The folks at…
http://www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk
are multi-talented people. They’re effective book searchers, and have found hundreds of rare or hard to find books, as well as modern volumes. You just pay the cost of the books and delivery costs. Questions? Write them at…
books@wa-uk.org
7) Need a hard-to-find book? Let Wycliffe Associates UK Search
February 14th, 2010 · No Comments
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11) Publish One-up Books While you Wait –
February 7th, 2010 · No Comments
I’m not kidding.
Take a look at…
http://snowfallpress.com/
Believe it or not, they have the equivalent of a giant machine that receives your PDF, prints it, binds it, and spits it out the other side. A human has to package your book(s) for shipping… but everything else is super-automated. As a result, you get that “new printing smell” [...]
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8) Jesus Books For Little Ones
January 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments
A grandfather has written two little books about Jesus for small children. The Jesus Story, the message of Jesus as Savior, and Jesus in Me, the message of Jesus as Life. You may read the complete books on line at
http://thejesusstory.com/
in several languages. Permission for any missionary or mission organization to print these outside the U.S [...]
4) Comprehensive Business as Missions Book is a Hit
January 17th, 2010 · No Comments
If you’re a “BAM” proponent, practitioner, or promoter, here’s a new book, “Business As Mission: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice,” you’ll want to add. By Neal Johnson, it’s over 400 pages and is a great read for students and business leaders already interested in Business as Mission but are looking to get the [...]
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9) Book: “Commissioned – What Jesus Wants You To Know As You Go
January 17th, 2010 · No Comments
This popularly written book is a sound biblical exposition of the five Great Commission passages given by Jesus, and also unfolds the contemporary issues surrounding the task. It is one of the most biblically coherent, complete and comprehensive overviews for missions today. Price: US$12.00. Order at:
http://www.churchsmart.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=1224
This is an excellent book for personal, classroom or small [...]
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5) Culture Shock Russian Style!
December 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? “Peterburgers” is a humorously piled platter that’s culturally insightful and spiritually challenging. Treat yourself to funny adventures in Russia told with culture shock training for missionaries (and their supporters back home) in mind. Order by contacting Bill at:
Copies are $8.00 per copy (plus shipping).
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7) A Hoot Of A Missions Book Just In Time For the Holidays!
December 27th, 2009 · No Comments
“The Great Siberian Rail Adventure” is the hilariously heart-stopping story of a missionary family moving by car, ship, and rail across Russia. Come along and you’ll find a dragon, an axe-wielding conductor, a supersonic clothes washer, and a van with a death wish. Packed with cultural insights, “The Great Siberian Rail Adventure” humorously celebrates a [...]
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2) Free E-Books On African Proverbs
December 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The African Proverbs site now includes a range of free PDF book downloads at…
http://afriprov.org/index.php/resources/e-books.html
9) Rock-bottom Prices on Missionary Books
November 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Missionary Ken has allegedly retired and is trying to clean out his supply of unsold books that he has written. Titles include Inside Track, Latin America Through the Eyes of a Missionary Journalist, Proclaiming the Gospel, Guidelines for Local Christian Radio Broadcasting Around the World, and From Rio to the Rio Grande; Challenges and Opportunities [...]
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7) Book, “Discovering Missions,” Can Save you Tons of Time
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments
“Discovering Missions,” a great introduction to missions book is in its second printing. Published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, it is available on Amazon.com and other similar online retailers for around $25 U.S. For those who teach missions, there is a free CD available with a sample syllabus, banks of test questions, in-class [...]
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2) Great New Book On Biblical Storytelling
September 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Now you can get Telling God’s Stories with Power for just $8.10 instead of $17.99 (the offer is good only until Oct. 31st). This book is a complete and practical introduction to storying, especially for people who want to learn about using biblical storytelling in cross-cultural contexts and who want to train others to become [...]
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1) Two Easy Reads Give Insights from SE Asia and Iraq
September 13th, 2009 · No Comments
If you’re looking for good missions narrative for a class, an adult Bible Fellowship, or just good airplane reading, check out “Look Out for the Headhunters” and “Between Two Rivers” by C. Brandt Smith Jr. These books are 146 and 104 pages respectively, so they’re easy reads. There’s lots of white space and quite a [...]
