{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a067d43382d6c4030eaad5c/6acda6d68f340788896a012e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Are We Sending Missionaries Where They’re Needed Most? — Tim Silberman","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a067d43382d6c4030eaad5c/1791862243384-69db029f-5240-4ee6-9df2-eda286162340.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Where is the need for the gospel greatest – and should that change where we send missionaries?</p><p><br></p><p>We often make mission decisions around personal connections, available opportunities, language skills or where churches already have established partnerships. But Tim Silberman says we need to take a harder, more objective look at gospel need.</p><p><br></p><p>Tim Silberman, Lecturer in Missions at Sydney Missionary &amp; Bible College, says there are several important questions: How many people are non-Christian? How many have meaningful access to the gospel? Where are the least-reached people groups? And how strong is the local church?</p><p><br></p><p>The numbers are confronting. Around 2.2 billion people remain unevangelised.</p>","author_name":"Dominic Steele"}