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Redestined to Be a 4-Point Missionist

David Alan Black / Dave Black Online:
I've begun to notice how repetitious my public speaking has become. Ethiopia or some other faraway mission field I have visited always seems to creep into the conversation, regardless of the topic at hand. I've asked myself why. Here's the best answer I can come up with. The meaning of Christianity is ministry and mission, disciple-making at home and in actual "missionary" lands. This to me has become a settled conviction. But it was only after I began my personal studies of the Scriptures, not merely on an academic level but on a more devotional level – I dislike the term, but it must suffice – that I was "redestined," as one might say, to become a 4-point missionist, that is, a world Christian. (The number "4" refers to the points of the compass: north, south, east, and west.)

Posted by Editor at May 11, 2008 01:47 PM