Home David Mays updated July 2010

My Favorite Missions Resources

Bible Study Guides

Commissioned, Marvin J. Newell, ChurchSmart

God’s Heart for the Nations, Jeff Lewis, Caleb Resources

Missions, God's Heart for the World, Paul Borthwick, IVP

Putting Together the Puzzle of the Old Testament, Bill Jones, Authentic

Through God’s Eyes, Patrick Cate, William Carey Library

Until the Whole World Knows, Alicia Britt Chole, www.onewholeworld.com

Business as Mission

Business as Mission, Michael Baer, YWAM

Tent Making, Patrick Lai, Authentic

Children and Family

Becoming a World Changing Family, Donna Thomas, Baker

Daddy, Are We There Yet? Sylvia Foth, Kidzana

Mission Minded Family, Ann Dunagan, Authentic

Window on the World (Operation World for Kids), Gabriel Resources

Church Missions Operation

Church Missions Policy Handbook, Caleb Resources

Get your Church Involved in Missions, Michael Griffiths

Missions Assessment Profile, Caleb Resources

How to Operate an Effective Missions Leadership Team, David Mays

Missions in the 21st Century, Tom Telford,

Stuff You Need to Know About Doing Missions, David Mays, 5 volumes on CD

Today’s All-Star Missions Churches, Tom Telford, Baker

Classics

Christian Mission in the Modern World, John R. W. Stott,

Eternity in Their Hearts, Don Richardson, Regal

From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, Ruth Tucker, Zondervan

Great Commission, Rose Dowsett

Great Omission, Robertson McQuilkin,

Key to the Missionary Problem, Andrew Murray, CLC

Let the Nations be Glad, John Piper, Baker

Stand in the Gap, David Bryant, Regal

Touch the World Through Prayer, Wesley Duewel, Zondervan

Cross-Cultural Leadership

Cross-Cultural Partnerships, Mary T. Lederleitner, IVP

Leading Across Cultures, James E. Plueddemann, IVP

Leading Cross-Culturally, Sherwood Lingenfelter, Baker

Cross-Cultural Preparation & Communication

African Friends and Money Matters, David Maranz

American Cultural Baggage, Stan Nussbaum, Orbis, 2005

Art of Coming Home, Craig Storti, Intercultural Press, 2003

Cross-Cultural Conflict, Duane Elmer, IVP

Cross-Cultural Connections, Duane Elmer, IVP

Cross-Cultural Dialogues, Craig Storti, Intercultural Press

Cross-Cultural Servanthood, Duane Elmer, IVP

Don’t Go Overseas Until You’ve Read this Book, Neil Gallagher, Bethany

Figuring Foreigners Out: A Practical Guide by Craig Storti, Intercultural Press

Global Mission Handbook, Steve Hoke and William Taylor, IVP

Make Haste Slowly, Donald Smith, Institute for International Christian Communication

Miniskirts, Mothers & Muslims, Christine A. Mallouhi

Ministering Cross-Culturally, Sherwood Lingenfelter, Baker

Screams in the Desert, Sue Eeningenburg, William Carey

Serving with Eyes Wide Open, David Livermore, Baker

Tentmaking, Patrick Lai, Authentic

Through Her Eyes, Marti Smith, Authentic

General Reading – Biographies/Stories

End of the Spear, Steve Saint, Tyndale

Bruchko, Bruce Olsen, Creation House

Called to Die, Estes, Wycliffe

Daughters of Hope, Kay Marshal Strom and Michele Rickett, IVP

Daughters of Islam, Miriam Adeney, IVP or WEA (?)

