What would a theology of the Church look like that took seriously the fact that North America is now itself a mission field? This question lies at the foundation of this volume written by an ecumenical team of six noted missiologists--Lois Barrett Inagrace T. Dietterich Darrell L. Guder George R. Hunsberger Alan J. Roxburgh and Craig Van Gelder. The result of a three-year research project undertaken by The Gospel and Our Culture Network this book issues a firm challenge for the church to recover its missional call right here in North America while also offering the tools to help it do so. The authors examine North America s secular culture and the church s loss of dominance in today s society. They then present a biblically based theology that takes seriously the church s missional vocation and draw out the consequences of this theology for the structure and institutions of the church.