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International Development, Dissertations, Global Issues, Education, Mission & Church History, Biblical StudiesInternational Development | |
 | The Goal of International Development: God's Will on Earth as It Is in HeavenThis anthology is a collection of William Carey International University faculty and student writings concerning the nature and goals of international development. This book is the first in the WCIU Press International Development Series. The perspectives of twelve different authors are represented.About the Editor: Beth Snodderly (D. Litt.) is the President of the William Carey International University. List Price: $9.95 Buy Now |
 | International Development from a Kingdom PerspectiveThe articles compiled here by James Butare-Kiyovu highlight the promise God holds out for those who would work towards shalom on this earth, and offer the same challenge that is quoted from the late Dr. Ralph D. Winter in the introduction to this anthology: 'No generation has less excuse than ours if we do not do as He asks' About the Editor: James Butare-Kiyovu List Price: $9.95 Buy Now |
 | International Development from an Integrative PerspectiveThis third book in WCIU's International Development series presents an integrated approach to international development. Articles by scholars such as Ralph Winter, Andrew Walls, and more lend unique perspective to different aspects of the historical, social, cultural, religious, educational, economic, and political environments in which Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Churches work. Development agencies who adopt an integrative perspective will better discover and address human problems at their roots.About the Editor: James Butare-Kiyovu List Price: $9.95 Buy Now |
Dissertations | |
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Years ago, the author had a startling realization. Theologians and pastors have long taught on the glory of God and its central importance in the Bible. However, because he was living in East Asia, it also dawned on the author that this sort of talk about God's glory, praising Him, and magnifying His name was simply another way of talking about honor and shame. When the author looked at most theology and ministry-related books, he found that honor and shame seemed to be treated differently. Anthropologists talked about honor-shame, but theologians largely focused more on legal metaphors. The author could see both themes in Scripture but couldn't find help as to how to bring them together. This study was developed in order to address this gap and bring those themes together. |
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The need for this study arose from personal experience as to the inadequate, inappropriate, and ineffective nature of Western Christian theology in Arab Muslim contexts. Its aim is to explore the issues involved in enabling Western Christian theologians, theological educators, and expatriate workers, as well as Arab Christian and Muslim followers of Christ, to develop appropriate theology for Arab Muslim contexts. The goal of such theology is to present biblical truth that is more natural, relevant, understandable, and transformational. |
 | Appropriate Development for Nomadic PastoralistsThis study focuses on what is meant by appropriate development for nomadic pastoralists. It is based on the perception that those societies which traditionally live in arid and semi-arid lands with their main livelihood derived from herding animals, have their own objectives and a wealth of indigenous knowledge, both of which must be taken into account when development plans are being made.About the Author:: Details Author: Malcolm Hunter Publisher: WCIU Press, 2013 Binding: Paperback, 328 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850577 ISBN 13: 978-0865850576 List Price: $30.00 Buy Now |
 | Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core MissiologyRalph D. Winter (1924-2009) ranks among the most influential missiologists of the 20th Century. Missiologists and Christian leaders around the world have recognized his many significant contributions to the evangelical approach to the Great Commission task. To date, there is no complete or even popular biographical work on Winter, although a number of short articles have been written about him.This dissertation seeks to provide a thorough account, tying together the threads of Winter's life and work. That process should shed light on issues within of the history and development of missiological thinking in the West in the late twentieth century. About the Author:: Greg H Parsons is the Global Director of the USCWM and the Ralph D. Winter Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies at the William Carey International University. Greg worked with Ralph Winter for almost 28 years, and led the USCWM for 20 of those years. He has traveled extensively in mission circles, and continues to serve on a number of mission boards, including Missio Nexus (the North American mission network). Details Author: Greg H Parsons Publisher: WCIU Press, 2012 Binding: Paperback, 441 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850755 ISBN 13: 978-0865850750 List Price: $19.99 Buy Now |
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The most important event happening in our world today is the story of the Lord Jesus Christ as he works through his people in making disciple multipliers among every people group on earth. Exactly what kind of disciples are needed to do that? Many pre-field training programs have traditionally been designed within parameters that primarily emphasized the cognitive, with too little emphasis upon the whole person. In addition, very few studies on missionary training, up to this point, have been made by asking the practitioners what they sense was important in their own training. This study examines missionary training within the author's own mission agency, which is dedicated to take the gospel of Christ to unreached Muslim people groups, and seeks to ascertain what was important in pre-field and field-based training for CCI workers. |
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The motivation for this study was to help Indian churches in Southern California be more effective in their evangelistic strategies and discipleship efforts in order to produce new converts who are growing in the Lord. The author investigated the conversion and post-conversion experiences of believers who were born and brought up in the Hindu religion. Moreover, he discovered the real issues that these converted believers experienced and, in some cases, are still experiencing. The central understanding to emerge from the study was that the Hindu-background believers' [HBB] conversion and post-conversion adaptations are gradual.
