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Practical Theology, Spirituality & FormationGraceful EvangelismChristian Witness in a Complex World

Frances S. Adeney

Although evangelism has been practiced in different ways across the centuries, it has always been crucial to Christianity. This text by a seasoned evangelism scholar offers a comprehensive treatment of evangelism, from biblical models to contemporary practice. Frances Adeney shows that new evangelism theologies and methods are necessary in today’s religiously pluralistic and secular contexts. She provides a historical survey of evangelism, assesses the current situation, and offers a way forward. By understanding different contexts and approaches to evangelism and accepting the views of others on this crucial topic, readers can replace the “evangelism wars” (social action vs. proclamation) with a more graceful approach to sharing God’s good news with the world. Professors and students in evangelism, outreach, ministry, and missions courses; evangelism and mission scholars; and pastors, church leaders, and missionaries will value this work.

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Introduction: What This Book Is About

Part 1: Where Did We Come From?

1. What Is Evangelism? Perspectives and Problems 2. What Does the Bible Say? Biblical Models of Evangelism 3. Patterns of Evangelism through the Ages 4. The Western Missionary Movement in the Nineteenth Century: An American Perspective

Part 2: Where Are We Now?

5. The Situation for Evangelism in the Twenty-first Century: Two Sides of a Coin 6. Today’s Mission Trends 7. Contemporary Theologies of Evangelism

Part 3: Where Are We Going?

8. Abundant Life 9. A Mission Statement for Evangelism 10. Changing Context: Transforming Mission

Part 4: Can We Craft a Graceful Evangelism?

11. Insights from Contemporary Theologies of Evangelism 12. Challenges to Crafting a Graceful Evangelism 13. Changes: New Movements and Institutional Re-visionings 14. Seeing through Their Eyes: A Spiral of Knowledge Acquisition 15. Radical Habits: Practices for Evangelism Today Appendix: Constructing a Congregational Timeline Indexes

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February 2011 • 240 pp. • paper • $21.99 • 978-0-8010-3185-4Evangelism, Mission

Frances S. Adeney (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She has authored and contributed to many books, including Christianity Encountering World Religions, Christianity and Human Rights, and Christian Women in Indonesia: A Narrative Study of Gender and Religion.

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The MysTic Way of evangelisMA ContemplAtive vision for ChristiAn outreACh

Elaine A. Heath

208 pp. • paper$19.99978-0-8010-3325-4

evangelisM afTer chrisTendoMthe theology And prACtiCe of ChristiAn Witness

Bryan P. Stone

336 pp. • paper$30.00978-1-58743-194-4

The forgoTTen WaysreACtivAting the missionAl ChurCh

Alan Hirsch

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live To TellevAngelism in A postmodern Age

Brad J. Kallenberg

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Introducing Cultural AnthropologyA Christian Perspective

Brian M. Howell and Jenell Williams Paris

What is the role of culture in human experience? This introductory cultural anthropology text helps students understand and discern this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. The book covers standard cultural anthropology topics with special attention given to issues of concern to Christians, such as cultural relativism, evolution, and missions. It offers a fresh, contemporary approach to cultural anthropology, incorporating the most recent theory and language in the discipline. Each chapter includes learning objectives, text boxes, terms, and discussion questions. In addition, plentiful maps, photos, and sidebars are sprinkled throughout the text. A companion website features numerous ancillary support materials and teaching aids (www.IntroducingAnthropology.com).

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“Introducing Cultural Anthropology has much to offer. Each chapter includes clear learning objectives, chapter outlines, brief but clear presentations of complex anthropological concepts—including culture, the nature of descent, and cultural theory—mixed with a biblical perspective on all these issues. The authors also bring themselves to the text, sharing their cultural experiences in dispersed fieldwork sites, their Christian values, and even their families—a true mix of culture and life. The chapters on religion and globalization are brilliant and all chapters are informative and challenging. I happily commend this book for use in college classrooms as well as missional training—students and all who anticipate ministry, whatever the context, will benefit.”—R. Daniel Shaw, Fuller Graduate School of Intercultural Studies

