The problem

The problem is not whether one particular branch of Christianity is truly Christian or not (and thus the question of whether it needs missionary focus).

The problem is not with the accuracy of our statistics – no stat will be accurate down to the last digit.

The problem is not with which people group or religious block ought to be prioritized first.

All of these issues stem from the real problem – there are not enough workers to reach the lost.

God is certainly calling people to make disciples of the lost, but obviously too few are responding to the call (or we would have enough workers).

Vision enabling, equipping, training, sending, supporting – these are solutions. But too few are implementing them.

Changing this – helping churches to become disciple-making, disciple-building, disciple-maker-sending churches – this is the chief strategic need we face, I think.

When a church has too few highly active quality leaders, and no process for making more, then they’ll want to keep the ones they have.

When a church has a surplus of high-quality leaders and a process for making more (thus an endless supply), then they’ll want to spread the ones they have out.