Coordinator, International Leadership Development (CILD); Instructor and Mentor, Immerse Program
Research Interests
Disciple Making Movements, Intercultural Theology /Hermeneutics, Contextualization, Inter-religious Dialogue, Cultural Intelligence, Bible Translation
Current Book Projects
Mapping Theological Trajectories that Emerge in Response to a Bible Translation. Evangelical Missiological Society Doctoral Theses series.
2021 Discovering the Mystery of the Church. Book 2 in Disciple making through the Discovery Method (DM2) Co-author with Rod Black. A Fellowship International Curriculum for Disciple Makers.
Publications
Books
2020 Mission and Global Crises. Co-editor with Narry Santos Evangelical Missiological Co-editor with Narry Santos. Tyndale Academic Press.
2019 Missions and Evangelism in a Secularizing World: Academy, Agency and Assembly Perspectives from Canada. Co-editor with Narry Santos for Evangelical Missiological Society series 2 (Canadian edition). Wipf & Stock publishers.
2019 Discovering Who Jesus Is: The Gospel of John Chapters 1–3, LeadersFormation series “Centered in Jesus the Messiah” Book 2. Curriculum for LeadersFormation, an international leadership training program for leaders who are not able to access formal training. Chief Editor of series.
1993 Tati Thadhia Ka (Pressing On). Hyperabad: Adabi Anjaman. English and Sindhi.
Translations
New Testament in Sindhi, Extended Notes for Muslim auduence, Pakistan Bible Society, forthcoming.
2025 Full Bible in Sindhi, Muslim audience, Pakistan Bible Society.
2025 New Testament in Sindhi, Muslim audience, Pakistan Bible Society.
2025 New Testament in Sindhi, Hindu audience, Pakistan Bible Society.
2007 Old Testament in Sindhi (Muslim audience). Pakistan Bible Society.
2007 Old Testament in Sindhi (Muslim audience). Pakistan Bible Society.
Workbooks
2021 Discovering How to Live as the Church: Ephesians 4:1-5:20, Disciple making through the Discovery Method (DM2) Workbook 2: Shaping the DBS tool for your ministry context. Co-authored with Rod Black.
2021 Discovering the Mystery of the Church: Ephesians Chapters Two and Three, Disciple Making Through the Discovery Method (DM2) Workbook 2: Using resources properly. Co-authored with Rod Black.
2021 Discovering Jesus as the Head of the Church Ephesians Chapter One. Making Through the Discovery Method (DM2) Workbook 2: Using resources properly. Co-authored with Rod Black.
2020 Discovering Jesus’ Promises: The Gospel of John Chapters 14-16, LeadersFormation series “Centered in Jesus the Messiah” Book 2. Curriculum for LeadersFormation, an international leadership training program for leaders who are not able to access formal training. Chief Editor of series.
2019 Discovering Who Jesus Is: The Gospel of John Chapters 1-3, Curriculum for LeadersFormation, an international leadership training program for leaders who are not able to access formal training. Chief Editor of series.
2018 Discovering Jesus’ Vision of God’s Rule: The Sermon on the Mount, LeadersFormation series “Centered on Jesus the messiah” Book 1. Author and co-editor of the series.
Book Chapters
2019 “Introduction.” Missions and Evangelism in a Secularizing World: Academy, Agency and Assembly Perspectives from Canada. Co-editor with Narry Santos for Evangelical Missiological Society series 2 (Canadian edition). Wipf & Stock publishers.
2018 Discovering Jesus’ Vision of God’s Rule: The Sermon on the Mount, LeadersFormation series “Centered in Jesus the Messiah” Book 1. Curriculum for LeadersFormation, an international leadership training program for leaders who are not able to access formal training. Author and Chief Editor of the series.
2016 Consequences of the Divine Terms Controversy in Bible Translation: A Neglected Voice Speaks Out in Controversies in Mission: Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century, Evangelical Missiological Society Series, No. 24. R. Sheuermann & E, Smither (Eds.). Pasadena: Wm. Carey Library.
2016 Who decides if Allah is God? A contextual consideration of the use of the term “Allah” for the God of the Bible in Occasional Bulletin, Special edition, Evangelical Missiological Society. https://www.emsweb.org/images/occasional-bulletin/special-editions/OB_SpecialEdition_2016.pdf
Articles
2025 “Translating the Message: A Personal Reflection.” Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research. Northwest Baptist Seminary, Langley, BC, Canada. www.nimer.ca.
2023 “Competency Based Theological Education for Intercultural Contexts: A Cooperative Model Between Academy, Assembly, and Agency.” Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research. www.nimer.ca (Spring 2023).
2021 “Reflections on the Theological Validity of Disciple-Making Movements (DMMs).” Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research. www.nimer.ca (Fall 2021). Peer reviewed.
2016 “Consequences of the Divine Terms Controversy in Bible Translation: A Neglected Voice Speaks Out” in Controversies in Mission: Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21st Century, Evangelical Missiological Society Series, No. 24. R. Sheuermann & E, Smither (Eds.). Pasadena: Wm. Carey Library.
2016 “Who decides if Allah is God? A contextual consideration of the use of the term “Allah” for the God of the Bible” in Occasional Bulletin, Special edition, Evangelical Missiological society. https://www.emsweb.org/images/occasional-bulletin/special-editions/OB_SpecialEdition_2016.pdf
2015 “Missions at Your Doorstep” in Thrive (Fall 2015) http://www.thrive-magazine.ca/qry/page.taf?id=27&_function=atcldetail&sbtatcl_uid1=261&_nc=f8aafeabc7412147933ed594814236c2
Reviews
2025 “Aychi B.R. with Dave Coles, Living Fire: Advancing God’s Kingdom in Challenging Places” in Global Missiology. Vol. 22 No. 1 (2025): January – The Specific Of Christianity.
2024 “Aila Tasse and Dave Coles, Cabbages in the Desert: How God Transformed a Devout Muslim and Catalyzed Disciple Making Movements Among Unreached Peoples” in Global Missiology. Vol. 21 No. 3 (2024): July – Awakenings, Advances, and Revivals: Noteworthy Outpourings of God’s Spirit.
2023 :Review of Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics. 2022.” in Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research. Northwest Baptist Seminary, Langley, BC, Canada. www.nimer.ca
2020 Mark Naylor, review of Speaking Up: Understanding Language and Gender, by Allyson Jule. Northwest Institute for Ministry Education Research. www.nimer.ca.
Blogs
http://impact.nbseminary.com/. Cross-cultural Impact (CCI)
Presentations
Seminars and Workshops
Pioneering Church Planting (Perspectives)
Cross-cultural Ethics
Islam (series)
Sufism
Bible Translation
Skills in Cultural adaptation
Missions Committee workshop
Significant Conversations workshop (evangelism)
Managing Power Distance