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1. The Discipline of Anthropology 2. The Concept of Culture 3. Language 4. Social Structure and Inequality 5. Gender and Sexuality 6. Production and Exchange 7. Authority and Power 8. Kinship and Marriage 9. Religion and Ritual 10. Globalization and Culture Change 11. Theory in Anthropology 12. Anthropology in Action Index

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December 2010 • 288 pp. • paper • $29.99 • 978-0-8010-3887-7Mission

Brian M. Howell (PhD, Washington University) is associate professor of anthropology at Wheaton College. His books and articles have focused on

ethnography of the Philippines, anthropology of religion, faith integration, and Christian missions. Jenell Williams Paris (PhD, American University) is

professor of anthropology and sociology at Messiah College. She formerly taught at Bethel University. Both authors regularly teach introductory

anthropology courses.

A l s o o f I n t e r e s tleading cross-culTurallyCovenAnt relAtionships for effeCtive ChristiAn leAdership

Sherwood G. Lingenfelter

176 pp. • paper$16.99978-0-8010-3605-7

The gospel in huMan conTexTsAnthropologiCAl explorAtions for ContemporAry missions

Paul G. Hiebert

224 pp. • paper$21.99978-0-8010-3681-1

TransforMing WorldvieWsAn AnthropologiCAl understAnding of hoW people ChAnge

Paul G. Hiebert

368 pp. • paper$24.99978-0-8010-2705-5

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Practical Theology, Spirituality & FormationCounseling and PsychotherapyA Christian Perspective

Siang-Yang Tan

This text combines cutting-edge expertise with deeply rooted Christian insights to offer a comprehensive survey of ten major counseling and psychotherapy approaches. For each approach, Siang-Yang Tan provides a substantial introduction, assessing the approach’s effectiveness and the latest research findings or empirical evidence for it. He then critiques the approach from a Christian perspective. Tan also includes hypothetical transcripts of interventions for each major approach to help readers better understand the clinical work involved.

This book presents a Christian approach to counseling and psychotherapy that is Christ centered, biblically based, and Spirit filled. It will work well for marriage and family, social work, ministry, counseling, and psychology courses. Christian counselors and psychotherapists, pastors, chaplains, and lay counselors will also benefit from Tan’s expertise.

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Part 1: Basic Issues in the Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

1. Overview of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice 2. The Person of the Counselor 3. Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy

Part 2: Major Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques

4. Psychoanalytic Therapy 5. Adlerian Therapy 6. Jungian Therapy 7. Existential Therapy 8. Person-Centered Therapy 9. Gestalt Therapy 10. Reality Therapy 11. Behavior Therapy 12. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy 13. Marital and Family Therapy

Part 3: A Christian Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy

14. Christian Theology in Christian Counseling: A Biblical Perspective on Human Nature and Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy 15. Christian Faith in Clinical Practice: Implicit and Explicit Integration 16. The Holy Spirit and Christian Spirituality in Counseling and Psychotherapy 17. Legal and Ethical Issues in Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy Appendix: Is Psychotherapy Effective? Index

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January 2011 • 496 pp. • cloth • $39.99 • 978-0-8010-2966-0Psychology/Counseling

Siang-Yang Tan (PhD, McGill University) is professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and senior pastor of First Evangelical Church Glendale. He has written numerous books, including Lay Counseling, Disciplines of the Holy Spirit, and Coping with Depression.

A l s o o f I n t e r e s ta peaceable psychologyChristiAn therApy in A World of mAny Cultures

Alvin Dueck and Kevin Reimer

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The faces of forgivenessseArChing for Wholeness And sAlvAtion

F. LeRon Shults and Steven J. Sandage

270 pp. • paper$26.00978-0-8010-2624-9

The faMilyA ChristiAn perspeCtive on the ContemporAry home, 3rd ed.Jack O. Balswick and Judith K. Balswick

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flaWed faMilies of The biblehoW god’s grACe Works through imperfeCt relAtionships

David E. Garland and Diana R. Garland

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Practical Theology, Spirituality & FormationBecoming Whole and HolyAn Integrative Conversation about Christian Formation

