Mere Missions

28 • M ere M issions : M oving F orward to M ultiply

simply mean that each action was reflected in the apostles who were appointed and authorized and sent out for missions. Connection: Rules of Engagement (ROE) In this last section of the chapter, I will share ROEs to assist in an Apostolic Missions Platform Response . These are practical engagements designed to keep the Church and the church planter focused on moving forward in Apostolic missions. I include the Church in the ROEs because there is no church planter if there is no Church, for the Church is the sending authority. The section will end with a Connection Story of a saint, unknown to the Church yet known by me and to our God. The story might not be dynamic in and of itself, but it was dynamically used in my life. These unknown saints, living in some of the poorest most violent communities around the world, were used by the Holy Spirit to conform me more into the image of Jesus (Rom. 8.29) and to form the Apostolic Missions Platform that now drives my calling in mission. They would not want their story to be long for they are the meek and humble friends I have known who are used of God to advance His Kingdom as we both journey towards our eternal home.

The Kingdom of God, His rule and reign, has, is and will continue to always move forward. It is expanding and advancing to the end that the earth be filled with the knowledge and glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea (Hab. 2.14). Nothing or no one can hinder, stop or destroy this movement. Not even the gates of hell itself (Matt. 16.18). Until then, as people of this Kingdom