Walter C. Kaiser, Mission in the Old Testament: Israel as a Light to the Nations, Second Edition. Baker Academic, 2012. Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missionally Responsive/Evangelical LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a brief theology of mission from a seasoned Old Testament scholar. It represents the same conservative evangelical strain as Kostenberger
Eckhard J. Schnabel, Early Christian Mission, Volume 1: Jesus and the Twelve. IVP Academic, 2004. Also Early Christian Mission, Volume 2: Paul and the Early Church. IVP Academic, 2004. (Comes as a two-volume set) Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missionally Responsive/Evangelical LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a massive two-volume work, consisting of
Andreas Koestenberger and Peter T. O’brien, Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission (New Studies in Biblical Theology, Volume 11). IVP Academic, 2001. Referenced in: Theology and Practice of Evangelism – Missionally Responsive/Evangelical Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missionally Responsive/Evangelical LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a very substantive theology
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions, 3rd Edition. Baker Academic, 2010. Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missionally Responsive/Evangelical LifeandLeadership.com Summary This volume first came out in 1993, and his now in its third edition, having sold almost 200,000 copies. I was first exposed to
Lesslie Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society (Eerdmans, 1989). Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missio Dei LifeandLeadership.com Summary The story of the missional movement actually began with Lesslie Newbigin. Upon returning to his native England in 1974 after a missionary tour in India, Newbigin was struck by how the once
Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture (Eerdmans, 1986). Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missio Dei LifeandLeadership.com Summary The story of the missional movement actually began with Lesslie Newbigin. Upon returning to his native England in 1974 after a missionary tour in India, Newbigin was struck by
George Hunsberger, Bearing the Witness of the Spirit: Lesslie Newbign’s Theology of Cultural Plurality. Eerdmans, 1998. Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missio Dei LifeandLeadership.com Summary The story of the missional movement actually began with Lesslie Newbigin. Upon returning to his native England in 1974 after a missionary tour in India, Newbigin
Lesslie Newbigin, The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995. Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missio Dei LifeandLeadership.com Summary The story of the missional movement actually began with Lesslie Newbigin. Upon returning to his native England in 1974 after a missionary tour in India, Newbigin
Arthur F. Glasser, Charles E. Van Engen, Dean S. Gilliland, Shawn B. Redford, Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible. Baker Academic, 2003. Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missio Dei LifeandLeadership.com Summary This book has much of the same purpose as Christopher J. H. Wright’s The Mission
Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission (Biblical Theology for Life). Zondervan, 2010. Prequel: Wright, The Mission of God Referenced in: Ecclesiology Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations – Missio Dei LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Wright’s The Mission of God. In the preface