Jeannine K. Brown, Carla M. Dahl, and Wyndy Corbin Reuschling

How does Christian formation happen and what are its moral implications? This text brings into conversation three disciplines that are crucial for Christian formation—social science, biblical studies/hermeneutics, and ethics—to present a cohesive, dynamic vision of human wholeness and spiritual holiness. Drawing upon research in these three disciplines, the authors weave together insights from their respective fields to address the relationship between personal and communal formation, moral development, and the interpretation of Scripture. Becoming Whole and Holy reveals the process as well as the fruits of interdisciplinary dialogue, offering a fresh approach to understanding human formation. The final chapter, a case study on immigration, demonstrates the authors’ integrative method. The book will be of use in spiritual formation, pastoral counseling, ethics, and hermeneutics courses and it will also be of interest to pastors, lay leaders, and counselors.

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“This is not just a book about Christian formation. In a surprising way, it also traces the paths of becoming whole and holy as its authors model their own growth in their interactions with each other. The process of offering and receiving guidance, the sculpting of practical wisdom, and the integrative journey itself are laid bare for all to see—and to follow.”—Joel B. Green, Fuller Theological Seminary

“In rare but true interdisciplinary fashion, Brown, Dahl, and Reuschling probe the relationship of wholeness and holiness. Drawing on their respective specialties in biblical hermeneutics, the social sciences, and ethics, the authors convincingly demonstrate with freshness and clarity that wholeness and holiness are linked, and that the path to them is a joyful but precarious journey. Becoming Whole and Holy is personally convicting, but will be a rich resource for a wide variety of disciplines in academic settings. Above all, the church needs its prophetic message.”—Dennis P. Hollinger, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

“A compelling integrative conversation about spiritual formation that weaves together themes from theology and the social sciences in a very helpful way. This remarkably broad and balanced book offers real wisdom about both the end of spiritual formation and the means of getting there.”—James C. Wilhoit, Wheaton College; author, Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered

“Becoming fully human before God and within the world cannot be a solitary pilgrimage. It should be a journey taken in community, a sharing among friends who together seek to know themselves and their Lord better and to minister more faithfully. In this book, a biblical scholar, a social scientist, and an ethicist sharpen each other’s appreciation of this need for constructive interdependence and integration. Pull up a chair and listen to this quality conversation.”—M. Daniel Carroll R., Denver Seminary; author, Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible

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February 2011 • 240 pp. • paper • $24.99 • 978-0-8010-3925-6Spirituality/Spiritual Formation, Practical Theology/Church Life

Jeannine K. Brown (PhD, Luther Seminary) is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary and author of Scripture as

Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. Carla M. Dahl (PhD, University of Minnesota) is professor of formation and lead faculty for the marriage and family therapy program at Bethel

Seminary. She has written for the Journal of Psychology and Theology and contributed to several books, including the forthcoming Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Wyndy Corbin Reuschling (PhD, Ashland

Theological Seminary) is professor of ethics and theology at Ashland Theological Seminary and author of Reviving Evangelical Ethics: The

Promises and Pitfalls of Classic Models of Morality.

A l s o o f I n t e r e s tgliTTering vicesA neW look At the seven deAdly sins And their remedies

Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

208 pp. • paper$14.99

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The brazos inTroducTion To chrisTian spiriTualiTyEvan B. Howard

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spiriTual forMaTion as if The church MaTTeredgroWing in Christ through Community

James C. Wilhoit

240 pp. • paper$21.99978-0-8010-2776-5

reviving evangelical eThicsthe promises And pitfAlls of ClAssiC models of morAlity

Wyndy Corbin Reuschling

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Practical Theology, Spirituality & FormationGlobal Church PlantingBiblical Principles and Best Practices for Multiplication

Craig Ott and Gene Wilson

“With over 50 years of international church-planting experience between the authors, readers would expect to find in Ott and Wilson’s book an excellent grasp of the literature, some new models and strategies created out of research and their vast ministry experiences, practical ways to apply these strategies, and case studies to demonstrate them. This is exactly what you will get in Global Church Planting.”—Tom Steffen, School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University

