Printed Resources - YCC Global Outreach

Recommended Reading

X	A "Must Read" for everyone participating in YCC Global Outreach, and for anyone interested in Missions. Darrow Miller combines the ethos of practical Relief & Development work with sound teaching on Worldview. The end result is a thorough understanding of worldview and a framework that allows one to apply the principles to your own everyday life and teach them to others. This book is a must read for anyone remotely interested in Missions, Community Development, Evangelism, or Apolgetics. Miller's message is transcultural, with equal application in a first world or a third world nation. Miller answers many of the questions we all ask about reaching the world, and he does it in a way that helps us become communicators of truth to others.
X	Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World. Don Richardson (author of Peace Child) presents a clear view of "redemptive analogy," the evidence of a memory of belief in the Biblical God hidden in the history and lore of many cultures all over the world. Richardson shows stories of peoples who once knew the true God, but somehow either lost the Book, or lost contact with Him. This is a primer for anyone getting involved in attempting to affect another culture for Christ. Suggested reading for The GO! Seminar.
X	David Noebel Presents with startling clarity how Biblical Christianity is different from other worldviews held by various people today. A readable and easily understandable volume. In a clear and concise manner, Noebel summarizes the viewpoints and value systems of the four most prevalent world views held today: Secular Humanism, Marxism/Leninism, Cosmic Humanism, and Biblical Christianity. Most impressive is that he does this largely by using the very words of the major proponents of these worldviews. The case they make against themselves is devastating.
X	Dr. Mary Ann Lind presents Asia from a Christian Perspective, in light of the Word of God. Easy, Interesting reading, but content packed and full of good insights. A book about that massive area of God's creation which is home to nearly two-thirds of the world's population, Dr. Lind's book is filled with stories which provide the occasion for teaching insights into the past, present and future of Christian mission and outreach in Asia. Not a purely Western perspective, Lind's book delves into Asian ideals and cultural values. This book is intended to make people think deeply before, during and after a trip to Asia. Dr. Lind is a member of the faculty at University of the Nations in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and travels extensively. Her personable, and yet informative writing style makes this a must read.
X	Transforming Culture lives up to its subtitle, "A Challenge for Christian Mission." It is becoming a standard in the field, and should be in every missionary's library and in the hands of every church mission board. Lingenfelter's book opens with the valuable point that Christians are pilgrims on earth, participants in the culture of Christ. Going beyond the differences between "collectivistic" cultures and "individualistic" cultures, he identifies five different social games (hierarchic, egalitarian, etc.) which determine cultural bias and are used in the rest of the book to help identify ideas such as property, privacy, family and authority, dispute resolution and communication, the concepts of borrowing and repaying, and of labor and patronage. He provides helpful grids and a quiz, all to help the reader to identify his or her own social game. For those planning a longer-term mission abroad, this may be one of the most important books to come out in years.