More FREE Books
Several publishers are again collaborating with Mission Frontiers to offer free review copies of some significant books.
Read below about current and past offerings, then apply here for your choice of a review copy form the current offerings or use the link following each description to find the best source we know of for buying that book. (Let us know if you find a better source.)
Note: Many publishers can also be contacted directly for 50%+ discounts on bulk copies for give-away. (Mention that your use is “not for resale.”) Publishers are also generally responsive when influencers considering a specific promotion make direct requests for review copies of newer title. Try calling the publisher directly.
Current Titles:
May/Jun 2011:
- Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God (50 copies)
- Speaking of Jesus: The Art of Non-Evangelism (25 copies, ships after 7/1/2011)
- Reproducible Pastoral Training: Church Planting Guidelines from the Teachings of George Patterson (25 copies)
- Prayerwalking: Praying On Site with Insight (25 copies)
Previous Titles:
Mar/Apr 2011:
- T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution
- Church Planting Movements, How God Is Redeeming a Lost World
- The Camel Workshop: DVD and Workbook
- The Camel, How Muslims Are Coming to Faith in Christ!
Jan/Feb 2011:
- An Introduction To The Old Testament Template
- Real Life Discipleship
- The Key to the Missionary Problem
- Transforming Discipleship
Nov/Dec 2010:
- Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
- Follow: A Simple and Profound Call to Live Like Jesus
- Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation
Expanded Descriptions:
Radical Together: Unleashing the People of God for the Purpose of God by David Platt (Multnomah Books, 2011)
David Platt’s latest volume addresses six essential areas where confusion may hinder individual churches from effectively developing and engaging the “people of God in the Spirit of God with the Word of God for the glory of God in the world.” Mission Frontiers readers will celebrate the clear call in Chapter five (“Our Unmistakable Task”) for discipling all nations.
Even more significant is chapter four, as it highlights the change of perspective which must occur for churches to shift from being “entertainment centers” to becoming “equipping centers.” This chapter, “The Genius of Wrong,” reflects the multiplication emphasis reported on this issue in “Church Planting Movements from One Indian Perspective.” MF also featured this kind of thinking in the Jan/Feb 2011 cover story on Real Life Ministries.
Encourage leaders in your church to read and discuss this fourth chapter, a portion of which is slated to appear in the Jul/Aug issue of MF.
Check out this 90 second video for Radical Together.
See below for MF’s previous promotion of Platt’s earlier book Radical.
Request your free review copy through Mission Frontiers (while supplies last).
Retail $14.99:
- For individual copies, try Amazon.
- For bulk discounts on copies of Radical Together to give-away (mix and match with Radical, minimum order 14 books total), email [email protected]:
- request "the Mission Frontiers deal,"
- explain how you’ll use the copies,
- tell how many you want, and
- include a phone number and the best times to call for your credit card information.
Speaking of Jesus: The Art of Non-Evangelism by Carl Medearis (David C Cook, 2011)
Carl Medearis and his family lived in Beirut, Lebanon for 12 years where they encouraged university students, business professionals and political leaders to live their lives by the principles and teachings of Jesus in order to change their societies and nations.
On January 28th, 2010, Carl Medearis teamed up with former SC governor David Beasley and co-author Ted Dekker (New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty novels) to host a live discussion internet discussion of Islam entitled Why Do You Fear Me? The event promoted Medearis & Dekker’s book Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting at the Enemy’s Table (Doubleday, 2010). Medearis’s 2008 Muslims, Christians, and Jesus: Gaining Understanding and Building Relationships (DVD and study guide) has been picked up for re-release by Zondervan in September, 2011.
Request your free review copy through Mission Frontiers (while supplies last).
Retail $14.99: For individual copies, try Amazon.
Reproducible Pastoral Training: Church Planting Guidelines from the Teachings of George Patterson by Patrick O’Connor (William Carey Library Publishers—a ministry of the USCWM, 2006)
George Patterson’s pioneering work in Honduras with Obedience Oriented Discipleship inspired lesson thirteen of the Perspectives course on “Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches.” Patrick O’Connor was mentored by Patterson in Los Angeles and then applied the same principles in Honduras himself. After long encouraging Patterson to detail his approach in a book, O’Connor finally wrote the book.
Request your free review copy through Mission Frontiers (while supplies last).
Retail $19.99: For individual and bulk copies, see William Carey Library.
Prayerwalking: Praying On Site with Insight by Steve Hawthorne and Graham Kendrick (Charisma House, 1996)
Steve Hawthorne, editor of the Perspectives course, has also an advocate of “prayerwalking” for well over a decade. His Waymakers ministry describes prayerwalking this way:
Many Christians have been learning to quietly pray in the places that they live, work or play. We’ve come to call this sort of on-site intercession “prayerwalking.”
Prayerwalking is simply praying in the very places we expect God to bring forth his answers. Prayerwalking is usually a low-profile affair: Friends or family stroll two-by-two through their own neighborhoods, schools and work places, praying as they go. Once in a while the prayers can be demonstrative, but most prayerwalking is fairly quiet. It’s usually being on the scene without making one.
Request your free review copy through Mission Frontiers (while supplies last).
Retail $11.99: For individual copies, try Amazon.
T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution by Steve Smith with Ying Kai (WIGTake Resources, 2011)
The teaching and principles in Smith and Kai’s book represent the accumulated wisdom of nearly two decades of CPM best practices from around the world. With Steve and Ying’s help, we receive an insider’s look at how and why this movement is multiplying so rapidly.