“Thoroughly researched, carefully examined, biblically anchored, and skillfully presented, Global Church Planting provides an excellent introduction for anyone who yearns to see the kingdom expand throughout every nation, tribe, and tongue.” —David Garrison, author, Church Planting Movements

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Prologue: The Parable of the Apple Trees

Part I: Biblical Foundations

1. The Task of Church Planting 2. The Reasons for Church Planting 3. New Testament Beginnings

Part II: Strategic Considerations

4. Church Multiplication and Indigenous Church-Planting Movements 5. Apostolic Church Planters 6. The Shape of the Church 7. Pioneer, Reproduction, and Regional Approaches to Church Planting

Part III: Development Phases

8. The Developmental Phases of a Church Plant: An Overview 9. Preparing, Part 1: Targeting and Commissioning 10. Preparing, Part 2: Understanding and Strategizing 11. Launching: Evangelism and Discipleship 12. Establishing: Congregating and Maturing 13. Structuring: Expanding and Empowering 14. Reproducing: Strengthening and Sending

Part IV: Critical Factors

15. The Personal Life of Church Planters 16. Church-Planting Teams 17. Developing Servants, Leaders, and Planters 18. Partnerships and Resources in Church Planting 19. Planting Churches with Kingdom Impact Epilogue Works Cited Index

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December 2010 • 480 pp. • paper • $29.99 • 978-0-8010-3580-7Mission, Practical Theology/Church Life

Craig Ott (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of mission and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he occupies the ReachGlobal Chair of Mission. He is the coauthor of Encountering Theology of Mission and coeditor of Globalizing Theology. Gene Wilson (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) is church planting director for ReachGlobal, the international mission of the Evangelical Free Church of America, and director of their annual Cross-Cultural Church Planting School. He has served as a church planter in Canada and a church planting trainer and coach in Latin America and the Caribbean.


globalizing TheologyBelief And prACtiCe in An erA of World ChristiAnity

Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland, eds.

384 pp. • paper$30.00978-0-8010-3112-0EU rights: IVP

globochrisTthe greAt Commission tAkes A postmodern turn

Carl Raschke

176 pp. • paper$21.99978-0-8010-3261-5

MinisTering cross-culTurallyAn inCArnAtionAl model for personAl relAtionships

Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Marvin K. Mayers

128 pp. • paper$14.99978-0-8010-2647-8

encounTering Missionary life and WorkprepAring for interCulturAl ministry

Tom Steffen and Lois McKinney Douglas

416 pp. • paper$29.99978-0-8010-2659-1

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Church in the Present TenseA Candid Look at What’s Emerging

Scot McKnight, Peter Rollins, Kevin Corcoran, and Jason Clark

EmErsion: EmErgEnt VillagE rEsourcEs for communitiEs of faith

Much has been written by practitioners advocating the emerging church, but confusion about the nature and beliefs of those who identify with the phenomenon still exists. Now that the movement has aged somewhat, a more rigorous, scholarly analysis is needed. In this volume four influential authors, each an expert in his field, look at the emerging church through the lens of four areas where its postmodern sensibilities are readily on display—philosophy, theology, worship, and Bible and doctrine. This sympathetic yet critical assessment examines the roots of the movement and the impact that it has had and is having on wider traditions. The book includes a 60-minute companion DVD that provides a background introduction to the emerging church and video clips of alternative worship services. The DVD also contains interviews with emerging church leaders and observers including Brian McLaren and Rowan Williams.

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Introduction: The Emerging Church Kevin Corcoran

Part 1: Philosophy

1. Who’s Afraid of Philosophical Realism? Taking Emerging Christianity to Task Kevin Corcoran 2. The Worldly Theology of Emerging Christianity Peter Rollins

Part 2: Theology

3. Consumer Liturgies and Their Corrosive Effects on Christian Identity Jason Clark 4. Thy Kingdom Come (on Earth): An Emerging Eschatology Kevin Corcoran

Part 3: Worship

5. The Renewal of Liturgy in the Emerging Church Jason Clark 6. Transformance Art: Reconfiguring the Social Self Peter Rollins

