Foreword / Helga Croner -- Historical developments in the theology of Christian mission / Eugene J. Fisher -- The mission of Israel / Martin A. Cohen -- A contemporary understanding of mission from a Protestant orientation and tradition / David M. Stowe -- A reformed, evangelical perspective of mission / Richard R. DeRidder -- Contemporary Roman Catholic understandings of mission / Michael B. McGarry -- Contemporary Jewish attitudes to mission and conversion / Daniel F. Polish -- An Asian view of mission / C.S. Song -- Mission in African countries / Kwesi Abotsia Dickson.