Highlights the major changes going on in the Jesus movement worldwide, and how that affects churches and pastors in the Global North

1. Global South Lessons For
Global North Pastors
Bruce & Ann Borquist, ABC missionaries in Brazil

2. Our Testimony

3. Our Testimony

4. Our Testimony

5. Our Testimony

6. Our Testimony

7. Our Testimony

8. Observations

9. Observations
• Middle-class euro-american ABC churches
have in general lost their relevance to their
increasingly multi-cultural communities and
the new generations of unchurched seekers
around them

10. Observations
• Middle-class euro-american ABC churches
have in general lost their relevance to their
increasingly multi-cultural communities and
the new generations of unchurched seekers
around them
• “Missional church:” is it a change or a fad?

11. Observations
• Middle-class euro-american ABC churches
have in general lost their relevance to their
increasingly multi-cultural communities and
the new generations of unchurched seekers
around them
• “Missional church:” is it a change or a fad?
• God is doing a new thing in the Global
South. This is where we see the future of
Christianity.

12. Where’s the puck?

13. Where’s the puck?
• The game is around
where the puck is now

14. Where’s the puck?
• The game is around
where the puck is now
• Skate to the puck vs.
skate to where it will be

15. Where’s the puck?
• The game is around
where the puck is now
• Skate to the puck vs.
skate to where it will be
• “If the rate of change inside
an organization is less than
the rate of change
outside ... its end is in
sight.” (Jack Welch)

16. Embrace the Crisis

17. Embrace the Crisis
• Our friends in Brazil are right AND wrong about
the death of the evangelical church in the North

18. Embrace the Crisis
• Our friends in Brazil are right AND wrong about
the death of the evangelical church in the North
• The only way to renewal and rebirth in the midst
of crisis is to launch out into the unknown, not
to futilely try to re-establish the old stability

19. Embrace the Crisis
• Our friends in Brazil are right AND wrong about
the death of the evangelical church in the North
• The only way to renewal and rebirth in the midst
of crisis is to launch out into the unknown, not
to futilely try to re-establish the old stability
• Our fundamental assumptions about the church
are wrong: Christendom vs. apostolic models

20. Embrace the Crisis
• Our friends in Brazil are right AND wrong about
the death of the evangelical church in the North
• The only way to renewal and rebirth in the midst
of crisis is to launch out into the unknown, not
to futilely try to re-establish the old stability
• Our fundamental assumptions about the church
are wrong: Christendom vs. apostolic models
• The way out is being developed at the
organizational and missional “fringes” of the
church

21. The way forward

22. The way forward
How can we creatively move through this crisis in the
direction that the Holy Spirit is leading?

23. The way forward
How can we creatively move through this crisis in the
direction that the Holy Spirit is leading?

24. The way forward
How can we creatively move through this crisis in the
direction that the Holy Spirit is leading?
“A church which pitches its tents without
constantly looking out for new horizons,
which does not continually strike camp, is
being untrue to its calling. ... [We must] play
down our longing for certainty, accept what is
risky, and live by improvisation and
experiment.” Hans Küng, The Church as the
People of God

25. Is mission a result or a
cause of renewal?

26. Is mission a result or a
cause of renewal?
“... all great missionary movements begin at the fringes of
the church, among the poor and the marginalized, and
seldom, if ever, at the center. It is vital that in pursuing
missional modes of church, we get out of the stifling
equilibrium of the center of our movements and
denominations, move to the fringes, and engage in real
mission there. But there's more to it than just mission;
most great movements of mission have inspired
significant and related movements of renewal in the life
of the church. It seems that when the church engages at
the fringes, it almost always brings life to the center.”
Hirsch

27. Subcultures & tribes

28. Subcultures & tribes
• Subculturization and
neotribalization mean ALL our
attempts to communicate the
gospel are now cross cultural

29. Subcultures & tribes
• Subculturization and
neotribalization mean ALL our
attempts to communicate the
gospel are now cross cultural
• Current church growth
strategies based on the
consumerist and attractional
models are not up to the
missionary task before us

30. Subcultures & tribes
• Subculturization and
neotribalization mean ALL our
attempts to communicate the
gospel are now cross cultural
• Current church growth
strategies based on the
consumerist and attractional
models are not up to the
missionary task before us
• The missional response: what
would the church look and
feel like among this people
group?

31. A Vision for 2032

32. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

33. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

34. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?
What tribes and sub-cultures live in
your neighborhood? What does this
mean for the church’s mission locally,
nationally and internationally? Do our
current strategies address this new
reality? Do our current resources
address it?

35. A new center of gravity

36. A new center of gravity
• The future of the Christian
faith is happening now in
the Global South

37. A new center of gravity
• The future of the Christian
faith is happening now in
the Global South
• Receivers are now
senders; senders are now
receivers

38. A new center of gravity
• The future of the Christian
faith is happening now in
the Global South
• Receivers are now
senders; senders are now
receivers
• The church in the Global
South is a resource for
renewal in the North

39. Christians in the Global North and South: 1900-2010
90%#
80%#
70%#
60%#
50%#
Sul#
40%# Norte#
30%#
20%#
10%#
0%#
1900# 1920# 1940# 1960# 1980# 2000# 2010#

40. Evangelicals in the Global North and South: 1960-2050
90%#
80%#
70%#
60%#
50%#
Sul#
40%# Norte#
30%#
20%#
10%#
0%#
1960# 1970# 1980# 1990# 2000# 2010# 2020# 2030# 2040# 2050#

41. Cross-Cultural Missionaries
Where do they come from?
3%

42. Cross-Cultural Missionaries
Where do they come from?
From the
Global
North
47%
3%

43. Cross-Cultural Missionaries
Where do they come from?
From the From the
Global Global
North South
47% 53%
3%

44. The World’s Mission Force
The “Global
North” 50/50 70% by
today 2025?
The
“Global
South”

45. A Vision for 2032

46. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

47. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

48. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?
What can we learn from the Body of
Christ in the Global South as we
move forward? What does this mean
for the church’s mission locally, nationally
and internationally? Do our current
strategies address this new reality? Do
our current resources address it?

