LibGuides: MIS1012/3 Introduction to Assemblies of God Missions: Books

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Assemblies Of God at the Crossroads: Charisma and Institutional Dilemmas / by Margaret M. Poloma
The Assemblies of God as a historic denomination and as a sociological entity.
Assemblies of God: Godly Love and the Revitalization of American Pentecostalism / by Margaret M. Poloma and John C. Green. This offers access to most of the first 161 pages in the book.
Church, Identity, and Change / edited by David A. Roozen and James R. Nieman. The first three chapters of this book by Gary B. McGee, Margaret M. Paloma, and William M. Menzies cover aspects of the Assemblies of God.
Communicating Christ Cross-culturally: An Introduction to Missionary Communication / by David J. Hesselgrave. This is written by one who has written a serious work of a gifted scholar.
Missions in the Third Millenium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, Revised Edition / by Stan Guthrie. "When Jeff Anderson arrived in Manila with Action International Ministries in 1985, his goal was simple: to be a “street worker.” After language school, two years later Jeff joined a handful of fellow team members in a ministry to street ..."
Pentecostalism in Context: Essays in Honor of William W. Menzies / edited by Wonsuk Ma and Robert P. Menzies. A book containing essays written in honor of William P. Menzies, former Assemblies of God missionary and educator.
Searching for the Indigenous Church: A Missionary Pilgrimage / by Gene Daniels. "The central goal of missions is the establishment of strong, growing indigenous churches." The author takes you along as he goes through what he discovered as he went to Central Asia.

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MISSIONS--Biblical teaching	Holy Spirit
CHRISTIAN missions--Theory	missions reformation
MISSIO Dei	missions enlightenment
	missions ecumenical movement
	missions evangelicalism
	missions pentecostalism