Vulnerable Mission: what it is and why we need it

“Why should a missionary be vulnerable?”

(This is not about mission to vulnerable people, or vulnerable children, but it is about the need for a missionary to the majority world him/her-self to be vulnerable.)

Vulnerable to what? Vulnerable to failure. Vulnerable to getting ‘hurt’. Vulnerable, like, sensitive to what is going on. Vulnerable like – what you do won’t work at all unless local people invest their time, energy, and money into helping you …

How do you become vulnerable?

1.Use their language. If you use their language, you will start to hear their criticism as they intend it. Then, in due course, you might learn how to function according to their social rules. Then God might be able to use you to reach them with the Gospel in a way that makes sense to them.

2.Don’t use outside money to subsidise what you are going to do. That is – even if the people you are going to work amongst are poor. That way you won’t buy your influence. You’ll have to sweat for it.

Who does vulnerable mission? Our focus is on helping Westerners to do vulnerable mission as a means to reaching people in the majority world.

Why do we need vulnerable mission? So as to be able to listen to the heart of people in the majority world. So as to share the Gospel of Jesus, meaningfully.

Details: vulnerablemission.org