Source: CLC Publications
Well Sent: Reimagining the Church’s Missionary-Sending Process, by Steve Beirn with George Murray. CLC Publications, 2015.
I’ll let this book speak for itself:
“Sending out missionaries has fallen on hard times. Traditionally strong sending countries are finding it increasingly difficult to meet the need for cross-cultural workers. Some postcolonial theology has valued indigenous culture and leaders to the point of becoming anti-missionary. With the emergence of partnerships, the international justice movement, compassion ministries and supporting nationals, sending is more frequently perceived as an outdated ministry paradigm. The perception of sending and the urgency to send has changed over the last twenty to thirty years. This has impacted the ability of churches to accelerate the completion of the Great Commission.
“This book seeks to elevate the role of the local church in the sending effort. The trend in missions today is to place the individual at the center of the sending process. Sometimes the agency is placed at the center. This book places the local church at the center of the sending process. Positioning the church at the center is not only biblically sound, it accomplishes what the individual or agency cannot easily do. It increases the flow of the workers and resources needed to accomplish the task.”
My Pioneers teammates and I appreciated this brief, practical book and hope to share it with many of our church partners. Read it; you might want to do the same.
» Learn more or get a copy. It’s US$12.99 in paperback or $US9.99 for the Kindle edition.
» See also Reimagine Your Missions Team (article from Catalyst Postings).