This book articulates various evangelical views regarding the church's mission and provides a healthy, vigorous, and gracious debate on this controversial topic. In a helpful Counterpoints format, this volume demonstrates the unique theological frameworks, doctrinal convictions, and missiological conclusions that inform and distinguish the views:

• Soteriological Mission: Jonathan Leeman
• Participatory Mission: Christopher Wright
• Contextual Mission: John Franke
• Ecumenical-Political Mission: Peter Leithart

Each of the four contributors is to...