Ralph D. Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology

Ralph D. Winter (1924-2009) ranks among the most influential missiologists of the 20th Century.

Missiologists and Christian leaders around the world have recognized his many significant contributions to the evangelical approach to the Great Commission task. To date, there is no complete or even popular biographical work on Winter, although a number of short articles have been written about him.

This dissertation seeks to provide a thorough account, tying together the threads of Winter’s life and work. That process should shed light on issues within of the history and development of missiological thinking in the West in the late twentieth century.