Boundless: What Global Expressions of Faith Teach Us about Following Jesus by Bryan Bishop

Date added: 10/03/2016

Publisher: Baker Books 

Published: 16 June 2015

ISBN: 0801017165

In his many travels as a researcher for Youth With A Mission, Bryan Bishop discovered a startling phenomenon: hidden movements of Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists who are experiencing and following Jesus outside the boundaries of traditional Western Christianity. And they have plenty to teach Christians in the West who feel spiritually stagnant or disillusioned.

Through colourful first-hand accounts, Bishop unveils fresh expressions of faith that can revitalize our own. Those who have left or are feeling the pull to leave the church, along with those who chafe against the European-American cultural box into which we force Christianity, will welcome this expansive view of what it looks like to follow Christ.

Bryan Bishop is a director of research for Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Former editor of YWAM's magazine, he has also shepherded seven editions of YWAM's annual guidebook as editor and project manager.

"Inspiring and full of hope. We are introduced to Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Native Americans, and American youth experiencing Jesus freed from unhelpful Western trappings and traditions. I highly recommend it."
(John J. Travis, PhD, missiologist, affiliate faculty, Fuller Theological Seminary)

lightness of touch, it brings before us a succession of earnest people from different religious traditions and backgrounds who sought to be radically Christian in the circumstances of their own time, and introduces us to the underside of some of the major modern Christian movements of renewal. These essays constitute a serious contribution to Western Church history in the nineteenth century."" --Andrew F. Walls, University of Edinburgh, Liverpool Hope University and Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Ghana ""A gem of a book. With learning, sympathy, and lightness of touch, it brings before us a succession of earnest people from different religious traditions and backgrounds who sought to be radically Christian in the circumstances of their own time, and introduces us to the underside of some of the major modern Christian movements of renewal. These essays constitute a serious contribution to Western Church history in the nineteenth century."" --Andrew F. Walls, University of Edinburgh, Liverpool Hope University and Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Ghana