Most people associate missions with leaving for another city, country, or continent. This is because, technically speaking, we refer to those who have crossed cultural, ethnic, or geographic lines in order to share about Jesus as missionaries.
However, mission work includes more than rain forest hikes and transcontinental experiences in faraway places. There is what many call a mission field right on your doorstep. Just because you are not a missionary by occupation, does not mean you don’t live on a mission field. We can fall into the trap of thinking that we aren’t “doing mission work” until we have left our homes and sacrificed comfort, health, security, family, and friends.
The mission field doesn’t only exist “in the great unknown,” because the mission field is not a place; it’s people who need to hear the good news of Jesus.
- Precept Austin