Edgar J. Elliston (PhD) is a teacher and writer of missiology and leadership development. He served in Ethiopia and Kenya and taught at Fuller and Hope, and more recently served as regional dean for Indiana Wesleyan University.

The seventh installment in the EMS series provides presentations originally given at meetings held in November 1998. Topics include the biblical and missiological foundations for training evangelical pastors and missionaries, contextualization of curriculum, Christian higher education, and case studies in both postmodern settings as well as traditional ones.