I’ve written briefly on this before, but Wendy and I are coming to the firm conviction that we are not cut out to be what is commonly thought of as a “Pastoral family.” I am no longer a pastor, and she is not a pastor’s wife.
Nor are we going into “church planting” even though I have talked and written a lot about it.
Instead, we have decided to go into missions. We are going to be missionaries. We will be a missionary family. The only question now is “Where?” Well, that question is still a little bit up in the air, but we do have a general area of the world that we know God is calling us to.
God is calling us to be missionaries in a part of the world that is increasingly hostile to Christianity, is largely unchurched, and according to some studies, unreached.
The great thing is that since I’m pretty bad and learning foreign languages, this part of the world speaks English. Also, I’m somewhat familiar with the culture, which is helpful as well, since all expert missiologists say that indigenous missionaries are typically the most successful missionaries.
What part of the world are we headed to? It is the part of the world known as the United States of America. Please pray for us as we make preparations, look for sources of income (which will include a job), and ultimately settle on a specific location within the United States to continue our missionary efforts.
Great! More people need to follow your example, here in Britain as well as the USA.
Come on down to New Orleans! We’ll have some crawfish.
The job part might be a little bit of a problem.
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