Includes bibliographical references (p. 685-732) and indexes.

An overview of missiology / Justice Anderson -- The purpose of missions / Gerald D. Wright -- The present situation in missions / Jerry A. Rankin -- Old Testament foundations for missions / W. Bryant Hicks -- The Gospels and Acts : Jesus the missionary and His missionary followers / Robert Garrett -- Missions in the Pauline Epistles / George Martin -- The missionary mandate of God's nature / G. William Schweer -- The missionary purpose of God's people / Ron Rogers -- The missionary motivation of God's salvation / J. Sam Simmons -- The state of the unevangelized and its missionary implications / Millard J. Erickson -- The history of missions in the early church / John Mark Terry -- Medieval and Renaissance missions (500-1792) ; The great century and beyond (1792-1910) / Justice Anderson -- Garden or wilderness? : the mission to America / Charles L. Chaney -- Turbulent and transitional : the story of missions in the twentieth century / R. Alton James -- Culture : the milieu of missions / Ebbie Smith -- Cross-cultural communication / Robert Don Hughes -- "To be or not to be?" : the indigenous church question / Keith E. Eitel -- Contextualization and the missionary endeavor / Daniel R. Sanchez -- Missionary call and service / William E. Goff -- Traditional religions : primal religiosity and mission dynamics / Keith E. Eitel -- Eastern religions / Ronald C. Hill -- The religions of the Middle East : Islam and Judaism / James D. Chancellor and Jeffery Wasserman -- Contemporary cults / R. Philip Roberts -- Contemporary theology of religions ;