Dr. Crawley seeks to continue the overview and analysis of current progress in world Christianity contained in Dr. Ralph Winter’s work Twenty-Five Unbelievable Years: 1945-1969 and Kenneth Scott Latourette’s A History of the Expansion of Christianity. Crawley examines the final thirty years of the millennium using Latourette"s criteria of numerical growth, geographic expansion, vitality as shown by new initiatives, and influence in society. This summary of recent world Christian history provides a great backdrop for believers to face the new millennium with hope, determination and an expectation of seeing God work in the world in even greater ways.