HBBs consider their experiences to be different from those of traditional converts (i.e., those who grew up in the Church). Persistence is required on the part of believers to bring Hindus to Christ. Due to this gradual process, it takes years for Hindus to come to faith in Christ, which affects the growth of Indian churches in Southern California. |
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Many evangelical college students are going on urban immersion experiences in order to serve the city, learn about justice and poverty, and grow in their connectedness to poor and ethnically diverse people. These trips cost less than international trips, present fewer language and culture barriers, and often are experienced as life changing events much like international trips. But little research has been done on these urban short term immersion experiences. This dissertation explores the impact on the theology (spiritual capital), social change strategy and cultural awareness (cultural capital), and social connections (social capital) of a group of evangelical college students. |
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This dissertation examines the effectiveness of using books that are primarily narrative as textbooks in African Bible colleges. The importance of narrative communication is frequently discussed in the literature. Narrative is considered an important tool in communicating the gospel in many situations. The research upon which this dissertation is based sought to measure the effect of narrative against the effect of essay in an experiment conducted with ninety-three subjects at George Benson Christian College in Zambia and thirty-five subjects at Ghana Baptist Seminary. |
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Mass migration is an undeniable force in the world today as over 192 million people
transverse the globe in unprecedented diaspora. These migrants are affecting change wherever
they go as they intermingle with locals and other migrants. In recent years missiologists
recognized the immense potential that Christians in diaspora have as already-deployed
Kingdom workers, and joined the growing body of academics tracking international migration.
In this dissertation, ethnographic methodology of participant observation and in-depth
interview had been employed to gather descriptive data about Filipino Kingdom
workers. |
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This study proposes a substantive theory about the transformation process: conversion
initiates a process wherein Filipinas come to understand the Bible as the standard of truth;
subsequently, they become conscious that their behavior needs to mirror this standard. This
understanding, added to empowering elements and catalysts, and conveyed by culturally
appropriate delivery systems, results in behavior transformation. |
 | EMS Dissertation
SeriesCombining
elements of the missiological concepts of people movements and high-level contextualization,
the Insider Movement paradigm (IMP) proposes that biblical faith in Jesus can potentially be
lived out within any religious culture. Therefore faith in Jesus does not require severing
ties with one's pre-faith religious community. This claim represents a new paradigm for
ministry among peoples living in predominantly non-Christian religious cultures. To support
this claim, IMP proponents appeal to a number of arguments, some of them sociological but
others biblical and theological. Many of these claims intersect with four areas of theology:
theology of religions, the doctrine of revelation, soteriology, and ecclesiology. This
dissertation evaluates the IMP from these four perspectives. |
 | EMS Dissertation
Series Despite the difficulties of reaching the world of Islam with the
gospel, individual Muslims do put their faith in Christ. Literature on the subject of Muslim
conversions identifies an interesting range of conversion factors. However, little detail is
available on Palestinian converts. This qualitative study seeks to identify key conversion
factors and test whether these apply to other Muslim converts. |
 | EMS Dissertation
Series The confluence of three streams-the success of
the modern missionary movement, the pervasiveness of globalization, and the latent potential
of the interdependent body of Christ-indicate that advancing the mission of God in the
twenty first century calls for new ways of thinking and doing mission. This project
demonstrated that these three existing conditions afford the Church the opportunity to
employ international ministry partnerships as a means of engaging the whole Church in the
mission of God for the whole world. |
 | EMS Dissertation
Series Business as
mission (BAM) is an emerging term and a developing concept. There has been much fascination
in both mission and business circles with the concept of strategically using business to
accomplish missional purposes. Conferences and consultations have been held around the
