The collective calling of missionaries isn't a modern idea — it's woven into Scripture from Genesis to Revelation. In this episode, Christi and Bill continue their conversation with missionaries David and Margot Woodworth, tracing the biblical thread of God's mission and exploring what happens when the church loses the big picture. Answering why Spirit-led mission will always outrun strategy-driven mission, and what it means to keep going faithfully when the fruit feels far.

📎 Show notes and the full paper are linked below.

Questions for small group, team, or individual discussion and contemplation:

1. How does viewing Scripture as one unified mission story change the way you read the Bible?
2. What does God’s call of Abraham teach us about the relationship between blessing and mission?
3. How does Acts 13 demonstrate both the role of the Holy Spirit and the role of the church in missionary sending?
4. Which biblical example in this episode most clearly demonstrates the idea of collective calling? Why?
5. What changes might be necessary when a missionary realizes they are called by God but currently misaligned with the larger mission?

Recommended Resources:

• Collective Call paper 
• Slaves, Women, and Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis by William Webb 
• Apostolic Function by Alan Johnson
• Bonhoeffer’s Missional Ecclesiology by Patrick Franklin
• Missions in the Age of the Spirit by John York 
• Autopsy of a Church by Thom S Rainer 
• Announcing the Kingdom by Arthur Glasser