Forrest McPhail teaches how to become affective missionary from the scratch: from the preparation to lead a church at the mission field. Furthermore, this book not only teaches how to make people to become true Christians, but also how to overcome their bad situation by the biblical perspectives. Moreover, adding the author’s personal experiences at the mission fields made me to see what are the things Cambodians are going through to be a true Christians, and how the author dealt with those people to make them believe God.
As Forrest McPhail mentioned in his book, understanding the people and the culture are the most important aspect for missions. Furthermore, if the missionary does not know or merely know of the culture of the mission field, …show more content…
Since, those who became Christians stopped having memorial service for their ancestors, they, all of sudden, became immoral people, which means that they did not have place to go or work. For that reason, many Christians had to change their religion or syncretize their religion with Christianity, which is a serious danger.
I was impressed that the author interprets the parable of the sower as a missionary’s (a sower’s) view, which I never thought of before. He viewed the responsibility of the farmer is to plant seeds in all kinds of the ground, which means missionaries are responsible for spreading the gospel, and the people, who are receiving the gospel, are responsible to believe God’s Word.
As the author writes, syncretism is a serious danger, because people mix Christianity with other religious elements to make Christianity as they wanted, instead they fit their lives into the Word of God. Moreover, it prevents people to repent their sins, though some ministers say that if unbelievers start repent their sins, they are a half way to become true believer. However, when I read the section where talk about Isolation and persecution of the believers, I wonder how can people become Christians without being isolated and persecuted without syncretizing with other
As Forrest McPhail mentioned in his book, understanding the people and the culture are the most important aspect for missions. Furthermore, if the missionary does not know or merely know of the culture of the mission field, …show more content…
Since, those who became Christians stopped having memorial service for their ancestors, they, all of sudden, became immoral people, which means that they did not have place to go or work. For that reason, many Christians had to change their religion or syncretize their religion with Christianity, which is a serious danger.
I was impressed that the author interprets the parable of the sower as a missionary’s (a sower’s) view, which I never thought of before. He viewed the responsibility of the farmer is to plant seeds in all kinds of the ground, which means missionaries are responsible for spreading the gospel, and the people, who are receiving the gospel, are responsible to believe God’s Word.
As the author writes, syncretism is a serious danger, because people mix Christianity with other religious elements to make Christianity as they wanted, instead they fit their lives into the Word of God. Moreover, it prevents people to repent their sins, though some ministers say that if unbelievers start repent their sins, they are a half way to become true believer. However, when I read the section where talk about Isolation and persecution of the believers, I wonder how can people become Christians without being isolated and persecuted without syncretizing with other