John S. Leonard, Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, recommends the following books for every pastor’s library:

by Bosch, David J.

The following bibliography on Evangelism and Missions was compiled by some of the faculty at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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Evangelism

General Books on Evangelism

Ford, Leighton. The Christian Persuader. Minneapolis: World Wide Publications, 1996.

Graham, Billy. World Aflame. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1964.

Leavell, Roland. Evangelism: Christ’s Imperative Commission. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1951.

Miles, Delos. Introduction to Evangelism. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1983.

Reid, Alvin. Introduction to Evangelism. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1998.

Evangelism and Church Growth in Contemporary Culture

Anderson, Leith. A Church for the Twenty-First Century. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1992.

Anderson, Leith. Dying for Change. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1990.

Barna, George. Evangelism That Works: How to Reach Changing Generations with The Unchanging Gospel. Ventura: Regal Books, 1996.

Barna, George. The Power of Vision. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1992.

Beougher, Sharon and Mary Dorsett. Women & Evangelism: An Evangelistic Lifestyle From A Woman’s Perspective. Wheaton, IL: Billy Graham Center, Institute of Evangelism, 1994.

Beougher, Timothy K. and Alvin L. Reid, eds. Evangelism for a Changing World. Harold Shaw, 1995.

BlumHofer, Edith L., and Randall Balmer. Modern Christian Revivals. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993.

Bright, Vonette and Barbara Ball. The Joy of Hospitality: Fun Ideas for Evangelistic Entertaining. New Life Publications (Campus Crusade), 1996.

Coleman, Robert E. The Master Plan of Evangelism. Grand Rapids: Fleming Revell, 1993.

Conn, Harvie M., ed. Planting and Growing Urban Churches. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999.

Dobson, Ed. Starting a Seeker Sensitive Service. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993.

Drummond, Lewis A. Reaching Generation Next: Effective Evangelism in Today’s Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2002.

Hemphill, Ken and Frank Harber. Got Life? [Enhanced Training and Action G.E.A.R.] Keller, TX: HeartSpring Media, 2000.

Hemphill, Ken. Revitalizing the Sunday School Dinosaur: A Sunday School Growth Strategy for the 21st Century. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996.

Hewitt, Hugh. The Embarrassed Believer: Reviving Christian Witness in an Age of Unbelief. Word Publishing, 1998.

Hunter III, George G. How to Reach Secular People. Nashville: Abington Press, 1992.

Hunter III, George. Church for the Unchurched. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.

McGavran, Donald. Understanding Church Growth. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980.

Morgenthaler, Sally. Worship Evangelism. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Neighbour, Jr., Ralph W. Where Do We Go from Here?: A Guidebook for the Cell Group Church. Houston, TX: Touch Publications, Inc., 1990.

North American Mission Board. The NET: Evangelism for the 21st Century Apprentice Manual. Alpharetta, GA: NAMB, 2000.

Peters, George W. Saturation Evangelism. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970.

Phillips, Tom, Bob Norsworthy and W. Terry Whalin. The World At Your Door: Reaching International Students In Your Home, Church, and School. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1997

Pritchard, G. A. Willow Creek Seeker Services: Evaluating A New Way of Doing Church. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996.

Rainer, Thom. The Book of Church Growth: History, Theology, and Principles. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1993.

Rainer, Thom. Effective Evangelistic Churches. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publisher, 1996.

Rainer, Thom. Evangelism in the Twenty-First Century. Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1989.

Rainer, Thom. High Expectations: The Remarkable Secret of Keeping People in Your Church. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1999.

Reid, Alvin L. and David A. Wheeler. Servanthood Evangelism. Alpharetta, GA: NAMB, 1999.

Reid, Alvin L. with Forward by Paige Patterson. Radically Unchurched: Who They Are – How to Reach Them. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2003.

Robinson, Darrell. Total Church Life. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990.

Russell, Bob. When God Builds a Church. West Monroe, LA: Howard Publishing Co., 2000.

