W. Jay Moon - Intercultural Discipleship: Learning from Global Approaches to Spiritual Formation

Where was this book when I needed it as an upstart cross-cultural novice forty-five years ago? Jay Moon truly brings it all together in this remarkable volume chock-full of keen insights, case studies, and practical applications from fields as far ranging as cultural anthropology, mission research, orality, symbolism and ritual studies, and ethnodoxology. This book is where you should start if you are a mission thinker or practitioner wanting to deepen your understanding of and effectiveness in intercultural Christian discipling. I could have and would have made good use of it a long time ago!

James R. Krabill , senior mission advocate, Mennonite Mission Network; general editor of Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook

The cry for better discipleship methods is heard around the globe but most methods take a fill-in-the-blank approach, focused on acquiring more information , not the deep penetrating formation of disciples of Jesus that promotes personal and community transformation. Now Jay Moon in Intercultural Discipleship has charted a comprehensive and creative way forward like no other book in the field. Missiologically informed, cross-culturally relevant, and biblically faithful, this book draws on genres such as proverbs, drama, music, dance, rituals and ceremonies, and oral arts, together with riveting case studies to open the right side of our brains for disciple-makers around the world. I believe Intercultural Discipleship will soon become a classic text in the discipleship literature.

Darrell Whiteman , publisher, American Society of Missiology

Drawing on his extensive experience living cross-culturally, Jay Moon has produced a very readable and resourceful guide to making disciples. Enhanced by a global perspective, Intercultural Discipleship not only provides a valuable primer on understanding the relationship between faith and culture but also offers practical ways to utilize this knowledge for the sake of growing faithful and discerning disciples.

Bonnie Sue Lewis , professor of mission and world Christianity, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary

What could discipleship look, feel, smell, and sound like in this era of global cultural complexity? Immensely helpful in its integration of theory and practical know-how, Intercultural Discipleship is a resourceful pathway for deep learning and transformative growth for all teachers and students of culture, change agents, and hermeneutical communities interested in creative discipleship approaches that foster radical inclusion and participation in mission.

Uday Mark Balasundaram , founder, Estuary Cultures and Order of Bezalel

If this book gets the reading it deserves, we are at the dawning of a great new day for making disciples, and not just overseas. Skillfully drawing on several works that were ahead of their time (e.g., Symbol and Ceremony by A. H. Mathias Zahniser), Moon tells fascinating, instructive stories of those who practice what they preach. I had to keep putting the book down to add ideas to my to-do list.

Stan Nussbaum , developer, SYNC Discipleship Program