228: What is the Primary Motivation for Missions? - Encore Episode
Aug 30, 2024
In this episode, Dr. Matt Bennett discusses the primary motivation for missions. He shares the dangers of neglecting our primary motivation and suggests ways that our motivation can affect the practical aspects of missions work.
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Dr. Matthew Bennett serves as an Assistant Professor of Missions and Theology at Cedarville University in Ohio. Prior to his ministry at Cedarville, Matt, together with his wife Emily and their three children, served from 2011-2017 with the International Mission Board in North Africa and the Middle East. Matt and Emily have a desire to mobilize the church to healthy missions grounded in Scripture, commissioned and overseen by the local church, and directed primarily at the glory of God.
Show Notes:
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- Global Missions Toolbox
- Featured Tool: Understanding Your Church Leaders’ Priorities
- Mind the Gaps: Engaging the Church in Missionary Care by David Wilson
- Pipeline: Engaging the Church in Missionary Mobilization by David and Lorene Wilson
- Matthew 24:14
- Matthew 28:18-20
- Mission Affirmed: Recovering the Mission Motivation of Paul by Elliot Clark
- World Mission: Theology, Strategy, and Current Issues by Scott N Callaham and Will Brooks
- Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations by Bruce Riley Ashford
- Contact Matt at mabennett@cedarville.edu