>[!note] A growing list of books on the topic of diaspora missions. These works span from popular level ministry helps to academic texts on the topic. Where possible, I've attempted to link to Amazon for easy discovery of each book. As with any collection of books on any topic, these books promote an array of perspectives on convictions concerning the missions to and through the diaspora. You will most likely agree with some and disagree with others; however, reading widely helps you develop a more firm commitment to your own position. ### [Diaspora Missiology: Reflections on Reaching the Scattered Peoples of the World (EMS 23)](https://amzn.to/4eLTmH0) - **Author(s):** Pocock, Michael, Wan, Enoch - **Date:** 2015 - **Amazon Description:** For many years, cross-cultural missions were directed to people in the countries of their birth, generally in Majority World areas. Foreigners present among or around the intended focus of ministry were not viewed as part of mission ministry. Diaspora missions focus on these peoples, who are now actually and virtually in more accessible places. This book will help you understand the dynamics behind this accelerated movement of peoples from one region to another, biblical principles and precedents that guide ministry today, the application of social and communication studies, and actual cases of ministry to and with diaspora peoples. ### [Diaspora Missiology: Theory, Methodology, and Practice, 2nd Edition](https://amzn.to/4hZ5dUP) - **Author(s):** Wan, Enoch - **Date:** 2014 - **Amazon Description:** The movement of people spatially at an unprecedented scale is a special social phenomenon of the 21st century. Among these people on the move are those who take up residence away from their place of origin—the “diaspora”—who are the focus of this study. This book is an interdisciplinary study on the 21st century demographic reality that led to the development of “diaspora missiology” as a new missiological paradigm, and the need to practice “diaspora missions” as a new mission strategy. ### [Refugee Diaspora: Missions Amid the Greatest Humanitarian Crisis of the World](https://amzn.to/3YXxmDk) - **Author(s):** George, Sam - **Date:** 2018 - **Amazon Description:** Refugee Diaspora is a contemporary account of the global refugee situation and how the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ is shining brightly in the darkest corners of the greatest crisis on our planet. These hope-filled pages of refugees encountering Jesus Christ presents models of Christian ministry from the front lines of the refugee crisis and the real challenges of ministering to today's refugees. It includes biblical, theological and practical reflections on mission in diverse diaspora contexts from leading scholars as well as practitioners in all major regions of the world. ### [Church Planting among Immigrants in US Urban Centers (Second Edition): The “Where”, “Why”, And “How” of Diaspora](https://amzn.to/3OgVlbF) - **Author(s):** Wan, Enoch; Casey, Anthony - **Date:** 2016 - **Amazon Description:** This book shows patterns of assimilation and integration that are common among immigrant groups and provides tools of cultural research to get out in the city, talk to people, build relationships, gain entrance into these communities, find leaders, and plant healthy churches. These tools are important because they can be carried to any city and put into practice. In some regard, it is impossible to tell somebody how to do ethnic ministry. The only legitimate answer is, “It depends.” This book helps you know what it depends on and how to work effectively in that situation. After reading this book, we hope you feel equipped to walk out your door, look at your neighborhood, and say, “I have the theology, tools, heart, and motivation to understand who is here and how I can begin to reach them with the gospel and work towards the goal of church planting. ### [Global Diasporas and Mission (Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series, 23)](https://amzn.to/3AT4MuC) - **Author(s):** Im, Chandler H.; Yong, Amos - **Date:** 2014 - **Amazon Description:** The movement of people from their homelands is increasing exponentially. Such waves of both immigration and migration triggered by various factors have created new opportunities for the church and its mission. This volume explores such global diasporas from both ecclesiological and missiological perspectives. Its various case studies invite reconsideration of the missionary and evangelistic task of the church in response to contemporary global dynamics. The image of the dandelion on the front cover symbolizes diverse people groups dispersed around the globe, even as the Christian imagination views such dispersal as being carried by the winds of the Holy Spirit. ### [Crossroads of the Nations: Diaspora, Globalization, and Evangelism (Urban Ministry in the 21st Century)](https://amzn.to/3V0qbZP) - **Author(s):** Looney, Jared - **Date:** 2015 - **Amazon Description:** The twin forces of globalization and urbanization are transforming the context of global missions. While the Western church grapples with the challenges of evangelism in an age of globalization, new evangelistic opportunities are emerging that blur the conventional boundaries between local and global outreach. Even as the rise of a persistent post-Christendom presents new challenges for the church, global migration is rearranging the religious and ethnic makeup of our cities. Cities are centers of constant change, and in an urban world, current missionaries will need to become adaptable. Furthermore, contemporary missions strategies will need to engage a world organized along networks that may transcend geographic boundaries. Painting a picture of evangelism and church planting in our urban and global world, Crossroads of the Nations utilizes contemporary data and together with missionary accounts – both actual and recent – tells a story of transnational missions impacting our world. ### [Scattered and Gathered: A Global Compendium of Diaspora Missiology](https://amzn.to/3CBJ9Q6) - **Author(s):** Tira, Sadiri Joy; Yamamori, Tetsunao - **Date:** 2020 - **Amazon Description:** The twenty-first century is marked by mass migration. Massive population movements of the last century have radically challenged our study and practice of mission. Where the church once rallied to go out into "the regions beyond," Christian mission is currently required to respond and adapt to "missions around." As a result, leaders in this field have been developing diaspora missiology to provide a missiological framework for understanding and participating in God's redemptive mission among peoples living outside their places of origin. In this volume, experts in diaspora missiology from across the globe analyze the development of missions to migrants and add to our understanding of the contemporary church's opportunities and responsibilities for mission amongst diaspora groups. ### [Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission](https://amzn.to/4fC3kvY) - **Author(s):** Payne, J. D. - **Date:** 2012 - **Amazon Description:** More than ever, North America is being flooded by people from all around the world, many of them here illegally. How should the church respond to these sojourners among us?In Strangers Next Door professor of evangelism and church planting J. D. Payne introduces the phenomenon of migrations of peoples to Western nations and explores how the church should respond in light of the mission of God. As we understand and embrace the fact that the least-reached people groups now reside in (and continue to migrate to) Western countries, churches have unprecedented opportunites to freely share the gospel with them.This book includes practical guidelines for doing crosscultural missions and developing a global strategy of mission. It also highlights examples of churches and organizations attempting to reach, partner with, and send migrants to minister to their people. Discover how you can reach out to the strangers next door by welcoming them into God's family.