Two Thousand Years of Missions before Carey gives a fairly detailed account of the spread of Christianity by the Apostles of Jesus Christ and the Christian missionaries from the first century to the eighteenth century. The ‘Carey’ in the book title is William Carey, an English Christian missionary, who is regarded as the ‘starting point of the great era of modern?missions’. The book is divided into three parts, and then further sub-divided into twenty-five chapters for convenience and clarity of understanding. Part I is devoted to the genesis of missions, in which Barnes speaks about the Greeks and Romans, and Jesus as a messiah missionary: a medical missionary, an industrial missionary, an itinerant missionary, the originator of missions and how he devoted himself to the underprivileged classes. In Part II, which is dedicated to the distribution of missions, covering continents and countries, we are familiarised with the struggles and hostilities the apostles and missionaries faced in their endeavour to spread Christianity – and of their achievements. We read about apostles such Paul, Peter, John, Luke, Thomas, to later Gregory, Justin Martyr, Francis Xavier, Christian Friedrich Schwartz, Carpini and others. Part III is about the continuity of missions. A scholarly work written in lucid language, Barnes’ fascinating work is replete with quotations?and?parables,?as?well?as?photographs?and?maps. About the Author Lemuel Call Barnes (1854-1938), born in Ohio, he was a reputed American clergyman, member of board of managers of the American Baptist Missionary Union from 1879-197, and held several ecclesiastical positions,?until?his?retirement?in?1924. \n