Includes bibliographical references pp. 685-732. and indexes.

An overview of missiology -- The purpose of missions -- The present situation in missions -- Old Testament foundations for missions -- The Gospels and Acts: Jesus the missionary and His missionary followers -- Missions in the Pauline epistles-- The missionary mandate of God's nature -- The missionary purpose of God's people -- The missionary motivation of God's salvation -- The state of the unevangelized and its missionary implications -- The history of missions in the early church -- Medieval and Renaissance missions (500-1792) -- The great century and beyond (1792-1910) -- Garden or wilderness?: The mission to America -- Turbulent and transitional: the story of missions in the twentieth century -- Culture: the milieu of missions -- Cross-cultural communication -- "To be or not to be?": the indigenous church questions -- Contextualization and the missionary endeavor -- Missionary call and service -- Traditional religions: primal religiosity and mission dynamics -- Eastern religions -- The religions of the middle east: Islam and Judaism -- Contemporary cults -- Contemporary theology of religions -- Introduction to the strategy and methods of missions -- Contextual evangelism strategies -- Strategies for starting churches -- Strategies for church growth -- Strategies for church development -- Strategies for humanitarian ministries -- Theological education and missions: an African case study -- Religious education and missions -- Strategies for music in missions -- Strategies for ethnic ministries -- Strategies for the development of the spiritual life of missionaries -- Strategies for missions education in the local church -- The missionary family -- Spiritual warfare and the missionary task -- Thriving in the Ecotones: the local church and world missions -- One for all and all for one: a case study -- The unfinished task --