In mission the whole Church brings the whole Christ to the whole world. This is not simply a geographical denominator, though the universal scope of mission is certainly not in question. The emphasis falls on wholeness. The world is full of persons. The gospel is not preached to stocks and stones, nor to flocks and herds, nor to the birds and the bees. They are by no means outside of God’s care and our human responsibility, but they are not ‘hearers and doers of the word’ (James 1:22–25; cf. Romans