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The world has changed. Missions has not...
Back before the turn of the twentieth century, when many
mission agencies were birthed by the Student Volunteer Movement of the 1880s, travel was by steamship, communication was
difficult, and terms were long. Even fifty years ago, when the conclusion of
World War II brought a tidal wave of new missionaries, little had changed.
But now warp-speed change has gripped this world fueled by
globalization and terrorism. The static has been replaced by the fluid. Old
paradigms based upon assumptions and not realities prove to be increasingly
ineffective.
Today communication is instantaneous and global. Today
travel is fast and relatively cheap. Today the doors to countries open and
close quickly as governments form, fall and re-form again. Today the most
unreached nations are also the most unstable. Today there are more unbelievers
alive than at any other time in history. Tomorrow there will be even more.
What does this mean for the evangelical missionary
enterprise? It means that present and future effectiveness requires a
willingness to look at new models, new structures and new paradigms. One such paradigm is Short-Cycle Church Planting®.
Want to learn more? Contact a Short-Cycle Church Planting specialist.
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