Creating Local Arts Together
Creating Local Arts Together is a manual designed to guide an individual or group into a local community’s efforts at integrating its arts with the values and purposes of God’s kingdom.
New Anabaptist Voices
There have been Mennonites of non-European descent in the United States for several generations already. Yet many people in this country still identify Anabaptism with the Germanic sub-cultures of “Mennonitism.” More recent waves of Anabaptists are, however, searching for new ways of being the faithful church in the midst of rapid and disruptive change. They […]
Transforming Mission
David Bosch’s Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, now available in over a dozen languages, is widely recognized as an historic and magisterial contribution to the study of mission. Examining the entire sweep of Christian tradition, he shows how five paradigms have historically encapsulated the Christian understanding of mission and then outlines the characteristics […]
Can I trust you?
Understanding the living Christ By Ryan Miller Xola Skosana (p. 6) challenges me. How do I read Christ and stories of Christ’s life? Do I, a member of a dominant culture, assume that I can understand Jesus through that cultural lens? Lent is an appropriate time for this question. As Jesus spent 40 days away […]
Caminos Olvidados
El clásico cambio de paradigma propuesto por Alan Hirsch continua siendo la declaración definitiva de la iglesia como un dinámico movimiento misional. El éxito literario que fue la primera edición, encendió una conversación acerca de cómo aprovechar el poder de los movimientos para el crecimiento futuro de la iglesia. En esta edición actualizada, Hirsch comparte […]
What is an Anabaptist Christian?
Palmer Becker, a lifelong Mennonite pastor and educator, summarizes Anabaptist understandings in three key statements: (1) Jesus is the center of our faith; (2) community is the center of our lives; and (3) reconciliation is the center of our work.
No Purse, No Bag, No Sandals
A profile of Mennonite church planters, 1990-2005.
Music in the Life of the African Church
This book examins the central role indigenous music has had in promoting Christianity in Africa.
On Becoming a Missional Church in Japan
In this booklet, Mission Network educator Michael J. Sherrill shares stories of how the church in Japan is working to develop a model for witness that draws on the depth of western Christian traditions, while developing its own distinctive style within the Japanese cultural context. Cómo Ser Una Iglesia Misional en JapónEn este cuaderno, el […]
Even The Demons Submit
Demonic oppression? Mental illness? What would it look like if deliverance ministers, psychologists, pastors, biblical scholars, missiologists, anthropologists, and people who have experienced deliverance and healing were to compare notes, tell their stories, and try to learn from one another? This book aims to reflect that conversation and promote further conversation.
Evangelical, Ecumenical, And Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation
The authors of this book are dedicated to understanding the role of all Christians in world mission and to overcoming the acrimony that has long characterized relations between Evangelical and Ecumenical Protestantism.
What I Learned from the African Church
Twenty-two students reflect on a life-changing experience