Once a month I aim to make this blog a bit more “missions-minded.”  My goal is to remind us that the need for the proclamation of the gospel is still greater than Greenville alone.  That said, the missions paradigm is changing because the world has changed.  We are under the same mandate but the methodology is changing rapidly.  Technology and globalization have not only impacted culture and the economy; it has also made the availability of the gospel more pronounced than ever before.  A recent missionary speaker at CBC even said, “The era of frontier missions is over.”  I was not surprised to hear that but I was surprised to hear it from a missionary!  So, we want to stay involved in global missions, but we want to do that in ways that are commensurate to the present needs and movements of God in the world.  What we never want to do is give the impression that Christianity is about taking over and/or changing governments (colonialism).  We certainly want people to be citizens of another country but not the U.S.A., (unless they want to be).  Primarily, we desire to see people flourish as citizens of Heaven within the culture and under the government in which they live.  This is possible, as we will see on Sunday.  But, our dual citizenship may cause conflicts at times, and in those situations it sure is good to remember that there is a King who reign over all.