Schwarz, Christian A. Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches. 3rd edition. Carol Stream, IL: ChurchSmart Resources, 1998.

Sjogren, Steve. Conspiracy of Kindness. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Publications,1993.

Strobel, Lee. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary: How to Reach Friends and Family Who Avoid God and the Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993.

Sweet, Leonard. Soul Tsunami: Sink or Swim in Millennium Culture. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999.

Terry, John Mark. Church Evangelism. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997.

Towns, Elmer L. & Warren Bird. Into the Future: Turning Today’s Church Trends into Tomorrow’s Opportunities. Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 2000.

Wagner, Peter. Leading Your Church to Growth. Ventura: Regal Books, 1984.

Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Personal Evangelism

Autrey, C.E. You Can Win Souls. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1961.

Bright, Bill. Witnessing Without Fear. San Bernardino, CA: Here’s Life Publishers, Inc, 1987.

Drummond, Lewis A. Ripe for Harvest. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2001.

Ford, Leighton. Good News is for Sharing. Fullerton, CA: Cook Publishing Co., 1977.

Hybels, Bill and Mark Mittelberg. Becoming a Contagious Christian. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.

Little, Paul. How to Give Away Your Faith. Downers Grove, IL :InterVarsity, 1988.

Morgan, G. Campbell. The Great Physician. Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1972.

NACIE 94. Equipping for Evangelism. Minneapolis, MN: Worldwide Publications, 1996.
Packer, J.I. Keep in Step with the Spirit. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House Company, 1984.

Pippert, Rebecca Manley. Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1979.

Scarborough, L.R. With Christ After the Lost. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1952.

Spurgeon, C.H. The Soul Winner. (public domain)

Thompson, Oscar. Concentric Circles of Concern. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1981.

Theology of Evangelism

Bruce, F.F. The Spreading Flame. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1958.

Chafer, Lewis Sperry. Salvation: A Clear Doctrinal Analysis. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1971.

Drummond, Lewis. The Word of the Cross: A Contemporary Theology of Evangelism. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1992.

George, Timothy. Theology of the Reformers. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1988.

Kantonen, T.A. Theology of Evangelism. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1954.

Kelly, Dean M. Why Conservative Churches are Growing. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

Kraemer, Henrik. A Theology of the Laity. London: Lutterworth Press, 1958.

Packer, J. I. Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1961.

Torrey, R.A. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974.

Biography

Curtis, R. K. They Called Him Mr. Moody. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1962.

Dallimore, Arnold. George Whitefield. Vol. I and II. London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1970.

Ottman, Ford C. Wilbur Chapman, A Biography. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920.

Smith, Rodney Gipsy. Gipsy Smith, His Life and Work. New York: Revell, 1902.

Charles H. Spurgeon, C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography: Compiled from his Diary, Letters and Records by his Wife and Private Secretary. London: Passmore and Alabaster Publishers, 1897; reprint Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1992. Two Volumes.

Winslow, Ola Elizabeth. Jonathan Edwards. New York: Macmillan Co., 1940.

Spiritual Awakenings

Burns, James. Revivals, Their Laws and Leaders. London: Rodder and Stoughton, 1909.

Cairnes, Earle E. Endless Line of Splendor. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale Publishing Inc., 1986.

Candler, Warren A. Great Revivals and the Great Republic. Nashville: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South, Smith & Lamar, agents, 1904.

Drewel, Wesley. Revival Fire. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Edwards, Brian H. Revival! A People Saturated with God. Durham, England: Evangelical Press, 1990.
Finney Charles. Lectures on Revivals of Religion. New York: Revell, 1868.

Fish, Henry Clay. Handbook of Revivals. Boston: J. H. Earle, 1874.

Fish, Roy. When Heaven Touched the Earth: The Awakening of 1858 and its Effects on Baptists. Azle, TX: Need of the Times Publishers, 1996.

Gaustad, Edwin Scott. The Great Awakening in New England. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.

Maxson, Charles H. The Great Awakening in the Middle Colonies. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1920.