world. Though the term BAM is ubiquitous in mission circles, there is great disparity in
what it means. There has been much talk about BAM in theory, but far less research done on
how it works out in reality. The purpose of this study is to help remedy this situation by
taking an in-depth look at business as mission in a single cultural context, namely Chiang
Mai, Thailand. |
 | EMS Dissertation
SeriesThis study examines
archival materials, pertinent literary sources, and fifteen interviews in order to
understand the impact on the Africa Evangelical Church (AEC) by its founding body, the South
Africa General Mission/Africa Evangelical Fellowship (AEF). It also explores the possible
contributions that both the Mission and the Church could make to their continued growth as
they move together into the 21st century. |
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Global Issues | |
 | Christian Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictHow should Christians respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which, for decades, has been the focus of media reports on suicide bombings, wars, billions in military weaponry, and countless diplomatic efforts towards resolution by presidents and prime ministers? In this volume, you'll hear the voices of Jews and Arabs of faith as they passionately share their perspective on what has happened and how we should understand the present situation in the light of Scripture.Details Edited by Wesley H. Brown & Peter F. Penner WCIU Press 2008, 238 pages ISBN 978-0-86585-005-7 List Price: $12.99 Buy Now |
Education | |
 | Diversified Theological EducationThe central concern of Diversified Theological Education, which includes Theological Education by Extension, is access. TEE and DTE models have made enormous progress in the urgent task of equipping all God's people for ministry. Ross Kinsler has compiled in this anthology important case studies of the diverse means of contemporary theological education.Details Author: Ross Kinsler, ed. Publisher: WCIU Press, 2007 Binding: Paperback, 296 Pages ISBN 10: ISBN 13: 9780865850040 List Price: $19.95 Missionbooks.org Price: $17.96 Buy Now |
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Theological Education by ExtensionThis 40th Anniversary reprint edition is an exact replica of the original publication from 1969. Dr. Ralph D. Winter's experience and observations of Theological Education in Central America helped initiate the early Theological Education by Extension movement. There are many authors in this work representing a variety of perspectives that can still contribute to the TEE movement today.This book chronicles that experience in detail. WCIU Press is privileged to celebrate the past forty years of the TEE Movement and Ralph Winter's life and ministry with the release of this reprint edition.Details Edited by Ralph D. Winter WCIU Press, 2009 Paperback, 648 Pages Retail Price: $25.00 Buy Now |
Mission & Church History | |
 | My Cup OverflowsThe story of Chan Young Choi is inspiring and challenging. The enormity and influence of Amity Foundation Press, at this point having printed over 100 million bibles in China, alone testifies to the mark Chan Young Choi has left on the missionary movement. As Paul Pierson comments in his foreword, "Who could have authored such a story? The answer is, only God! The life of Chan Young Choi demonstrates how faithful obedience to Jesus Christ leads to the most productive and authentic life anyone can live."About the Author:: Peter Yuntaeg Im is the Director of the Global Leadership Center at William Carey International University. Details Author: Peter Yuntaeg Im Publisher: WCIU Press, 2012 Binding: Paperback, 184 Pages ISBN 10: 086585016X ISBN 13: 978-0865850163 List Price: $11.55 Buy Now |
 | Biblical Multicultural TeamsBiblical Multicultural Teams speaks to the heart of cultural misunderstanding- our childhood upbringing. Sheryl Takagi Silzer is able in this work to provide both an honest look at her own cross-cultural experience and an astute academic understanding of cross-cultural communication. We all work and function in a multicultural world. The advice and wisdom in Biblical Multicultural Teams will thus enable you to take a hard look at assumptions and attitudes found in your team and to work on submitting them to biblical standards of interaction.Details Author: Sheryl Takagi Silzer WCIU Press, 2011 Paperback, 178 pages ISBN-10: 0865850151 ISBN-13: 978-0865850156 Print Edition List Price: $9.55 Buy now Kindle e-book List Price: $7.55 Buy now |
 | The Dynamics of Christian MissionIn this text, Paul E. Pierson, Dean Emeritus of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, guides the reader through a missiological view of history from Christ to the present. Pierson particularly highlights the contexts by which the biblical faith moved into new and different cultures. Today, the Christian faith, is the most geographically and culturally diverse worldwide movement that exists. Paul E. Pierson's book illuminates how this amazing fact has come about and how the trend will continue.Details Author: Paul E. Pierson WCIU Press, 2009 Paperback, 368 pages ISBN-10: 0865850062 ISBN-13: 9780865850064 List Price: $19.95 Buy now Also Available in the Kindle Edition Also Available as a PDF E-book |
