BIG-PICTURE CROSS-CULTURAL BOOKS: the zoomed-out view
- Global Humility: Attitudes for Mission – Andy McCullough
- MissReading Scripture Through Individualist Eyes: Honour Patronage and Shame – Randy Richards and Rich James
- We Need to Talk About Race – Ben Lindsey
- From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions – Ruth Tucker
- Crossing the Divide: A Call to embrace Diversity – Owen Hylton
- What on Earth is the Church For? – David Devenish
- Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels – Kenneth Bailey
- Paul through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians – Kenneth Bailey
- Let the Nations be Glad: The supremacy of God in missions – John Piper
- Ministering Cross-Culturally: An incarnational model for personal relationships – Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Marvin K. Mayers
- Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to Decreate Multilingual Matters – Alison Phipps
- Hidden Worldviews: Eight cultural stories that shape our lives – Steve Wilkens and Mark L. Sanford
- The Bethlehem Story: Mission and Justice in the Margins of this World – Andy McCullough
- Multicultural Kingdom – Ethnic Diversity, Mission and the Church – Harvey Kwiyani
- E-book collection for the Global Church
- Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures – Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials’ by Jayson Georges and Mark D. Baker From the blog: Reading the Global South.
HOW-TO: GETTING SPECIFIC AND PRACTICAL
- A Vision of the Possible: Pioneer Church Planting in Teams – Daniel Sinclair
- Personal Support Matters -Claire Niclasen and Myles Wilson (updated edition of Stewardship Services ‘Funding the Family Business’) Reaching the Nations: How to: identify, prepare and support local church members to become cross-cultural servants – Mike Frisby
- Planting Churches in Muslim Cities: A Team Approach – Greg Livingstone
- Lambs Dancing with Wolves: A manual for Christian workers overseas – Michael Griffiths
- The Whole World Guide to Language Learning – Terry Marshall
- Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road – Paul-Gordon Chandler (also a biography of Mazhar Mallouhi, Sufi Muslim follower of Christ)
- From Seed to Fruit: Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues Among Muslims – J. Dudley Woodberry
- Demolishing Strongholds: Effective strategies for spiritual warfare– David Devenish
- Fathering Leaders and Motivating Mission – David Devenish
- Through Her Eyes: Perspectives on Life from Christian Women Serving in the Muslim World – Marti Smith
- Miniskirts, Mothers & Muslims – Christine Mallouhi (on women living honorably in Muslim cultures)
- Third Culture Kids: Growing up among worlds – David Pollock & Ruth Van Reken
- Raising Global Nomads: Parenting abroad in an on-demand world– Robin Pascoe
- Serving as Senders – Neal Pirolo
- Foreign to Familiar – Sarah Lanier
- Share the Story – Sam Poe
- Embracing the Poor – David Adams
- Wealth and Piety: Middles Eastern Perspectives for expat workers – Karen L.H. Shaw
TALES OF CROSS-CULTURAL CHRISTIANS
- As Many As The Stars – Robert Glover (China)
- Resistance Fighter – Susie Howe (Africa)
- Peace Child – Don Richardson (New Guinea)
- Evidence Not Seen – Darlene Deibler Rose (New Guinea)
- Through Gates of Splendor – Elisabeth Elliot (Ecuador)
- More to be Desired than Gold: a collection of true stories told by Christy Wilson – Christy Wilson (Afghanistan)
- Chasing the Dragon: One Woman’s Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong’s Drug Dens – Jackie Pullinger
- Tales of Persia – William McElwee Miller (Iran)
- A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael – Elisabeth Elliot (India)
- There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub – Brian Hogan (Mongolia)
- Bruchko – Bruce Olson (Colombia & Venezuela)
EYE-OPENING BOOKS ABOUT OTHER CULTURES
(Note: some of the books listed below are biographical, others are works of fiction. Some may contain intense themes.)
- Baghdad without a Map (and other misadventures in Arabia) – Tony Horwitz (Middle East)
- Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (Pakistan/Afghanistan)
- A Year in Provence – Peter Mayle (France)
- The Chosen – Chaim Potok (Orthodox Jewish culture in America)
- Pursuit of Happyness – Chris Gardner (homeless culture)
- Cycling Home from Syberia – Rob Lilwall (Asia, Australasia, Central Asia, Europe
- Reading Around the World – Widen your horizons with this list of novels from every country on Earth.
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