The Evangelization of the World:: A History of Christian Missions

Written in an engaging style and intended largely for a lay audience, The Evangelization of the World tells the remarkable story of how Christianity grew from an insignificant Jewish sect in the first century until, by the beginning of the twenty-first century, it had become the world's first truly global religion.

The book is careful to explain historical context and mission theory, but the foci of the narrative are the great personalities of mission--the Apos...