If God is in control of everything, can Christians sit back and not bother to evangelize? Or does active evangelism imply that God is not really sovereign at all? J.I. Packer shows in this classic study how both of these attitudes are false. In a careful review of the biblical evidence, he shows how a right understanding of God's sovereignty is not so much a barrier to evangelism as an incentive and powerful support for it.Market/AudienceMission and evangelism organizationsMissionariesPastorsProfessorsStudentsLayleadersCulture-watchers>Endorsements"No evangelical writer makes a more scrupulous attempt at clarity and fairness than John Stott. Notably fresh and illuminating." - World Vision"Read this book, first because it has been written by one of the Christian giants of recent times. Second, read it because it gives key principles on which to base our understanding of Christian mission so that we can achieve the biblical balance that we need so badly to achieve." - From the foreword by Ajith Fernando, National Director, Youth for Christ, Sri LankaFeatures and BenefitsNew mass market edition of an InterVarsity Press classic!A classic statement of what Christian mission entailsOutlines the need for a combined commitment to evangelism and social actionThorough examination of such terms as mission, evangelism, dialogue, salvation and conversionWritten by a well-respected Christian author, teacher and statesman