Mission
Sometimes mission can seem complicated and/or challenging. Especially when we are small and without many resources. Yet mission is really another way of saying we share the life and love of God with all those we come in contact with.
At our meeting last weekend, I shared some of the following on Mission with our National Board:
- Mission is always Spirit-led. It is about prayerfully and intentionally being open to the Spirit, rather than us deciding what we plan to do and asking God to bless it. God directs our efforts, and we seek his guidance in everything. It is participating in what Jesus is doing, not doing work for him as if he were absent.
- Mission is always about glorifying God, not individuals, groups or agendas.
- Missions always means that the method must match the message – the process and the means are important. That is, mission is incarnational, pointing people to Christ, and being Christ to all we meet. We do God’s work God’s way. Success is measured in terms of faithfulness, not worldly measures of success. This involves qualitative issues, not just quantitative issues.
John McLean
Mission and National Director Australia
July 2014