16:6–10, which we discussed earlier.) In the actual practice of the New Testament church, the decisions concerning timing, destinations, and personnel were all made by the appropriate people with a view to obeying God’s moral will in the most effective manner possible. There is a remarkable absence of any reference to the call of God beyond Acts 16.9 Friesen was concerned about an overly subjective nature of the decision-making process in the traditional evangelical approach and the distress caused