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A couple of my mission leaders, friends and mentors were part of a discussion about the study released this week by Pew Research entitled:Posted and first thought by John Ward
Mobilizers, we have an important role to play in helping the church in North America embrace a vision for local and global mission.
“The Gospel is like a seed and you have to sow it. When you sow the seed of the Gospel in Palestine, a plant that can be called Palestinian Christianity grows. When you sow it in Rome, a plant of Roman Christianity grows. You sow the Gospel in Great Britain and you get British Christianity. The seed of the Gospel is later brought to America, and a plant grows of American Christianity. Now, when missionaries came to our lands they brought not only the seed of the gospel, but their own plant of Christianity, flower not included! So, what we have to do is to break the flower pot, take out the seed of the gospel, sow it in our own cultural soil, and let our own version of Christianity grow.”
-D. T. Niles ( from Sri Lanka)
Listen to a Rare BBC recording of C.S. Lewis discussing God and time >>
Later, these teachings would be gathered into the important book Mere Christianity.