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Mission's True End: Glorify God
- Getting mission wrong often reduces it to numbers or mere friendship, which distorts intent and methods.
- True mission subordinates penultimate goals to glorifying God in speech and action.
When Mission Means Everything
- The 'missional' expansion makes mission everything and therefore nothing, blurring its distinctiveness.
- Niebauer argues mission should be defined as proclamation and gathering to preserve its unique character.
Measure Mission By New Converts
- Focus church-planting metrics on people who wouldn't attend any church otherwise.
- Develop local expertise by learning from successful practitioners and training others patiently.