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Atlas of Global Christianity

Edited by Todd M. Johnson and Kenneth R. Ross
Edinburgh University Press 2009, ISBN: 978-0-7486-3267-1

The Atlas of Global Christianity (AGC), is edited by Todd M. Johnson, Director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Kenneth R. Ross, Council Secretary, Church of Scotland World Mission Council. Rev. Prof. Ross was one of the key figures in developing Edinburgh 2010, and led the earlier Towards 2010 study process.

The Atlas is a visual quick reference of the changing status of global Christianity over the 100 years. It is the first scholarly atlas to depict the 20th century shift of Christianity from the Global North to the Global South. Contextual information on world issues and world religions is included. The atlas is ecumenical in that it covers every Christian tradition including Anglicans, Independents, Marginals, Orthodox, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. For further information please visit the publisher's website.

Edinburgh 2010: Mission Then and Now

Edited by David A. Kerr and Kenneth R. Ross
Regnum Books 2009, ISBN: 978-0-8658-5013-2

Though the outcomes of the 1910 World Missionary Conference have differed in many ways from the expectations of its participants, after a century its momentous significance is clearer than ever. While the missionary movement went into decline, from its work emerged a world church, with deep roots and vigorous expression on every continent. As the centeneray of the Conference approaches, the time is ripe to examine its meaning in light of the past century and the questions facing Christian witness today. This book is the first to systematically examine the eight Commissions which reported to Edinburgh 1910 and gave the conference much of its substance and enduring value. It will deepen and extend the reflection being stimulated by the upcoming centenary and will kindle the missionary imagination for 2010 and beyond. For further information please visit the publisher's website or Amazon.co.uk.

The book was co-published by WCIU Press and is now available to a North American audience on Amazon.com.

Edinburgh 2010: Springboard for Mission

By Kenneth R. Ross
William Carey International University Press 2009, ISBN: 978-0-86585-008-8

The World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh 1910 was an epoch-making event. Edinburgh 2010: Springboard for Mission provides an overview of the momentous 1910 conference and analyzes the many streams of development in global Christianity which flowed from the first Edinburgh conference. This primer on the importance of Edinburgh 1910 and the forthcoming 2010 conference looks both at the achievements and downfalls of the past as well as pushes the Christian missions movement forward to the future. As Kenneth Ross writes in this volume, "the centenary of Edinburgh 1910 is an occasion which challenges the global missionary movement to re-gather and take stock again of how it stands in relation to its task."

The time has come for the missions movement to gain new momentum and definition for the task ahead. Edinburgh 2010 truly has the potential to serve as a new springboard for mission. For more information visit the publisher's website or follow this link.

By kind permission of the publishers, William Carey International University Press, this publication is also available for download here.

The 2010 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study

By Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
2010, ISBN: 978-157153-096-7

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories for the 2010 Mission Yearbook were collected around John 7:38, "Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water." Each yearbook page bears witness to the abundant possibilities of the church because of the living water within its people.

A 16-page colour insert to the Mission Yearbook - 'The Year 2010: Two Anniversaries in the History of American Protestant Missions' - is available as free download from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) website.

The World Missionary Conference. Edinburgh 1910

By Brian Stanley
William B. Eerdmans Publishing 2009, ISBN: 978-0-8028-6360-7

The World Missionary Conference in 1910 was a defining event in the history of world missions. Brian Stanley here presents his careful research revealing the compelling story of this turbluent, influential gathering in Edinburgh. This book is both an account of the conference itself and an examination of the Protestant missionary movement as it neared the apex of its size and influence. The World Missionary Conference: Edinburgh 1910 is an engaging summation of, in Stanley's own words, "the many-sided legacy of the Edinburgh conference, not simply for the history of the ecumenical movement but also for Christian missions and the wider field of Christian discourse on questions of race and culture."

Brian Stanley is Professor of World Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, at the University of Edinburgh, School of Divinity. For further information please visit the publisher's website.

Review of Brian Stanley, The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910 by Jean-Paul Heldt. View or download MSWord file here.