MISSION MATTERS
Love Says Go.
By Tim Chester
IVP/Keswick. 155 pages. £8.99
ISBN 978 1 783 592 807
I have a confession to make: I have a number of Tim Chester books on the go, each with a bookmark half way through. They’re all so engaging, but somehow the next one distracts me before the previous one is finished. I want to shout ‘Time out!’ for three months so that I can catch up. (What is it about Christian authors called Tim? They just can’t stop publishing!)
So why read this one as well? Because UK churches, and especially pastors, really need it right now. World mission is off most people’s agendas and gets treated as a specialist job for mission agencies. To be frank, most pastors don’t get it, nor do many Christian conferences. Tim places world mission where it should be: right at the heart of the local church, as a job for everyone.
