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Volume 17, Issue 2 (2025) A Joint Issue with Witness

Full Issue

Fall 2025 Complete Issue
David R. Dunaetz

Editorials

Introduction to Joint Issue
Thomas Seckler

Experiments in Church-Based Research
David R. Dunaetz

Articles

From Disruption to Renewal: Harnessing Divine Interruptions and Strategic Leadership for Transforming Church Culture
Ryan Johnson

A Brief History of the American Society for Church Growth and Great Commission Research Network
Gary McIntosh

The Receptivity Principle for Effective Evangelism: Its Biblical Basis
Mike Morris

Life in the Kingdom: Reimagining Theological Education for a Post-Secular Global Age
Jose Philip

I was in Prison and You Educated Me: A Missiological Analysis
Paul H. De Neui

The Church as Witness: the Relationship between Identity, Action, and Metrics of Success
Jonathan Husted

Perspectives

Building a Pastor Profile for Spiritually Mature Leadership: A Practical Guide for Churches
William Ingram

Book Reviews

Book Review: Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges by Gregory Koukl
Daniel Sutter

Book Review: Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory by Tod Bolsinger
Jason Ballard

Book Review: Hybrid Church: Rethinking the Church for a Post-Christian Digital Age by James Emery White
Glenn L. Campbell

Book Review: Reading James Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of James edited by Abeneazer G. Urga, Jessica A. Udall, and Edward L. Smither
Kenneth Nehrbass

Book Review: A New and Ancient Evangelism: Rediscovering the Ways God Calls and Sends by Judith Paulsen
Christina D. Gonet

Book Review: Generations: The Real Difference between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents – and What They Mean for America’s Future by Jean M. Twenge
H. L. Ward Jr.

Book Review: A New and Ancient Evangelism: Rediscovering the Ways God Calls and Sends by Judith Paulsen
Rhonda Hanynes

Book Review: Bearing Witness in Acts and Today by Troy M. Troftgruben
Christopher Robershaw

Book Review: Evangelism in an Age of Despair: Hope Beyond the Failed Promise of Happiness by Andrew Root
Mark R. Teasdale

Book Review: Evangelism Renewed: The Theological Revisioning of Evangelism by Henry H. Knight III
Mark R. Teasdale

Book Review: Meaningful Outreach: An Essential Guide for Churches by Mark A. Wood
Glenn L. Campbell

Book Review: Preaching in a New Key, Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Communities by Mark R. Glanville
Bing Nieh

About the Great Commission Research Network

About the Great Commission Research Network Fall 2025
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