Koroutahi | One Purpose
A very common proverb among Māori encourages us to think collectively as if we were all in a single waka/canoe. All God’s people should think this way and commit to unity as critical to the goals of mission.
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Author: Jay Matenga
Fostering a National Missions Community
Ezekiel provides a wonderful vision of the Kingdom of God spreading forth like a mighty tree. His vision predicts the diversity of God’s Kingdom and makes a missional statement regarding how the branches are sent forth and multiply.
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Te Karanga | The Call – Part Two
Without getting too self-helpish, you really are God’s gift to the world! You have a unique contribution to make and a responsibility to find out what He’s asking you to do. As His love flows through you it will express itself in unique ways via your unique abilities to lovingly help repair the sin damage around you.
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Te Karanga | The Call – Part One
The English word “call” is probably derived from the Welsh “galw”. In English we intermingle this Welsh with Latin so that “calling” is related to many words with the Latin root “voco”: vocal, advocate, irrevocable, provoke, revoke, equivocal, even vowel and vocabulary. It is also the root of vocation.
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Mission Cycle – Part Two
As a mission mobiliser I’ve spent a lot of time considering why people choose to get involved in a type of mission that relocates them. There are a host of different reasons, but one thing seems clear from Scripture and lived experience: God moves people. Moreover, God moves people for His purposes.
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