Juno Wang. Is God trying to tell us that glocalization is the time for us to reach the people in our diverse neighborhoods connecting local missions with global missions for his Kingdom and his glory? The Chinese diaspora churches need to recognize that it is God himself who brings the global diasporas to us (Acts 17:25). Everyone at church needs to understand what God is doing at the global level and involve themselves at the local level. From the Biblical, church, missions, and world histories, we know that nothing, even the pandemic, can stop the mission of our Triune God. We need to have a breakthrough in our egocentric, ethnocentric, and mediocre thinking, and adjust our missional vision and directions for glocal missions to all. We must overcome the temptations of using our calling as an excuse for not reaching out to all, but to think of it as an opportunity to draw closer to the Lord. We need to seize the glocal missions opportunities by mobilizing the congregation, particularly the first- and second- generation Chinese diaspora Christians, for the Back To Jerusalem mission task that is in front of us. It is equally important to equip them to live out and share the Gospel in a culturally acceptable way.
Our mission is to invite global diasporas into the present Kingdom, and to enjoy the Messianic banquet with us in the future Kingdom. Missions begins from the Jerusalem church to the diverse diaspora of the Antioch church to the world, and we are in a similar environment as the early church. May Chinese diaspora churches be like the apostle Paul who laid down his life daily, and the early church that was known by its love for missions to, through, by and beyond, and with the diverse diasporas to bring the Gospel back to Jerusalem.
Relational Realism for Christian Ministry 關係論與基督教事工 