The current pandemic presents a unique challenge for pastors. In addition to determining how best to serve their members in unusual circumstances, they must also decide how the pandemic and its economic fallout will affect the church’s mission. Unfortunately, global missions are one of the first budget items that many churches cut.
In this interview, Jeff Lewis asks David Platt a number of questions aimed at helping pastors think through how they can keep the church’s mission––making disciples among all nations––a priority during these difficult days.
Though we don’t always get to see God’s work among the nations with our eyes, we must trust that He is still fulfilling His redemptive purposes, even among the hardest to reach places on earth. Pastors have an important role to play in terms of keeping these urgent realities before their people.
Jeff Lewis serves as the Director of Discipleship at Radical and is the author of “God’s Heart for the Nations,” a free resource from Radical. David Platt serves as pastor at McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C. He is the founder and president of Radical.