“William F. Ritchey has put all of us in his debt by writing Missions: Renewing Our Perspective in the Light of Scripture. He has done for this generation what his illustrious professor, J. Herbert Kane, did for his generation. Namely, he has provided a thoroughgoing analysis of what the Bible has to say about such missiological basics as the qualifications, call and ministry of missionaries as well as the place of mission-minded churches, missionary organizations and missionaries in the Divine plan for world evangelization. Admittedly, this is a tall order. Only someone with Ritchey’s kind of theological education, field experience and penchant for painstaking research would attempt to write a book like this. In fact, only that kind of person should attempt to write a book like this! But in our day when Christian mission tends to become whatever some dedicated believers decide to do anywhere they decide to go and for whatever time period they decide to stay, this is the kind of book every mission-minded Christian should read carefully, and should also study well.”

David J. Hesselgrave, Ph.D.

Late Professor Emeritus of Mission, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Co-founder (with Donald A. McGavran) of the Evangelical Missiological Society

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