Contents: 1. Personal transformation -- Repentance as a mark of a transformed life -- Compassion as the passion of a transformed life -- 2. The family: family values are kingdom values -- The Church: a transforming multicultural community -- The Church as a transforming multicultural community -- The Ecumenical Movement and the Pentecostal Movement -- The Moravian Church as an agent of transformation / Elijah Gregan -- A Brothel transformed / Rani Lal -- Pedhuru Village transformed -- West Godavari Village transformed -- The Dalits and the Church / Samuel Jayakunw -- 4. The Kingdom of God and transformation -- Jesus Christ is Lord and King -- Four case studies of power encounter -- Liberation of a Dalit slave girl -- 5. Transforming language of mission -- Religious language and violence -- Transformational mission language and biblical metaphor -- Statement on mission language -- 6. Democracy and transforming India -- Democracy -- Law as a tool for transformation -- 7. The Tribals -- Tribal identity and the transformation of India / Dino L. Touthangs -- Identity and dignity -- Nagaland transformation: from head hunters to hallelujah singers -- 8. Urban transformational mission in India / Atul Y. Aghamkar -- 9. Transformational health in action -- Health indicators India -- Case study 1: Makunda Christian hospital: -- Subsidized school education for the tribal -- Case study 2: Jiwan Jyoti Christian hospital: -- Reaching the poorest of the poor -- 10. Conclusion: vision led community of Christ as an agent of transformation -- Appendix A: New Delhi world inquiry report -- Appendix B: World inquiry questions for focus groups