Re-entry: Leaving the Mission Field and Going Back (3)
Rev. Richard Smit addresses the practical and spiritual dimensions of missionary re-entry, particularly focusing on the important step of 'rehearsal'—reporting back to sending churches and leadership about missionary labors. Using the apostolic example from Mark 6 where Jesus commissioned disciples and then had them recount their activities, Smit argues that rehearsal should be a regular practice both during furloughs and permanent returns from the mission field. This resource provides practical guidance for missionaries transitioning back to their home churches while reflecting on their completed work.
In addition to the steps of release, return, and refreshment, another significant step for a foreign missionary's departure from his field of labor and going back to his passport country and sending churches is the step of rehearsal. While the activity of rehearsal should be a part of a missionary's lengthy furlough from his field of labor, it also should be part of a missionary's permanent release from his field of labor and return to his passport country and sending churches. REHEARSAL...
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