I have the opportunity to address a group of pastors today regarding adoption of Unreached People Groups. If God brings it to your mind to pray around 2:40 Central Time, it would be greatly appreciated.
Update: Thank you those who prayed. Our trip, though long, was smooth and safe and the speaking opportunity was very well received. We were in Brentwood, TN, just south of Nashville. I was able to share both on how our church understood the biblical philosophy of mission and how we came adopt the T—n people, while encouraging those from various churches to make UPG adoption a priority. This is the simple outline that I used:
Basis- The missio dei is the basis for every church’s mission.
Availability- A defining characteristic of a UPG is the limited availability of the gospel.
Sacrifice- It does take sacrifices of time, money and effort to engage unreached peoples.
Intentionality- You can’t get 8-12 time zones away by accident.
Church- Local churches can and must engage unreached peoples.
Soli Deo Gloria
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November 8th, 2007 at 11:17 am
I will be praying for you, and listening from the back row! Safe travels…
November 8th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Will do!
November 8th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
prayed for you. How did it go?
November 9th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Marty,
We have disagreed in the past but I would like to meet you sometime. I love your heart for UPGs. M
Mike Jackson
Woodstock, GA
404.372.7280
November 10th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
We’ll do it!
November 13th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Thanks for this, Marty. Did they record your talk or could you get a transcript up? I’d love to read it. I think that the future of mission in the SBC has got to involve local churches taking the initiative to impact lostness in the dark corners of the world. If local churches can connect and resource indigenous believers, church to church, can you imagine the potential? I can.