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RIGOROUS MISSIONARY TRAINING

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Categories in Missions that Alleviate Ambiguity

Categories in Missions that Alleviate Ambiguity

There is a gray mushiness that has captured the missions discussion and missions policies that at times feels impenetrable. Let me propose four categories of missions that are more measured and precise. These categories would encompass most good missions today, keep the church at the center, and good, objective, Biblical metrics at the core.

Catholicity, Creeds, and Converts

Catholicity, Creeds, and Converts

The church throughout time and across different contexts has wrestled with the same biblical texts and theological questions as each new generation of Bible readers will encounter. Thus, the catholicity represented by creedal confession is a gift to those who are for the first time coming into contact with the biblical testimony.