Why I Think it’s Time to Retire the Word ‘Missionary’ Jim Mon, 03/13/17 8:30 pm Body“Somewhere around the late 1800s or early 1900s, the word acquired a new set of connotations. Now missionaries were God’s Special Forces. They were adventure heroes and “grabbers of the impossible,” those who gave up “small ambitions” and went where the “real action” was. And this posed a new set of very current problems for the word.” Discussion
What Is a Missionary? Jim Tue, 09/06/16 8:30 pm Body“Often times, definitions of a missionary include some variation of the phrase, ‘one who goes overseas in order to help others.’ However, this type of definition doesn’t grasp the true concept of a missionary’s work and tends to alienate certain disciplines and people who may actually fall into the realm of missions. So what would an accurate definition be? One who is sent. … (Romans 10:14-16)”. Discussion
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