Stephen Bevans and Roger Schroeder have given theologians, missiologists, and
historians of Christianity a volume marked by both erudition and clarity.
Treating ancient Asian and Western church development and subsequent Catholic,
Orthodox, Protestant, Pentecostal, and Evangelical mission work and theology,
Constants in Context is the most up-to-date and comprehensive book of its kind.

Beginning with the Luke-Acts construction of the mission of the church as the
Spirit leading Christians to become a movement that is "missionary by its very
nature," the authors then identity six "constants" of mission and three "types"
of mission theology. These they trace deftly down through the ages, ending with
an balanced, magisterial treatment of mission in the contemporary era as
participation in the "mission of God"; as liberating service of the reign of
God; as professing Jesus Christ as universal Saviour; and as prophetic dialogue
involving witness and proclamation; liturgy, prayer and contemplation; work for…
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