Book I: the history of mission through the late eighteenth century -- Apostolic mission: from ascension to the end of the first century -- The mission of the persecuted church: from the apostle John to Constantine (100-313) -- Evangelization in the fourth century: the imperial church and expansion beyond the Roman Empire -- The West: from the fifth to the eighth century -- Islam and the decline of Christianity in the East -- The last step in the expansion of the church in Europe: from the ninth to the tenth century -- The churches of the East and West confronted by Islam -- The extension of the church beyond Europe (400-1450) -- New horizons in Europe -- Catholic mission in the Americas -- Catholic mission in Africa -- Catholic mission in Asia and Oceania -- Protestant missional thought -- The beginnings of Protestant mission -- The first missionary societies (1670-1800) -- The Moravians --

Book II: a concise history of mission from 1792 to 1945

Precursors and founders

The missionary societies of the "second wave"

William Carey: "father of modern missions"

Protestant mission in India and neighboring countries

Protestant pioneers in China: Robert Morrison and Karl Gützlaff

Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission

Protestant mission in the far east

Tahiti and the society islands

Two pioneers of the Pacific: John Williams and John Paton

The loyalty islands and New Caledonia

The first missionaries in South Africa

David Livingstone: missionary and explorer

François Coillard: founder of the Zambezi mission

Dramatic beginnings

A self-supporting church

Coastal regions of West Africa

The Ivory Coast

Protestant mission and the foundation of the church in Cameroon

The Sudanese regions

The Belgian Congo: exploration, evangelization, and foundation of a church

An African prophet: Simon Kimbangu

The pioneers in the region of the great lakes

The horn of Africa

French equatorial Africa

Angola

Madagascar

Evangelistic presence in the Maghreb and Egypt

The gospel in the near east

From Protestant immigration to evangelization

Development of Protestant mission in Latin America

Protestant mission and colonization

The world missionary conferences.