Jeff Straub

Crossing Cultures

Evangelism & Missions

“Missionary life is a high calling filled with significant challenges. Stephen Davis discusses important topics to be considered when evaluating someone’s preparation for cross-cultural ministry. Using insights gained from thirty years of church planting and missionary service, Davis challenges appointees to purposefully prepare for ministry. This book is a must read for future missionaries, the pastors who support them, and the mission personnel who assist them.”

Missiological Reflections on Life and Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“Davis provides a wonderful potpourri of missiological and theological reflections by a seasoned cross-cultural practitioner with a lifetime of wisdom and experience. You will find articles in this volume that will cause you to think deeply, engage earnestly, and intensify your commitment to missions . . . . A helpful collection of solid contemplations for those interested in taking the gospel around the world.”

Rise of French Laïcité

History & Biography

“Stephen Davis has written an important historical study on the rise of secularism (laïcité) in France. From the domination of the Roman Catholic Church at the Reformation to its separation from the state in 1905, the road was long and rocky. Constitutionally strengthened in 1946 and 1958, laïcité is being challenged today by the rapid growth of Islam, France’s second largest religion, and its pursuit of recognition in the public space. A truly engaging story.”

Thoughtful Christianity

History & Biography

“A fine study into the thought of a theological stalwart. Hovey was the most significant American Baptist theologian of the nineteenth century because of his influence for thirty years as president of Newton Theological Institution, America’s oldest Baptist seminary, and because of his voluminous literary output. Yet he has been that century’s most under-studied Baptist champion largely because the ground shifted underneath him from the old orthodoxy to ‘the new theology.’ An important contribution!”