A broad, up-to-date guide to global missions with clear context and history .
This volume surveys the organized work of foreign missions, its origins, and how it has grown across countries, peoples, and faiths to become a single, coordinated effort.
This edition foregrounds the mission societies and their work at home and abroad, then expands to countries, races, and religions in relation to mission activity. It includes maps, a complete bibliography, Bible version lists, and appendices with statistics and indices, all designed to provide a usable framework for understanding and participating in missionary outreach.
- An overview of the organized mission movement and its historical development
- Profiles of countries, peoples, and religious contexts where missions operate
- Concise biographical sketches and references to Bible versions and mission stations
- Maps, bibliographies, statistics, and indices to support research and planning
Ideal for readers of religious history, students of missiology, and anyone exploring how mission work has evolved and organized itself.