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Books
(with Robert Gallagher) Mission in the Sixteenth Century: Explorations in Protestant and Roman Catholic Theology and Practice. Bellingham: Lexham Press (forthcoming).

Mission as Hospitality: Imitating the Hospitable God in Mission. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2021.

Christian Martyrdom: A Brief History with Reflections for Today. ​Eugene: Cascade Books, 2020.

Christian Mission: A Concise Global History. Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2019. 

Missionary Monks: An Introduction to the History and Theology of Missionary Monasticism. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2016.

(with Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann) Controversies in Mission: Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century. Evangelical Missiological Society Monograph 24. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2016.

Mission in the Early Church: Themes and Reflections. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014.

Rethinking Constantine: History, Theology, Legacy. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2014.

​Brazilian Evangelical Missions in the Arab World: History, Culture, Practice, and Theology. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2012.

(translator) Early Christianity in North Africa. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2009.

Augustine as Mentor: A Model for Preparing Spiritual Leaders. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2008.

Book Chapters
“Mission Amid Sixth Century Crises: Reflections on Gregory the Great, the Mission to England, and Thoughts for Today.” In Practicing Hope: Missions and Global Crises. Edited by Jerry M. Ireland and Michelle Raven, 145-154. Pasadena: William Carey, 2020.

(with Trevor Castor) “Timothy I of Baghdad: A Model for Peaceful Dialogue.” In 
The History of Apologetics: A Biographical and Methodological Introduction. Edited by Benjamin Forrest et al. 197-209. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2020.
 
"Connecting with Secular Muslims through History and Film: The Case Study of 'Augustine: Son of Her Tears,'" In Mission and Evangelism in a Secularizing World: Academy, Agency, and Assembly Perspectives from Canada (EMS Monograph Series 2), edited by Narry F. Santos and Mark Naylor, 31-37. Eugene: Pickwick, 2019.

"Sola Scriptura and the Recovery of Bible Translation in the Reformation," In Celebrating the Legacy of the Reformation, edited by Benjamin Forrest et al. 273-290. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2019.

"Lessons in Church-State Relations from Luther, Calvin, and Hubmaier with Reflections for the Chinese Church Today," In Christian Theology, Evangelical Faith, and the Church in China. Taiwan: Chinese Pastors' Fellowship, 2018.

“Augustine of Hippo: Agape-Driven, Christocentric Preaching,” In A Legacy of Preaching, Volume 1: Apostles to the Revivalists, edited by Benjamin Forrest et al., 146-156. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018.

"When the Church was the Mission Organization: Rethinking Winter's Two Structures of Redemption Paradigm," In Churches on Mission: God's Grace Abound to the Nations, edited by Geoffrey Hart, Christopher R. Little, and John Wang. EMS 25. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2017, 25-46.

"Augustine: Teacher as Mentor," in Elmer L. Towns and Benjamin K. Forrest, eds. A Legacy of Religious Educators: Historical and Theological Introductions. Lynchburg: Liberty University Press, 2016, 21-33.

"From Sao Paulo to Al-Alam Arab (The Arab World): The Brazilian Evangelical Missions Movement," in Sadiri Joy Tira and Tetsuano Yamamori, eds. Scattered and Gathered: A Global Compendium of Diaspora Missiology. Oxford: Regnum Books, 2016, 415-422.

"Augustine, Missionary to Heretics? An Appraisal of Augustine's Missional Engagement with the Donatists," in A. Dupont, M.A. Gaumer, and M. Lamberigts, eds. A Uniquely African Controversy: Studies on Donatist Christianity (Late Antique History and Religion 9). Leuven: Peeters, 2015, 269-288.

(with David C. Alexander) "Bauer's Forgotten Region: North African Christianity," in Paul A. Hartog, ed. Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Christian Contexts: Reconsidering the Bauer Thesis. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2015, 166-192. 

"Did the rise of Constantine mean the end of Christian Mission?" in Edward L. Smither, ed. Rethinking Constantine: History, Theology, and Legacy. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2014, 130-145.

"Basil of Caesarea: An Early Christian Model of Urban Mission" in Gary Fujino, Timothy R. Sisk, and Tereso C. Casino, eds. Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2012, 59-75.

"Learning from Patristic Evangelism and Discipleship," in Paul Hartog, ed. The Contemporary Church and the Early Church: Case Studies in Ressourcement. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2010, 27-49.

Articles
"Francis of Assisi, Christology, and mission," Missiology: An International Review 46:3 (2018), 283-292.

"Ignatius' Trinitarian Foundation for Church Unity and Obeying Spiritual Leaders," Fides et Humilitas 4 (2018), 67-80.

"Explaining the Trinity to Muslims and Jews in Medieval Christian Mission: Lessons from the Life of Cyril," International Bulletin of Mission Research 41:1 (2017), 1-9.

"Pastoral Lessons from Augustine's Theological Correspondence with Women," ​HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72:4 (2016).

"A Celtic Approach to Reaching Oral Learners: A Survey of the Oral and Visual Strategies used by the Iona Community ca. 600-800," Global Missiology 1:12 (2014).

"Augustine on Redemption in Genesis 1-3," Verbum et Ecclesia 35:1 (2014).

"Short-Term Mission Serving Long-Term Efforts in Eastern Europe," Evangelical Missions Quarterly 48:4 (2012), 468-475.

"Missão Integral [holistic mission or the ‘whole Gospel’] applied: Brazilian evangelical models of holistic mission in the Arab-Muslim world," Verbum et Ecclesia 32:1 (2011).

"Lessons from a Tentmaking Ascetic in the Egyptian Desert: The Case of Evagrius of Pontus," Missiology: An International Review 39:4 (2011), 485-496.

"Bridging the 'Excluded Middle': The Case of Brazilian Evangelical Missionaries serving among Arab-Muslims," Global Missiology 2:8 (2011).

"The Impact of evangelical revivals on global mission: The case of North American evangelicals in Brazil in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries," Verbum et Ecclesia 31:1 (2010). 

"Remembering the Story: Historical Reflection Leading to Spiritual Dialogue," Evangelical Missions Quarterly 45:3 (2009), 298-303.

"Dressed for Worship: Reflections on Worship in an International, Multi-cultural Church," Ethnodoxology Journal 4:3 (2008).

"'To Emulate and Imitate': Possidius' Life of Augustine as a fifth-century Discipleship Tool," Southwestern Journal of Theology 50:2 (2008), 146-168.

"An Unrecognized and Unlikely Influence? The Impact of Valerius of Hippo on Augustine," Irish Theological Quarterly 72:3 (2007), 251-264.

Encyclopedia Entries
“Christar,” “CrossWorld,” “Frontiers,” “Interserve,” “Partners International,” in The Essential Handbook of Denominations and Ministries, George T. Kurian, George and Sarah Claudine Day, eds. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2017.

"Alexandrian School, Ambrose, Augustine, Apostles Creed, Bede, Docetism, Irenaeus, Polycarp, William Carey, Cyril and Methodius, Ephrem the Syrian, Eusebius, David Livingstone, Francis Xavier, Nicolas von Zinzendorf," in The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History, eds. Ed Hindson and Dan Mitchell. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2013.
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