Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-423) and indexes.

Methodological reflections -- Introduction -- The UEM program for cooperation between German and foreign language churches, 1998-2008 -- Other European Protestant church responses to migrant churches : a short overview -- Description of my research -- Reflecting my own role as agent and researcher -- Interpretative paradigms -- The field of study -- Terminology : "migrant churches" -- Delimiting "pentecostal/charismatic" -- Constructing a pentecostal/charismatic discourse field -- Migrant churches : categorizations -- Historical dynamics : foundation and development of migrant churches -- Migrant churches as part of a globalized discourse network -- The role of the pastor : the relationship to one's own congregation -- The pastor as father and shepherd -- The Shepherd : mediator between God and the congregation -- The authority of the shepherd -- "To stay with God always" : the spiritual life of a shepherd -- Sacrificing oneself for the congregation and living as a role model -- Becoming a shepherd : call, training, ordination, and gifts of the spirit -- Defending one's call : biographical stories as legitimation narratives -- Call narratives in a pentecostal/charismatic context -- No legitimation narrative : observations and possible reasons -- Legitimation narratives I : called by a prophetic word -- Legitimation narratives II : deciding for the ministry after a miracle experience -- Legitimation narratives III : called by visions and dreams -- Legitimation narratives IV : woman pastors -- Mediators of divine power in a market situation : observations and analysis of the pastoral role -- The market situation : undermining pastoral authority -- Asserting pastoral authority -- Growing into authority : calling and ordination -- Mediators of divine power in a market situation -- Following the call : expatriation narratives -- Theoretical framework : some considerations -- Intertwined call and expatriation narratives -- 'Circular stories' : how the call was realized after all -- 'Oscillating' narratives : how the call became clear over time -- Called after expatriation -- Struggling to understand call and expatriation -- Concluding remarks : intertwined call and expatriation narratives -- Expatriation as consequence of the call -- Independent charismatic missionaries : success stories -- Missionaries sent by Pentecostal churches -- Expatriation as consequence of the call -- Pastoral call and expatriation not connected -- V.K. : for me it was so wonderful to go to Germany -- A.M., P.S., I.A. : asylum in Germany -- Spiritual interpretation instead of expatriation narrative -- Expatriation narratives : some final observations -- Being on a mission : the relationship to the outside world -- "What is your mission?" : observations from the short interviews -- Missionary practice : evangelizing Germans -- Street evangelism -- Tracts -- Gospel music -- Other means -- Conceptualizing evangelism in interdenominational dialogue : the long interviews -- Locating oneself globally sent to the world -- Describing one's message -- Reflections on contextualization -- Imagining Germany and Europe -- Restoring a ruined church -- "Bringing back" the Gospel -- The German nation in the economy of salvation -- Territorial spirits -- Imagining Germany and Europe -- Conceptualizing evangelism in the global pentecostal/charismatic network : the 'spiritual warfare' paradigm -- Evangelism in the framework of spiritual warfare : the anglophone West African example -- Evangelism in the framework of 'spiritual warfare' : concretizations -- Evangelism, inculturation and clashing paradigms -- Consequences -- The current situation -- Dialogue fields : a description -- Ministerial authority -- Immigration -- Mission and evangelism -- Ecclesiology and the politics of difference : who defines Christianity in Europe? -- The functional question does a missionary self-image further or hinder integration? -- The theological question : are European churches ready to be evangelized?