I just returned home today from Rimini, Italy where I attended Missione 2006.
The purpose of this first ever nation wide missions conference was to motivate italians to get involved in God's global work.
In order to accomplish this goal they had mission representaves to promote their respective organizations, workshops to answer many questions that Italians had regarding cross cultural ministry, and George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization, to challenge us twice daily.
If you have every seen George Verwer speak you know that there really is no one else like him. But there was one theme that kept coming through which really stuck with me.
In his famous simple yet powerful style George talked about the importance of grace, love, and acts of mercy in modern missions.
The gospel is essentially a love story with God as the sovereign author. The Lord Jesus is the main character. And we retell it to the world when we love our neighbor as ourselves.
Our greatest argument for Christ is a changed life and heartfelt compassion for the most needy among us. This is grace incarnate.
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