Ek het op Google die volgende frase ingetik: “what is the greatest challenge of world mission”. ‘n Aantal interessante webtuistes het my aandag getrek en meeste van hulle behandel ‘n aantal relevante punte. Een webblad het egter, wat my aanbetref, die spyker op die kop geslaan. Dit is die webtuiste van die
Southern Nazarene University -- fulfilling the Great Commission, Howard Culbertson, emeritus professor of missions and world evangelism. Ek haal graag vir u aan:
The challenge to fulfilling Christ's Great Commission: lack of passion.
"Dealing with believers' lack of passion for the lost. People are so focused on themselves that they lack passion for the lost. The single greatest challenge
is reviving that passion for the lost. Historically, the church has grown most when it ignited in people a desire to reach the lost. “ Dr Nina Gunter.
Becoming a Global Christian
“If I truly seek to have the heart of Jesus, I will seek to think the way He thinks, not just about myself and my ministry, but about the world. I will seek to feel what He feels, to cry over what He cries over,
to laugh about what He laughs about, to see what He sees, every day I live. I will not just sing songs in worship services about honoring Him in all I do. I will seek to prove my faith and commitment to the vision of Jesus with action (Jam 2:18).
It is the vision of Jesus that calls me to wake up every day and think about the world. All too often the world is out of our vision as Christians; we do not regularly think about it. God sees the world, He thinks
about the world, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As global Christians, we should too.”
-- church planter Larry McKain in Falling in love with the Church, p. 245
