Mission Platforms

The history of missions with the gospel internationally is full of various methods for engaging cultures that are distant from the sending culture.  We find ourselves in America in a nation far different from what we knew  even a couple of generations ago.  We are multi-cultural, plurastic, and globallay connected, and what’s more, those within the Christian culture find themselves culturally isolated from about 65% of American public. To quote Halter and Smay,if you want to influence the massively growing percentage of people who are much further from the gospel, you’ll have to provide, model, and invite people into an inclusive community that welcomes people with alternative values.   The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community.

The method that has been called missions platforms holds promise as a proven missions approach that is making its way home to the domestic scene.  A recent blog entry provides some additional insight.  A missions platform has two primary elements: 1) it creates an opportunity to engage culture through direct service or business and 2) produces revenue to fund the missional venture.