Part 4: Bible and Doctrine

7. Scripture in the Emerging Movement Scot McKnight 8. Atonement and Gospel Scot McKnight

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February 2011 • 176 pp. • paper • $21.99 • 978-1-58743-299-6Ecclesiology, Practical Theology/Church Life

Scot McKnight (PhD, University of Nottingham) is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University. He is the author

of more than twenty books, including A Community Called Atonement. Peter Rollins (PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast) is founder of Ikon,

an emerging collective in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the author of several books, including How (Not) to Speak of God: Marks of

the Emerging Church. Kevin Corcoran (PhD, Purdue University) is associate professor of philosophy at Calvin College and author of

Rethinking Human Nature. Jason Clark (PhD candidate, King’s College, London) coordinates the Emergent UK online resource network, is founding/senior pastor of Vineyard Church Sutton in England, and is

adjunct professor at George Fox Evangelical Seminary.


eMerging churchesCreAting ChristiAn Community in postmodern Cultures

Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger

352 pp. • paper$19.99978-0-8010-2715-4EU rights: SPCK

churchMorphhoW megAtrends Are reshAping ChristiAn Communities

Eddie Gibbs

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WhaT Would Jesus deconsTrucT?the good neWs of postmodernism for the ChurCh

John D. Caputo

160 pp. • paper$19.99978-0-8010-3136-6

exploring ecclesiologyAn evAngeliCAl And eCumeniCAl introduCtion

Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger

336 pp. • paper$24.99978-1-58743-173-9

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Practical Theology, Spirituality & FormationGood News for Anxious Christians10 Practical Things You Don’t Have to Do

Phillip Cary

“Evangelicals worry about lots of things, including the state of our spiritual health. Phil Cary is worried too: worried that evangelicals are suffering needlessly because they have imbibed a consumerist spirituality that offers much but provides little. Phil’s prescription for spiritual indigestion? A turning away from the self to the one who continually speaks a healing, saving word to us, Christ himself. This is, quite frankly, one of the best books I’ve read on the spiritual life over the past twenty-five years. I heartily recommend it.”—Christopher A. Hall, Eastern University

“Yes! No! Whoa! There are so many terrific, alarming, insightful zingers in this book that I agreed, disagreed, and most of all, had to think about something on every page. Graceful and liberating, it is a word of wisdom and hope that just might convince anxious Christians that the gospel really is better news than we’ve yet imagined.”—Andy Crouch, Christianity Today International; author, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

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Introduction: Why Trying to Be Christian Makes Us Anxious 1. Why You Don’t Have to Hear God’s Voice in Your Heart Or, How God Really Speaks Today 2. Why You Don’t Have to Believe Your Intuitions Are the Holy Spirit Or, How the Spirit Shapes Our Hearts 3. Why You Don’t Have to “Let God Take Control” Or, How Obedience Is for Responsible Adults 4. Why You Don’t Have to “Find God’s Will for Your Life” Or, How Faith Seeks Wisdom 5. Why You Don’t Have to Be Sure You Have the Right Motivations Or, How Love Seeks the Good 6. Why You Don’t Have to Worry about Splitting Head from Heart Or, How Thinking Welcomes Feeling 7. Why You Don’t Have to Keep Getting Transformed All the Time Or, How Virtues Make a Lasting Change in Us 8. Why You Don’t Always Have to Experience Joy Or, How God Vindicates the Afflicted 9. Why “Applying It to Your Life” Is Boring Or, How the Gospel Is Beautiful 10. Why Basing Faith on Experience Leads to a Post-Christian Future Or, How Christian Faith Needs Christian Teaching Conclusion: How the Gospel of Christ Is Good for Us

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October 2010 • 224 pp. • paper • $14.99 • 978-1-58743-285-9Spirituality/Spiritual Formation, Evangelicalism, Practical Theology/Church Life

Phillip Cary (PhD, Yale University) is professor of philosophy and director of the philosophy program at Eastern University as well as scholar-in-residence at the Templeton Honors College. He is the author of Jonah in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible and of three critically acclaimed books on the life and thought of Augustine.

