Book contents
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MISSIONS
1 An Overview of Missiology byJustice Anderson
2 The Purpose of Missions byGerald D. Wright
3 Missiological Method byBruce Ashford and Scott Bridger
SECTION TWO: THE BIBLICAL BASIS OF MISSIONS
4 Mission in the Old Testament byChristopher J. H. Wright
5 Mission in the Gospels byAndreas J. Köstenberger
6 Missions in the Apostolic Church byEckhard Schnabel
SECTION THREE: THE THEOLOGY OF MISSIONS
7 The Missionary Mandate of God's Nature byJohn Massey
8 The Missional Church byEd Stetzer
9 The Missionary Motivation of God's Salvation byDanny Akin and Keith Whitfield
10 The State of the Unevangelized and Its Missionary Implications byMillard J. Erickson
SECTION FOUR: THE HISTORY OF MISSIONS
11 The History of Missions in the Early Church byJohn Mark Terry
12 Medieval and Renaissance Missions (500‑1792) byJustice Anderson
13 The Great Century and Beyond (1792‑1910) byJustice Anderson
14 The History of Missions in North America byCharles L. Chaney
15 Missions in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries byR. Alton James
SECTION FIVE: APPLIED MISSIOLOGY
16 Culture: The Milieu of Missions byEbbie Smith
17 Cross‑cultural Communication byGrant Lovejoy
18 The Indigenous Church Question byKeith E. Eitel
19 Contextualization and the Missionary Endeavor byDaniel R. Sanchez
20 Missionary Call and Service byM. David Sills
21 Traditional Religions: Primal Religiosity and Mission Dynamics byKeith E. Eitel
22 Eastern Religions byKyle Faircloth
23 Understanding Islam byZane Pratt
24 Contemporary Cults byR. Philip Roberts
25 Christian Theology of Religions byKeith Johnson
26 Introduction to the Strategy and Methods of Missions byEbbie Smith
27 Missions in North America byJ. D, Payne
28 Strategies for Starting Churches byDaniel R. Sanchez
29 Women in Missions byGloria Furman
30 Ecclesiology and Missions byBenjamin Merkle
31 Human Needs Ministries byJeffrey Palmer
32 Leadership Development in Missions Settings byRobert Ferris
33 Urban Missions byWilbur Stone
34 Business as Mission byMichael Lam
35 Strategies for Ethnic Ministries byJose A. Hernandez
36 Spiritual Formation and Missions byThomas Elliff
37 Christianity in China byLisa Hoff
38 The Missionary Family byPhilip Pinckard
39 Spiritual Warfare and Missions byCharles Lawless
40 Missions in the Local Church byJ. D. Greear and Michael McDaniel
41 World Christianity byKeith Eitel
42 Finishing the Task byJeffrey Brawner