Takeaway One: The next generation of emerging leaders are global by default.
So what? I can no longer claim ignorance of the problems and challenges facing the world, especially other believers around the world. There is no excuse for not being informed. There is no excuse for not doing something.
Takeaway Two: The mandate is to take the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom across cultural thresholds.
So what? The promise of Acts 1:8 is that the Holy Spirit will empower believers to cross cultural divides. I have access to the power that enables me to affect change in those who look and think and act like me (Jerusalem), in those who look like me but think and act differently (Judea), and in those with whom I have no obvious commonality and potentially some hostility (Samaria).
Takeaway Three: We need Christian leaders who do not view these seismic shifts in our world as catastrophes, but as catalytic events. Summon your courage and interpret for the people you lead that God is not dead; He is alive, and He is able.
So what? It is not my job as a Christian leader to wring my hands in worry, fear, and doubt, nor to throw them up in despair. It is my job as a Christian leader to recognize that people in need of rescue are ripe for the message of a Savior. I will be ready and willing to preach Jesus in the most unlikely circumstances.
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