For over 40 years we have observed global missions my friend. As I meditate on The Song of Moses in Deut 32 this morning I greatly value your heart to be careful (46)to obey and treat the Lord as Holy in the presence of His people (51). I was at Amplify in Wheaton in oct 2023 for state of Great commission report and watched Lausanne online. As deut 32:47 calls us the Word of God is not an empty word but our very life. Thank you Ted for calling us to hear the song of 2024 the Lord is singing.
Thanks for the great summary and for all your work. I just began your book "The Innovation Crisis" to start the new year. I'm excited to dig in. I've been thinking about another paradigm shift that I think/.hope is happening in global missions and that is the continual blurring of the lines between those who go and those who send. Mostly, I'm thinking about the opportunities for the laity of the local church to be involved in the great commission work of reaching the unreached. There are so many ways that this is happening organically (Philippian maids in the Middle East; Nigerian economic immigrants to Europe; my friend serving Afghan refugees who ended up in his city, etc) but I'm wondering more about how agencies can strategically tap into the laity of the local church as a harvest force. I recently wrote about an example of this I'm leading but I wonder if there are other ways agencies are innovating to get the church more involved and if not, what are the barriers holding them back. I'd love to collaborate with and learn from others. And I'm hopeful that at the end of 2025 you'll be able to write about a new, growing vision for creating pathways to involve the laity of the local church in the great commission. Here is the article I wrote: https://www.everywhere2everywhere.org/articles/the-blurring-lines-of-going-versus-sending-in-global-missions
@Cobbled Together: For over 50 years the Perspectives organization strategically partners with the church to mobilize their congregations into God's greater purposes. When students engage in the course, they are re-introduced to the Abrahamic covenant and see God's amazing plan unfold as they journey through the biblical, history, culture and strategic sections of the course. Perspectives resolutely stands to equip the church with in-person or online classes. They also partner with mobilization organizations to offer finishing students an opportunity to engage in free coaching as they consider their next steps in whatever context they feel call to. Check it out at Perspectives.org
For over 40 years we have observed global missions my friend. As I meditate on The Song of Moses in Deut 32 this morning I greatly value your heart to be careful (46)to obey and treat the Lord as Holy in the presence of His people (51). I was at Amplify in Wheaton in oct 2023 for state of Great commission report and watched Lausanne online. As deut 32:47 calls us the Word of God is not an empty word but our very life. Thank you Ted for calling us to hear the song of 2024 the Lord is singing.
Thanks for the great summary and for all your work. I just began your book "The Innovation Crisis" to start the new year. I'm excited to dig in. I've been thinking about another paradigm shift that I think/.hope is happening in global missions and that is the continual blurring of the lines between those who go and those who send. Mostly, I'm thinking about the opportunities for the laity of the local church to be involved in the great commission work of reaching the unreached. There are so many ways that this is happening organically (Philippian maids in the Middle East; Nigerian economic immigrants to Europe; my friend serving Afghan refugees who ended up in his city, etc) but I'm wondering more about how agencies can strategically tap into the laity of the local church as a harvest force. I recently wrote about an example of this I'm leading but I wonder if there are other ways agencies are innovating to get the church more involved and if not, what are the barriers holding them back. I'd love to collaborate with and learn from others. And I'm hopeful that at the end of 2025 you'll be able to write about a new, growing vision for creating pathways to involve the laity of the local church in the great commission. Here is the article I wrote: https://www.everywhere2everywhere.org/articles/the-blurring-lines-of-going-versus-sending-in-global-missions
Yes, I agree this is a trend. Not an event, but a trend to be sure.
@Cobbled Together: For over 50 years the Perspectives organization strategically partners with the church to mobilize their congregations into God's greater purposes. When students engage in the course, they are re-introduced to the Abrahamic covenant and see God's amazing plan unfold as they journey through the biblical, history, culture and strategic sections of the course. Perspectives resolutely stands to equip the church with in-person or online classes. They also partner with mobilization organizations to offer finishing students an opportunity to engage in free coaching as they consider their next steps in whatever context they feel call to. Check it out at Perspectives.org