"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Monday, September 17, 2007

Church Planting is Foundational to Missions

“God’s program for the evangelization of the world involves the local church. Unless local congregations are firmly established in each population center that has been evangelized, there is no satisfactory way of conserving the results of evangelism. Without local churches new converts cannot be readily trained…………

Planting these churches, then, is ever the ultimate objective of all missionary work. Missionary labour, no matter how brilliant, will have little permanence unless this is accomplished. In the final analysis, it is the local congregations, rather than individual believers, that bring lasting changes to the spiritual life of a region…..”

(Crucial Dimensions on World Evangelisation, Arthur F. Glasser, Paul G. Hiebert C Peter Wagner, Ralph D. Winter. William Carey Library, 1980, Pg 7)

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