The Jet Set vision trip to Rome and Marseille is officially underway. Some of you might be asking: “What’s a ‘vision trip,’ anyway?”
Every year, we invite church leaders to come with us on week- long trips. We arrange meetings with church planters, national beleivers, and nonbelievers. We talk about worldview, cultural translation of the gospel, and missions strategies might pave the way for a church planting movement.
Sure, we could do all of this back home in the U.S., but there’s something about walking the streets, sitting down to coffee, and interacting with people on their terms that allows you to really get a feel for the need and opportunity overseas. Church leaders can see first-hand how God might use their churches to engage the nations missionally.
The best part is the fun we have. Hanging out, taking theology, technology, and every other – ology we’re not qualified to discuss. We see the sights, visit the cathedrals, tour the ruins. We pray for the people.
These trips change you. They ruin your perspective and re-calibrate your opinions. Please follow along as we chronicle the trip. Feel free to comment, as questions, or express your jealousy. Please pray for us. That God would guide our steps and conversations, and that it would be His vision we gain here in Rome and Marseille.
Rome is my city of passion. We just returned from there and our desire is to go mission in Italy as well. The vision trip concept is great for us to chew on. We will pray that you are delivered the eyes and hands of the lord to see where you are going and what you are to build