"Today's All-Star Missions Churches"-Chapter 1

"Today's All-Star MIssions Churches" is a book by Tom Telford that examines churches that are doing missions at a high level. I am going to read one chapter a day for the next 12 days and pull a few leadership/missions nuggets from each chapter. Each Chapter focuses on a church that is doing well in mission. 

Tom is coming to Fellowship later this month to help us build a more comprehensive mission strategy. He will be meeting with staff, elders and a few other key leaders. 

Insights from Chapter 1-Bethlehem Baptist Church (Minneapolis, MN)

• If the pastor gets mobilized for missions, then the people will as well 
• There is a big difference between a church that "has" missionaries (on the back of the bulletin or as a line item in their budget) and a church that "sends" missionaries. These missionaries should be grown and identified by the church.    

The issue of leadership is so important in mobilizing a church towards mission. Mission begins and ends with the quality of leadership. The leader's task in mobilization is to effectively cast vision and develop people to accomplish that vision!