Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison recently published the provocative book When Everything is Missions. You can tell by the title these authors took on some sacred cows with this writing. I have written endorsements for many books. However, this is the only book to date I believe every North American pastor should read in the next twelve months.
I had Matthew on the podcast last year. We talked about this book. Listen HERE and subscribe.
The present edition (November-December 19) of Mission Frontiers addresses the question, “What happens when everything is missions?” Check out these articles. Denny and Matthew were instrumental in pulling together contributors for this volume.
I was asked to write an article that attempts to answer the question how the Church arrived at the present reality.
Here is your teaser:
Missions is multifaceted. There’s medical missions, relief missions, short-term missions (which includes a multitude of activities), missions to the elderly, orphan care missions, church planting missions, leadership development and educational missions, evangelistic missions, disaster relief missions, and construction missions just to mention a few examples. Missionaries can be teachers, church planters, farmers, seminary professors and engineers. We now live at a time when the Church does missions even if the gospel is never shared.
How did we get here? I believe there are at least five “currents” that flowed together to create this new river of reality. Check out the article HERE. What do you think?
On a related note, Spitters and Ellison are publishing Conversations on When Everything is Missions (tentative title), a companion volume to their other work. Keep an eye out for this one! You will not want to miss it!
