Edward L. Smither

Books

• Reformation Anglican Mission: Turning Points, Key Figures, and the Future of the Church. Wheaton: Crossway, 2027.
• Reading 2 Peter and Jude Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of 2 Peter and Jude. Littleton: William Carey, 2026 (edited with Abeneazer Urga and Jessica Udall).
• Reading Revelation Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of Revelation. Littleton: William Carey, 2025 (edited with Abeneazer Urga and Michael P. Naylor).
• Reading James Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of James. Littleton: William Carey, 2025 (edited with Abeneazer Urga and Jessica Udall).
• Equipping for Global Mission: Theological and Missiological Proposals and Case Studies. Littleton: William Carey, 2024 (edited with Linda Saunders and Gregory Mathias).
• Reading 1 Peter Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of 1 Peter. Littleton: William Carey, 2024 (edited with Abeneazer Urga and Jessica Udall).
• John Stott: A Facilitator of Global Missional Theology. Eugene: Cascade, 2023.
• Mission in Praise, Word, and Deed: Reflections on the Past and Future of Global Mission. Littleton: William Carey, 2023 (edited with Jessica Udall).
• Reading Hebrews Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of Hebrews. Littleton: William Carey, 2023 (edited with Abeneazer Urga and Linda Saunders).
• Mission in the Way of Daniel: Empowering Believers to Live into God’s Plan. Littleton: William Carey, 2022.
• Mission as Hospitality: Imitating the Hospitable God in Mission. Eugene: Cascade, 2021.
• Sixteenth-Century Mission: Explorations in Protestant and Roman Catholic Theology and Practice. Bellingham: Lexham, 2021 (edited with Robert Gallagher).
• Christian Martyrdom: A Brief History with Reflections for Today. Eugene: Cascade, 2020.
• Christian Mission: A Concise Global History. Bellingham: Lexham, 2019.
• Missionary Monks: An Introduction to the History and Theology of Missionary Monasticism. Eugene: Cascade, 2016.
• Controversies in Mission: Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century. Pasadena: William Carey, 2016 (edited with Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann).
• Mission in the Early Church. Eugene: Cascade, 2014.
• Rethinking Constantine: History, Theology, and Legacy. Eugene: Pickwick, 2014.
• Brazilian Evangelical Missions in the Arab World: History, Culture, Practice, and Theology. Eugene: Pickwick, 2012.
• François Decret, Early Christianity in North Africa. Eugene: Cascade, 2009 (translator).
• Augustine as Mentor: A Model for Preparing Spiritual Leaders. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2008.

Chapters & Articles

• “Missionary Bishops: The Case of Jackson Kemper (1789-1870) and its Significance for Today.” Journal of the Evangelical Missiological Society 6, no. 2 (Summer 2026): 17-30.
• “Recovering Monastic Values for Mission Today.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 62, no. 2 (Spring 2026).
• “Does Embracing Global Theology Mean the Church Should Abandon the Historic Creeds?” Evangelical Review of Theology 49, no. 1 (2025): 52-62.
• “Lessons in Mission from Henry Martyn.” Cranmer Theological Journal 2, no. 1 (2025): 27-37.
• “Communicating Catholic and Indigenous Christianity: The Anglican Book of Common Prayer’s Contribution to Global Mission.” Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis 13, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2022).
• “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 (authored with Trevor Castor).
• “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.
• “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.
• “Francis of Assisi, Christology, and Mission,” Missiology: An International Review 46, no. 3 (2018): 283-292.
• “Explaining the Trinity to Muslims and Jews in Medieval Christian Mission: Lessons from the Life of Cyril,” International Bulletin of Mission Research 41, no. 1 (2017): 1-9.
• “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, 25-46, Pasadena: William Carey, 2017.
• “Augustine, Missionary to Heretics? An Appraisal of Augustine’s Missional Engagement with the Donatists.” In A Uniquely African Controversy: Studies on Donatist Christianity. Edited by A. Dupont, M.A. Gaumer, and M. Lamberigts, 269-288, Leuven: Brepols, 2014.
• “Lessons from a Tentmaking Ascetic in the Egyptian Desert: The Case of Evagrius of Pontus,” Missiology: An International Review 39, no. 4 (October 2011): 485-496.
• “An Unrecognized and Unlikely Influence? The Impact of Valerius of Hippo on Augustine,” Irish Theological Quarterly 72, no. 3 (2007): 251-264.