Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-328) and index.

Walter Sawatsky -- Dana L. Robert -- Andrew F. Walls -- Walter Sawatsky -- John A. Lapp -- Jehu J. Hanciles -- Willard M. Swartley -- Jonathan J. Bonk -- Charles E. Van Engen -- James J. Stamoolis -- Lawrence M. Yoder -- Jon Hoover -- Arthur McPhee -- Pablo A. Deiros -- David A. Shank -- James E. Brenneman -- Paul G. Hiebert -- Lois Y. Barrett -- Eddie Gibbs and Ryan K. Bolger -- Alan J. Roxburgh -- Alan Kreider -- Neal Blough -- Paul E. Pierson -- Darrell Whiteman -- James R. Krabill -- John Driver -- Al Dueck. Living and writing the vision: the missiological pilgrimage of Wilbert Shenk / Mission history in global perspective: for a shared view of the Missio Dei: Wilbert Shenk, mission historian. Encounter with Christ: Luke as mission historian for the twenty-first entury / Evangelical and ecumenical: the rise and fall of the early church model / What if the three worlds of Christian history converged? / Global Mennonite History Project: what are we learning? / God's mission through migration: African initiatives in globalizing mission / Issues in evangelical and ecumenical mission theology: Wilbert Shenk, mission administrator and theologian. Evangel as gospel of peace / "And they marveled ...": Mammon as miracle in western missionary encounter / Critical theologizing: knowing God in multiple global and local contexts / World congresses of mission: reconvergence under what perspective? / Exploring trends in mission and ecclesiology: Wilbert Shenk, the churchman. Church growth theories and Indonesia / Anabaptist perspective on conversing with Muslims / Authentic witness, authentic evangelism, authentic church / Toward a pneumatological-spiritual missiology / Reflections on relating long term to messianic communities / Missional practice: a Pasadena Mennonite Church story / Mission to the West: missional church perspectives and challenges: Wilbert Shenk and mission to the West. Sociocultural theories and mission to the West / Defining missional church / Postmodern forms of the church / Contours of ministry in a postmodern age / West Europe in missional perspective: themes from Mennonite mission, 1950-2004 / Mission in Europe: reflecting on the missiological legacy of Wilbert Shenk / Facilitating the conversations. Beyond sodalities and modalities: organizing for mission in the twenty-first century / Wilbert Shenk and the American Society of Missiology / Evangelical and ecumenical dimensions of walking with AICs / Unanticipated journey for sharing an Anabaptist and liberationist perspective on the gospel / Member care / pt. 1. pt. 2. pt. 3. pt. pt. 5.

Twenty six missiologist from nearly every family of mission studies reflect on how Wilbert Shenk has influenced their conversations.