M-3: from Everywhere to Everywhere My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun in every place! Malachi 1:11 Mission = Displaying God’s Glory; ‘light’ to the Gentiles, bringing salvation to the ends of the earth from / to everywhere! Isa.49:6; Acts 13:46-47 www.chrisgnanakan.com

Where is the Glory of God? The Glory of God ‘dwelling in… (Gen.9:27; Isa.7:14; Matt.1:23) - Adam, the crown of his creation Abraham revealed to; Moses ‘let me see your glory’ - Tabernacle among His people; David, the Temple Jesus Christ the glory of God incarnate Christ’s Body: glorious ‘Balkan’ Church?! The (suffering) Christian 1Peter 4:14

M-3: from Everywhere to Everywhere Christ in You = the Hope of Glory! - Col.1:27 In reflecting the Lord’s Glory, we are being transformed into His likeness, with ever increasing glory - 2Cor.3:18 www.chrisgnanakan.com

Commitment to Christian Mission From here, and everywhere… to everywhere! Luke 5:1-11.. Simon Peter’s Missionary ‘Call’ Increasing Commitment for a miraculous Catch www.chrisgnanakan.com

Four (4) Levels of Mission 1. Passive Mission: listening to Jesus’ words 2. Proxy Mission: lending Jesus your boat 3. Participatory Mission: launching out with Jesus 4. Partnership in Mission: learning to trust the other www.chrisgnanakan.com

3. Participatory Mission: launching out into the deep with Jesus! Jesus wants Peter’s skills not just his boat! Peter is asked to do the absurd and embracing Peter is given no guarantee or success formula Peter gives the facts yet needs to exercise faith www.chrisgnanakan.com

Three (3) Temptations 1. Avoid change/action inside comfort zone 2. Focusing on the past, instead of the future 3. Stay distinctively ‘Christian’ and mission-oriented in a post-modern, secular flux context www.chrisgnanakan.com

Our ‘new’ World: doing mission out-of-context 1. Korea: 100yrs ago ‘Impenetrable’; now the largest churches that worldwide are missionally aggressive 2. Ethiopia: after 20 yrs Marxist rule; new freedom 3. Albania: ‘hardest nation’ to go, wide-open senders! www.chrisgnanakan.com

Stories of ‘new things’ springing up among us in the Balkans…?! 1. China: bamboo curtains; largest X’ian population 2. South America: ‘the neglected continent’, now 2nd reformation in missions (David Ruez) 3. Indonesia: world’s largest Muslim state >20% Xian 4. Africa: ‘Dark continent’; now > Xians than the West 5. India: ‘pagans’ Carey came to reach now largest mission internal-external sending nations 6. The Balkans:…?

The Balkan churches: What does launching out look like? Moving.. from Maintenance to Missional mode from the Fringes to become the Fulcrum from Complaining, Criticizing to Cooperation from Expecting to Attempting ‘new, great things’ www.chrisgnanakan.com

Why? Why NOT? Why not ME?! Why not Now!! Question?... Why? Why NOT? Why not ME?! Why not Now!!