The following titles on MISSIONS are included in the 9Marks reading list for pastors:
Operation World, Patrick Johnstone
Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper
Christian Mission in the Modern World, John Stott
Missions Books Recommended For Pastors by 9Marks
November 18, 2007 By 1 Comment
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City has just published Discovering Missions, a book co-authored by Charles Gailey and myself.
Why don’t you consider adding it to your list? It has chapters on biblical foundations, missions history, culture, importance of “heart language,” the missionary call, mentoring of those feeling a call, mobilizing a local church, effective short-term mission trips, globalization of the church and of the missionary force, mission strategy, and a peek into the future.
Here’s what mission leaders are saying about it:
“A helpful guide for missionaries-to-be, missionaries on the field, sending churches and Christians of all walks of life.” — Hitoshi Fukue, seminary president in the Philippines
“New vistas of mission thinking . . . ” — David Hesselgrave, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
“Should become a standard text for academic mission studies programs and missionary training centers.” — Kenneth Gill, Billy Graham Center, Wheaton College
“I heartily recommend this important volume.” — Nina Gunter, missions mobilizer
“This book is a must read. — Franklin Cook, former missions executive and leader in Europe and Asia
“I found it so readable and interesting that I could scarcely put it down” — John Seaman, veteran missionary to French West Africa
“The book is obviously the result of many years of serious and intense missiological thinking and teaching, accompanied by significant experience in doing hands-on missionary work.” — Roy Stults, missiologist and veteran missionary