“THE PROCESS IS THE END. FOR IT IS THE PROCESS THAT IS GLORIFYING TO GOD.” --Oswald Chambers

"This life therefore, is not godliness but the process of becoming godly, not health but getting well, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way. The process is not yet finished, but it is actively going on. This is not the goal, but it is the right road. At present, everything does not gleam and sparkle, but everything is being cleansed." --Martin Luther

Monday, May 14, 2007

REVOLUTION IN WORLD MISSIONS by K. P. Yohannan

Occasionally we will put a recommended book and review on the site here. This is a definite read. K.P. Yohannan is super hard on the Western Church in this book (maybe rightfully so). But Yohannan does recognize a need for Western missionaries having a part in the evangelism in foreign countries. It is just not in the way we Westerners view it. It is not as church planters, it is more in support roles, teaching roles, serving roles. Gospel For Asia (which Yohannan founded) is also an organization that sponsors national pastors (like Gospelink). This book will definitely change the way you look at missions. Every church mission board member should read it. Really, anyone with any kind of leadership role in the church should read it. He shines a light on how carnal and humanistic the church in America has become. He hits home on our call to evangelize, and to do it through the best means possible (not just the “American/Western” way; but the way that best connects with the people we try to evangelize-which is often best accomplished through national pastors).

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