Life on Mission Joining the Everyday Mission of God

by Willis, Dustin; Coe, Aaron; Platt, David

• ISBN13: 9780802412218
• ISBN10: 0802412211
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-09-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

If you had a ladder made of splinters, would you stand on it?

Unfortunately, the mission practices of most churches stand on weak foundations. Life on Mission gives gospel-centered, biblical, practical foundations for how missions was meant to be: an everyone-together effort.  

Life on Mission is a thorough yet simple guide for everyday missionaries—electricians, lawyers, church planters, students, etc.—that equips them with truths and practices for living out the gospel within their own community. Adaptable to any context, Life on Mission functions great as both an individual and small-group study. 

Threaded with engaging stories and probing reflection questions, Life on Mission will help you and your community take bold steps to living life on mission.

Author Biography

DUSTIN WILLIS started and pastored Midtown Fellowship in Columbia, SC a thriving church in the downtown community. From the church's beginning there was a strong commitment to discovering, developing, and deploying young leaders to join God in his mission to take the gospel to the world. After serving there for 6 years and seeing the church grow to over 800 people, Dustin moved with his wife Renie and two children Jack and Piper to Atlanta, GA where he now serves as the Coordinator of the Multiplying Church and the Editor and Creative Director of the Send Network at the North American Mission Board.

AARON COE serves as the Vice President of Mobilization and Marketing of the North American Mission Board, providing leadership in mobilizing churches and missionaries to plant churches.Aaron, a native of Louisville, KY., served from 2003 to 2010 as a church planting missionary where he worked with New Hope New York, an organization that planted 38 churches in the years after 9/11. From this experience, he became the lead pastor/church planter at Gallery Church in 2006. He also has played a role in raising leaders, partners and resources for many new churches, including the Gallery Church.In 2009, he became executive director of "SendNYC," the impetus for what has become Send North America - NAMB's church planting initiative.Aaron has a Bachelor of Science from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Carmen, have four children, Ezra James, Danielle, Joshua, and Harper.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

 

Part 1: Why?

1.   The Mission of God and the Reality

2.   Kingdom Realignment

 

Part 2: What?

3.   The Gospel

4.   Spiritual Maturity

5.   Biblical Community

6.   Intentional Discipleship

 

Part 3: How?

7.    The Mission

8.    Identify

9.    Invest

10.  Invite

11.  Increase

 

Next

12.          Putting It All Together