John L. Kater is an ordained priest of the Episcopal Church and has been teaching at Ming Hua Theological College in Hong Kong since 2007. He is also professor emeritus of ministry development at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

• Chapter One: Reformations: The Beginnings of Ministry in the Anglican TraditionChapter Two: Settlement: Ministry in the Reign of ElizabethChapter Three: Unsettlement: Ministry after ElizabethChapter Four: Divergence: Ministry after the RestorationChapter Five: Stirrings: The Beginnings of Overseas AnglicanismChapter Six: Reconsiderations: Anglican Ministry in England and Ireland, 1800-1860Chapter Seven: Pioneers: Mission and Ministry in North America, 1800-1860Chapter Eight: Missions: Global Anglican Ministry in the Early Nineteenth CenturyChapter Nine: Tremblings: Ministry in the Church of England, 1860-1900Chapter Ten: Brittania: Ministry in the British Empire, 1860-1900Chapter Eleven: Evangelism: Global Anglican Ministry, 1850-1900Chapter Twelve: Tensions: Anglican Ministry in the United States of America, 1860-1900Chapter Thirteen: Visions: The Future(s) of Mission and Ministry in the Anglican Tradition

This study is a magisterial achievement, with Kater drawing together theological subtlety, a lifetime of teaching experience, and deep understanding of text and context. Just as importantly, however, there is also a historical wisdom here that recognizes what generations of Anglican priests and writers were trying to express, and which shows how they built churches around the world through that same vision. It’s a wisdom in which Kater finally offers us a compassionate vision of the Church as the responsibility, as well as the reward, for our lives together - a sacrament of genuine sharing, in God and in one another. A truly lovely book.