Suggested Reading List

Holistic Mission: Evangelism & Justice

• The Hole in Our Gospel, by Richard Stearns *
• The Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne *
• Live Like You Give a Damn, by Tom Sine *
• Toxic Charity, by Robert Lupton *
• Transforming Society, by Melba Maggay *
• Walking with the Poor, by Bryant Myers *
• Whole and Reconciled, by Al Tizon *

 Short-Term Trips

•  Deep Justice Journeys Leader’s Guide: 50 Activities to More Mission Trips and Mission Living,
  by Kara Powell and Brad Griffin *
•  Foreign to Familiar, by Sarah Lanier *
• Short-Term Mission Workbook, by Tim Dearborn *
• Helping without Hurting in Short-term Missions, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert *

Church & Mission

•  Christian Mission, by Dana Robert *
•  The Next Evangelicalism, by Soong-Chan Rah *
• The New Global Mission, by Samuel Escobar *
• Our Global Families, by Cindy Wu *
• To All Nations From All Nations, by Justo Gonzalez and Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi *

Contextualization

• Beyond Christendom, by Jehu Hanciles *
• Cross-Cultural Partnership, by Mary Lederleitner *
• Cross-Cultural Servanthood, by Duane Elmer *
• Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys, by Richard Twiss *

Books on Human Trafficking (Adapted from THELOOKOUT)

• A Crime So Monstrous by Benjamin Skinner (Free press, 2009)
• Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales (University of California Press, 2012)
• Good News About Injustice by Gary A. Haugen (IVP Books,2099)
• Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn (Vintage, 2010)
• Just Courage: God’s Great Expedition for the Restless Christian by Gary A. Haugen (IVO Books, 2088)
• Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade– and How We Can Fight It by David Bastone (HarperOne, 2010)
• The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Man (Random House, 2099)
• The Slave Across the Street by Teresa Flores (Ampelon Publising, 2010)
• The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today by Ron Soodalter and Kevin Bales (University of California Press, 2010)
• Terrify No More by Gary A. Haugen and Gregg Hunter (Thomas Nelson, 2010)

 *   Adapted from The Evangelical Covenant Church

  Missionary Biographies and Autobiographies

• The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken
• Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret by Dr. Howard Taylor
• To the Golden Shore by Courtney Anderson
• Sent by Hilary Alan
• Servant on the Edge of History by Sam James
• Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ by John Piper
• Through the Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot

  Leveraging your life

• Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper
• Risk is Right by John Piper
• Radical by David Platt
• The Call Finding and Fulfilling the Basic Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness
• The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Follow Me by David Patt
• Gaining By Losing by J.D. Greear

  Personal and Relational Health

• Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul David Tripp
• Side by Side by Ed Welch
• When People are Big and God is Small by Ed Wech
• Disciples are Made Not Born by Walter Henrichsen
• Spiritual Discipleship by J Oswald Sanders
• Crucial Conversions by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

  Planting Churches Overseas

• T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution by Steve Smith
• Church Planting Movements by David Garrison
• A Holy Ambition by John Piper
• Church Planting by the Book by Elbert smith
• Church Planting Movements by David Garrison

  Praying for the Nations

• Operation World by Jason Mandryk
• Joshua Project
• People Groups

  Preparing To Go Cross Culturally

• Cross-Cultural Servanthood by Duane Elmer
• Discovering the Mission of God by Mike Barnett and Robin Martin
• Missionary Methods by Roland Allen
• Anthropological Insights for Missionaries by Paul G. Hiebert
• Ministering cross- culturally by Sherwood G Lingenfelter
• Cultural intelligence by David Liver

  Specific to Region or Religion

• Death of a Guru by Rabi R. Maharah
• Breaking the Islam Code by J. D Greear
• Jesus Among Other Gods by Ravi Zacharias
• Handbook of Today’s Religions by Josh McDowell
• A Global Gospel in a World of Religions ( Secret Church Resources)
• A Wind the House of Islam by David Garrison
• Seeking Allah Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi

  Strategy

• The Insanity of Obedience by Nik Ripken
• When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert
• Finish the Mission by John Pipper
• Poverty of Nations by Barry Asmus and Wayne Grudem
• Movements that Change the World by Steve Addison
• The Meeting of the Waters by Fritz Kling
• The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman

  Resources for Families

• The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones
• The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski
• The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross by Carl Laferton

  Devotional Books for Before You Go and While You’re Gone

• Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent
• New Morning Mercies by Paul David Tripp
• Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
• Taste and See by John Piper
• Valley of Vision by Arthur Bennett
• Comforts from the Cross by Elyse Fitzpatrick

  Missions history and Theology

• From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth A. Tucker
• A History of Cristian Missions by Stephen Neil
• The Open Secret by Lesslie Newbigin
• A Light to the Nations by Michael W. Goheen