The Sending Shepherd Part 1 w/ Matthew & Denny
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The Sending Shepherd Part 1 w/ Matthew & Denny
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Host Paul Akin interviews Denny Spits and Matthew Ellison about their book The Sending Shepherd: Leading Churches to Disciple All Nations, arguing that shepherding and sending belong together in pastoral ministry. They highlight barriers to becoming a sending church—misdefined missions, risk-averse North American culture, and “missional living” that replaces cross-cultural sending—along with research from Barna Group showing strong support for missions but little emphasis on the unreached. They also outline marks of potential missionaries and urge pastors, following Acts 13, to send their best for the sake of the kingdom, offering a framework for assessing character, competency, compatibility, and calling within the local church.
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