Praise for the First 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 mission scholars.”—Ralph D. Winter, president, William Carey International University

“A remarkable text book containing the history of missions (biblical and modern era); a thorough guide to candidacy and choosing an organization; a discussion of personal and family life for missionaries; and a philosophical discussion of the current trends in (and future of) missions. . . . [An] educational and practical resource for missions pastors and would-be missionaries.”—Outreach

“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. Well-chosen case studies, helpful diagrams, and attention-grabbing sidebars supplement the well-written text. Sections on encountering missions as a candidate, a sent one, and a sender make this book an outstanding text for an introductory missions course as well as an invaluable resource for prospective missionaries and local church leaders. I recommend it highly.”—Kenneth B. Mulholland, Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions

“[The authors] have provided teachers and students of mission with an up-to-date textbook introducing the subject of Christian world missions from an evangelical perspective. The text is written with intended usage in introductory mission courses at the upper undergraduate or lower graduate level. It achieves its goal admirably, being not only readable but attractive in layout, broad in content, balanced in perspective, and in a teacher and student-friendly format. . . . A wide range of theological, historical, practical, and contemporary issues are addressed. . . . Each chapter includes helpful and attractive sidebars, case studies . . . , quotations, maps, diagrams, discussion questions, illustrative material, and longer texts from various sources. . . . The authors succeed in striking a balance between the extremes of oversimplification in brevity and overload with detail, thus providing the ideal textbook for an introductory course on Christian world missions. This reviewer has used the text in such a course and students have also been enthusiastic. In this regard Moreau, Corwin, and McGee have commendably achieved their goal and met a genuine need. There is simply no other textbook that compares with it.”—Craig Ott, Trinity Journal

“This is an excellent introductory survey for would be missionaries but it is also a very helpful preliminary text for those who want and need an overall survey in the whole area of world missions. . . . This volume is very well produced. It is enhanced with excellent case studies that leave the reader (or class) to work through unanswered problems, numerous sidebars accompanied by questions that directly relate to the text, many very relevant highlighted quotations from missionaries and missiologists past and present, and also a good number of informative maps. If that were not enough, the authors give us a number of good websites, and a very comprehensive bibliography. . . . As an introductory survey it can hardly be bettered.”—Bryan Hardman, Reformed Theological Review

“This is a quality, up-to-date textbook on world missions. . . . This book is intended first and foremost for prospective missionaries, but anyone who is interested in becoming educated about the complexity of issues surrounding missions to other nations and cultures will find this a valuable text. . . . What is more, this text proves valuable even for church leaders serving in their own native culture inasmuch as many of the issues that confront missionaries in a foreign culture find parallels to bringing the gospel to unchurched people in our own secularized North American setting, with the struggle to disciple them. This is nothing short of a well-executed project from start to finish, and it deserves a wide readership.”—J. Mark Beach, Mid-America Journal of Theology

“Offers an overview of mission thought for students in Bible colleges and seminaries, prospective missionaries, and those who would support missionaries. . . . Throughout the book there are engaging sidebars with quotations by missionaries and mission thinkers and/or brief content summaries with questions for further reflection and discussion. Each chapter concludes with a short case study that is often engaging and helpful. . . . A fair, well-presented, and accessible textbook of ‘world missions’ from an American conservative evangelical perspective."—Ian T. Douglas, Anglican Theological Review