The Mobile vs. the Local Church
A while ago we had Danny Lehman come through Townsville and speak to the YWAM- Reef to Outback staff as well as the Discipleship Training School (DTS). He had some great things to say during one of our staff meetings about how YWAM and the local church need to compliment each other, not compete with each other. He refered to it as the local and the mobile church model.Lynn Green, the Chairman of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) just wrote a very thought out article about this same issue. You can read it at: International Chairman's Team: Local Churches and Missions Agencies: Competitors or Partners?.
One of the most challenging things of the article for me personally is in the last few paragraphs:
...that is why it is important that YWAMers and any other members of Christian organizations should be active members of local churches. Even though their travel schedules and other ministry obligations might limit their participation, they should demonstrate a sacrificial commitment to the health of their local church. Their faith should be expressed in the place where they live through a local body of believers. And that sacrificial service should, hopefully, make it easier for local church leaders to see the importance of sending those who are called out from their church to world mission.Tamara and I have not been attending church for a while now because we have been so tired come the weekend and because of Tamara's health problems. This is just one more thing that has challenged me in this...
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I am a full time volunteer with Reef to Outback - Youth With A Mission (YWAM) where I work in Communications and Information Technology. I am married to a wonderful wife, we have a five year old son and a one year old daughter.
