Mission on the Move
Diaspora Christians Remaking Global Christianity
- Evangelism & Missions
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
The world of Christian mission is undergoing significant changes. Diaspora Christians are at the forefront of this transformation, as they have been throughout the history of the Christian faith and its global spread. In this book, a select group of Bible scholars, theologians, and missiologists explore the leading themes of mission transformation from their distinct vantage points in different parts of the world. Just as the Modern Missionary movement, which began with British missionaries arriving on the shores of India, a select group of global scholars who trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent draws insights from their migratory displacement to develop an understanding of how God is moving among people on the move and probe its implications for the profound transformation of Christian mission itself.
Endorsements (8)
“Much of the past discourse on migration has been filtered through a Western prism. This book is different. It features non-Western authors while presenting a positive, forward-looking missiology of immigration. At times it pressed me past my comfort zone in a helpful way. If you are looking for a resource that will shed new insight on immigration and diaspora missiology, this is the book for you.”
“Mission on the Move offers a timely and insightful contribution to contemporary missiological reflection, particularly regarding the nature and direction of Christian missions in a rapidly changing world. . . . Both theologically rigorous and globally attentive, it invites us all to continually examine our missiology in light of our mobile and interconnected realities.”
“No longer a ‘West to the Rest’ enterprise, Christian mission is now polycentric and omnidirectional ‘from everywhere to everywhere.’ This book is a profound, timely resource for anyone seeking to understand the hyperconnected future of global Christianity, and also how mission is done by, through, and with people on the move with a God on the move.”
“In this important book, Sam George and his collaborators offer comprehensive biblical, theological, and missiological evidence that migration is transforming global Christianity and its mission. Their unique focus on Indian diasporas illustrates how these communities are forming a global polycentric witness. Essential reading.”
“This unique world Christianity book connects the world not through the West but through the South Asian Christian diaspora on five continents. Sam George has assembled a book that is about mission and simultaneously about migration because, he argues, Asian diasporas are ‘globalizing Asian Christianity and Asianizing Global Christianity.’ Its contributors show how, although most are far from their ancestral home, they are witnessing in—and from—new lands.”
“Mission on the Move compellingly captures the seismic shift in global Christianity, where the South Asian diaspora can emerge as a dynamic force in world missions. This volume insightfully traces the polycentric nature of mission today, demonstrating how diaspora communities are reshaping the very geography, imagination, and practice of Christian witness across the globe.”
“It is by no means an easy task to provide a focused snapshot of the complex reality of Christian mission involving people on the move. This book succeeds in achieving it with South Asians in focus. The selection of contributors and the themes of transition, evangelism, counselling, and community are embedded within refreshingly new narratives of migration, with solidly constructed biblical/missiological reflections on a ‘moving God’ in his ‘moving world.’ I unreservedly recommend this collaborative work to scholars and missionaries investigating the particular role of Christian migration in reshaping world Christianity.”
“From Punjabi rap to Anglican liturgy, Mission on the Move reveals how the pilgrimage principle of Christianity comes alive through the diasporic movements of people of faith. As the church expands across cultures and languages, our theology deepens and our relationships flourish. This book will not only open your eyes—it will capture your heart, just as it did mine.”
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