The New Global Mission

The Gospel from Everywhere to Everyone

By Samuel Escobar

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 192 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: November 2003

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3301-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3301-6
IVP Order Code: 3301

Related Subjects

Mission

Christian mission is no longer a matter of missionaries from the West going to the rest of the world. Rather, the growth of Christianity in Latin America, Africa and parts of Asia is eclipsing that of the Western church.

In the third millennium of the Christian era, Christian mission is truly global, with missionaries from all places going to all peoples.

Veteran missiologist Samuel Escobar presents this introduction to Christian mission today. He explores the new realities of our globalized world and assesses the context of a changing mission field that is simultaneously secular and syncretistic. He also sets forth a thoroughly biblical theology of missions, considering how God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are at work around the world, with implications for how Christians are to go about the task of global mission.