Communication in Mission (EMS 30)

• This fascinating and stimulating compendium has been shaped by contributors who probed deeply into missional communication initiatives that negatively impacted a gospel witness. Through insightful analysis and well-grounded suggestions, they move readers forward to consider fresh options for fruitful intercultural engagement. A particular strength is the breadth of contemporary spheres addressed, which invites readers from diverse areas of mission to examine their own (mis)communication experiences and seek more effective strategies. I heartily recommend this compendium for all desiring to communicate the gospel in relevant, winsome, and effective ways.

  — Evvy Hay Campbell, PhD, Associate Professor, Intercultural Studies Emerita Wheaton College Graduate School

• Communication in Mission is like fresh water and a rich meal. It is a gift to both contemporary missions scholars and practitioners, as well as the church at large. First, the book recognizes the role of communication as more than simply a tool, rather as a way of life, and more specifically the key to a life with great impact. Second, the compilation of authors offer micro (everyday) and macro (societal), nuanced understandings of how communication impActs missions and how missions impact communication. This book exceeded its goal of capturing my attention and speaking to my heart. May it do the same for you.

  — K. Arianna Molloy, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies Biola University

• The world of missions is a complex entity, especially when it comes to cross-cultural communication. Fortunately, this well-researched and documented missiological compendium has emerged to guide cross-cultural workers in this complex task. The authors are not only scholars but also missional practitioners. Their work is refreshing because it emerges out of their personal mission experience. Readers will greatly profit from this treasure of missiological thought, which will stimulate increasingly effective cross-cultural communication in their ministries, helping the advancement of the gospel.

  — Cecil Stalnaker, PhD, Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, Intercultural Studies Tyndale Theological Seminary, the Netherlands

• Communication in Mission offers a wide-ranging compendium—from storytelling to AI—that will expand your thinking and keep you current in the fast-changing world of communication.

  — Tom Steffen, DMiss, Professor Emeritus, Intercultural Studies Biola University

Authors

• Marcus Dean
  Marcus Dean

  Marcus Dean (PhD, Trinity International University) is professor of Intercultural Studies and Missions at Houghton College (Houghton New York). For six years he was book review editor for Evangelical Missions Quarterly. Before coming to Houghton College, he pastored and then served for fifteen years in theological education with the Wesleyan Church as a missionary in Colombia and Puerto Rico. 

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• Scott Moreau
  Scott Moreau

  Scott Moreau (DMiss, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Professor of Intercultural Studies and the Academic Dean of Wheaton College Graduate School. For sixteen years, he was editor of Evangelical Missions Quarterly and general editor of Baker Books’ Encountering Mission series. He has written or edited over twenty books and three hundred articles, and received numerous recognitions for his writing, teaching, speaking and service to society. 

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• Sue Russell
  Sue Russell

  Sue Russell (PhD, UCLA and La Trobe University) is Professor of Missions and Contextual Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. Prior, she was Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Biola University; and for seventeen years was with Wycliffe in S. E. Asia working with national pastors to complete the translation of the Tagal language Bible. 

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• Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann
  Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann

  Rochelle Scheuermann (PhD Intercultural Studies, TEDS) is an ordained minister and former church planter and has been in higher education for over ten years. She currently serves as Associate Professor of Evangelism and Leadership and is the program director for three master’s programs at Wheaton College. She has co-authored/co-edited three books and authored multiple articles, focusing on preaching and culture, disability and mission, and theology of mission. 

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