Can Churches of Christ Become a Missionary Fellowship?
We believe that it is time that for Churches of Christ to become a missionary fellowship! The change will not be easy. In fact, it requires redirectiongoing against the flowbreaking some current trends of nominal involvement. It requires that we nurture and equip visionary leaders; depend on God and seek Him in prayer, meditation, and worship; create high personal involvement in missions; organize ourselves to make effective missions decisions; generously and wisely use our abundant financial resources; and wisely select and care for our missionaries. Emil Brunners statement that the church exists by missions like fire exists by burning continues to be true. In a real sense mission is the very lifeblood of the church. As the physical body becomes weak without sufficient oxygen-carrying red blood cells, so the church becomes anemic if it does not express its faith. The church establishes its rationale for beingits purpose for existingwhile articulating its faith. An unexpressed faith wi
