161. What Is the Mission of the Church with Brian DeVries

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Mission is one of those words that Christians use all the time. So are words like “missions” and “missionaries.” But what do they mean? Is “mission” even the best word to use to describe what Christians should be doing in the world? In today’s episode, Kevin talks with fellow Michigander, Brian DeVries, about his new book You Will Be My Witnesses. Brian has led church planting teams in South Africa and currently serves as a pastor and a seminary president in South Africa. He’s written an insightful and helpful book calling church and Christians to be witnesses for Christ in speaking, in living, in defending the faith, in working for church growth, and in suffering well. Chapters: 0:00 Sponsors 1:51 Introductions 11:29 The Book and the Mission of the Church 25:19 The Concept of Witness 32:15 Five Witness Themes 39:17 Sponsor Break 41:00 On Evangelizing 52:35 The Church As Hospital, Temple, Embassy, School, and Fortress 58:07 Stop DoingThis, Start Doing That Books & Everything: In the Lord I Take Refuge: 150 Daily Devotions Through the Psalms https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/in-the-lord-i-take-refuge-hardcover-150-daily-devotions-through-the-psalms-9781433577703 Desiring God | Great Joy https://www.desiringgod.org/great-joy Puritan Treasures for Today https://www.heritagebooks.org/PuritanTreasures Westminster Theological Seminary Biblical Language Certificate https://www.wts.edu/programs/online-biblical-language-certificates You Will Be My Witnesses: Theology for God's Church Serving in God's Mission https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/you-will-be-my-witnesses-theology-for-gods-church-serving-in-gods-mission-9781433591389

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• Church & Fellowship
• The Church