If we recognize we must now serve lunch at 7AM, then we come to the conclusion: We must change the way we prepare others to serve in our blurred world.
Church planting training cannot remain as it is.
Pastoral training cannot remain as it is.
Seminary education cannot remain as it is.
Mission agencies cannot remain as they are.
And if navigating the change in training methodology is not difficult enough, we then have to recognize that many churches and institutions in the U. S. are just now figuring out how to sell 8-Tracks in a iPod world.
After prayer and fasting, where do you begin as a leader? Right where you are with what you’ve got.
Don’t wait for someone to show you how. The 4 billion remain.
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What does innovation in missions look like? I addressed this topic last Friday on Strike the Match. Check it out on iTunes or RSS.