Discover more resources and join the community of CPM practitioners.
Retail $18.95: For individual or bulk copies, see Church Planting Movements or World Christian.
Church Planting Movements, How God Is Redeeming a Lost World by David Garrison (WIGTake Resources, 2003)
In this pioneering book on Church Planting Movements, Garrison introduces case studies from eight major sectors of the world, discusses the common elements we can learn from, and the “seven deadly sins” that will prevent a CPM from developing.
Download for free Garrison’s 1999 57-page booklet on CPMs (and other related booklets). Discover more resources and join the community of CPM practitioners.
Retail $18.95: For individual or bulk copies, see Church Planting Movements or World Christian.
The Camel, How Muslims Are Coming to Faith in Christ! by Kevin Greeson (WIGTake Resources, 2007)
A popular Muslim proverb teaches that God has one hundred names; 99 of these have been revealed to men but only the camel knows the one hundredth name. Today, Muslims are learning the camel’s secret and discovering in Jesus Christ the Name above all names. Kevin Greeson is a church planter, coach and trainer with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. You, too, can ride the camel:
- Learn why thousands of Muslims are turning to Christ.
- Learn how you can confidently share the Gospel with Muslims.
- Learn how you, too, can see Muslims come to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Discover more resources and join the community of CPM practitioners.
Retail $18.95: For individual or bulk copies, see Church Planting Movements or World Christian.
The Camel Workshop: DVD and Workbook David Garrison, ed. (WIGTake Resources, 2009)
Six one-hour sessions bring a Christian to confidence about sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with a Muslim. The Camel method is an intelligent and effective way to share with Muslims. (See book description above.)
Discover more resources and join the community of CPM practitioners.
Retail $18.95: For individual or bulk copies, see Church Planting Movements or World Christian.
An Introduction To The Old Testament Template by Landa Cope (YWAM Publishing, 2011)
YWAM has just re-released this 2006 title, also available online, which explains
- Why our gospel message often has so little impact. (We have substituted the “gospel of salvation” for Jesus’ Gospel of the Kingdom.)
- How misreading the Exodus as just a spiritual analogy for deliverance from sin has blinded us to the principles God has recorded for the proper functioning of every facet of culture.
Retail $15.99: See YWAM Publishing.
Real Life Discipleship by Jim Putman (NavPress, 2011)
Through more than a decade Jim Putman and his team have modeled an effective approach for making active disciplers rather than entertaining spectators. (In 2010 their members baptized 700 unbelievers in their small groups.) The insights in this book have been refined through the process of introducing hundreds of other churches to their model.
Retail $17.99: See Amazon.
The Key to the Missionary Problem by Andrew Murray (1902), updated 1980 by Leona Choy (Christian Literature Crusade, 2007 Printing)
In 1902 Andrew Murray masterfully assessed the central problem facing the missionary endeavors of his day. His assessment is as relevant today as it was then.
Retail $8.99: See Amazon.
Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden (IVPress, 2003)
Ogden analyzes the discipleship failure of the American church and then proposes a realistic model to start making disciples through reproducible threesomes. After going to print he observed that foursomes may work better than threesomes due to the frequency of travel in with which someone may be absent due to travel.
Ogden’s model has many strengths, but could be improved by intentional participation in ministry together (rather than simply studying concepts together), and overlapping reproduction to encourage coaching instead of waiting until one group ends for its participants to start their own groups. Still, he provides a solid background for such further refinements.
Retail $15.00: See Amazon.
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt (Multnomah Books, 2010)
Radical wrestles with every believer’s personal responsibility to treasure Jesus above all else and place everything at His disposal for His agenda in His world. Radical also introduces a five point basic challenge to help God’s people escape our attraction to the American Dream. The whole Nov/Dec 2010 issue of MF: Going Radical focused on the mobilization significance of David Platt and this book. (See above for MF’s promotion of Platt’s latest book Radical Together.)
Where to buy:
- For individual copies, try Amazon.
- For bulk discounts on copies of Radical to give-away (mix and match with Radical Together, minimum order 14 books total), email [email protected]:
- request "the Mission Frontiers deal,"
- explain how you’ll use the copies,
- tell how many you want, and
- include a phone number and the best times to call for your credit card information.
Follow: A Simple and Profound Call to Live Like Jesus by Floyd McClung (David C Cook, 2010)
Follow is a real-life guide to discipleship “the Jesus way.” McClung tells how he traded a life of religion for a life of relationship with Jesus—a relationship that led him to form communities of Christian disciples around the world. Taking the gospels at face value leads Floyd to define a radical strategy for discipling new believers while strengthening our own devotional lives. He details practical ideas for forming discipleship groups that reflect Jesus’ principles of accountability, transparency, humility, and outreach. Through it all, Floyd emphasizes the importance of following Jesus personally rather than adhering to ineffective rules or traditions. With stories and scriptural principles, Floyd McClung leads us through the liberating process of changing the focus of our lives from ourselves to Jesus so we can do life the way Jesus did—and experience a richer spiritual life than we’ve ever known.
Retail $14.99: See Amazon, where the price once dropped as low as $6 each for 1–5 copies.
Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation by Jason Mandryk (Biblica Publishing, 2010)
Whether you are praying for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, a missionary reaping the benefits of intercession, or simply curious about the world, Operation World will give you the information necessary to be a vital part in fulfilling God’s passion for the nations.
Retail $24.99: See William Carey Library.
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