Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135) and index.

1. Mission as hospitality in the Old Testament -- 2. Mission as hospitality in the New Testament -- 3. Mission as hospitality at the Lord's table -- 4. Mission as hospitality in the work of missionary monks -- 5. Mission as hospitality : contemporary models -- 6. Mission as hospitality : reflections and practice.

"God is a missionary God. God is also hospitable in his nature. He makes his enemies friends and invites them to intimate communion. The mission of God in Scripture often occurs through hospitality when God's people encounter the not-yet people of God at table or in hospitable environments and invite them to believe. This motif of mission as hospitality plays out through the Old and New Testament Scriptures, and through the Eucharist. It can also be observed through the witness of monks and contemporary missionaries who embraced a hospitable approach to mission. For the church to participate in God's mission today, a vision to win, conquer, or change the world should be exchanged for a conviction to welcome the stranger and make room for others while proclaiming the gospel--that is, to imitate the hospitable God in mission."--Publisher.