The Great Commission Evangelicals and the History of World Missions

by Klauber, Martin; Manetsch, Scott M.; Lutzer, Erwin; Carson, D. A.; Sunshine, Glenn; Hinkson, Jon; George, Timothy; Gundlach, Brad; Balmer, Randall; Nettles, Tom; Salinas, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780805443004
• ISBN10: 0805443002
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: B&H Academic

Summary

The Great Commission provides a substantial historical survey of evangelical missions from eleven different scholars, including prominent evangelical church historians and theologians, who have written extensively on the history of Christianity and the greater mission of the church.

Table of Contents

Volume Contributors	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Foreword: Providence, History, and Evangelical Missions	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Early Protestant Missions
Protestant Missions in the Sixteenth Century	p. 12
Missions Among Puritans and Pietists	p. 23
Evangelical Revival and the Missionary Awakening	p. 45
Modern Anglo-American Missions
Early American Missions from the Revolution to the Civil War	p. 66
Baptists and the Great Commission	p. 89
Evangelical Missions in Modern America	p. 108
Majority Church Missions
The Great Commission in Latin America	p. 134
The Great Commission in Asia	p. 149
The Great Commission in Africa	p. 164
Conclusion: Ongoing Imperative for World Mission	p. 176
John D. Woodbridge Bibliography	p. 196
Bibliography	p. 210
Subject Index	p. 221
Scripture Index	p. 227
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