What you are about to read is an introductory book on missiology: the study of Christian mission. Unlike biology (the study of living things) or even Christology (the study of the person and work of Christ), the study of missiology as an academic discipline has developed fairly recently. Many students of theology, and even more church members, know more about the meaning of psychology or necrology, than of missiology. There is some confusion as to whether missiology is basically a practical
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