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I. The Mission Dei
The concept -- The mission through God -- God's saving activity and his sending --

II. The Lordship of God
The missionary motif -- God's Vis-a-Vis -- The other kingdom -- Jesus, the content of the Kingdom -- The otherness of the Kingdom of God -- The Kingdom of God as a gift -- The kingdom as rescue -- Present and future of the kingdom -- The kingdom as decision -- The universality of salvation -- Did Jesus want missions to the heathen? -- The eschatological place of the mission to the heathen --

III. The sending
The meaning of the sending -- The sender and the sent -- Election and sending -- The special Missio Dei -- The apostles -- The name "Apostle" -- Apostolic office and church -- Congregation and mission - the Apostolate -- The theology of the Apostolate -- What does "Apostolic" mean? -- The presupposition of the apostolate -- The discipleship -- Discipleship and apostolate -- The ministry of the discipleship -- The mission and the church -- Church and apostolate -- The new people of God -- Church and world --

IV. The missionary goal
The conversion of the nations -- The missionary goal -- The peculiarities of nations -- The Christians among the heathen -- The pedagogical boundary -- Missions and civilization -- Step-by-step development -- The evangelistic method -- Becoming a believer -- The means of the mission -- Mission and miracle -- The church as goal -- The significance of Baptism for the mission -- The Lord's supper and mission -- The church as an entity Sui Generis --

V. The church of salvation
The church and the Kingdom of God -- The church of the Apostolate -- The witness -- The church of suffering --