A l s o o f I n t e r e s tMere discipleshiprAdiCAl ChristiAnity in A reBellious World, 2nd ed.Lee C. Camp

272 pp. • paper$21.99978-1-58743-230-9

god does noT . . .entertAin, plAy “mAtChmAker,” hurry, demAnd Blood, Cure every illness

D. Brent Laytham, ed.

160 pp. • paper$20.00978-1-58743-229-3

darkness is My only coMpanionA ChristiAn response to mentAl illness

Kathryn Greene-McCreight

176 pp. • paper$18.99978-1-58743-175-3

folloWing Jesus in a culTure of fearScott Bader-Saye

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Practical Theology, Spirituality & FormationEncountering Theology of MissionBiblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues

Craig Ott and Stephen J. Strauss with Timothy C. Tennent

EncountEring mission

a. scott moreau, series editor

“A comprehensive yet easy-to-navigate guide to the complex terrain of theologizing about Christian mission. It is hard to imagine a more careful presentation of this vast subject.” —J. Nelson Jennings, Covenant Theological Seminary; editor, Missiology

“This globalized world needs a relevant theology of mission that articulates a cogent ‘biblical direction for the church’s fulfillment of its missionary mandate.’ This excellent book moves us from a paternalistic mind-set to a fraternal one that seeks to proclaim Christ from everywhere to everywhere. I would strongly commend this book to professors and students in seminaries.”—Junias Venugopal, CIU Seminary & School of Missions, Columbia International University

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Mission

Craig Ott (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of mission and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he occupies the ReachGlobal Chair of Mission. Stephen J. Strauss (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of world missions and intercultural studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and previously served with Serving in Mission (SIM). Timothy C. Tennent (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is president of Asbury Theological Seminary.

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inTroducing World MissionsA BiBliCAl, historiCAl, And prACtiCAl survey

A. Scott Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee

352 pp. • cloth$34.99978-0-8010-2648-5

The changing face of World MissionsengAging ContemporAry issues And trends

Michael Pocock, Gailyn Van Rheenen, and Douglas McConnell

400 pp. • paper$26.99978-0-8010-2661-4

Transforming ConversionRethinking the Language and Contours of Christian Initiation

Gordon T. Smith

“A welcome addition to the growing literature on conversion. With great skill, Smith explores the fields of biblical studies, theology, church history, and religious biography to develop new language to capture the complexity of conversion. Unwilling to be confined to the outdated and inaccurate language of revivalism, Smith articulates a holistic understanding of conversion to guide renewed modes of outreach for a church often paralyzed toward evangelism in the twenty-first century.”—Richard Peace, Fuller Theological Seminary

“An important book and full of surprises. What appears to be a simple historical survey of ‘conversion literature’ turns into a serious work on the theology of conversion. It is heartily recommended.”—Patrick Henry Reardon, senior editor, Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity


Soteriology, Spirituality/Spiritual Formation, Evangelism

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is the president of reSource Leadership International and a seasonal lecturer at Regent College, Vancouver. He is the author of many books, including Beginning Well and A Holy Meal.


a holy Mealthe lord’s supper in the life of the ChurCh

Gordon T. Smith

128 pp. • paper$15.00978-0-8010-2768-0

violence, hospiTaliTy, and The crossreAppropriAting the Atonement trAdition

Hans Boersma

288 pp. • paper$28.00978-0-8010-3133-5


Practical Theology, Spirituality & FormationThe Worship ArchitectA Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services

Constance M. Cherry

“Cherry shows us that pastoral theology and the practice of theology is never an ‘either-or’ but always a ‘both-and.’ Let’s follow her lead and rediscover the unity that exists between the two.”—Robert E. Webber, author of Ancient-Future Worship

“A helpful combination of solid theology, artistic creativity, pastoral sensitivity, and wisdom gained from the author’s wealth of experience in leading and planning worship.”—Lester Ruth, Asbury Theological Seminary

“Cherry invites us all to make regular border crossings between theory and practice. The result is a book well suited to promote the lifelong learning needed for any effective ministry leader.”—John D. Witvliet, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary

