Burke, Jack D., PhD, M.Div. Paradigm Shift: Why International Students are so Strategic to Global Missions. Westbow Press, 2019. Book 394p. English Click here
Abstract: It is of strategic importance for international students and scholars to come under the umbrella of global missions. The author is convinced there is need for a paradigm shift in global missions. With over one million international students from practically every country on the face of the earth, many being Christian, having come to the U.S. for their higher education, we cannot afford to waste this golden opportunity. Reasons will be provided why this is our divine “moment” in history for Christian leadership to rise up and take action. The potential is there for us to create a tremendous impact for Christ on nations which in the past have been difficult to reach. God works in mysterious ways and this has to be one of them. 

Chinn, Leiton. "The Mission Field Coming to Our Campuses." Lausanne Global Analysis, January 2018, Vol. 7, Issue 1. Article. English, Spanish, Portuguese. Click here to read online. To download, click one of the following: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Abstract: Leiton Chinn, former president of ACMI (1999-2008), has been mobilizing the church for ISM since 1977 and completed a ten-year tenure as Lausanne Catalyst for ISM in 2017. In this article he gives some background to the ISM movement and a rationale for churches and para-church organizations getting involved and supporting ISM today.
Keywords: history, mission, local church, hospitality, returnees

Bieler, Stacey. Patriots or Traitors: A History of American Educated Chinese Students. Routledge, 2009. Book, 496p. English. [Click here]
Abstract: Chinese students form the largest group of internationals coming to universities in the West. They have at various times been seen both as patriots and as traitors to their country. Bieler, who has worked with international students at Michigan State University, presents the stories of 15 students who came to the US between 1850 and 1930. "It's little known among most Chinese and American educators that many of these students returned as leaders for China, both politically and culturally, and that many became Christians while in the USA...It is this Christianity that puts some at risk, but, more importantly, shapes most of them for lives of service and altruism in a society convulsed by warlords and revolutions, on the one hand, and, on the other, constrained by Confucian ideals of harmony and conformity. Bieler tells these stories richly and wonderfully, weaving them together into an unforgettable tapestry." [From review by Bob Osburn, Wilberforce Academy]
Keywords: China, history

Payne, J. D. Strangers Next Door. IVPress, 2012. Book, 206p. English. [Click here]
Abstract: Strangers Next Door discusses human migration, including international students, and the opportunities that those in the West have to reach members of some of the least-reached nations on earth who are in our midst. Chapter 7 deals with international students in particular, but references are made to them throughout the book. It is both academic and practical, containing guidelines for entering into and developing strategies for cross-cultural missions. 
Keywords: migration, immigration, refugees, strategy, cross-cultural, diaspora