McDow, Malcolm and Alvin Reid. FireFall. How God Has Shaped History Through Revivals. Nashville: Broadman, 1997.

Orr, James Edwin. (Series of books on Great Awakenings)

Sweet, William Warren. Revivalism in America: Its Origin, Growth, and Decline. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1944.

Evangelism in History

Chadwick, Henry. The Early Church. Middlesex, English: Penguin Books Ltd., 1986.

Eusebius. The History of the Church. London: Penguin Books, 1988.
Ferguson, Everett. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.

Green, Michael. Evangelism in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.

Lindberg, Carter. The European Reformations. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers Inc., 1996.

Terry, John Mark. Evangelism: A Concise History. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1994.

Other

Heck, Joel D. and John Paul Vincent, eds. Evangelism and the Christian College. Mequon, WI: Evangelism, 1994.

Missions

General Missiological Texts

Carey, William. An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens. Leicester: Ann Ireland, 1792. reprint: John L. Pretlove, ed., with an introduction by Keith E. Eitel. [Foreword by Paige Patterson]. Dallas: Criswell Publications, 1988.

Hawthorne, R.D.W. a. S.C., Ed., Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1999.

Hesselgrave, D.J., Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.

Hesselgrave, David J. and Edward Rommen. Contextualization: Meanings, Methods and Models. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1989.

Johnstone, Patrick. The Church Is Bigger than You Think. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1998.

Kane, Herbert J. A Concise History of the Christian World Mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1978.

Kane, Herbert. A Concise History of the Christian World Mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1982.

Olson, Gordon. What in the World is God Doing? The Essentials of Global Missions: An Introductory Guide. 4th ed. Cedar Knolls, NJ: Global Gospel Publishers, 1998.

Smith, Ebbie. Christianity in a Pluralistic World. Fort Worth: Church Starting Network, 2004.

Terry, John Mark, Ebbie C. Smith, and Justice Anderson, eds. Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1998.

Tippet, Alan R. Introduction To Missiology. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1987.

Winter, Ralph D. and Steve Hawthorne, eds. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader. rev. ed. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1999.

Woodberry, J. Dudley, Charles Van Engen and Edgar J. Elliston, eds. Missiological Education for the 21st Century. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996.

Resources

Moreau, A. Scott, ed. Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000.
Training/ The Making of a Missionary

Howard, David M. What Makes A Missionary. Chicago: Moody Press, 1987.

Taylor, William D., ed. Internationalizing Missionary Training: A Global Perspective. Grand
Rapids: Baker Book House, 1991.

Theology of Missions

Ahonen, Tiina. 2003. “Transformation Through Compassionate Mission: David J. Bosch’s Theology of Contextualization.” Ph.D. diss., University of Helsinki.

Anderson, Gerald H., ed. The Theology of the Christian Mission. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961.

Bakke, Ray. A Theology as Big as the City. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997.

Beals, Paul A. A People for His Name. rev. ed. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1995

Bosch, David. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1991.

Crockett, William V., and James G. Sigountos, eds. Through No Fault of Their Own? The Fate of Those Who Have Never Heard. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1991.

Dyrness, William A. Invitation to Cross-Cultural Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

Dyrness, William A. Learning About Theology from the Third World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.

Gilliland, Dean, ed. The Word Among Us: Contextualizing Theology for Mission Today. Waco: Word, 1989.

Glasser, Arthur F. with Charles E. Van Engen, Dean S. Gilliland, and Shawn B. Redford. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003.

Goerner, H. Cornell. All Nations in God’s Purpose: What the Bible Teaches about Missions. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1979.

Hesselgrave, David. Scripture and Strategy. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1994.

Köstenberger, Andreas J. The Missions of Jesus & The Disciples: According to the Fourth Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Kraft, Charles H. Christianity in Culture: A Study in Dynamic Biblical Theologizing in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1979.

LaGrand, James. The Earliest Christian Mission to “All Nations” in the Light of Matthew’s Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

Peters, George W. B46 A Biblical Theology of Missions. Chicago: Moody, 1980.

