Zeal Isn’t Enough for Missions With Brooks Buser and Pat Daly

What does it take to send missionaries who are prepared not only to go, but to stay and faithfully serve for the long haul? Alex and Scott talk with Brooks Buser, president of Radius International, and Pat Daly of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary about the church’s role in sending well-equipped missionaries. They also discuss the upcoming Missionary Conference and its focus on helping churches recover a biblical vision for taking the gospel to people who have little or no access to it.

Brooks and Pat make the case that zeal for missions must be matched by deep biblical knowledge and practical preparation. They explore why language is an important way to identify where gospel access is still lacking, how churches and training organizations can work together, and what can happen when workers enter cross-cultural ministry without adequate preparation.

Key Topics:

• Why the local church must take the lead in sending missionaries
• Reaching unreached language groups with the gospel
• The need for both theological and practical missionary training
• Moving young missionaries from zeal to lasting biblical conviction
• The dangers of syncretism when cross-cultural ministry moves too quickly
• How churches, seminaries, and missions organizations can work together to prepare workers

Explore your calling to global missions at ABWE’s 24-Hour DEMO event. These events, held throughout the year, help individuals and churches explore how they can help fulfill the Great Commission and explore God’s calling on their life and church. Learn more at demo.abwe.org.