Episode 196: Reframing Our Role as Outsiders in Global Missions
Jan 10, 2023
In this conversation, Craig explains what it means to be an Outsider and why this is a crucial role in the Great Commission. Craig shares some reasons why fewer young people are engaging in missions work and suggests that we need to reframe the way we talk about missions.
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Craig Greenfield is the founder and director of Alongsiders International – a fast-growing movement mobilizing and equipping more than 15,000 children and youth in 25 countries to walk alongside those who walk alone. Craig has lived 15 years in the slums of Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh, and has established a number of initiatives to care for vulnerable kids and orphans. He has also formed Christian communities for those marginalized by society. For 8 years, Craig served as the International Coordinator of Servants, a ministry within the slums of Asia. Craig’s is an author, most recently of “Subversive Mission: Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need.”
Show Notes:
- Sign up for the Global Missions Toolbox Newsletter!
- Join the Community!
- Subversive Mission: Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need by Craig Greenfield
- 017: How to Help Without Hurting – Brian Fikkert
- Ephesians 4:11-13
- Discover Your Missional Type Quiz
- Craig Greenfield Website
- Subversive Jesus: An Adventure of Justice, Mercy and Faithfulness in a Broken World by Craig Greenfield
- The Urban Halo by Craig Greenfield
- Contact Craig at craig@alongsiders.org
- Alongsiders Website