Reflecting the diversity of Methodists and United Methodist throughout the world, the writes in this volume begin with the historical experience of Wesleyans with which they have special experience and reflect on trajectories that might continue the impact and powerful witness of this community of faith. Not surprisingly, religious diversity in the United States, Christian relations to adherents of other religions, and the role of women and ethnic minorities receive extensive attention. History may be rooted in the past, but it continues in the present and will extend into the future - thus the purpose of this volume; to explore the future of mission for those in the Methodist family in a new, sometimes threatening, often promising, world.
