"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).

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Missions is Not to Impose “Westernism”

The president of the Evangelical Christians- Baptists in the Ukraine, Grigorie Komendant commented as many western missionaries flooded his country after the fall of communism. He said;

“The West needs to be more realistic in recognizing that Russia is not a Third World country. The Church has been here a long time, and we are not interested in the Americanization of our church”

("Evangelical Foreign Missionaries in Russia” International Bulletin of Missionary research 22 (2): page 57)

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