Great Commission Research Journal
The Great Commission Research Journal is a scholarly, peer-reviewed publication presenting research on ministry that aims to help people follow Jesus-Christ. This research draws from multiple disciplines, including theology, missiology, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and history. The journal focuses on church-based research relevant to the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20), Jesus’ call to help others follow him.
Current Issue: Volume 16, Issue 2 (2024)
Full Issue
Editorial
Using Statistics in Church-Based Research
David R. Dunaetz
Articles
Will They Stay or Will They Go? Assessing Connections Between Professions of Faith and Church Integration at a Church in Central California
David C. Thiessen
Perspectives
Disciple Making: From Doubter to Disciple
Brad Ransom
Book Reviews
Book Review: Communication in Mission: Global Opportunities and Challenges edited by Marcus Dean, Scott Moreau, Sue Russell, and Rochelle Scheuermann
I. Francis Kile III
Book Review: When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community from Emotional and Spiritual Abuse by Chuck DeGroat
Timothy Clothier
Book Review: Calling Out the Called: Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership by Scott Pace and Shane Pruitt
Desmond W. Wallace
Book Review: Mind the Gap by Clint Grider
Jeff Isaccs
Book Review: Mission in the Way of Daniel: Empowering Believers to Live into God’s Plan by Edward Smither
H. L. "Scooter" Ward Jr.
Book Review: Social Research Methods: For Students and Scholars of Theology and Religious Studies by Joshua Iyadurai
Regina Manley
Book Review: Mission in Praise, Word, and Deed: Reflections on the Past and Future of Global Mission edited by Edward L. Smither and Jessica A. Udall
Nathaniel (Than) Veltman
About the Great Commission Research Network
About the Great Commission Research Network Fall 2024
David R. Dunaetz
Editors
- General Editor
- David R. Dunaetz, Azusa Pacific University
- Associate Editor
- Beth Seversen, Churches for Middle East Peace
- Book Review Editor
- Kenneth Nehrbass, California Baptist University
- Assistant Editor
- Hannah Jung, Azusa Pacific University
- Editorial Board
- Moses Audi, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kaduna, Nigeria
- Brent Burdick, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
- Alan McMahan, Biola University
- W. Jay Moon, Asbury Seminary