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Gaining By Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send is unavailable, but you can change that!

People are leaving the church J.D. Greear pastors. Big givers. Key volunteers. Some of his best leaders and friends. And that’s exactly how he wants it to be. When Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission, he revealed that the key for reaching the world with the gospel is found in sending, not gathering. Though many churches focus time and energy on attracting people and counting numbers,...

don’t need a voice; we have a verse. It is now our responsibility, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, to evaluate how we are best suited to fulfill that call. The Spirit might reveal that to us through a special act of guidance, but more often than not he will give to us and our church leaders the wisdom to make that decision.7 When the church begins to operate with the assumption that everyone is called, our approach to mobilization will shift dramatically. We won’t limit our mission engagement