When I became President of United World Mission four years ago it was with the singular passion to see the globe covered with churches. Only sheer arrogance, or stupidity would lead me to believe that our mission could do it alone. To accomplish the global task will take more than United World Mission's effort alone. Therefore, I decided at the beginning to pursue both practice and influence. I want to plant as many churches as God allows with the resources he gives us, meanwhile influencing others worldwide to share the vision.
Influence has to be more than talk, because talk is safe and cheap.
Safe in that we could pursue our own goals and gloat if we made them. Cheap because it costs us nothing outside of the tightly knit structure over which I hold board-delegated authority. Power and resources The secret to any kind of partnership for world evangelization lies in what we choose to do with the power we hold over our structure, and how that power affects our resources. Individuality is obsessed with control of power and resources. Call it institutional pride, vision maintenance, organization responsibility, or any other fancy, self-justifying term.