Historian Mark A. Noll of the University of Notre Dame calls the IBMR “a splendid periodical of tremendous value to the academy as well as the church.” The late Ralph Winter of the U.S. Center for World Mission said the IBMR is “essential for documentation and interpretation of mission.” William R. Burrows, retired as editor of Orbis Books, refers to the IBMR as an “absolute must-read journal for everyone interested in world Christianity.”

The fifty-six page, quarterly IBMR is now available in print (four issues for $23 a year) or as an e-journal ( four issues for FREE). The editors are committed to maintaining the highest possible academic editorial standards. IBMR provides an editorial voice that is dispassionate, analytical, fair minded, and nonpartisan. Discover and benefit from this scholarly rigor by subscribing today.

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The articles in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Bibliografia Missionaria, Book Review Index, Christian Periodical Index, Guide to People in Periodical Literature, Guide to Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature, IBR (International Bibliography of Book Reviews), IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature), Missionalia, Religious and Theological Abstracts, and Religion Index One: Periodicals.

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The IBMR includes: 

Feature articles and book reviews written by leading specialists on Christian mission from around the world—scholars from varied academic disciplines and theological perspectives.

The “Legacy” series with engaging accounts of pivotal mission leaders of the last two centuries and the equally engaging “My Pilgrimage in Mission” series that provides intimate insight into the lives of some of today’s most distinguished mission scholars and practitioners—what can be called “history with a human face.”

Regional surveys and analyses of important mission documents and consultations.

A “Noteworthy” news column that keeps you up to date on today’s mission leaders, conferences, and study opportunities.

A listing of academic dissertations on mission and world Christianity. This dissertation list is kept up to date online in our “Researching World Christianity: Doctoral Dissertations on Mission Since 1900” database.

The feature “Fifteen Outstanding Books for Mission Studies” appears each April.