Missions Books I Want To Read

There are a lot more missions books out there (!) -and this list will continue to grow as I learn and research this topic.

1. And Bees Make Honey – anthology compiled by Jill and Roger Dyer*
2. Anthropological Insights for Missionaries by Paul Hiebert*
3. Ask a Missionary by John McVay*
4. A Biblical Theology of Missions by George Peters*
5. Communication Theory for Christian Witness by Charles Kraft*
6. A Concise History of the Christian World Mission by Herbert Kane
7. Daktar by Viggo Olsen*
8. Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
9. Finish the Mission by John Piper and David Mathis*
10. Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier*
11. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth Tucker*
12. Gospel Church and Kingdom: Comparative Studies in World Mission Theology by James Scherer*
13. History of the World Christian Movement, Vol. I: Earliest Christianity to 1453 by Dale Irvin
14. History of the World Christian Movement, Vol. II: Modern Christianity from 1454-1800 by Dale Irvin
15. If God Should Choose by Kristen Stagg*
16. A Guide to Cross-Cultural Living by Steven Caliguiri*
17. A History of Christian Missions by Stephen Neill
18. In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham*
19. Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper*
20. A Mind for Missions by Paul Borthwick
21. Ministering Cross-Culturally by Sherwood Lingenfelter*
22. Missiology: An Introduction by Justice Anderson
23. Missionary Administration in the Local Church by Reginald Matthews*
24. Missions in the Third Millenium by Stan Guthrie
25. MK2MK compiled by Kristen Stagg*
26. On Duty in Bangladesh by Jeannie Lockerbie*
27. The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Leslie Newbigin* – Gave Up On
28. Paradigms in Conflict by David Hesselgrave
29. Penetrating Missions’ Final Frontier by T. Mamamori*
30. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement*
31. The Quest: Changing a Church’s Culture from Missions-Minded to Missions-Active by David Herndon*
32. The Reentry Team by Neal Pirolo*
33. Reformation in Foreign Missions by Bob Finley*
34. Revolution in World Missions by KP Yohannen*
35. Run with the Vision by Bob Sjogren*
36. Strangers at Home by Carolyn Smith*
37. Through Open Doors by Mildred Morehouse*
38. Toward a Theology of Missions by M. Thomas Starkes*
39. Unto Death: Martyrdom, Missions and the Maturity of the Church by Dalton Thomas*

Read before – re-read
Children of the Call by Charlene Gray*
Cross-Cultural Re-Entry by Clyde Austin*
Letters Never Sent by Ruth Van Reken*
Notes from a Traveling Childhood by Karen McCluskey*
Scamps, Scholars and Saints – anthology by MKs*
Serving as Senders by Neal Pirolo*
Third Culture Kids by David Pollock*

* – means I own it