Redefining Mission and Challenging Casual Christianity | David Platt | Let Down Your Nets #mbc

Main message: The church's current giving and sending toward unreached "red zones" is woefully inadequate; instead of leaving mission to a tiny minority, Jesus invites every believer to participate with him in making him known. We need to repent of our small-strategy thinking and live missionally where we are.

Key points:

• Giving to red-zone gospel work is extremely low (about $183 per $100,000 income—roughly 0.2%), and only a tiny fraction of Protestants become missionaries abroad (about 1 in 42,000).
• Relying on a few to go and a little money to be given is an inadequate (even counterproductive) strategy for reaching all nations.
• Repentance is needed—doubling down on the same approach is not the solution.
• Jesus' strategy is participatory: mission is done with him, as he lives in and through each believer.
• Not everyone will be sent overseas, but any could be, and every Christian has a part to play beginning in their local context (e.g., Metro Washington DC).

Scriptures mentioned: Matthew 6:21 (quoted)