Books for Missionaries
1. 
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
by:
Steve Corbett
4.20 avg rating — 13,904 ratings 
4. 
Lost Faith: A Practical Theology for Post-Christendom Ministry
by:
Seth Bouchelle
4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings 
6. 
The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures
by:
Jayson Georges
4.37 avg rating — 1,672 ratings 7. 
Crossroads of the Nations: Diaspora, Globalization, and Evangelism (Urban Ministry in the 21st Century #1)
by:
Jared Looney
3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings 
9. 
Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices
by:
Paul G. Hiebert
4.09 avg rating — 133 ratings 10. 
Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence
by:
David Livermore
4.03 avg rating — 738 ratings 11. 
Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility
by:
Duane Elmer
4.23 avg rating — 1,423 ratings 12. 
Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World
by:
Gary A. Haugen
4.19 avg rating — 1,250 ratings 12. 
Jesus' Economy: A Biblical View of Poverty, the Currency of Love, and a Pattern for Lasting Change
by:
John D. Barry
4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings 
12. 
Bowery Mission: Grit and Grace on Manhattan’s Oldest Street
by:
Jason Storbakken
4.25 avg rating — 36 ratings 
12. 
Grieving God: Spiritual Formation for Post-Christendom Ministry
by:
Seth Bouchelle
4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings 
18. 
That Way and No Other: Following God through Storm and Drought
by:
Amy Carmichael
4.29 avg rating — 82 ratings 
21. 
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
by:
Ron Hall
4.20 avg rating — 91,989 ratings 21. 
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The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission 4.21 avg rating — 995 ratings
24. 
The Faith of the People: Theological Reflections on Popular Catholicism
by:
Orlando O. Espin
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 
26. 
Women at the Well: Feminist Perspectives on Spiritual Direction
by:
Kathleen Fischer
4.07 avg rating — 57 ratings 
30. 
Post Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World
by:
Stuart Murray
4.36 avg rating — 75 ratings 32. 
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions
by:
Ruth A. Tucker
4.08 avg rating — 1,895 ratings 33. 
Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World
by:
David Livermore
3.92 avg rating — 425 ratings 
37. 
Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting In Around the World
by:
Duane Elmer
4.08 avg rating — 627 ratings 37. 
Who is Jesus?: An Introduction to Christology (Michael Glazier Books) 3.71 avg rating — 75 ratings
39. 
Theological Worlds: Understanding the Alternative Rhythms of Christian Belief
by:
W. Paul Jones
3.78 avg rating — 55 ratings 40. 
City Shaped Churches: Planting Churches in a Global Era
by:
Linda Bergquist
4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings 
41. 
School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism (New Monastic Library: Resources for Radical Discipleship)
by:
Rutba House
3.99 avg rating — 143 ratings 43. 
The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West . . . Again 4.09 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
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The Bees of Rainbow Falls: Finding Faith, Imagination, and Delight in Your Neighbourhood
by:
Preston Pouteaux
4.61 avg rating — 44 ratings 
49. 
Cultural Intelligence (Youth, Family, and Culture): Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World
by:
David Livermore
3.92 avg rating — 425 ratings 
51. 
Transculturation: The Cultural Factor in Translation and Other Communication Tasks
by:
R. Daniel Shaw
3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings 
53. 
Global Church Planting: Biblical Principles and Best Practices for Multiplication
by:
Craig Ott
4.16 avg rating — 183 ratings 54. 
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
by:
Anne Fadiman
4.20 avg rating — 87,600 ratings 56. 
Too Small to Ignore: Why Children Are the Next Big Thing
by:
Wess Stafford
4.41 avg rating — 1,148 ratings 57. 
Cross-Cultural Conflict: Building Relationships for Effective Ministry
by:
Duane Elmer
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 246 ratings 
59. 
Doing Member Care Well: Perspectives and Practices From Around the World 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
60. 
Mission Possible: The Story of a Wycliffe Missionary
by:
Marilyn Laszlo
4.40 avg rating — 255 ratings 61. 
White Man Walking: An American Businessman's Spiritual Adventure in Africa
by:
Ward Brehm
3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings 62. 
Extreme Prayer: The Impossible Prayers God Promises to Answer
by:
Greg Pruett
4.41 avg rating — 354 ratings 63. 
African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa (Publications in Ethnography, Vol. 37)
by:
David E. Maranz
3.90 avg rating — 400 ratings 
65. 
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
by:
John Mark Comer
4.51 avg rating — 84,856 ratings