The Transformation of Missions in the Twenty-First Century: Cross-Cultural Partnership without Syncretism

Drawing on interviews with founders of independent missions, field work in Africa, India, and Haiti, and her experience as director of an independent mission, Carrie A. Miles explores the challenges and strengths of missions built on interpersonal relationships and spiritual capital.

This book examines the rise of a new movement within Global Christianity: the independent mission. Once death—defying, residential, lifelong commitments, undertaken and supported by career professionals, a growi...