On July 2, 1982, the Archives of the Billy Graham Center sponsored a meeting of persons involved in overseas mission work to discuss what means could and should be used to determine if a mission is reaching its goal of spreading the gospel. The meeting was intended as a very informal one where persons of varying experience and background could exchange ideas. Professors of missiology from Moody Bible Institute, Trinity Divinity School, and the Wheaton College Graduate School were invited, as were executives from mission boards located in the area, including the North American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, Slavic Gospel Mission, Greater Europe Mission, the Interdenominational Foreign Missions Association, and the Evangelical Mission Information Service. Representatives from other missions were invited but were unable to come. At the suggestion of Dr. John Gration, professor in the Wheaton College Graduate School and moderator a the meeting, a few local pastors were also invited.

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE SEMINAR

Donald Brugman, Greater Europe Mission

A. J. Classen, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago

Peter Deyneka, Jr., Slavic Gospel Association

Heinrick Eiler, Hope United Presbyterian Church, Wheaton

Henry Erickson, Wheaton Bible Church

Virgil Gerber, Evangelical Missions Information Service

John Gration, Graduate School, Wheaton College

David Hoffer, Interdenominational Foreign Missions Association

Donald McGavran, Fuller School of World Missions

Lois McKinney, Graduate School, Wheaton College

Ron Salzman, North American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions

David Shoemaker

Robert Shuster, Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College

J. Ray Tallman, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago

John Thompson, Billy Graham Center Library, Wheaton College

Timothy Warner, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield