In this new history of evangelism, Tuttle examines the broad sweep of the church's witness to the gospel from a truly global and inclusive perspective. The familiar figures are all here: Paul, Patrick, Boniface, Columba, Luther, Wesley, Carey, and the like. Yet Tuttle knows that the story of the church's ministry of evangelism has been a worldwide endeavor dependent on women as well as men, and lesser-known figures as well as famous ones. Tuttle organizes his material into particular historical periods or moments, each one by way of three perspectives: 1) the cultural forces establishing the need for evangelism, 2) the evangelist in particular, and 3) the impact the evangelist had within that particular period.