{"id":13848,"date":"2025-05-28T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13848"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:26:16","slug":"new-books-mission-fiction-starting-movements-and-the-story-of-the-chinese-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13848","title":{"rendered":"New Books: Mission Fiction, Starting Movements, and the Story of the Church in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Novel: Taking You Under My Skin&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the foothills of northwest Laos, an unreached tribal group lives unaware of the gospel\u2014until an American army medic is captured and brought to their village. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, this story imagines a mountain tribe\u2019s encounter with Jesus and how it transforms their lives forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/products\/taking-you-under-my-skin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more or buy the book<\/a> (William Carey Publishing). You can also watch an interview with the author, Marv Newell, on the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strategy: What Actually Starts Movements?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest book from Dr. Emanuel Prinz draws from research on 147 movements worldwide to explore what sparks and fuels disciple-making movements and breakthroughs, with a focus on the traits and practices of catalytic leadership (and how you can grow in them). Lots of supporting data and practical takeaways for seeing the kingdom of God advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Actually-Starts-Movements-Multiplication-ebook\/dp\/B0F5XVPLJG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more or buy the book<\/a> (100 Movements Publishing) or get a taste by poking around the author\u2019s website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalyticleadership.info\/\">Catalytic Leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>History: Fujian, The Blessed Province<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the 1920s, Fujian was home to more Christians than any other province of China, including key leaders John Sung, Watchman Nee, and Leland Wang. See how the church in Fujian has impacted millions of people in China and throughout Southeast Asia. This is ninth in Paul Hattaway\u2019s province-by-province series about the church in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaharvest.org\/bookstore\/Fujian-The-Blessed-Province-The-China-Chronicles-N%C2%BA9-p752236177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more or buy the book<\/a> (Asia Harvest) or <a href=\"https:\/\/irp.cdn-website.com\/5ddddb20\/files\/uploaded\/202-_Fujian_-_The_New_Book_by_Paul_Hattaway.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read excerpts in the ministry\u2019s latest newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novel: Taking You Under My Skin&nbsp; In the foothills of northwest Laos, an unreached tribal group lives unaware of the gospel\u2014until an American army medic is captured and brought to their village. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, this story imagines a mountain tribe\u2019s encounter with Jesus and how it transforms their lives &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=13848\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Books: Mission Fiction, Starting Movements, and the Story of the Church in China<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13848"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13860,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions\/13860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}