Global Engagement in Mission and World Christianity: Asia Pacific

edited by Will Brooks and Michael Copeland

Global Engagement in Mission and World Christianity: Asia Pacific explores how Christians across Asia are actively developing and mobilizing from their own context to share the gospel globally. The book features voices from scholars and church leaders throughout China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and other parts of East and Southeast Asia, giving readers direct access to how Asian Pacific Christians understand and practice mission. Instead of relying on Western observers to interpret what’s happening, the contributors used interviews, case studies, and firsthand observations to let Asian Pacific believers speak for themselves about their motivations, experiences, and vision for mission work in and from their own cultural settings.

The book covers nine chapters addressing important issues in World Christianity, including ethnic and religious tensions, ministry to diaspora communities, conflicts in cross-cultural teaming, how Southeast Asian Christians understand Scripture, mission mobilization from Hong Kong, indigenous perspectives on the faith, and how Chinese Christian thought influences gospel transmission. The work highlights a major shift in the missionary movement: that Asian Christians are now becoming major senders of missionaries themselves. The book documents how these believers—who take Scripture seriously, center their worship on Christ, and actively call others to faith—are shaping the future of global mission.

E-book

Published: January 9, 2026

ISBN: 979-8-9991514-2-1

Will Brooks (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the provost at a seminary in Asia where he teaches missions, hermeneutics, and preaching. He is the author of Interpreting Scripture across Cultures and Love Lost for the Cause of Christ. He is also the co-editor of World Mission.

Michael L. Copeland (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Assistant Professor of Missions in the Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions, Associate Director of the World Missions Center, and Dean of Students at SWBTS. He served as a missionary for thirteen years in Central and Southeast Asia.