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

by Jacques A. Blocher (Author), Jacques Blandenier (Author)

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 Apostle Paul, St. Martin of Tours, St. Patrick, St. Francis Xavier, John Eliot, Count Von Zinzendorf, William Carey, Robert Morrison, David Livingstone, Mary Slessor, Albert Schweitzer, and many others--who make this account of the expansion of the church a fascinating and often dramatic tale.
In addition, the book does not neglect the great mission conferences of the twentieth century, nor does it avoid the controversial aspects of mission that, in many instances, continue to vex the movement today.

Author Biography

Jacques A. Blocher (1909-1986) was a well-known writer on missions and a professor of mission history at three French institutes: L'Institut Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne, Faculté de théologie protestante d'Aix-en-Provence, and Faculté de théologie évangelique de Vaux-sur-Seine.

Jacques Blandenier has been a professor of mission history at three institutions in France and Switzerland: Faculté de Vaux-sur-Seine, Institut Biblique Emmaus, and L'Institut Biblique de Nogentsur-sur-Marne. Among other mission-related publishing and educational work, he has also been the editor of Semailles et Moisson (Sowing and Reaping), a monthly journal of the evangelical churches of French-speaking Switzerland.