Don’t Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees, Thomas Hale

Forgotten Girls, Kay Marshal Strom and Michele Rickett, IVP

In Search of the Source, Neil Anderson, Wycliffe

Lords of the Earth, Don Richardson, Regal

Peace Child, Don Richardson, Regal

Shadow of the Almighty, Elisabeth Elliott, Harper & Row

Trees in the Pavement, Jennifer Ann Grosser

Holistic Ministry

Humanitarian Jesus, Christian Buckley & Ryan Dobson, Moody Publications, 2010

When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert, Moody Press

Inspiration & Challenge

Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper, Crossway

Live Life on Purpose, Claude Hickman, www.thetravelingteam.org

Innovation

While You Were Micro-Sleeping, Steve Moore, The Mission Exchange

Involvement

How to Be a World Class Christian, Paul Borthwick,

Local Cross-Cultural

A Beginner’s Guide to Crossing Cultures, Patty Lane, IVP

Cultural Change & Your Church, Michael Pocock & Joseph Henriques, Baker,

Faces in the Crowd, Donna Thomas, New Hope

World at Your Door, Tom Phillips, Bethany House

Missionary Care

Burn Up or Splash Down, Marion Knell, Authentic

Honourably Wounded, Marjory F. Foyle, EMIS

ReEntry Team, Neal Pirolo, Emmaus Road

Serving as Senders, Neal Pirolo, Emmaus Road

Missionary Fiction

Betrayed, J. M. Windle

Trees in the Pavement, Jennifer Ann Grosser

Veiled Freedom, J. M. Windle

Missionary Preparation

Equipping for Missions, Daniel Bacon, OMF

On Being a Missionary, Thomas Hale, William Carey Library

Global Mission Handbook, Steve Hoke and William Taylor, IVP

Scaling the Wall, Kathy Hicks, Gabriel Resources, 2003

Pastors and Preaching

Antioch Revisited, Tom Julien, BMH Books, Winona Lake, IN

Becoming a World Changing Church, David Mays

Let the Nations be Glad, John Piper,

Six Dangerous Questions, Paul Borthwick, IVP

Radical, Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt

Partnerships

Building Strategic Partnerships, Daniel Rickett, Partners International

Cross-Cultural Partnerships, Mary T. Lederleitner, IVP

Making Your Partnership Work, Daniel Rickett, Partners International

Prayer

Operation World, Patrick Johnstone

Touch the World Through Prayer, Wesley Duewel, Zondervan

Short-Term Missions

Before You Pack Your Bags, Prepare Your Heart, Cindy Judge

Coming Home, Fishers of Men, Re-Entry Guide by Howard Lisech, Deeper Roots Pub

Essential Guide to Short Term Mission, David Forward, Moody,

Serving with Eyes Wide Open, David Livermore, Baker

Short Term Mission Workbook, Tim Dearborn, InterVarsity Press

Though the Eyes of Christ - A Short Term Missions Journal, Donna Thomas

Trip Stuff, (on CD), David Mays

Strategy/Trends

Becoming a World Changing Church, David Mays

Building Global Vision, David Mays

Changing the Mind of Missions, James Engel, IVP

Church is Bigger than You Think, Patrick Johnstone
Developing a Missions Strategy that Fits Your Church ( CD), David Mays

Loving the Church – Blessing the Nations, George Miley

Exploring World Mission, Bryant Myers, World Vision Resources, 2003

Magnify Your Vision for the Small Church, John Rowell

Missions in the 3rd Millennium, 2^nd ed., Stan Guthrie, Paternoster

Operation World, Patrick Johnstone

The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins, Oxford University Press, 2002

Today's All-Star Missions Churches, Tom Telford, Baker

When the Saints Go Marching Out, Art Beals, Geneva Press

Reference

Atlas of World Christianity, Peter Brierley, Thomas Nelson

Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, Scott Moreau, Baker

Mission Handbook, Evangelism and Missions Information Service

Operation China CD Rom, Global Mapping International

Operation China, Paul Hattaway, William Carey Library

Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, A Reader, William Carey Library

World Christian Encyclopedia, Barrett, Oxford University Press, 2001

World Christian Trends, Barrett, William Carey Library,

Texts/Academic/Survey

Church is Bigger than You Think, Patrick Johnstone

Global Missiology for the 21st Century, William Taylor, ed., WEA

Go and Make Disciples, Roger S. Greenway, P&R Publishing

God's Missionary People, Charles Van Engen, Baker

Introducing World Missions, A. Scott Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, Gary B. McGee, Baker, 2004

Mission in the Old Testament, Walter Kaiser, Baker

Missions – Biblical Foundations & Contemporary Strategies, Gailyn Van Rheenen, Zondervan

Transforming Mission, David J. Bosch, Orbis