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Seven
Dynamics for Advancing
Your Church in Missions
Page 8 — Dynamic #6: Modeling
The principle here is that mission is best imparted to others through modeling.
Missions is a life-style. It revolves around passion, commitment, resolve
and many other intangible values. A life-style is best transferred from person
to person through modeling. It is the biblical pattern for transferring our
faith from parents to children (Deuteronomy. 6). Modeling is the most effective
way of transferring mission vision from one person to another.
There
are a number of ways a church can expose its people to good mission models.
I know missionaries who are not good public speakers, but who are very effective
in small group home meetings. When you think of it, short-term missions is
effective when participants rub shoulders with missionaries and nationals.
Some of the ways to expose people to good mission models are through the pastor
who can model a world Christian attitude to the congregation, or missionaries
and third-world leaders who can be brought into Sunday School meetings, home
meetings, conferences, etc. Mission committee members and mission leadership
can model a world Christian attitude to others wherever they are. Conferences
can expose church leaders and members. Churches can mentor other churches
in world missions. Note that good mission models always have at least the
three characteristics of compassion, competence and consistency.
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