What in the World is God Doing?: An Introduction to World Missions

What in the World is God Doing? is an updated revision of the introduction to the major themes of global missions including the latest developments, statistics and trends from around the world.
The contents of this introduction to missions includes the following topics:

1. Motivation for Missions
2. OT perspective of missions
3. NT perspective of missions
4. Is Truth worth dying for?
5. An analysis of the "call."
6. History of missions in the Early Church (AD 33-500)
7. History of missions in from the Dark Ages to the Reformation (AD 500-1517)
8. History of missions from the Reformation to Carey (1500-1792)
9. History of missions from Carey to WWII (1792-1945)
10. History of missions in the new paradigm (1945-present)
11. World non-theistic religions: Animism, Hinduism, Buddhism
12. World theistic religions: Roman Catholicism, Greek Orthodox, Islam
13. World context: Secularism
14. Unfinished task in North America-Asia-Sub-Saharan Africa
15. Unfinished task in Latin America-Muslim world-Europe
16. Practical Missions Functions: Personnel selection and recruiting, Missions Agencies and missional churches.

This book covers the basics and the latest trends in missions written for the student of missions, pastors and church leaders as well as field personnel needing a background in world missions. A must read for anyone interested in understanding the Great Commission.

C. Gordon Olson was converted and called to ministry while studying engineering and majored in theology at Dallas Seminary. Ministering in Pakistan (1956-64), he founded the pakistan fellowship of Evangelical Students, ministered in Urdu among indigenous Brethren assemblies, helped organize the Evangelical Fellowship of Pakistan, and edited lessons for the Bible Correspondence School. He was professor of Missions and Theology at Northeastern Bible College (1967-1990), a trustee member of three missions: Christar, Bible Basics Int., and the Urban LifeSource Connection, has served in Baptist pastorates in NJ and NYC, and as a Bible answer-man on radio WFME for a decade. He received the D.Miss. from Trinity International University. He is an adjunct professor at Liberty University and a Bible and missions conference speaker.