Not just about politicians and sports figures, but about some of the ways we think about missions and even more about some of the claims made about the work of God. Many of these claims are 'urban myths' told with a desire to encourage. Well-meaning writers sometimes are too far removed from original sources to know what really happened. Worse are the blatant claims often associated with fund-raising. But most dangerous are the attitudes and beliefs that subtly undermine a truly biblical perspective on our task.
Simple explanations can be useful.
In fact, it only begins to explain the heart of the matter. Certain lists circulating in the missions world are like the Bohr atomic model. Reality is far more complicated. The rest of the story We have a close friend in the Swiss town of Interlaken. Her church is eager to do more to reach their small city.