Introducing World Missions : A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey

by Moreau, A. Scott, Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee

• ISBN13: 9780801026485
• ISBN10: 0801026482
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781540963628
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic
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Summary

This overview considers issues involved in becoming a missionary, the process of getting to the mission field, and contemporary challenges a mission worker must face.

Author Biography

A. Scott Moreau (D.Miss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of missions and intercultural studies at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the general editor of the Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions. Gary R. Corwin is associate editor of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, special representative with SIM (Serving in Mission), and a visiting lecturer at Reformed Theological Seminary. Gary B. McGee (Ph.D., St. Louis University) is professor of church history and Pentecostal studies at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(4)
Missions in the Modern World	11	(16)
Part 1 Encountering Mission in the Scriptures
Encountering Mission in the Old Testament	27	(13)
Encountering Mission in the Gospels	40	(12)
Encountering Mission in the New Testament Church	52	(19)
Encountering Mission Theology	71	(22)
Part 2 Encountering Missions in History
Expansion in the Premodern Era, A.D. 30-1500	93	(21)
Expansion in the Era of Discovery and Colonialism, A.D. 1500-1900	114	(22)
Expansion to and from Every Continent, A.D. 1900-2000	136	(23)
Part 3 Encountering Missions as a Candidate
First Steps: Have You Been Called?	159	(13)
Missionary Preparation	172	(18)
Charting a Path from Here to There	190	(15)
Part 4 Encountering Missions as a Sent One and as a Sender
Personal and Family Issues	205	(16)
Strategic and Ministry Issues	221	(12)
Relating to People of Other Cultures	233	(11)
Relating to Churches and Other Shareholders	244	(21)
Part 5 Missions Encountering the Contemporary World
Communicating with People of Other Cultures	265	(14)
Mission Trends and Paradigm Shifts	279	(16)
Encountering the Religions of the World	295	(16)
Mission and the Future	311	(4)
Reference List	315	(22)
Subject Index	337	(10)
Scripture Index	347