Now Available • 320 pp. • paper • $22.99 978-0-8010-3874-7Worship/Liturgy, Practical Theology/Church Life

Constance M. Cherry (DMin, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of worship and Christian ministries at Indiana Wesleyan University. She formerly taught at Winebrenner Theological Seminary and is a permanent part-time professor for the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies.


senT and gaTheredA Worship mAnuAl for the missionAl ChurCh

Clayton J. Schmit

224 pp. • paper$19.99978-0-8010-3165-6

chrisT-cenTered Worshipletting the gospel shApe our prACtiCe

Bryan Chapell

320 pp. • cloth$24.99978-0-8010-3640-8

Living WorshipA Multimedia Resource for Students and Leaders

James F. Caccamo, Todd E. Johnson, and Lester Ruth

This unique multimedia resource offers a new way to teach and learn about planning, leading, and evaluating congregational worship. The package contains an interactive case study (for Mac and PC, on DVD media) documenting eighteen months in the worship life of an actual church, and a video DVD of interviews with nearly two dozen worship experts. The case study is an interactive resource that enables students to learn about worship by doing “virtual participant observation.” The program features a host of media documenting the worship life of Ravenswood Covenant Church (RCC) in Chicago. This includes more than twenty hours of video of services, planning meetings, interviews with church ministers and members, and commentary by experts in liturgy; a detailed survey of the history and development of RCC; a variety of church publications, including bulletins and brochures; and much more. The footage in the program captures a wide array of events in the church’s life, including a wedding, a funeral, an Advent service, and an Easter service. The video DVD presents a variety of perspectives on vital issues and questions related to worship, from contributors such as Robert Webber, Don Saliers, Donald Hustad, and Jill Crainshaw. Taken together, these resources provide a veritable worship class-in-a-box.

December 2010 • DVD • $27.99 978-1-58743-295-8Worship/Liturgy, Practical Theology/Church Life

James F. Caccamo (PhD, Loyola University Chicago) is associate professor of theology with a specialty in Christian social ethics at Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. Todd E. Johnson (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is the William K. and Delores S. Brehm Associate Professor of Worship, Theology, and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary. Lester Ruth (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is the Lily May Jarvis Professor of Christian Worship at Asbury Theological Seminary and professor of worship history at the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies.


Worship WordsdisCipling lAnguAge for fAithful ministry

Debra Rienstra and Ron Rienstra

288 pp. • paper$22.99978-0-8010-3616-3

perforMance in preachingBringing the sermon to life

Jana Childers and Clayton J. Schmit, eds.

256 pp. • paper$26.99978-0-8010-3613-2

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Prophetically IncorrectA Christian Introduction to Media Criticism

Robert H. Woods Jr. and Paul D. Patton

“Woods and Patton move easily between popular culture and prophetic tradition, doing so in a puckish, knowing manner that engages and delights. For the knowing reader, this prophetic foray echoes and replicates Jeremiah’s savage truthfulness against the temple of his day; only now the temple exists in the liturgies of sitcoms, professional sports, advocacy news, and infomercials. The hunger for truth voiced here is an urgent one.”—Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary

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Robert H. Woods Jr. (PhD, JD, Regent University) and Paul D. Patton (PhD, Regent University) are both associate professors of communication at Spring Arbor University. Woods coauthored Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning and coedited Understanding Evangelical Media, to which Patton is a contributing author.


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Catherine Stonehouse (PhD, Michigan State University) is the Orlean Bullard Beeson Professor of Christian Discipleship and dean of the School of Practical Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary. Scottie May (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of Christian formation and ministry at Wheaton College.


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Let the Nations Be Glad! DVDJohn Piper

This companion DVD to Let the Nations Be Glad! offers a series of six thirty-minute sessions by Piper on the topics found in the book. The DVD makes the book’s content available to a wider audience through its dynamic presentations.

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Let the Nations Be Glad! DVD Study GuideJohn Piper

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John Piper

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John Piper (DrTheol, University of Munich) is pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Is God a Moral Monster?Making Sense of the Old Testament God

Paul Copan

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