Scott W. Sunquist

A Little Drop of Love

History & Biography

“I mentioned to some folks that I was reading a biography of one of the most important Bible teachers of the twentieth century. No one guessed I was reading about Henrietta Mears. Many people, good Christian folks too, have never heard of her. And yet her remarkable leadership, winsome personality, and memorable Bible teaching launched the ministries and missionary work of hundreds. . . . A number of Henrietta's 'disciples' I am sure would ask you to read this book. And who are they? Dawson Troutman, Billy Graham, and Bill Bright, to name a few.”

An Ethiopian Reading of the Bible

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Keon-Sang An's work is not only a window into East African biblical contextual theology; it is also an introduction to biblical and theological method for the 21st century. He carefully argues that the long shadow of western theological method must be replaced by local interpretations that pay attention to both context and tradition. Even more remarkable is that this introduction to a method and its application comes from a Korean, listening to Africans, and writing in America.”

Beyond Profession

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Beyond Profession is a realistic, thoughtful, and carefully reasoned way forward for theological education in the coming decades. If anyone would know where the educational strands are that need to be pulled together, it would be Dan Aleshire. And in fact he does a remarkable job pulling the very diverse threads from the many Christian traditions in North America together to plead a case, not only for theological education, but for the church in North America. The driving concept is a very important Christian concept that must be a central concern for our seminaries: formational theological education. I believe there is hope for our seminaries and thus our churches as outlined in this volume. Seminary faculty and boards should take time to read this together. We will.”

Breaking the Huddle

Evangelism & Missions

“I have found Everts and Schaupp's previous book I Once Was Lost and their five thresholds in evangelism very helpful. But that was just the beginning. In this classy and winsome presentation, we can think along with the authors about how our local community can really move from being a huddled mass of nice Christians to become a community of conversion—a place where we constantly see people coming to faith in Jesus. This is a thoughtful, well-researched approach to transformation for movements of conversion. It's a unique and inviting contribution.”

Christianity Encountering World Religions

Evangelism & Missions

“Finally we have in a single volume a sustained, creative, and approachable argument describing how Christians should think about their relations with people of other faiths. There is neither a more important issue in missiology today nor a better presentation of the material in a constructive piece. The authors lucidly lay out the various positions and approaches, but they also clearly spell out their own commitments. I now have a book to point to and say, 'Read this, and then we can talk about Christian life and responsibility in a religiously plural world.'”

Christianity Made in India

History & Biography

“Seldom do we find someone who can move effortlessly from the book of Acts to recent history of Christianity in any region of the world, but Hedlund does this beautifully in this remarkable volume. Those interested in understanding Christianity as a religion, as well as understanding Indian Christianity will find this a go-to volume for years to come.”

Encountering the History of Missions

History & Biography

“In the tradition of J. Herbert Kane's mission textbooks, Terry and Gallagher have brought their broad experience and scholarship to provide the next generation of mission students a text on mission history. Of special interest for those who are both practitioners and scholars is how the authors point the way forward based on the history they describe.”

Faiths in Conflict?

World Religions

“Ramachandra has taken one of the most important issues for the twenty-first century--the conflict of faiths, ideologies and cultures--and shattered our easy assumptions. . . . Avoiding simplistic secular and relativist arguments, this book takes seriously both the radical nature of the life and teachings of Jesus and the complex nature of our contemporary conflicts. It could reshape Christian thought about culture and bring Christians, East and West, to a new type of unity.”

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

World Religions

“For anyone who cares about the church in the modern world―especially the issues of institutional health for the sake of the church and global mission―this is an important work. Many of the personalities told in this story have had a national or international presence and impact. Here we see their institutional home, through all the vicissitudes of social issues and economic fluctuations. A tale well told.”

Mission Strategy in the City

Evangelism & Missions

“Enoch Kim has made a unique contribution to mission studies. In this one volume we are introduced to the study of the city, we learn about the many ways we need to look at the city, and we are shown how Christian mission needs to be shaped by urban studies. Those who hope to engage the cities of the world today would do well to start here: with Enoch Kim on the city.”

Planting a Church Without Losing Your Soul

Church Leadership & Ministry

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Practicing the Ordinary Supernatural Presence of God

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“One of the most creative, imaginative, and deeply theological works that you will find for laity and clergy alike. Davis is concerned that, as he calls it, ‘Evangelicalism 3.0’ develop with a sound theology, experience, and affective life. This means that Enlightenment rationalism must not prevent the church in the West from living into the very ordinary supernatural presence of God. An inspiring book with which to start one’s theological studies, or to pray through as a church. Davis is motivated to help bring about a church that is globalized, diversified, and energized. Handle with care.”

Receptor-Oriented Communication for Hui Muslims in China

Evangelism & Missions

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Starting Missional Churches

Church Leadership & Ministry

“If the Western church is going to do more than survive, at some level she will have to accept the critique and theology that was first espoused by Lesslie Newbigin in the 1970s. This very creative volume does just this. A must for would-be churchplanters and for pastors who want to avoid both cultural drift and Christendom shackles. Lau Branson and Warnes have pulled together a community of church planting practitioners who are reflecting on church planting with theological integrity, cultural awareness and missional conviction. A must read for church leaders in North America. One of the classic lines of this important volume is Lau Branson reflecting on the nature of any church: 'Newbigin would have us become aware, be participants, while also being people of a counternarrative.' This creative volume will help people 'become aware' as they plant churches that embrace local contexts while living a 'counternarrative.' This is a practical volume with theological integrity.”

Teamwork Cross-Culturally

Evangelism & Missions

“Although written for cross-cultural team leaders and leaders of mission organizations, this remarkable book is helpful for all Christian leaders who are involved in multicultural churches or other organizations. It contains clarity about the problems we encounter with multicultural leadership, and it offers good, solid biblical and theological guidance in moving forward.”

The Art of Pastoring

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Hansen's The Art of Pastoring is a gem that most pastors should read every few years to recenter their lives and ministries on and in Jesus Christ. I do not fly fish, nor do I tend sheep. Yet I understand what Jesus means when he says to 'tend my sheep;' I also understand what Hansen means when he says that the pastor is the fisherman's fly.”

The Great Story and the Great Commission

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“With a lifetime of scholarly study of Scriptures and a concomitant passion for God’s mission, Christopher Wright has handed us a creative, accessible, and inviting way to view the Bible. His thesis, which spills out from every page, is that the Bible is the story of God’s mission, and it is our story. We find ourselves in the remarkable seven-act drama of Scripture.”

The Story That Chooses Us

Evangelism & Missions

“Collected in this single volume are some of the most important essays that have fed the missional church conversation the past two decades. George Hunsberger, as much as anyone else, has been the patriarch of this important movement.”

Whitefield on the Christian Life

Christian Living

“Tom Schwanda and Ian Maddock have created a lucid introduction to the Christian life—from deadness in sin to sinless perfection in glory—as lived, preached, and journaled by George Whitefield. This book is a treasure of the Christian life given as a thick description in candid illumination. Theology preached, friendships cultivated, and evangelistic sermons printed—all reveal the full humanity and large persona of this great founder of modern evangelicalism. The apt subtitle of this volume, New Birth to Enjoy God, reminds us that Whitefield’s theology, and the best of ecumenical evangelicalism, is driven by gratitude and joy.”