Missions in Focus: 10 Essential Conversations for Effective Sending

“This should be mandatory reading for all who wish to obey the Great Commission.” – Bob Russell

WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE SENT LIVES.

God is a global God and He is looking to use you and your church to redeem the world. So how do we go or successfully send others to live out the mission mandate we have been given?

Missions in Focus is a book for anyone who wants to be involved in missions in an informed way. You and your church will be challenged to rethink and refine your mission endeavors. Whether a future missionary, a missions leader or a sending church, Andrew Jit and Chris Irwin will help you tackle some of the biggest issues in missions today. With input from both stateside mission leaders and on-the-field missionaries, they explore the real, sometimes raw, and often unspoken realities of missionary sending. You will be given clear and practical steps for effective missions sending that will help you:

• Create partnerships that are more than just a check in the mail
• Become proactive when it comes to providing missionary care
• Better evaluate and provide accountability for your missionary
• Become aware of the good, the bad, and the ugly of short-term missions

Whether your church is big or small, rural or urban, Missions in Focus can help your church be more informed about missions, be more effectively engaged with missions, and become a successful sending church.

Andrew Jit was born and raised in New Zealand and has served the church in ministry roles with youth and missions in both New Zealand and the United States. He is currently the global missions pastor at Owensboro Christian Church. He is the author of Missions Abandoned: Re-Establishing Missions as a Priority in Our Lives and Churches. He is the founder of MiT Global, a ministry focused on making passionate purposeful disciples who are living on mission for Jesus. His passion is helping, teaching, and training disciples to live on mission daily in order to have a global impact. He loves to challenge disciples and inspire the next generation to live passionately and radically for God. He has coached and trained numerous churches in their missions thinking and strategy, and he currently serves on several missions boards. He has traveled extensively around the world teaching, leading and training disciples. He is married to his beautiful bride, Jamie, and blessed with two daughters, Hannah and Ella. Chris Irwin is the Director of EnterMission, a 10-month discipling and leadership training program for young adults. Upon completion of college, he and his wife, Nicia, served as church planters for almost 18 years in Latin America. They would later transition to Europe where they led a multicultural team of church planters for 10 years. Chris has his Master's degree from Wheaton, and is a PhD candidate at Johnson University with a research focus on helping faith communities engage and leverage the cultural and ethnic diversity represented in today s multicultural world. Chris and Nicia reside in Knoxville, Tennessee, with their four children and too many cats.