Dr Mike Rodewald served in missions in Africa for thirty-three years. He lived and served first in Liberia W Africa, then Botswana and South Africa before returning to the US to serve as CEO for Lutheran Bible Translators. While in Africa, he traveled extensively to partners and churches throughout the continent of Africa learning to appreciate and marvel at God-at-work in such varied contexts. He is the author of numerous articles in missiology, as well as linguistics and oral religious history in southern Africa. He holds a PhD in missiology from Concordia Theological Seminary. This is his first book.

Dr. Samuel Deressa is Associate Professor of Theology and the Global South and Fiechtner Chair for Christian Outreach, Director of DCO Program at Concordia University, St. Paul. Deressa’s research interests include theology of mission, world Christianity, Christian leadership, Christian-Muslim relations, and development studies. He is a member of American Society of Missiology, International Association for Mission Studies, African Society of Evangelical Theology, and Lutheran Society of Missiology.