<p>This book is part of the ongoing debate about Paul&rsquo;s understanding of the relationship between his own mission and the church&rsquo;s. While this study endorses some previous scholarship on Paul&rsquo;s silence about the church&rsquo;s proactive evangelism in his letters, it argues that explanations for such silence cannot be adequately made from exegetical conclusions on related texts alone. Rather, this study suggests that constructing a plausible conception of mission as understood by Paul, influenced by the impact of the Jesus-tradition and Jewish restoration eschatology, is essential for explaining Paul&rsquo;s thinking. Dr Kang proposes that Paul&rsquo;s silence regarding congregational evangelism is due to his unique two-pronged conception of mission &ndash; one being the event of eschatological heralds, the other being the event of eschatological community.</p>