Going faster or going farther?
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:: DAVID LIVINGSTONE went alone. Many missionaries went alone. Today partnership is vital in 21st century mission, says David Greenlee:
MY FRIEND and I planned to meet last month at the airport train station. The good news was that my plane was early. The bad news was that my friend had not shown up. As I contemplated boarding the train we had intended to take, an African proverb came to mind: "If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together."
Speed isn´t everything, I decided, and went back for a last check at the ticket counter. My colleague, moved to a later flight and with no way to inform me, had just turned up. We ran and jumped on board our train just before the doors closed. Only after we had travelled some distance did I find out that my friend knew where we were supposed to go but was uncertain of what to do on arrival. We were both glad that I had waited!
REFLECTION Individualism is the modern way of living. Going alone is a fading concept in missions. In the past David Livingstone and others marched into the bush alone. Appropriate Christianity and appropriate mission today is about partnership.
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