Go Glocal

I just finished reading a fantastic book by Gene Wood. Going Glocal articulates so simply and easily what is on my heart about missions.

Everyone is a missionary. We all have a responsibility to fulfill the Great Commission.

Let me add a word to your vocabulary: Glocal. Glocal is a portmanteau of the words globalization and localization.

The world is no longer a large place. You can go anywhere within a matter of days. Because of that reality, anyone can be a missionary - at least a short-term one. You don't have to quit your job, learn a new language, go to seminary, move to a new country, etc. You don't need a mission organization to approve you. You can be a missionary by going glocal.

I have a new goal. Everyone at Dodge Park Church should go on a short-term missions trip in the next 5 years. Every Christian can do the Great Commission.

The next chance to Go Glocal happens in February 2008. We are taking a medical and construction team to Guatemala. Post a comment if you want information about going along.

"But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,
you will receive power
and will tell people about me everywhere
—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 (NLT)