Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index.

A new century : high hopes and ill omens -- Changing patterns of missionary life -- Twentieth century martyrs -- Life at the mission house -- Nurturing support -- Mass movements and group conversions -- Mens sana in corpore sano -- Life-long learning -- Vocation, selection, preparation -- Methodist union -- Wider union : achievements and failures -- Christian mission and the faith of others -- The world at war -- Autonomy and indigenization -- Forced withdrawals and new beginnings -- Do all the good you can -- New name, new mood, new emphases -- Struggles for justice -- Moving on -- Appendix 1: Principal officers of the missionary societies -- Appendix 2: Non-missionaries in leadership roles : the first senior office-holders.