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Missions Reading Lists
We encourage all members of our church to grow in understanding of the Lord’s Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) to evangelize the Nations. To that end, see the reading lists below for representative books, suitable for children, youth and adults. Also, see the links provided to online resources and ordering.
World Missions & Evangelism
- Changing the Mind of Missions (James Engel & Wm Dyrness)
- Christian Mission to Muslims (Lyle Vander Werff)
- Christian Missions and the Judgment of God (David Macdonald Paton)
- Christianity and the Religions (Edward Rommen)
- Contextualization (David J. Hesselgrave & Edward Rommen)
- Crisis and Hope in Latin America (Emilio Nunez & William Taylor)
- Eternity in Their Hearts (Don Richardson)
- Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult (Nick Pollard)
- Faith Promise: Why and How (Norm Lewis)
- For the Glory of God (Rodney Stark) [history of Christian & Muslim worlds]
- From Fear to Faith (MaryAnn Cate & Karol Downey) [witness to Muslim women]
- From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya (Ruth Tucker) [99 key missionaries’ bios]
- Give Your Family a Heart for the World (Phil Begosian)
- In Search of the Source (Neal Anderson)
- Let the Nations be Glad (John Piper)
- Living in the Light of Eternity (K.P. Yohannan) [President, Gospel for Asia]
- Lords of the Earth (Don Richardson)
- Ministry to Muslim Women (Fran Love & Jeleta Eckheart)
- Mission in the Old Testament (Walter Kaiser)
- Missions in the Third Millennium (Stan Guthrie)
- Muslims and Christians on the Emmaus Road (Dudley Woodbury)
- Muslims, Magic and the Kingdom of God (Rick Love)
- Not Less Than Everything (Valerie Griffiths)
- Operation World (Patrick Johnstone)
- Out of the Saltshaker, Into the World (Becky Pippert)
- Peace Child (Don Richardson)
- Reaching Muslims for Christ (William Saal)
- Revolution in World Missions (K.P. Yohannan)
- Satan and the Problem of Evil (Gregory Boyd)
- Serving as Senders (Neal Pirolo)
- Shadow of the Almighty (Elisabeth Elliot)
- The End of the Spear (Steve Saint)
- The Revelation of God among the Unevangelized (Christopher Little)
- The Soul Winner (Charles Spurgeon)
- The Unreached Peoples (Patrick Johnstone)
- The World is Bigger than You Think (Patrick Johnstone)
- Thunder in the Valley (Doug & Evelyn Knapp) [gospel power in Tanzania]
- Tools for Muslim Evangelism (Roland Muller)
- Unhindered Power (Briar Whitehead)
- Waking the Giant (Ryan Shaw) [the resurgent student mission movement]
Many of these titles are available for purchase from the U.S. Center for World Mission’s William Carey Library @ www.WCLBooks.com. Or call Order Desk and Distribution Center ‘Send the Light’ @ 1-866-732-6657 (toll free in US). See also www.Amazon.com book section for ‘new and used’ books & www.cvbbs.com website.
Missions Books for Children & Teens
- Ai-Chan's Secret (Irene Hope) 7-10 year olds
- Amy Carmichael (Lois Dick) teens & up
- Bruchko (Bruce Olson) teens & up
- Eric Liddell (Catherine Swift) teens & up [“Chariots of Fire” story]
- J. Hudson Taylor (Roger Steer) teens & up
- Kids for the World, Revised Edition (Gerry Dueck)
- King of the Cannibals (Jim Cromarty) teens & up [story of John Paton]
- The Gods Must Be Angry (Sheila Miller) for kids
- The Great Kid Mission (Mary Gross)
- William Carey (Basil Miller) teens & up
- You Can Change the World (Jill Johnstone) [kids’ version of Operation World]
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Go to www.prayerfoundation.org/books/ for “Heroes of the Faith” book series, “Christian Heroes Then and Now” book series, “Men of Faith” book series, and “Women of Faith” book series.
See www.childrensbibleclub.com for “Men and Women of Faith” book series.