 | Frontiers in MissionThis is an inductive, autobiographical presentation of the process of finding, recognizing, or discovering problems. It is only secondarily focused on solving them. Its purpose is not only to search for solutions for problems already under consideration, but also to use those problems as a means of gaining expertise in the identification of other obstacles to common and uncommon goals.Details Author: Ralph D. Winter Publisher: WCIU Press, 2005 Binding: Paperback, 340 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850100 ISBN 13: 9780865850101 List Price: $19.99 Missionbooks.org Price: $17.99 Buy Now |
 | Edinburgh 2010: Springboard for MissionThe World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh 1910 was an epoch-making event. Edinburgh 2010: Springboard for Mission provides an overview of the momentous 1910 conference and analyzes the many streams of development in global Christianity which flowed from the first Edinburgh conference. This primer on the importance of Edinburgh 1910 and the forthcoming 2010 conference looks both at the achievements and downfalls of the past as well as pushes the Christian missions movement forward to the future. As Kenneth Ross writes in this volume, "the centenary of Edinburgh 1910 is an occasion which challenges the global missionary movement to re-gather and take stock again of how it stands in relation to its task."The time has come for the missions movement to gain new momentum and definition for the task ahead. Edinburgh 2010 truly has the potential to serve as a new springboard for mission. Details Author Kenneth R. Ross Publisher: WCIU Press, 2009 Binding: Paperback, 90 pages ISBN 10: 0865850089 ISBN 13: 9780865850088 List Price: $8.55 Buy Now |
 | Edinburgh 2010: New Directions for Church in MissionThe centenary of the "Edinburgh 1910" World Missionary Conference has proved to be a suggestive moment for those concerned with the question of how the church of Jesus Christ engages the world in which it is set. "Edinburgh 2010" has succeeded in bringing together a broader representation of world Christianity than has ever before been mobilized in a common project. It has been able to draw on the experience and insights of people from every continent. It has also been enriched by the gifts and wisdom of almost every conceivable Christian tradition-from Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic to Pentecostal and Independent. This small book offers a bird's eye view of the results of the study process which has engaged nine key themes in preparation for the historic Edinburgh 2010 conference. It brings into sharp focus the crucial issues facing Christian mission today - in a way which invites both personal reflection and group discussion. Written in non-technical language and providing pithy accounts of the outcomes of the study process, this book is an ideal place to start for anyone aiming to become familiar with the substance of the discussion being generated by Edinburgh 2010.Details Author: Kenneth Ross Binding: Paperback, 110 pages Publisher: WCIU Press (April 6, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0865850097 ISBN-13: 978-0865850095 Buy Now |
_.jpg) | Edinburgh 2010: Fresh Perspectives on Christian MissionThe Edinburgh 2010 study process has created a diverse community of discussion and reflection which spans the globe and extends broadly across the full spectrum of church life. At no time or place have all of its participants ever come together. Yet they have found ways to unite and connect - through a website, through email, Skype and Facebook, and through occasional meetings or consultations to address particular issues. The process is therefore informed by possibly a wider range of experience than has ever before been applied to questions of church and mission. From such an extensive web of international interaction this small book has emerged.Details Author: Kenneth Ross Binding: Paperback, 108 pages Publisher: WCIU Press (April 6, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0865850149 ISBN-13: 978-0865850149 Buy Now |
