MISSION BOOK REVIEWS

Review by Ron Brown I remember as a young teen being with my dad in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania at the WEC US headquarters and my dad pointed to a 70 year old man walking across the road and saying to me that’s Norman Grubb. This month, I’ve skimmed through some of his books on my… Continue reading

by David Carmichael Review by Ron Brown The author was born to missionary parents living in Mali at a place called Niafunke about half way between Bamako and Timbuktu on the edge of the Sahara desert. His grandparents were also missionaries there with the Evangelical Baptist Mission. This 2026 published book tells of his growing… Continue reading

Review by Ron Brown Australia in 2023 had 6600 people attending 52 Alliance churches with 118 licensed workers (67 ordained) and they supported 18 missionaries. The churches worshipping in twelve languages are Anglo, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Indonesia, Korean, Philippines, Russian, and Spanish communities. There are growing opportunities among Mandarin speaking people entering Australia. This… Continue reading

Review by Ron Brown This 60 year old author was born at home in a grass-thatched hut in Northern Rwanda to illiterate parents. He never knew his mother’s name, she died when he was three. His father died when he was ten and his little brother when he was twelve. The extended family raised him.… Continue reading

Review by Ron Brown When I was in French language study at the Centre Missionnaire in Albertville, France in ’79/’80 we would often have visits from the mission statesman of France Jacques Blocher. Amongst other ministries he founded this missionary language school. He would often visit to speak in chapel. Beyond that he was a mission mobilizer and mission history teacher… Continue reading

Review by Ray Downey Few people have made a greater impact on Alliance missions than Dr. Louis L. King. His former assistant and colleague, Robert Niklaus, provides a written record of the captivating events in King’s life journey (1915-2004), that mark him as an icon in contemporary Protestant mission history. Louis King’s ministry spanned five… Continue reading

by Emmanuel Katongole This 2017 book published by Eerdmans was authored by a Catholic priest in Kampala, Uganda who is also a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. With stories coming out of primarily Congo and Uganda he builds the case for a continent full of people for the most part… Continue reading

by Patrick Johnstone For most of my ministry years I’ve been aware of Patrick Johnstone and his prayer book Operation World. This prayer guide was loaded with information about the nations of the world and provides statistics about the peoples in each of the nations along with prayer points for each nation. So now in… Continue reading

Review by Rebecca Brown From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is a fascinating look at Christian missions.  It is a well-written, easy-to-read, engaging book on the history of Christian missions.  Ruth A. Tucker works her way through history giving three to four page snapshots of the lives of memorable missionaries that breathe life and dimension into each… Continue reading

Review by Dr Mabiala Kenzo,  Montreal What has positioned Models of Contextual Theology from its first publication in 1992 as an authority in the field is the incisive style of its author. He states his thesis in no uncertain terms. For him, doing theology contextually is not an option. In fact, it “is really a theological imperative”… Continue reading