ambiguous and vulnerable spaces of mission that follow the contours of God’s engagements in the world. By the latter part of the first century, the heroes of that initial outburst of missionary fervor were gone. What happens when the heroes, the great figures of the faith who pioneered an immense movement of the Spirit, are gone from the stage? Where do you turn to find new heroes who can lead into the crisis-ridden future? Luke’s answer is different from anything that could have
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