ROBERT L. GALLAGHER (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the department chair and director of the Master of Arts program in intercultural studies, and associate professor of intercultural studies at Wheaton College Graduate School in Chicago where he has taught since 1998. He previously served as the president of the American Society of Missiology (2010–2011), and as an executive pastor in Australia (1979–1990), as well as being involved in theological education in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific since 1984. His publications include co-editing Footprints of God: A Narrative Theology of Mission (MARC 1999), Mission in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Contexts (Orbis Books 2004), Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity (Orbis Books 2009), and Contemporary Mission Theology: Engaging the Nations (Orbis Books 2017), together with co-authoring Encountering the History of Missions: From the Early Church to Today (Baker Academic 2017).