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As A Missionary

Marion and I, together with our two children arrived at Heathrow on 5 August 1994 as missionaries – sent ones – to Britain. The Words of Jesus initially spoken to the early disciples are branded in the very footprints and DNA of our lives:

“As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” John 20:21

Jesus is of course the greatest Sent One and our finest example to model as a missionary sent with a purpose. His sending us has imprinted motivations within us that go to the core of everything we are and do here.

  1. Jesus sends you into a particular setting, place and culture, in all likelihood unlike what you are familiar with as your own. Jesus left Heaven and came to earth – we left South Africa and came to the UK, and Exeter in particular. As Jesus participated fully in the context He was sent to [except the immorality] so we have immersed ourselves into the cultural context so as to bring Christ into the culture. Continue Reading
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Who’s At Your Door?

We recently had a family join our church – hip, professional, upwardly mobile, God loving and were new to the city. They’d had been around to a few churches in our city to see where they would like to worship so I asked them what their experience in visiting other churches was like.

The stories were mostly the same but the last church they visited especially highlighted my point for this blog. They were greeted at the church entrance by a middle-aged woman who asked where they from Continue Reading