Book: Rethinking Global Mobilization

Source: Global Mission Mobilization Initiative

Rethinking Global Mobilization: Calling the Church to Her Core Identity, by Ryan Shaw. IGNITE Media, 2022. 309 pages.

It’s far too easy and common to reduce mission mobilization to inviting individuals to respond to the Great Commission—specifically by becoming missionaries. But do we really believe every Christian has a part in to play in God’s global mission and that it’s a calling for the whole Church? If so, how might that enlarge and energize our mobilization efforts?

Ryan Shaw is President of Global Mission Mobilization Initiative (GMMI, formerly SVM2) and has spent recent decades catalyzing mission mobilization efforts in many countries. He invites us to rethink mission mobilization, develop a biblical theology of mission mobilization, recognize historical patterns of mission and mission mobilization, and devote ourselves to a more unified strategy of global mission.

Although plenty of books have been written to mobilize Christians for world mission, little has been written about mission mobilization itself. This sweeping volume—not too thick but quite thorough—may prove to be a seminal one. There’s a good chapter on types of mission mobilizers, another looking at each of the Great Commission passages, and a chapter about why the author sees the fulfillment of the Great Commission as central to the mission of the Church. Shaw addresses objections and obstacles and supports his points with scripture and other citations.

Visit the book website to learn more. You can get the book from Amazon or elsewhere (US$7.99 for the Kindle edition and US$12.99 for the paperback). You might also want to watch a conversation about the book with Bevin Ginder of GlobalCAST Resources

See also What We Mean by “Mission Mobilization” on the GMMI website and consider joining the Monthly Day of Prayer for Mission Mobilization, the third Tuesday of each month. The focus for March is praying for the Church in Ukraine.

Rethinking Global Mobilization is included on a recent compilation from The Center for Missionary Mobilization and Retention: See Recommended Books for New Mobilizers.

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