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Pre-Field Development (PFD) - Regional Reading Assignments

Africa

Required Reading for The Gambia:

• David E. Marantz. African Friends and Money Matters.
• John S. Mbiti. African Religions & Philosophy. Must read: Introduction, chapters 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20.

Required Reading for South Africa:

• Alan Paton. Cry the Beloved Country (video or book).
• David Cohen. People Who Have Stolen From Me.

Suggested Reading for South Africa :

• James Michner. The Covenant

Required Reading for All Countries Other Than The Gambia And South Africa

• David E. Marantz. African Friends and Money Matters.
• A. Scott Moreau. The World of the Spirits: A Biblical Study in the African Context. Must read: Foreword, Preface, Chapters 4-Conclusion. (Out of print: contact Administrative Assistant of Africa for copies.)

Suggested Reading:

• John S. Mbiti. African Religions and Philosophy. Read: Introduction, chapters 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20

Central America & Caribbean

Required Reading:

• Emilio C. Núñez & William D. Taylor. Crisis and Hope in Latin America, Revised Edition. William Carey Library, 1996.
• James G. McCarthy. The Gospel According to Rome. Harvest House Publishers, 1995. To be read in conjunction with: Pope John Paul II. The New Catechism of The Catholic Church. 1994.

North America

Required Reading for Canada:

• Dr. J.H. Watt. The Fellowship Story, Our First 25 Years.
• Elspeth Cameron, Editor. Multiculturalism and Immigration In Canada: An Introductory Reader.

Required Reading for USA:

• Ed Stetzer. Planting New Churches in a Post-Modern Age. Broadman & Holman, 2003.
• Aubery Malphurs. Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century. Baker Bookhouse,1998.

Suggested Reading:

• Rick Warren. The Purpose Driven Church. Zondervan Press, 1999.

South America

Required Reading for Brazil:

• Joseph A. Page. The Brazilians. Perseus Publishing, 1996.
• Harrison, Phyllis A. Behaving Brazilian. Newbury House Publishers, 1983. ISBN #0883773155

Required Reading for Spanish Speaking Countries:

• Emilio C. Núñez & William D. Taylor. Crisis and Hope in Latin America, An Evangelical Perspective, Revised Edition. William Carey Library, 1996. [chapters to be read 1-6, 9,10,14,16 only.]
• Steve Saint. End of the Spear. Click here for more instruction

Asia

Require Reading for Asia Pacific (excluding Hong Kong):

• Lind, Mary Ann. Asia – A Christian Perspective. YWAM Publishing: Seattle, WA, 1994.
• Lane, Denis. One World/Two Minds: Eastern and Western Outlooks in a Changing World. OMF International, 1995 ($6 @ OMF or 3.50 @ CBD)

Suggested Reading:

• Tom Steffen. Passing the Baton. Center for Organization & Ministry, 1997.
• Naisbitt, John. Megatrends Asia: Eight Asian Megatrends That Are Reshaping Our World. Simon & Schuster: New York, NY, 1996.

Required Reading for China:

• Donald B Snow. English Teaching as Christian Mission, An Applied Theology.
• David Aikman. Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power.

Required Reading for Hong Kong:

• Lind, Mary Ann. Asia – A Christian Perspective. YWAM Publishing: Seattle, WA, 1994.
• Harry Ambacher. Under the Shadow of the Dragon. ABWE Publishing.

Required Reading for South Asia:

• Ergun Mehmet Caner, Emir Fethi Caner. Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs.
• Randy C. Alcorn. Safely Home.

Central & Eastern Europe

Required Reading:

• John Mark Terry, Ebbie Smith and Justice Anderson. Missiology, An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions. 1998.
• Working in Central & Eastern Europe, Guidelines for Christians. (Out of print: contact Administrative Assistant of C & E Europe for copies.)

Western Europe

Required Reading (excluding Ireland):

• Rick Richardson. Evangelism Outside The Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News. InterVarsity Press. 192 pp. (or D. A Carson. Telling the Truth.)
• James W. Sire. The Universe Next Door, A Basic Worldview Catalog (Third edition or later) InterVarsity Press, 1997, 237pp.

Suggested Reading:

• D.A. Carson. Telling the Truth. Zondervan 2000

Required Reading for Ireland:

• Thomas Cahill. How the Irish Saved Civilization. Doubleday 1995
• Robert Kee. Ireland, a History Little Brown & Co, 1982..

Suggested Reading:

• D.A. Carson. Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications. Zondervan, 2005.

GAP

Reading will be assigned individually based on where you are going and what you will be doing.

WIN

Required Reading for Restricted Access Countries:

• David Garison. Church Planting Movements.
• Greg Livingstone. Planting Churches in Muslim Cities.

Suggested Reading:

• Paul Lunde. Islam - Faith, Culture, History. DK Publishing. ISBN # 0-7894-8797-7
• Greeson, Kevin. The CAMEL: How Muslims Are Coming to Faith in Christ. Second Edition, 2007. Wigtake Resources.

WORD Ministries

Required Reading:

• John Beekman and John Callow. Translating the Word of God. Zondervan, 1974. [For translation ministries]
• Ernest Lee. Literacy Primers: The Gudshinsky Method. SIL, 1984. [For literacy ministries]

Suggested Reading:

• Donald Snow. English Teaching as Christian Mission: An Applied Theology. [For ESL ministries]