General+Reference+Materials

=﻿General reference materials are print materials that cover topics on cross-cultural missions including studies of particular countries as well as information about specific aspects of missiology including language acquisition, customs, and church growth.=

=﻿Appleby, J. //Missions Have Come to America.// Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press. 1986. 108 pp. A challenge for reaching out to America's ethnic groups.=

=﻿Axtell, R. //Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World.// New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1998. General information on forbidden customs and common culture in other countries.=

=﻿Bennett, C. //Tinder in Tabasco: A Study of Church Growth in Tropical Mexico.// Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1968. 210 pp. An account of the how the Christian gospel spread throughout a small village.=

=﻿Hartley, D. //Preparing to Serve: Training for Cross-Cultural Mission.// Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1995. Information on the basic steps of preparation for serving and living in another culture.=

=﻿//Introduction to Missiology.// Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1987. A collection of 40 writings concerning missiology.=

=Kwast, L. //The Discipling of West Cameroon: A Study of Baptist Growth.// Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 1971. Principles of church growth.=

=﻿Loss, M. //Culture Shock: Dealing with the Stress in Cross-Cultural Living.// Winona Lake, IN: Light and Life Press. 1993. What to expect when emersing one self in a foreign culture.=

=﻿Nelson, M. //The How and Why of Third World Missions.// Pasenda: William Carey Library. 1976. 200 pp. The process of sending agencies developing churches.=

=**Randall, M**. //Profile for Victory: New Proposals for Missions in Zambia.// Pasenda: William Carey Library, 1970. 190 pp. Analyzing the field, diagnosis, and planning.=

=﻿Scates, D. //Why Navajo Churches are Growing: The Cultural Dynamics of Navajo Religious Changes.// Navajo Christian Churches, 1981. Insights into the rise and growth of Catholic, Morman, and Protestant churches among the Navajo nation.=

=Smith, W.D. //Toward Continuous Mission: Strategizing for the Evangelization of Bolivia.// Pasedena: William Carey Library. 1978. Strategies for missiology in general; using Bolivia specifically.=

=﻿Storti, C. //The Art of Crossing Cultures.// Yarmouth: Intercultural Press. 1990. Steps to make your move to a new culture easier.=

=﻿Vought, D. //Protestants in Modern Spain: The Struggle for Religious Pluralism.// Pasadena: William Carey Library, 1973. 135 pp. Opennes in the Spanish culture leading to the spread of Christianity.=

=﻿Wong, J. //Missions for the Third World.// Singapore: Church Growth Study Centre. 1973. A classic book of research on 3rd World Missions.=