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ellent work which rounds out our understanding of the dynamics of the formative years of the Russian-speaking evangelicals and provides us with examples to consider for our world today. Reviewed by Gregory Nichols Book Reviews 77 Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions, ed. by John Mark Terry, 2nd edn (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2015), 768pages. ISBN: 978- 1433681516. This is a solid yet unremarkable introductory textbook on missions. As long as readers appreciate what they are and are not getting when they pick up this lengthy book, then all is well and good. However, this was, arguably, a missed opportunity. Let me explain. This is the second edition of this publication, with numerous rewrites and chapter changes. It is comprehensive in its detailing of the biblical basis of missions, the theology of missions, and the history of missions. There is a thorough analysis of principles and practices and, for anyone considering a future in missions or for an undergraduate study of these topics, this book offers a broad look at many important topics within one volume. More than thirty contributors, from a variety of different disciplines, provide insights from their own research and experiences. The last section, entitled Applied Missiology, has important chapters on such issues as urban missions and business as mission. Nevertheless, the book is unashamedly for a North American readership. One chapter is entitled Missions in North America and another on Strategies for Ethnic Ministries is almost exclusively devoted to the North American context. Readers should be aware that almost all of the writers have served as missionaries in North America or are North Americans who have worked internationally. I think this is a great shame. There are numerous mission authors from the global south who, I believe, would have dealt with these chapters differently. As the Australian, Graham Hill, wrote: ‘The future of the global church isn’t found in the United States. How could we even think that, when all the exponential growth of the church is in the Majority World?’ Also, within its pages, one gets the impression that there is an emphasis on looking back, but not much which looks forward. This results in little creative or original missional thinking. Thus, this book sits alongside other introductory books on missions and certainly holds its own. However, as a European who is in awe of what God is doing globally, this book leaves me rather dispassionate. Reviewed by Phil Grasham 78 Journal of European Baptist Studies 17:1 (2017) Malcolm Patten, Leading a Multicultural Church (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2016), 176 pages. ISBN: 978- 0281075041. Malcolm Patten’s book Leading a Multicultural Church is a timely contribution to the literature and practice of emerging church life in many parts of Britain and Europe. Th