Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey, 2nd ed. (Encountering Mission)

by A. Scott Moreau; Gary Corwin; Gary Mcgee

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2015

Overview

In this volume, leading missionary scholars A. Scott Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee introduce missions in the contemporary world. The authors first survey the biblical, theological, and historical foundations for missions. They then consider the personal and practical issues involved in becoming a missionary, the process of getting to the mission field, and the contemporary challenges a mission worker must face.

Numerous maps and charts throughout the text that provide further details on particular subjects and raise questions for discussion, and each chapter closes with a case study that brings important issues into focus. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and revised.

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Key Features

• Surveys the biblical, theological, and historical foundations of missions
• Considers personal and practical issues involved in becoming a missionary
• Includes numerous case studies that bring important issues into focus

Contents

• Missions in the Modern World
• Part 1: Encountering Mission in the Scriptures
  • Encountering Mission in the Old Testament
  • Encountering Mission in the Gospels
  • Encountering Mission in the New Testament Church
  • Encountering Mission Theology
• Part 2: Encountering Missions in History
  • Expansion in the Premodern Era, AD 30-1500
  • Expansion in the Era of Discovery and Colonialism, AD 1500-1900
  • Expansion to and from Every Continent, AD 1900-2000
• Part 3: Encountering Missions as a Candidate
  • First Steps: Have You Been Called?
  • Missionary Preparation
  • Charting a Path from Here to There
• Part 4: Encountering Missions as a Sent One and as a Sender
  • Personal and Family Issues
  • Strategic and Ministry Issues
  • Relating to People of Other Cultures
  • Relating to Churches and Other Shareholders
• Part 5: Missions Encountering the Contemporary World
  • Communicating with People of Other Cultures
  • Mission Trends and Paradigm Shifts
  • Encountering the Religions of the World
  • Mission and the Future

Top Highlights

“Misunderstanding 3: Missionaries are little more than adventure seekers.” (Page 21)

“Misunderstanding 10: Missionaries sign their lives away forever.” (Page 24)

“Misunderstanding 9: Missionaries live in ‘the bush.’” (Page 23)

“Missiology is the academic study of missions, mission, and missio Dei. Missiology has three central concerns: (1) the identity or nature of mission, (2) the goal of mission, and (3) the means or method of mission. To get at those concerns, missiology includes the study of the nature of God, the created world, and the church and the ways they interact. Thus theology and the social sciences play important roles in missiological thinking.” (Page 19)

“The mission of the church is that it be used by God (1) to witness to people about the reconciliation offered in Christ; (2) to invite people to worship their creator by leading them to Christ; (3) to incorporate those led to Christ into local church contexts; and (4) to teach them, as people reconciled to God, to obey all that Christ commanded in being salt and light in the world. All four components are necessary and integral to the mission of the church.” (Page 83)

Praise for the Print Edition

No introduction to the global phenomenon of missions has been as up to date, or, in many a day, as thorough and well organized as this superb volume by three outstanding missions scholars.

Ralph D. Winter, founder, William Carey International University

This foundational volume is comprehensive, contemporary, and challenging. It speaks to the issues and concerns of the current student generation and introduces the reader to every major facet of the missionary enterprise.

Kenneth B. Mulholland, former dean, Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions

Product Details

• Title: Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey (Second Edition)
• Authors: A. Scott Moreau, Gary Corwin, Gary Mcgee
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Encountering Mission
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Missions › Textbooks
• ISBNs: 9781441224507, 9780801049200, 1441224505, 0801049202
• Resource ID: LLS:INTRWRLDMISSNS2ED
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:46:37Z

About the Authors

A. Scott Moreau is associate academic dean and professor of intercultural studies at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the editor of Evangelical Missions Quarterly and has authored, coauthored, or edited 11 books, including Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, Contextualization in World Missions, and Effective Intercultural Communication: A Christian Perspective.

Gary R. Corwin is a missiologist serving with Serving in Mission International. He is also associate editor of Evangelical Missions Quarterly.

Gary B. McGee (1945-2008) received his PhD from St. Louis University and was distinguished professor of church history and Pentecostal studies at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Assemblies of God History, Missions, and Governance: BSB Level 1 [THE 142].

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