Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.

Biblical perspectives on migration and mission. Abraham on the move: the outpouring of God's blessing through a migrant / Sarita D. Gallagher ; Israel's ancestors as germin: a lesson of biblical hospitality / Timothy A. Lenchak, SVD ; Coming to Gath: migration as mission among the Philistines / Robert L. Gallagher ; Jesus' migrations and liminal withdrawals in Matthew / Paul Hertig ; Migrants as missionaries: the case of Priscilla and Aquila / vanThanh Nguyen ; Paul and Barnabas in Lystra: lessons for crossing cultural boundaries in ministry / Amy C. West -- Contemporary issues of migration and mission. Undocumented workers in the U.S.: a challenge from the Good Samaritan / Timothy A. Lenchak, SVD ; Mission in an urban culture of displacement: a missional theology of place for the North American church / Craig S. Hendrickson ; Migrancy, exile, mission: missional readings of exilic texts in Francophone migrant churches in Pretoria / Philemon G. Beghela ; "Failed" migrants return: a transforming word from the Book of Ruth / John Mansford Prior ; Reading Acts missionally in a city of migrants / George M. Wieland ; Current trends of migration in Asia: prospects and challenges / vanThanh Nguyen.

Because of growing inequalities of wealth caused by unregulated economic globalization, political and ethnic conflicts, environmental degradation, instant communication, and viable means of transportation, more and more people are migrating than ever before. No countries or regions are immune from this reality. This collection of essays seeks to develop appropriate biblical and missiological responses to the issue of human migration and dislocation.