Agreed, with the 'dechurching' of America comes a smaller pool of potential disciples for organizations to draw from when recruiting cross-cultural workers. This is why we have seen the dramatic increase in the percentage of these workers coming from the majority world over the past 30+ years. It remains crucial, however for us to continue to challenge the American church to not be merely a sending body, but a going body as well. We still need North American believers to answer the call to go! Great thoughts... thanks for continuing to challenge us!
Agreed, with the 'dechurching' of America comes a smaller pool of potential disciples for organizations to draw from when recruiting cross-cultural workers. This is why we have seen the dramatic increase in the percentage of these workers coming from the majority world over the past 30+ years. It remains crucial, however for us to continue to challenge the American church to not be merely a sending body, but a going body as well. We still need North American believers to answer the call to go! Great thoughts... thanks for continuing to challenge us!