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Reforming Missions: A Conversation With Jerry Slate Jr.


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Has global missions strayed from a biblical foundation?

In this episode of The Missions Show, Alex and Scott talk with Pastor Jerry Slate Jr. to discuss the theological foundations and practical realities of faithful missionary work. The conversation centers on the question of what sustains missionaries through hardship, rejection, and long seasons of discouragement.

Jerry, Alex, and Scott emphasize the central role of the local church in sending, vetting, and sustaining missionaries, warning against outsourcing this responsibility entirely to parachurch organizations. The episode highlights the need to tether missiology firmly to historic Christian theology, confessional faith, and biblical ecclesiology.

Check out Jerry Slate Jr.’s new book, Reforming World Missions from Founders Press. Jerry pastors Berean Baptist Church in Powder Springs, Georgia. Find sermon audio here.

Key Topics
  • Perseverance in missions grounded in the worth and glory of God
  • The relationship between theology proper and missionary motivation
  • Critiques of pragmatic and movement-driven missiology
  • The local church as the primary sending and overseeing body for missions
  • The importance of biblically qualified leadership and discipleship
  • Recovering historic, confessional theology in global missions
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