Introducing Christian Mission Today

Scripture, History and Issues.
Mission - a driving force in the long Christian story - today is often cast as
the embarrassing relative of tall-steeple religiosity. In our wider culture
it's now tucked in the endnotes of book-club histories or forms the ghostlike
ellipses in the six o'clock news. But in Introducing Christian Mission Today,
Michael Goheen brings the vibrant history, motivation and challenges of
Christian mission to the fore.
Through the centuries Christian mission has always been recalibrating,
retooling and reevangelizing. It has repeatedly taken surprising turns as it is
carried along by the Spirit of God. Goheen's introduction to mission's
biblical, theological and historical dimensions engages the present and
anticipates the future. As he unfolds the major issues of the global and urban,
the pluralistic and wholistic contexts of mission today, he lays the ground for
engaging in God's great kingdom enterprise.
This full-scale text incorporates the keen missional insights of Lesslie
Newbigin, David Bosch and other formative thinkers. It will be a valued
resource not only for those in crosscultural contexts but also for those
engaged in reevangelizing the West.
Very few people can combine multiple areas of expertise in their own " thinking, let alone in a single book. Mike Goheen is one of those few. This
wide-ranging survey is the fruit of a true teacher's passion for the whole
scope of his discipline. We are led steadily to understand mission from its
biblical foundations, in theological reflection, through millenia of historical
practice, across multiple cultural and ecclesial contexts, to the most urgent
issues facing the church in mission today and tomorrow. Theologically
enriching, reliably informative, and both conceptually and practically
challenging. - -Christopher J. H. Wright"