Missiology #6

“And [evangelism] is also what we are called to do. We must not wait until we are healed first, loved first, and then reach out. We must serve no matter how little we have our act together. It may well be that one of the first steps toward our own healing will come when we reach out to someone else.” - Rebecca M. Pippert

To perhaps zoom in on the second point of a previous post regarding paradigm shifts, a church is only healthy when it is sent. Increased fellowship among the members will not fully restore it; it truly comes together as one in order to bring light into a dark world.

Of course, Pippert is speaking on a more micro level. Peter personally saw his restoration complete in light of himself having to be sent wholly at the cost of his life (John 21:15-25). Personally and anecdotally for me, battling loneliness and isolation in the last year neccesitated looking to meet brothers in similar situations, and obviously enough there would be mutual healing in that ministry.