Missions: Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies

In this second edition of Missions, long-time missionary Gailyn Van Rheenen revises and updates his classic text on the foundational issues of Christian missions. According to Van Rheenen, 'In a rapidly changing world, ... the central missionary vision of the church must be constantly renewed, lest its foundations become lost in the confusion of change or its practices trapped in missionary models of the past.' Van Rheenen helps renew the missionary vision by discussing areas such as: the history of Christian mission, and how it affects where we are today; spiritual formation for God's mission; missionary cycle; cross-cultural communication; the character and calling of missionaries; types of missionaries; church maturation; selecting mission fields; the role of money in missions; and four levels of involvement in missions. Accessible to students, practitioners, and laypeople alike, Missions provides a primary go-to resource for understanding and becoming involved in the dynamic activity of world missions