Phillips, James M. and Robert T. Coote, eds. Toward the 21st Century in Christian Mission. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Piper, John. Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions, rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2003.

Prescott-Ezickson, Robert. 1986. “The Sending Motif in the Gospel of John: Implications for Theology of Mission.” Ph.D. diss., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Scherer, James A. Missionary, Go Home! Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964.

Schreiter, Robert.
1999. “Jesus Christ and Mission: The Cruciality of Christology.” Missiology 18(4): 429-438.

Scott, Waldron. Karl Barth’s Theology of Mission. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity, 1978.

Steuernagel, Valdir Paul. 1988. “The Theology of Mission in Its Relation to Social Responsibility within the Lausanne Movement.” Th.D. diss., Lutheran School of Theology.

Thangaraj, M. Thomas. The Common Task: A Theology of Christian Mission. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.

Van Engen, Charles, Nancy Thomas, and Robert Gallagher, eds. Footprints of God: A Narrative Theology of Mission. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1999.

Verkuyl, J. Contemporary Missiology: An Introduction. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.

Visser ‘t Hooft, W.A. No Other Name: The Choice Between Syncretism and Christian Universalism. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1963.

Willis, Avery T., Jr., The Biblical Basis of Missions: Your Mission as a Christian. Nashville: Convention Press, 1992.

Young, Josiah U., III. African Theology: A Critical Analysis and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.

Missions Strategies

Garrison, V. David. The Nonresidential Missionary. Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1990.

George, Timothy and Denise. Bertha Smith: Go Home and Tell. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1995.

Hawthorne, Steve. Prayer-Walking. Orlando: Creation House, 1993.

Johnstone, Patrick and Jason Mandryk. Operation World. CD-ROM. 21st-Century Edition. Carlisle, Cumbria, UK: Paternoster Lifestyle, 2001.

Johnstone, Patrick. Operation World: When We Pray God Works, 21st-Century Edition. Carlisle, Cumbria, UK: Send the Light/Paternoster, 2001.

Kraakevik, James. Partners in the Gospel. Wheaton: Billy Graham Center, 1992.

Pirolo, Neal. Serving As Senders. San Diego, CA: Emmaus Road International, 1991.

Wagner, C. Peter. Praying Through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window. Seattle: Youth With A Mission, 1995.

Church Planting

Garrison, D., Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World. Bangalore, India: WIGTake Resources, 2004.

Sanchez, Daniel, Ebbie C. Smith and Curtis Watke. Starting Reproducing Congregations: A Guidebook for Contextual New Church Development. Fort Worth: Church Starting Network, 2001.

Short-Term Missions

Chinn, Lisa Espineli. Reentry Guide. Orlando, FL: Deeper Roots Publishing, 1998.

Dillon, William P. People Raising. Chicago: Moody Press, 1993.

Hawthorne, Steve. Prayer-Walking. Orlando, FL: Creation House, 1993.

Kraakevik, James. Partners in the Gospel. Wheaton, IL: Billy Graham Center, 1992.

Peterson, Roger. Maximum Impact Short-Term Mission. Short-Term Evangelical Missions Press, 2003.

Smith, Pamela. Excel: Simple & Effective Missions Team Training for Youth. Birmingham: Woman’s Missionary Union, 1998.

Wnzhong, Hu and Cornelius Grove. Encountering the Chinese. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1999.

Anthropology

Hiebert, P.G., Anthropological Insights for Missionaries. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1985.

Kraft, Charles H. Anthropology for Christian Witness. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996.

Luzbetak, Louis J. The Church and Cultures: New Perspectives in Missiological Anthropology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989.

Smalley, William A. Readings in Missionary Anthropology II; enlarged 1978 edition. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1978.

Missionary Stories / Biographies

Anderson, Courtney. To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1987.

Drummond, Lewis. Miss Bertha: Woman of Revival. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996.

Elliot, Elisabeth. Through the Gates of Splendor. Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, 1985.

