Western individualism but—perhaps even more importantly—constructive pointers toward living freely as followers of Jesus Christ. Stallter’s analysis of our skewed notion of ‘conscience’ is only one of several enlightening discussions that push us to ‘let God be God.’”