For many local churches, the idea of a systemic plan for yearlong missions efforts is nonexistent.
Less than 10% of Georgia Baptist churches have an individual staff member identified as their leader for missions planning and engagement. Only one out of every five GBC churches has a volunteer missions leader who feels competent to implement a missions strategy for the church. Thus, in many cases the responsibility for missional leadership defaults to the senior pastor, and that is in addition to all of his other duties for teaching, pastoral care, and local leadership.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Buck Burch and originally published by the Christian Index.
