The legacy of English-speaking missions endeavors for the past century needs a new chapter written related directly to the training and empowerment of national church leaders to reach their own nations for Christ. Why would we deny the indigenous, who best know the language, culture, and people, the greatest advantage in fulfilling the Great Commission of Christ where they both live and will likely die? It is past time that we reassess our missions focus from one of our colonial past to th...

The missionary endeavor is as ancient as the Word of God. Our task to make him known, to bring joy to the nations and glory to God, identifies us as his people. Our job must never change until he comes again to reign on this planet. Until then we must keep the essence of his commission as simple and straightforward as possible. There is nothing simpler than the message Paul gave to Titus on the little island of Crete nearly two millennia ago. May our generation obey this once again.