Last night, I shared a quote in our community group from a book I’m reading entitled Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. Â Interesting read about what these guys are doing with The Crowded House network of home churches in the UK.
Here’s the quote that woke me up concerning missions:
“If someone was being sent as a missionary to a hostile context overseas, our attitude would be something like this: We would expect to pray often for them. Â We would expect progress in building relationships and sharing the gospel to be slow. Â We would be excited by small steps – a gospel conversation here, an opportunity to get to know someone there. Â We would thrive on regular updates from the front line. Â But the truth is that the lives of many Christians in work, and play, are just like the life of that far-flung missionary! Â They are lived out in tough environments where progress is often slow and many factors make evangelism extremely difficult. Â The challenge is to make news from the staff canteen as valued as news from the overseas mission field.” Â –Total Church, p. 36
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