Mission Bookshelf

One of my happier habits is lending out books …..

Missional Church

Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One, by Alan J. Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren, Baker Books, 2009 . Recommended reading for a 2013 church leadership retreat.

Missional Church A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America, edited by Darrell L. Guder, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998. A missional church classic.

An Unstoppable Force daring to become the church GOD has in mind, by Erwin Raphael McManus, Group Publishing, 2001.

Theology of Mission

Mission of the Way: Issues in Mission Theology, by Charles Van Engen, Baker Books, 1996. Required reading in early 2000 Fuller Theological Seminary School of Intercultural Studies courses.

Christian Justice Movement

The Just Church: Becoming a risk-taking, justice seeking, disciple-making congregation, by Jim Martin, Tyndale Momentum books, 2012.

The Locust Effect: Why The End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence, by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros, Oxford University Press, 2014. See also Gary’s TED Talk…..

Mission Biography

Buy This Land, by Chi-Dooh Li, 2012. Story of the founder of Agros International, an organization combating the root causes of poverty.

Created for Purpose: The Inspirational Story of Northwest Medical Teams, by Ronald Post, Coffee House Publishing, 1999. The early story of a global health initiative now called Medical Teams International.

The Kidnapping of an American Missionary: One Woman’s Story of Courage and Conviction Under Fire, by Phyllis Sortor, publication of the Free Methodist Church, 2018. Met Phyllis when she came to preach at the church I served as interim pastor in 2018.

Service and Short-term Mission

Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-term Missions with Cultural Intelligence, by David A. Livermore, Baker Books, 2006.

When Helping Hurts How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, Moody Publishers, 2012. Also available as an online video-based study for small groups. as Doing Short-Term Mission Without Doing Long-Term Harm, and as Helping Without Hurting in Church Benevolence.