Missions | cross-cultural leadership
Crossover Preaching
Intercultural-Improvisational Homiletics in Conversation with Gardner C. Taylor
Jared E. Alcántara | IVP Academic | 2015
The Decline of African American Theology
From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity
Thabiti M. Anyabwile | IVP Academic | 2007
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
Discovering the Mission of God
Best Missional Practices for the 21st Century
ed. Mike Barnett | IVP Academic | 2012
Atonement, Justice, and Peace
The Message of the Cross and the Mission of the Church
Darrin W. Snyder Belousek | Eerdmans | 2011
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
Cultural Intelligence
Living for God in a Diverse, Pluralistic World
Darrell Bock | B&H Publishing | 2020
Western Christians in Global Mission
What’s the Role of the North American Church?
Paul Borthwick | InterVarsity Press | 2012
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
Where the Cross Meets the Street
What Happens to the Neighborhood When God Is at the Center
Noel Castellanos | InterVarsity Press | 2015
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
Disabling Mission, Enabling Witness
Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies
Benjamin T. Conner | InterVarsity Press | 2018
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 Church Benevolence
A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People
Steve Corbett and Brian Finkert | Moody Publishers | 2015
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
Freeing Congregational Mission
A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-Development
B. Hunter Farrell | IVP Academic | 2022
Contextualization in the New Testament
Patterns for Theology and Mission
Dean Flemming | IVP Academic | 2005
Recovering the Full Mission of God
A Biblical Perspective on Being, Doing and Telling
Dean Flemming | IVP Academic | 2013
Why Mission?
Dean Flemming | Abingdon Press | 2015
Neighborhood Mapping
How to Make Your Church Invaluable to the Community
John Fuder | Moody Publishers | 2014
Smart Compassion
How to Stop “Doing Outreach” and Start Making Change
Wesley Furlong | Herald Press | 2017
Introducing Christian Mission Today
Scripture, History and Issues
Michael W. Goheen | IVP Academic | 2014
Technicolor
Inspiring Your Church to Embrace Multicultural Ministry
Mark Hearn | B&H Publishing | 2017
When Missions Shapes the Mission
You and Your Church Can Reach the World
David Horner | B&H Publishing | 2011
Short-Term Mission
An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience
Brian M. Howell | IVP Academic | 2012
Buried Talents
Overcoming Gendered Socialization to Answer God’s Call
Susan Harris Howell | IVP Academic | 2022
The Beautiful Community
Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best
Irwyn L. Ince Jr. | InterVarsity Press | 2020
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
Teaching Cross-Culturally
An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching
Judith E. Lingenfelter and Sherwood G. Lingenfelter | Baker Academic | 2003
Leading Cross-Culturally
Covenant Relationships for Effective Christian Leadership
Sherwood G. Lingenfelter | Baker Academic | 2008
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
Cultural Intelligence
Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World
David A. Livermore | Baker Academic | 2009
Serving with Eyes Wide Open
Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence
David A. Livermore | Baker Books | 2012
Right Color, Wrong Culture
The Type of Leader Your Organization Needs to Become Multiethnic
Bryan Loritts | Moody Publishers | 2014
Toxic Charity
How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
Robert D. Lupton | HarperOne | 2012
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
Kingdom Conspiracy
Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church
Scot McKnight | Brazos Press | 2016
Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0
Moving Communities into Unity, Wholeness and Justice
Brenda Salter McNeil | InterVarsity Press | 2018
Reconciling Justice
Concepts of Justice in the Multireligious Context of Israel/Palestine
Salim J. Munayer | Cascade Books | 2024
Theologizing en Espanglish
Context, Community, and Ministry
Carmen Nanko-Fernandez | Orbis Books | 2010
Missionary Theologian
Lesslie Newbigin | Eerdmans | 2006
The Open Secret
An Introduction to the Theology of Mission Revised Edition
Lesslie Newbigin | Eerdmans | 1995
The Minority Experience
Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities
Adrian Pei | InterVarsity Press | 2018
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
Leading Across Cultures
Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church
James E. Plueddemann | IVP Academic | 2009
Teaching Across Cultures
Contextualizing Education for Global Mission
James E. Plueddemann | IVP Academic | 2018
African Christian Leadership
Realities, Opportunities, and Impact
Robert J. Priest and Kirimi Barine | Orbis Books | 2017
Becoming All Things
How Small Changes Lead To Lasting Connections Across Cultures
Michelle Ami Reyes | Zondervan Academic | 2021
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To Give or Not to Give
Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity, and Redefining Sustainability
John Rowell | InterVarsity Press | 2007
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
Explorations in Asian Christianity
History, Theology, and Mission
Scott W. Sunquist | IVP Academic | 2017
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
Intercultural Theology, Volume Three
A Theology of Interreligious Relations
Henning Wrogemann | InterVarsity Press | 2024
Faith Communities and the Fight for Racial Justice
What Has Worked, What Hasn’t, and Lessons We Can Learn
Robert Wunthnow | Princeton University Press | 2023
Polycentric Missiology
21st-Century Mission from Everyone to Everywhere
Allen Yeh | InterVarsity Press | 2016
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