The Entire Mission of the Church is Missions

I'm sorry that I have not posted in the past many weeks. There have been many conflicts for our time and focus.

This week I am at ABWE for the Pastors' Consultation. The training has been outstanding. (If you are a pastor you should request the opportunity to attend or send your missions' pastor.) I have taken much away from the training and I will relay parts of the training on this blog as well as preach on portions of it in the near future.

One thing to share with you is the false idea that missions is what is done overseas and evangelism/outreach is what is done at home. Rather, churches need to quit separating the two and understand that the entire mission of the church is missions, that there is no difference between local church outreach and foreign missions.

I'm excited about what God will be doing in coming years at Wakefield in the area of missions. We have always had a desire to send the Gospel overseas. Let's now add to that focus the desire to take the Gospel across the street.

-Mark