Endorsements

What North American mission leaders are saying about the Mission Handbook:

"Only a book that is meeting a very significant need would ever reach twenty-one editions! The 21st edition of the Mission Handbook is such a publication. It is the one-stop shop to find out who is who in the Protestant world of missions from the U.S. and Canada. Meticulous in detail, this volume provides the contact and vision information for upwards of one thousand agencies, thousands of missionaries, and hundreds of thousands of volunteers and short-term missionaries."

—Doug McConnell, dean of the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary

"I do not know of any other source of information related to the mission effort of North American Christianity that comes close to the treasure of data found in the Mission Handbook. Any serious student or practitioner of missions, executive of a mission organization, strategist of church mission and ministry, or scholar in the area of missiology can only enhance his or her ministry by making the Handbook an indispensable helper for his or her particular area of the mission task."
—Elias Dantas, president of the Center for Studies in Global Christianity, Inc.; international facilitator for the Global Kingdom Partnerships Network; professor of pastoral studies and missions at Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, N.Y.

"I have kept a copy of the Mission Handbook on my desk for over a decade. Whether you need to know which organizations are working in a particular country, what the mission statement of a group is, or websites and contact information, it is all available in this single volume. I have found it to be one of the most helpful resources for myself and my students." 

— Timothy C. Tennent, president and professor of world missions at Asbury Theological Seminary

"When God touches your heart for mission, where do you begin? If you want the big picture, where can you find it? I hand my students the Mission Handbook and say, "Look up your profession. Look up the region that is on your heart. Look up your interests. The opportunities are right here."  

—Miriam Adeney, associate professor of world Christian studies at Seattle Pacific University; teaching fellow at Regent College; author of Kingdom without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity

"Long ago, the Handbook became an indispensible and frequently consulted part of my reference library. Each successive edition seems to excel the previous one in terms of content, organization, and analysis. More than a well organized, helpfully classified directory of U.S. and Canadian Protestant mission agencies, the volume includes extraordinarily useful interpretive essays by A. Scott Moreau, analyzing the data and offering insightful perspectives on the current state and prospects of Protestant missions."

—Jonathan J. Bonk, executive director of Overseas Ministries Study Center; editor of International Bulletin of Missionary Research

"With over two hundred new ministry listings, this edition of the Mission Handbook is the most expansive edition to date! If you want to know what in the world these North American-based agencies are doing, then you must get this resource. While chocked full of a wealth of data, this volume is not designed to sit on your shelf and collect dust. Get it, rejoice in what the Lord is doing through our brothers and sisters, and use it to assist you in kingdom advancement!"

—J. D. Payne, missionary with the North American Mission Board; associate professor of church planting and evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"EMIS continues to provide the North American mission community with this invaluable one-stop comprehensive reference source. I keep it in arm's reach of my desk since I refer to it frequently, so I am glad that even in this age of electronics, the Mission Handbook is still in this easy-to-use format."

—Marv Newell, executive director of CrossGlobal Link

"Great Commission activity in North America is increasingly decentralized and very difficult to summarize. But nothing comes close to the snapshot provided by the Mission Handbook. I highly recommend this reference tool as one to reach for repeatedly."

—Steve Moore, president and CEO of The Mission Exchange

"Our urban francophone theological network, URBANUS, has its roots in the Handbook. In 1995, a group of French-speaking urban practitioners wanted to know what was being done to raise up the next generation of men and women to pursue mission in the great cities of La Francophonie. Fifteen years later, this network works in the fifty largest French-speaking cities of the world providing the best missiological formation possible. God uses tools like this to birth the most amazing initiatives."

—Glenn Smith, executive director of Direction Chrétienne in Montréal

"The 21st edition of the Mission Handbook is a critical resource for pastors and mission leaders in North America. Often, as we engage in our own work and ministries, it is easy to lose sight of what is changing in the surrounding culture. It is possible to grow discouraged if our recruiting efforts are yielding fewer results. However, because of the research provided in the Handbook, it is easier for leaders to discern the cause. If the same problem is being faced by the broader mission community, it provides leaders the opportunity to pause and examine if God is working in new ways. If the struggle is unique to your specific ministry, the Handbook enables you to locate other ministries you can contact and from which you can learn."

—Mary T. Lederleitner, cross-cultural consultant for Wycliffe International and author of Cross-Cultural Partnerships: Navigating the Complexities of Money and Mission