Table of 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