In over four decades of being a pastor, my life and ministry have been driven by two passions: the local church and global mission. For some, those are tension points, but for me, they work hand-in-hand.
In Mark 11, Jesus makes three adjustments that help describe who and where the Church should be:
- A move from temple to house.
- A move from practical to spiritual.
- A move from local to global.
As leaders of local churches who are passionate about global mission, let’s be the kind of Church that both prays for the nations and goes to the nations.