Fitts, Leroy. Lott Carey: First Black Missionary to Africa. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1978.

Richardson, Don. Peace Child. Glendale, CA: Regal Books/Gospel Light, 1975.

Steven, Hugh. Wycliffe in the Making. Wheaton: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1995.

Taylor, William D. Too Valuable to Lose. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1997.

Woodbridge, John D., ed. Ambassadors for Christ. Chicago: Moody Press, 1994.

Historical Missions Perspectives

Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1962.

Bosch, D.J., Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1992.

Estep, William R., Whole Gospel Whole World: The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention 1845-1995. Nashville, Broadman and Holman, 1994.

Green, Michael. Evangelism in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.

Harnack, Adolf. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries. 2 vols. New York: Putnam, 1908.

Howard, David M. Student Power in World Evangelism. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1970.

Kane, Herbert J. Wanted: World Christians. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1986.

Larkin, William, J and Joel F. Williams, eds. Mission in the New Testament. American Society of Missiology. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1998.

LaTourette, Kenneth Scott. Christianity Through the Ages. New York: Harper and Row, 1965

Matthews, Basil. Forward Through the Ages. New York: Friendship Press, 1951.

Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1986.

O’Brien, A. J.K. a. P.T., Salvation to the Ends of the Earth. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2001.

Speer, Robert E. Missions and Modern History. 2 vols. New York: Revell, 1904.

Tucker, R.A., From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, Zondervan, 1983.

Yohannan, K.P. The Coming Revolution in World Missions. Altamonte Springs, FL: Creation House, 1986.

Missionary Conference Reports

Beyerhaus, Peter. Missions: Which Way? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1971.

Douglas, J. D., ed. Let the Earth Hear His Voice. (Lausanne, 1974) Minneapolis: Worldwide Publications, 1975.

Elliston, Edgar J., ed., Teaching Them Obedience in All Things: Equippping for the 21st Century. Evangelical Missiological Society Series Number 7. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1999.

Taylor, William D., ed., Global Missiology for the 21st Century: The Iguassu Dialogue. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.

Missions in America

Berkhofer, Robert F. Salvation and the Savage: An Analysis of Protestant Missions and American Indian Response. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1965.

Cauthen, Baker J. Advance: A History of SBC Foreign Missions. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1970.

Chaney, Charles. The Birth of Missions in America. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1976.

Rutledge, Arthur B. Mission to America: A Century and a Quarter of Southern Baptist Home Missions. Nashville: Broadman, 1969.

Missions and Ecumenics

Beaver, R. Pierce. Ecumenical Beginnings in Protestant World Mission. New York: Nelson, 1962.

Fey, Harold E., ed. A History of the Ecumenical Movement: 1948-1968. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970.

Hogg, W
illiam R. Ecumenical Foundations: A History of the International Missionary Council and Its Nineteenth Century Background. New York: Harper, 1952.

Church Growth

Allen, Roland. The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Causes that Hinder It. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1962.

McGavran, Donald. Church Growth and Christian Mission. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1965.

Smith, Ebbie C. Growing Healthy Churches. Fort Worth: Church Starting Network, 2003.

World Religions

Albanese, Catherine L. American Religions and Religion. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1992.

Anderson, Gerald H., and Thomas F. Stransky, eds. Mission Trends No. 5: Faith Meets Faith. Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1981.

Anderson, James Norman, ed. The World’s Religions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.

Anderson, Sir Norman. Christianity and World Religions: The Challenge of Pluralism. 2nd ed. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1984.

Ariarajah, S. Wesley. The Bible and People of Other Faiths. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1990.

Braswell, George W. Understanding World Religions. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994.

Burnett, David. Clash of Worlds. Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1990.

Carson, D. A. The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2002.

Cragg, Kenneth. The Christ and the Faiths. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986.

Cunningham, Richard B. The Christian Faith and Its Contemporary Rivals. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1988.

Fenton, John Y., Norvin Hein, Frank E. Reynolds, Allan L. Miller and Neils C. Nielson, Jr. Religions of Asia. 2nd edition, New York: St. Martin Press, 1988.