 | Edinburgh 2010: Youth PerspectivesIt has often been said that youth are the future of the Church. While this may be true, it is important to realize that while youth will eventually become the Church of tomorrow, they are also intricately involved in the formation and development of the Church of today. With this in mind, the organizers of the Edinburgh 2010 conference, which commemorates the centenary celebration of the Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference, have included 'Youth and Mission' as one of their seven transversal topics to be discussed in the Edinburgh 2010 study process. This book, consisting of a series of essays, provides a look into the various perspectives of youth from around the world, as they engage in the challenges facing the Church today and the opportunities for the future. The authors of these essays provide new and refreshing approaches to Christian witness within the 21st Century.Details: Author: Kirk Sandvig Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: WCIU Press (June 28, 2010) ISBN-10: 0865850127 ISBN-13: 978-0865850125 Buy Now |
 | Missions Practice in the 21st CenturyThe landscape and ministry context in the 21st Century is markedly different from the last century. Notably present are the socio-cultural forces of globalization, postmodernism, terrorism and international migration. This book is a collection of writings from 15 different authors, including Ralph D. Winter and George Verwer, speaking to the issues of our day and age and how they affect the practice of missions in the 21st Century. This is the first book in the timely WCIU Press Diaspora Series.Details Edited by Enoch Wan and Sadiri Joy Tira WCIU Press, 2009 Paperback, 248 Pages Retail Price: $15.00 Buy Now |
 | The Impossible Challenge: The Founding of the US Center for World MissionDetailsEditor: Ralph D. Winter ISBN: 0-86585-003-8 This is a complete reprint of the first four years of the Mission Frontiers Bulletin. This reprint is a reflection on an unusual cluster of events that brought about the founding of the US Center for World Mission. These issues are reprinted in commemoration of twenty-five years of continuous publication of the Mission Frontiers bulletin. This book includes a preface, comments on each issue, and an interesting introduction by the late Dr. Ralph D. Winter. List Price: $22.99 Buy Now Also Available as an E-book download Download Price: $6.00 Download |
Biblical Studies | |
 | New Light from the Ancient Greek Bible, Second EditionDetails A Strong's-Indexed Edition of George Morrish's "A Concordance of the Septuagint" Editor: George Morrish Publication Year: 1998 List Price: $15.00 Special Order; Contact us for more information! |
 | A Synopsis of the Gospels from Codex VaticanusDetails Organized around the Gospel of Matthew in Horizontal Line and Parallel Column Format Editor: Reuben Swanson Publication Year: 2011 List Price: $45.95 Buy Now |
New Testament Greek Manuscript SeriesEdited by Reuben J. Swanson Compiled and edited by New Testament scholar Reuben J. Swanson, the volumes in the New Testament Greek Manuscripts series present all the known variants in Greek to the texts of various New Testament books in an easy-to-follow, verse-by-verse format. Advanced students of the New Testament, Bible translators, and New Testament textual scholars can see at a glance any variations between the surviving Greek witnesses in any given verse. Available volumes include The Four Gospels, Acts, Romans, Galatians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, each with a brief introduction to New Testament textual scholarship and helpful appendixes.
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 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: 4 Gospels pack (4 volumes)DetailsAuthor: Reuben Swanson Publisher: WCIU Press, 1995 Binding: Paperback, 1296 Pages List Price: $112.99 Missionbooks.org Price: $101.69 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: MatthewDetailsISBN: 0865850518 List Price: $34.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: MarkDetailsISBN: 0865850526 List Price: $31.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: LukeDetailsISBN: 0865850534 List Price: $43.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: JohnDetailsISBN: 0865850542 List Price: $33.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: ActsDetailsAuthor: Reuben J. Swanson Publisher: WCIU Press, 1998 Binding: Paperback, 513 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850550 ISBN 13: 9780865850552 List Price: $50.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: RomansDetailsAuthor: Reuben Swanson Publisher: WCIU Press, 2001 Binding: Paperback, 391 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850704 ISBN 13: 9780865850705 List Price: $43.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: 1 CorinthiansDetailsAuthor: Reuben Swanson Publisher: WCIU Press / Tyndale, 2003 Binding: Paperback, 544 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850720 ISBN 13: 9780865850729 List Price: $49.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: 2 CorinthiansDetailsAuthor: Reuben Swanson Publisher: WCIU Press, 2006 Binding: Paperback, 394 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850739 ISBN 13: 9780865850736 List Price: $40.99 Buy Now |
 | New Testament Greek Manuscripts: GalatiansDetailsAuthor: Reuben Swanson Publisher: WCIU Press, 1999 Binding: Paperback, 135 Pages ISBN 10: 0865850690 ISBN 13: 9780865850699 List Price: $20.99 Buy Now |