Missions Under the Cross, Addresses at the International Missionary Council 1952

Goodall, Norman [editor]. Missions Under the Cross : Addresses delivered at the Enlarged Meeting of the Committee of the International Missionary Council at Willingen, in Germany, 1952; with Statements issued by the Meeting. London: Published for the International Missionary Council by Edinburgh House Press, 1953. First Edition. [11423] Blue cloth, no dust jacket, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, tight. Ex historical society library with white call numbers on spine, historical society name stamp and "withdrawn" on title page, incidental markings elsewhere, never had a card pocket. 264 generally clean pages; the first essay has ink marginalia. Good. Hardcover. Considered by many to be an historic missionary conference, where delegates adopted the term Missio Dei. "Karl Hartenstein began writing about Missio Dei in 1934. Hartenstein hoped Missio Dei would replace a trendy but less biblical phrase, missio ecclesiae, that is, “the mission of the church.” In Hartenstein’s mind, mission should never or