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Section 1: Introduction to the study of missions. -- An overview of missiology / Justice Anderson -- The purpose of missions / Gerald D. Wright -- Missiological method / Bruce Ashford, Scott Bridger -- Section 2: The biblical basis of missions. -- Mission in the Old Testament / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Mission in the Gopsles / Andreas J. Köstenberger -- Missions in the Apostolic church / Eckhard Schnabel -- Section 3: The theology of missions. -- The missionary mandate of God's nature / John Massey -- The missional church / Ed Stezer -- The missionary motivation of God's salvation / Daniel L. Akin, Keith Whitfield -- The state of the unevangelized and its missionary implications / Millard J. Erickson -- Section 4: The history of missions. -- The history of missions in the early church / John Mark Terry -- Medieval and Renaissance missions (500-1792) / Justice Anderson -- The great century and beyond (1792-1910) / Justice Anderson -- The history of missions in North America / Charles L. Chaney -- Missions in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries / R. Alton James -- Section 5: Applied missiology. -- Culture: the milieu of missions / Ebbie Smith -- Cross-cultural communication / Grant Lovejoy -- Indigenous missions / Keith E. Eitel -- Contextualization and the missionary endeavor / Daniel R. Sanchez -- Missionary call and service / M. David Sills -- Traditional religions: primal religiosity and mission dynamics / Keith E. Eitel -- Eastern religions / Kyle Faircloth -- Understanding Islam / Zane Pratt -- Contemporary cults / R. Philip Roberts -- Christian theology of religions / Keith Johnson -- Introduction to the strategy and methods of missions / Ebbie Smith -- Missions in North America / J.D. Payne -- Strategies for starting churches / Daniel R. Sanchez -- Women in missions / Gloria Furman -- Ecclesiology and missions / Benjamin Merkle -- Human needs ministries / Jeffrey Palmer -- Leadership development in missions settings / Robert Ferris -- Urban missions / Wilbur Stone -- Business as mission / Michael Lam -- Strategies for ethnic ministries / Jose A. Hernandez -- Spiritual formation and missions / Thomas Elliff -- Christianity in China / Lisa Hoff -- The missionary family / Philip Pinckard -- Spiritual warfare and missions / Charles Lawless -- Missions in the local church / J.D. Greear, Michael McDaniel -- World Christianity / Keith E. Eitel -- Finishing the task: a balanced approach / Jeffrey Brawner.

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