{"id":6064,"date":"2015-12-23T06:02:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T11:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6064"},"modified":"2015-12-16T11:23:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T16:23:15","slug":"article-best-missions-books-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6064","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Best Missions Books of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Catalyst Services, December 2015 Postings<\/p>\n<p>Check out these 14 books and the reasons why they were nominated as \u201cmust reads\u201d for church missions mobilizers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discipling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>One Thing: a Gospel-Centered Life on Mission<\/em>, Ben Harrell<\/li>\n<li><em>Jesus Continued<\/em>, by J.D. Greear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Missionary Sending and Care<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Well Sent<\/em>, by Steve Beirn<\/li>\n<li><em>Senders: How Your Church Can Identify, Train, and Deploy Missionaries<\/em>, by Paul Seger<\/li>\n<li><em>The Sending Church Defined<\/em>, by Jack Bradley<\/li>\n<li><em>Mind the Gaps<\/em>, by David Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Generosity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Christ-Centered Generosity: Global Perspectives on the Biblical Call to a Generous Life<\/em>, by R. Scott Rodin<\/li>\n<li><em>Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions<\/em>, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert<\/li>\n<li><em>Helping Without Hurting In Church Benevolence: A Practical Guide to Walking with Low-Income People<\/em>, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Millennials in Ministry<\/em>, by Jolene Cassellius Erlacher<\/li>\n<li><em>Arrival City: How the Largest Migration in History Is Shaping Our World<\/em>, by Doug Saunders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Great Commission, Great Compassion<\/em>, by Paul Borthwick<\/li>\n<li><em>Expect Great Things<\/em>, by Marvin Newell<\/li>\n<li><em>Farewell, Four Waters: One Aid Worker\u2019s Sudden Escape from Afghanistan<\/em>, by Kate McCord<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/catalystservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Best-Missions-Bks-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/catalystservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Best-Missions-Bks-15.pdf\">Read more about these books<\/a> and why they were nominated as \u201cmust reads\u201d for church missions mobilizers. Most but not all came out in 2015. A big thanks to editor Ellen Livingood and the mission leaders who contributed to this helpful list. We had read and reviewed several and wondered about others, but missed some of them all together.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/catalystservices.org\/postings\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/catalystservices.org\/postings\/\">Learn more or subscribe to Postings<\/a>, a free, monthly newsletter of practical articles in church missions mobilization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Catalyst Services, December 2015 Postings Check out these 14 books and the reasons why they were nominated as \u201cmust reads\u201d for church missions mobilizers. Discipling One Thing: a Gospel-Centered Life on Mission, Ben Harrell Jesus Continued, by J.D. Greear Missionary Sending and Care Well Sent, by Steve Beirn Senders: How Your Church Can Identify, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=6064\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ARTICLE: Best Missions Books of 2015<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-6064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064","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=6064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6065,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6064\/revisions\/6065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}