Luke Perkins - The Great Commission for All Professions

Think Global, Do Justice

The Great Commission and making disciples is for all Christians, but do we really live that way? We've had a classic understanding of what missionaries ought to be doing, but is that exclusionary? In episode 263, we have Luke Perkins from Crossworld to help us sort it out. Luke served as a missionary professor in Haiti for several years and today is the President at Crossworld where they emphasize that all professions have a role in the work of the Great Commission and the imperative of making disciples throughout the globe.

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Resources and Links from the show

Crossworld Website

African Friends and Money Matters by David Maranz

Conversation Notes

• 5:25 - What would good helping even look like
• 8:10 - Starting from the beauty and goodness of God in pursuing mission
• 10:00 - Emphasizing all professions beyond the classic missions archetypes
• 17:11 - Defining what disciple-making is all about
• 18:20 - Understanding business as mission with the quadruple bottom line
• 29:35 - Distinguishing between disciple-making and church planting
• 32:20 - The North American church is not designed to make disciples
• 36:00 - The essence and the rhythms of making disciples
• 38:00 - Key questions to ask yourself for disciple making
• 41:00 - Discussing the current state of Haiti

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