“Banker to the Poor” book offers additional help for Micro-lenders
August 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Avid Brigada participants will remember our review of, “When Helping Hurts,”
http://www.brigada.org/2009/06/07_2121
Along similar lines, Brigada participant, Phoebe, recently shared with us another book, Banker to the Poor. See more information at…
http://www.bankertothepoor.com/bankertothepoor/
The author, Muhammad Yunus, himself a Bengali, was a Fulbright scholar and earned the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. I first read about him in Covey’s new [...]
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4) Book Review: Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)
June 21st, 2009 · No Comments
The subtitle to this 2007 book by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson is “Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts.” I saw it in a bullet by Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell, who wrote, “This is an amazing book! It is practical, enjoyable, challenging, and full of research and insights. The authors do [...]
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1) Discover When Helping Hurts
June 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments
It’s a new book from Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. Learn more at…
http://www.chalmers.org/when-helping-hurts/book.php
It speaks of poverty and its alleviation, distinguishing between relief, rehabilitation, and development, the difference between asset-based and needs-based strategies, the advantages of participatory over blueprint approaches, jobs training, financial literacy, individual development, microenterprise development, and more. Published by Moody, this book is [...]
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6) New Book on Transparency: Create a Culture
May 17th, 2009 · No Comments
This book by Bennis, Goleman, and O’Toole is short and easy to read It calls us all to embrace honesty as we share information, relate to one another, and go about our work. The authors assert, “A lack of transparency is usually no accident. It is often systematically built into the structure of an organization.” [...]
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5) New Comprehensive Church Planting Book
May 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Discovering Church Planting: An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting by J. D. Payne releases soon. This comprehensive introduction addresses the biblical, historical, and missiological principles of church planting, while challenging missionaries to focus on applying such principles to their contexts. Read the forward by Hesselgrave:
http://northamericanmissions.org/files/Foreword%20to%20DCP%20Sample.pdf
You can pre-order it from [...]
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11) The Backpage: If We All Just Pitched In A Little
May 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I was thinking today about the quality job that the “Indonesian Peoples Network” (IPN) did with their book, Indonesian People Profiles: Unreached People Groups. It’s colorful, practical, informative, and comprehensive. Seemingly modeled somewhat after the Bethany Prayer Profiles that went around a few years ago, these people groups are, in a word, simply better. They’re [...]
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3) Kids’ Mission Project Journal
April 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Help your kids record their missions experiences with the Live Action Project Journal. This combination activity book and journal encourages children to reflect on up to twelve different missions projects. It includes prompts for kids to write or draw about their experiences before, during, and after each project.
To order, visit
http://wmustore.com/product.asp?sku=W057108
or call 1-800-968-7301 (USA callers can [...]
6) Wanted: Cool Or Crazy Missionary Stories
March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Authentic Books has decided it’s time to compile the 10 years of
http://www.AskAMissionary.com/
questions and answers into a wow book. To intro each chapter, the editors need stunning tall tales from missionaries on guidance, training, agencies, professional skills, singles/families and, of course, funding. Send your funniest, most sobering, oddest or most God-honoring anecdotes to
If your story is [...]
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2) Searching For A Deeper Walk With Christ?
March 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Consider investing in it. One option: The Deeper Walk set of four books at:
http://www.masterdesign.org/
The site’s organizers have arranged this special book set of these four titles. Only 1000 sets are available. Included in this set is Dr Greg Frizzell’s How to Develop a Powerful Prayer Life, the late Dr Rowland Myburgh’s Holiness – Right Living [...]
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11) The Backpage: A Missionary Care Resource Toolkit
March 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Here is a Missionary Care Resource Toolkit list, as profiled by Ron at…
http://www.ronberrus.abwe.org/
What we would like to know is… what additional resources could be added to this basic library? What, if anything, has Ron neglected to include? If you can think of items that you would add, please click “Comment” at the end of the [...]
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