49. An Emerging Global
Youth Culture

50. An Emerging Global
Youth Culture
Teens and young adults
around the world today
have far more in common
with each other than they
do with their parents and
grandparents.

51. An Emerging Global
Youth Culture
Teens and young adults
around the world today
have far more in common
with each other than they
do with their parents and
grandparents.
Faith is practical and
results oriented, and
evangelism happens
through service

52. Youth culture vs. the church

53. Youth culture vs. the church
• The culture: fusion of races and cultures and
languages, comfortable with chaos, dynamic,
optimistic, flexible, zeal for community and
communication, desire to serve and make a difference

54. Youth culture vs. the church
• The culture: fusion of races and cultures and
languages, comfortable with chaos, dynamic,
optimistic, flexible, zeal for community and
communication, desire to serve and make a difference
• Alienated by the institutional church, seen as: over
protective, shallow, anti science, repressive, and
doubtless

55. Youth culture vs. the church
• The culture: fusion of races and cultures and
languages, comfortable with chaos, dynamic,
optimistic, flexible, zeal for community and
communication, desire to serve and make a difference
• Alienated by the institutional church, seen as: over
protective, shallow, anti science, repressive, and
doubtless
• "If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy
wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the
work; rather, teach people the yearning for the wide,
boundless ocean." Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

56. A Vision for 2032

57. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

58. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

59. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?
How does today's global youth culture affect
how we do mission locally and globally now
and in the future? What does this mean for
the church’s mission locally, nationally and
internationally? Do our current strategies
address this new reality? Do our current
resources address it?

60. Disintermediation and
the Local Church
It is the local church’s privilege
and responsibility to be the
mission center in the kingdom
of God. Only the local church
mobilizes and trains people to
be agents of God’s mission
locally, regionally, nationally and
internationally, and thereby be
transformed into the image of
Christ. When it stops doing
this it stops being the church.

61. A Vision for 2032

62. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

63. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

64. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?
What is the new role of the region and the
local church in God’s mission here, there and
everywhere? What does this mean for the
church’s mission locally, nationally and
internationally? Do our current strategies
address this new reality? Do our current
resources address it?

65. “Over Here” Missionaries

66. “Over Here” Missionaries
If the greatest benefit and use of
a missionary is "over there,"
then they are holy mendicants
who are basically irrelevant to
the health and faithfulness of the
local church and its region.

67. “Over Here” Missionaries
If the greatest benefit and use of
a missionary is "over there,"
then they are holy mendicants
who are basically irrelevant to
the health and faithfulness of the
local church and its region.
In today's cross cultural
everywhere world, missionaries
who are experts in the best
practices are essential resources
for the local church in the North

68. A Vision for 2032

69. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

70. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?

71. A Vision for 2032
Where will the puck be then?
What has to change so that regions and cross-
cultural missionaries work together to build up
the church locally, nationally and internationally?
What does this mean for the church’s mission
locally, nationally and internationally? Do our
current strategies address this new reality? Do
our current resources address it?

72. Bruce's Vision for 2032

73. Bruce's Vision for 2032
• The globalized youth and young adults of
today are now in charge. The generation that
now defends the Christendom model has
passed.

74. Bruce's Vision for 2032
• The globalized youth and young adults of
today are now in charge. The generation that
now defends the Christendom model has
passed.
• The emerging missional church has emerged,
and is relevant to the needs of its community

75. Bruce's Vision for 2032
• The globalized youth and young adults of
today are now in charge. The generation that
now defends the Christendom model has
passed.
• The emerging missional church has emerged,
and is relevant to the needs of its community
• Today's crisis is over, leaving behind a very
different configuration of the local church
and its intermediate structures

76. Bruce's Vision for 2032

77. Bruce's Vision for 2032
• The Christian faith is informed and shaped by
the church in the Global South

78. Bruce's Vision for 2032
• The Christian faith is informed and shaped by
the church in the Global South
• The center of mission is the local church, not its
intermediate structures. Churches commission
cross cultural missionaries with a dual
assignment: over there AND over here

79. Bruce's Vision for 2032
• The Christian faith is informed and shaped by
the church in the Global South
• The center of mission is the local church, not its
intermediate structures. Churches commission
cross cultural missionaries with a dual
assignment: over there AND over here
• Missionaries from the Global South work
together with churches and regions in the
Global North to re-evangelize the Global North

80. Resources
Corbett, Steve and Fikkert, Brian. When Helping Hurts: Alleviating
Poverty Without Hurting the Poor … and Yourself. 2009.
Dean, Kenda Creasy. Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is
Telling the American Church. 2010
Hirsch, Alan. The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church. 2006.
Johnstone, Patrick. The Future of the Global Church. 2011.
Kinnaman, David. You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving the
Church … and Rethinking Faith. 2011.
Kling, Fritz. The Meeting Of the Waters: 7 Global Currents That Will Propel
the Future Church. 2010.
Soong-chan Rah. The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from
Western Cultural Captivity. 2009.
Walt, Stephen M. “The Myth of American Exceptionalism.” Foreign
Policy magazine, Nov 2011. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/
2011/10/11/the_myth_of_american_exceptionalism

82. A Vision for 2031