The Upstream Team's Favorite Missiology Resources

There’s always more we could read, isn’t there? While there are endless books you could be reading, we wanted to provide an answer to the question, What should every missions leader read to become adept in missiology? The Upstream team has put together a list of our favorite missiological resources based on the following categories:

1. Every Missions Leader Should Read This - For those who are new to missions leadership.

2. You’d Be Helped by Reading These Books - For those who are a little ways into missions leadership and need to grow in their missiological understanding.

3. If You Like to Nerd Out - For the scholar that really enjoys the study of missiology.

Every Missions Leader Should Read This

• Apostolic Church Planting by J.D. Payne

• Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey by Scott Moreau

• Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper

• Sending Church Defined by Bradley Bell

• Spiritual Multiplication in the Real World by Bob McNabb

• Tradecraft: For the Church on Mission by Caleb Crider and Larry McCrary

You’d Be Helped by Reading These Books

• A Biblical Theology of Missions by George W. Peters

• Cross-Cultural Connections: Stepping Out and Fitting in Around the World by Duane Elmer

• Invitation to World Mission: A Trinitarian Missiology for the 21st Century by Timothy C. Tennent

• Missionary Methods: God’s Plan According to Paul by Roland Allen

• The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative by Christopher J.H. Wright

• Perspectives on the World Christian Movement by Ralph D. Winter and Stephen C. Hawthorne

• A Vision for Missions by Tom Wells

If You Like to Nerd Out

• Encountering Missionary Life and Work: Preparing for Intercultural Ministry by Tom Steffen and Lois McKinney Douglas

• Global Church Planting: Biblical Principles and Best Practices for Church Planting by Craig Ott and Gene Wilson

• Kingdom Without Borders the Untold Story of Global Christianity by Miriam Adeney

• Paul the Missionary: Realities, Strategies and Methods by Eckard J. Schnnabel

• Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in the Theology of Missions by David J. Bosh

One of your favorites not on the list? Share it with us in the comments section below.