Exploring how Christianity became a world religion, this brief history examines Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity. This title presents a short and enlightening history of Christian missions: a phenomenon that many say reflects the single most important intercultural movement over a sustained period of human history. It offers a thematic overview that takes into account the political, cultural, social, and theological issues. It discusses the significance of missions to the globalization of Christianity, and broadens our understanding of Christianity as a multicultural world religion. It helps Western audiences understand the meaning of mission as a historical process. It contains several new maps that illustrate demographic shifts in world Christianity.