Is Acts a Missionary Manual? How the Apostles’ Practice Shapes Our Own

ABSTRACT: How does the book of Acts apply to modern missions? By examining first what Acts is (theological narrative history) and what it is for (to encourage the church in bearing witness to the gospel in the whole world), we see that Acts does not offer a missionary manual, but it does provide principles and patterns that inform how the church pursues its mission. Among other principles, Acts reveals that the gospel must be defined by Scripture, the work of missions aims at God’s glory in loca