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THINKING CAREFULLY ABOUT MISSIONS
Pragmatism, Pragmatism Everywhere!

Putting Contextualization in its Place

Lying, Hostile Nations and the Great Commission

MISSIONS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CHURCH AND FIELD
Missions Partnerships from the Home Church's Perspective

Missions Partnerships from a Field Worker's Perspective

HOW THREE CHURCHES PUT MISSIONS INTO PRACTICE
Sending Missionaries in Community

Cultivating a Culture of Missions in a Small Church

Developing Missions Networks Without a Denomination

A MISSIONS TOOLKIT
How American Christians Can Help Christians in Zambia

How to Get Businesspeople into Missions

Guidelines for Deciding Whom a Church Supports

A Church Questionnaire for Supported Missionaries

RECOMMENDED MISSIONS RESOURCES
9Marks Pastors' and Theologians' Forum
We asked a roundtable of pastors and theologians from around the world the question, "Do you like Operation World?

Book Review: An Introduction to the Science of Missions, by J.H. Bavinck
Reviewed by Andy Johnson

Book Review: Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions, by John Piper
Reviewed by Robin

Book Review: Missionary Methods: St Paul's or Ours?, By Roland Allen
Reviewed by Scott

Book Review: A Window on the World, by Daphne Spragget with Jill Johnstone
Reviewed by Tim Cantrell

 

Have you ever considered what it means for a church to be healthy? Have you ever thought about how that health is nurtured and sustained? If so, have you reflected on why you answer those questions the way you do?  

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NOT-SO-RECOMMENDED MISSIONS RESOURCES
Book Review: Church Planting Movements: How God Is Redeeming a Lost World, by David Garrison
Reviewed by Ed Roberts

Book Review: The CAMEL: How Muslims Are Coming to Faith in Christ, by Kevin Greeson
Reviewed by Doug Coleman

MISCELLANEOUS BOOK REVIEWS
Book Review: God in the Dark: The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt, by Os Guinness
Reviewed by Patrick Schreiner

Book Review: Where Are All the Brothers? By Eric Redmond
Reviewed by Anthony Carter

INTERVIEWS
Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa with Conrad Mbewe

Leading the Church Today with Aaron Menikoff & Friends

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