Missions | cross-cultural leadership


Preaching the Gospel of Justice

Good News in Community

Jennifer L. Ackerman | Fortress Press | 2024



Gracism

The Art of Inclusion

David A. Anderson | InterVarsity Press | 2023



A Theology as Big as the City

Raymond J. Bakke | IVP Academic | 1997


The Urban Christian

Raymond J. Bakke and Jim Hart | IVP Academic | 1987


Meeting Our Multifaith Neighbors

Brice H. Balmer | Herald Press | 2006





Overturning Tables

Freeing Missions from the Christian-Industrial Complex

Scott A. Bessenecker | InterVarsity Press | 2014


Creating Cultures of Belonging

Cultivating Organizations Where Women and Men Thrive

Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard | InterVarsity Press | 2022




Spiritual Formation for the Global Church

A Multi-Denominational, Multi-Ethnic Approach

ed. Ryan A. Brandt and John Frederick | IVP Academic | 2021


Church Forsaken

Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods

Jonathan Brooks | InterVarsity Press | 2018



No Longer Strangers

Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities

ed. Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page | Eerdmans | 2021


Urban Ministry

The Kingdom, the City and the People of God

Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz | IVP Academic | 2010



When Helping Hurts

How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself

Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert | Moody Publishers | 2014



Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions

Leader's Guide

Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert | Moody Publishers | 2014


Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions

Participant's Guide

Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert | Moody Publishers | 2014






Why Mission?

Dean Flemming | Abingdon Press | 2015





A Just Mission

Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality

Mekdes Haddis | InterVarsity Press | 2022







The Beautiful Community

Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best

Irwyn L. Ince Jr. | InterVarsity Press | 2020


Cultural Diversity and Psychology

A Christian Engagement

Paul Youngbin Kim | Baker Academic | 2026


The Arts as Witness in Multifaith Contexts

ed. Roberta R. King and William A. Dyrness | IVP Academic | 2019


Worship and Mission After Christendom

Alan Kreider and Eleanor Kreider | Herald Press | 2011


Learning Mission, Living Mission

Churches that Work

Glynis LaBarre | Judson Press | 2012


I See You

How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People

Terence Lester | InterVarsity Press | 2019


Teaching Cross-Culturally

An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching

Judith E. Lingenfelter and Sherwood G. Lingenfelter | Baker Academic | 2003



Teamwork Cross-Culturally

Christ-Centered Solutions for Leading Multinational Teams

Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Julie A. Green | Baker Academic | 2022


Ministering Cross-Culturally

A Model for Effective Personal Relationships

Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Marvin K. Mayers | Baker Academic | 2016






Operation World

The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation

Jason Mandryk | InterVarsity Press | 2010


Diverse Worship

African-American, Caribbean and Hispanic Perspectives

Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid | IVP Academic | 2000




The Colors of Culture

The Beauty of Diverse Friendships

MelindaJoy Mingo | InterVarsity Press | 2020



Theologizing en Espanglish

Context, Community, and Ministry

Carmen Nanko-Fernandez | Orbis Books | 2010


Missionary Theologian

Lesslie Newbigin | Eerdmans | 2006




Strangers Next Door

Immigration, Migration and Mission

J.D. Payne | InterVarsity Press | 2012



With Justice for All

A Strategy for Community Development

John M. Perkins | Baker Books | 2011


More Than Equals

Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel

Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice | InterVarsity Press | 2021


A Biblical Theology of Missions

George W. Peters | Moody Publishers | 1984




African Christian Leadership

Realities, Opportunities, and Impact

Robert J. Priest and Kirimi Barine | Orbis Books | 2017


Bread and Bibles

D.L. Moody's Evangelism and Social Action

Gregg Quiggle | Moody Publishers | 2024


Many Colors

Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church

Soong-Chan Rah | Moody Publishers | 2010


Becoming All Things

How Small Changes Lead To Lasting Connections Across Cultures

Michelle Ami Reyes | Zondervan Academic | 2021

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Faith-Rooted Organizing

Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World

Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel | InterVarsity Press | 2013



Can “White” People Be Saved?

Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission

ed. Love L. Sechrest, Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, and Amos Yong | IVP Academic | 2018


Linking Arms, Linking Lives

How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities

Ronald J. Sider, John M. Perkins, Wayne L. Gordon, F. Albert Tizon | Baker Books | 2008



Tribe

Why Do All Our Friends Look Just Like Us?

Sandra Mayes Unger | Fortress Press | 2020


Pray for the World

A New Prayer Resource from Operation World

ed. Molly Wall | InterVarsity Press | 2015


Theology and Ethics of Oppressed and Marginalized Peoples

Social Ethics and Agency in World Christianity

Nimi Wariboko and Raimundo C. Barreto | Pickwick Publications | 2025


Taking It to the Streets

Lessons from a Life of Urban Ministry

Harry Louis Williams II | InterVarsity Press | 2019


Life on Mission

Joining the Everyday Mission of God

Dustin Willis and Aaron Coe | Moody Publishers | 2014


The Mission of God

Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative 2nd Edition

Christopher J. H. Wright | IVP Academic | 2025


The Mission of God’s People

A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

Christopher J. H. Wright | Zondervan Academic | 2010


Intercultural Theology, Volume One

Intercultural Hermeneutics

Henning Wrogemann | InterVarsity Press | 2024


Intercultural Theology, Volume Two

Theologies of Mission

Henning Wrogemann | InterVarsity Press | 2024