Why Local and Global Missions Need Each Other
We are desperately in need of a more nuanced conversation around the topics of local and global mission. Photo courtesy of Melissa Barber
Mission agencies like TEAM exist because of our conviction that mission is incomplete if it ignores those beyond our immediate geographic reach. A critical aspect of the agency’s task within the church is to remind the larger community of far-flung needs that might otherwise be forgotten. We have beaten this drum loudly and persistently. In our passion to keep the global unreached in the North American church’s vision, however, we have sometimes encouraged the belief that international mission is of a higher order than domestic mission. We have inadvertently created the belief that international missionaries are the hardcore, the totally committed,…
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Thanks so much for your perspective, Aaron! TEAM is pleased to serve in kingdom work around the world as well…