Thursday, February 28, 2008

church planting missionaries


I am attending the NAMB church planting missionary forum in Atlanta. Geoff Hammond has just finished describing the role of a missionary. Here are his talking points:
What is a MISSIONARY?
A missionary is a born-again Christian who is called by God to transcend significant cultural barriers and work through relevant cultural channels in order to share the Gospel.

What do missionaries do? They:
1. Recognize their own culture and adapt to other cultures
2. Network for evangelism
3. Start new things
4. Go where the people are
5. Gather small groups
6. Partner with sending churches
7. Engage in peacemaking/conflict resolution
8. Exhort, evaluate, and correct
9. Build relationships
10. Work as a team
11. Engage in indigenous work
12. Multiply themselves
13. Focus on principles
14. Identify and equip new leaders
15. Write

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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