Emerging Churches = Emerging Mission Agencies?

About 95% of the world’s people have a Bible or a New Testament 99% can understand the Jesus film and 99% can hear the Gospel through radio in a language they can understand (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). As peoples from every corner of the world hear and respond to God’s plan of salvation, they are also hearing and responding to Christ’s admonition, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:2). Each of the 500 Bible translations contain Christ’s command to make disciples in all nations and to be witnesses in their own Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth. It is no surprise that as the Church emerges around the world, missionary activity also emerges. When emerging churches are taught to obey everything Jesus commanded, they also obey his command to make disciples in all nations. Mission activity should naturally emerge from obedient emerging churches.