Defining the Task

“People pursuing a God-given vision live with strategic intent. The vision virtually captures the mind. 

They no longer dream about what could happen. They become convinced that certain things must 

happen. They make choices as if each day held abiding value. They are not driven by obligation. They 

live in the dignity and liberty of knowing they give their utmost for God’s purposes.” 

-  Steve Hawthorne (Founder/Director of WayMakers and Perspectives author)

There are two kinds of circles - the first kind of circle the missionary task seems simply obsolete. In the second kind of circle, the missionary task of the church becomes impossibly diffuse and generic. If everything is mission in general, nothing is mission specifically.

The Great Commission of Jesus envisions making disciples of the people groups who are not yet made disciples – these 6,000 unreached peoples, specifically. It is far from completed: approximately half of this number are altogether unengaged – more than 3,000 people groups with no sustained missionary activity among them. Engaging the world’s remaining unreached represents the specific missionary task of the church.