In August of 2024, the USA men’s 4x100 relay team lost the chance to earn a medal when they passed the baton outside the designated zone. Nobody wins when the baton is passed incorrectly, and this is true when it comes to passing the baton of pastoral leadership. “Every pastor is an interim pastor,” one of my GFA colleagues often says. If that is true about pastors, how much more is that true of missionaries! Missionaries know the day will come when they must pass the baton to their successors. But how can we pass the baton without dropping it? Read the rest of Timothy Berrey's post, "Passing the Baton Without Dropping It: The Church Is Not Yours, But God’s" at https://lnkd.in/dSvWHrQj #gfamissions #greatcommission #wherewillyougo #batonpassing
