In addition it includes:. Christ is determined that the gospel not only be preached but lived out as a testimony to His coming Kingdom. Again, without a people group first being reached this simply will not and cannot happen! The Church in all reached people groups exists by mission and therefore for mission!
For example, someone or some people, foreign to your people group took up their cross, left home, family and the familiar, traveled to your people group, learnt a new language, studied a new culture and communicated the gospel to your forefathers — some of whom were touched by the Holy Spirit, through their message, and believed.
After many years they traveled back to their home land or in many cases were buried in the land of their sacrificial missionary endeavors! All of us who enjoy the blessing of the gospel today have such a story — whether or not we are aware of the details and the names of the missionaries involved.
God forbid that it should stop with us! Last May, while visiting The Navigators ministry out in Colorado, I was told about a beautiful, cascading waterfall nearby.
The path marched along a Rocky Mountain stream. I was visiting in May, when the snow had melted and the water was really high. It was beautiful, but eventually we walked right into a cliff wall. There was no bridge across this stream-just a pipeline, all wet from the spray underneath. Yet here I was, looking at this pipeline, psyched up about the beautiful view just out of sight. Standing on the edge of this stream, I realized that I had gone as far as I could go… safely.
We, as Christians, have gone as far as we can go safely. If we just keep doing what we've been doing, we will leave most of our generation unreached for Jesus Christ. Chuck Colson has said, "In a startlingly brief period, the West has been transformed from a Christian culture, in which the majority accepted basic Christian concepts, into a post-Christian culture.
Then someone in the king's court, a man named Haman, manipulated the king to sign a seemingly irrevocable decree to annihilate the Jewish nation -- Esther's people. Mordecai, the cousin who raised Esther, sent her an urgent message, alerting her to the situation. But Esther knew that unless she had been summoned by the king, Persian law dictated that she be put to death. She was afraid to address him. Which brings me to Esther "When Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, he sent back this answer: 'Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape.
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this? Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do.
When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. We live among the most unreached generation in American history. Almost half of Americans are unchurched. George Gallup Jr. We are rapidly finding a generation who knows not our Book, knows of no right or wrong, and doesn't ever plan to go to a religious meeting to hear a religious speaker talk about a religious subject.
This is the most unreached generation in American history, yet the most reachable generation in American history. That's because the things that have made them lost have also made them ready for Jesus, and they have never been more ready. If you don't believe me, just ask Jesus, who left the greatest comfort zone in the universe to go to a cross. And He said, "Follow Me.
I believe that God is saying to you, I've heard the cries of dying people across this country and around the world. I'm coming down to rescue them. And I'm sending you. It's easier to not rescue dying people. But Jesus said He has come to seek and to save those who are lost. When the Titanic went down with its 2, passengers, 1, people died.
There were 20 lifeboats -- only half enough -- but even many of those were just half-full when launched. Hundreds of people actually got a life jacket that night and didn't go down with the ship.
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They will as a result better serve the unreached. Key Definitions Here are some definitions for key terms related to global leadership that will be critical in understanding how organizations can become global, rather than just international:. Global agencies do not drive their national agendas from headquarters, but from their national offices. Strategy decisions that pertain to the national offices are determined by the national offices.
Global agencies share the funding responsibility between the national offices and the global headquarters. Final staffing decisions are made by the national office, in conjunction with headquarters where appropriate.
National directors have access to the highest level of leadership of the organization. Thorough training of national directors is a key part of the process. Global agencies have proper systems in place for collaboration between national offices and headquarters. They also have proper systems for collaboration between countries and within strategies across the organization, regardless of where anyone in the organization is located.
There are different ways to accomplish a mission. While there were similarities in how some of the agencies functioned, and similar goals for their mission and vision, each was unique in how it sought to accomplish its mission. The most satisfied leaders were those whose organizational structures and processes were people-driven and not structure-driven. All organizations and leaders should seek to be globally sensitive as they move towards accomplishing their mission at every level of the organization.
Organizations and leaders who serve globally must be intentional about their training and leadership development, specifically in the area of training in a global mindset.
To become more global, ideas and practices need to be shared across borders.
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