Geisler, Norman L., and William D. Watkins, eds. Worlds Apart. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1989.

Halverson, Dean C., general editor, The Compact Guide to World Religions, Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1996.

Hick, John, and Brian Hebblethwaite, eds. Christianity and Other Religions: Selected Readings. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.

Hopfe, Lewis M. The Religions of the World. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1987.
Hullum, Everett, ed. Beliefs of Other Kinds: A Guide to Interfaith Witness in the United States. Atlanta: Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1984.

Hume, Robert E., The World’s Living Religions, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

Kane, J. Herbert. Christian Missions in Biblical Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1976.

King, Hans, Joseph van Ess, Heinrich von Stietencron, and Heinz Bechert. Christianity and the World Religions: Paths of Dialogue with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, 1986.

Knitter, Paul F. Jesus and the Other Names: Christian Mission and Global Responsibility. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1996.

Knitter, Paul F. No Other Name? A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes Toward the World Religions. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1985.

Lausanne Occasional Papers. Christian Witness to Buddhists. No. 15 Thailand Report. Pattaya, Thailand: Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 1980.

Lewis, James F. and William G. Travis, Religious Traditions of the World, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1991.

Mbiti, John S. New Testament Eschatology in African Background: A Study of the Encounter Between New Testament Theology and African Traditional Concepts. London: Oxford, 1971; reprinted London: SPCK, 1978.

McDowell, Josh and Don Stewart. Handbook of Today’s Religions. San Bernardino, CA: Here’s Life Publishers, 1983.

Nash, Ronald H. Is Jesus The Only Savior? Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994.

Neill, Stephen. Christian Faith and Other Faiths. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1984.

Netland, Harold A. Dissonant Voices: Religious Pluralism and the Question Of Truth. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Panikkar, Raimundo. The Unknown Christ of Hinduism. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1981.

Parshall, Phil. New Paths in Muslim Evangelism: Evangelical Approaches to Contextualization. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980.
Parshall, Phil. The Cross and the Crescent: Understanding the Muslim Mind and Heart. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1989.

Pinnock, Clark H. A Wideness in God’s Mercy: The Finality of Jesus Christ in a World of Religions. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

Race, Alan. Christians and Religious Pluralism: Patterns in the Christian Theology of Religions. Maryknoll: Orbis, 1982.

Rommen, Edward and Harold Netland, eds. Christianity and the Religions: A Biblical Theology of World Religions. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1995.

Rosen, Ruth. Jews for Jesus. San Francisco: A Messianic Jewish Perspective, 1987.

Smart, Ninian and Richard D. Hecht, eds. Sacred Texts of the World A Universal Anthology. New York: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1982.

Tucker, Ruth A. Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.

Woodberry, J. Dudley, ed. Muslims and Christians on the Emmaus Road: Crucial Issues in Witness among Muslims. Monrovia: MARC/World Vision, 1989.

The following books on Evangelism and Missions are recommended in the publication Beginning Your Theological Library published by the Criswell College.

And here are some more from their list of recommended titles on Evangelism and Missions:

• The Impact of Christianity on the Non-Christian World, by J. H. Bavinck
• Evangelism: A Biblical Approach, by G. Michael Cocoris
• The Mind Changers, by Emory Griffin
• Unmasking the New Age, by Douglas Groothuis
• Transforming Culture: Developing a Biblical Ethic in an African Context, by Keith Eitel
• All Things Are Possible, by David Harrell
• The Battle For World Evangelism, by Arthur Johnston
• A Global View of Christian Missions From Pentecost to the Present, by J. Herbert Kane
• Life and Work on the Mission Field, by J. Herbert Kane
• An Evangelical Theology of Missions, by Harold Lindsell
• Liberation Theology, by Emilio Nunez
• The Cult Invasion, by R. Alan Streett
• Exploring Evangelism, by Mendell Taylor
• On the Crest of the Wave, by Peter Wagner