World Christian: Purpose

When I first heard the term "World Christian" I was in Indonesia in the middle of the chaos of my time there. I had met friends who were hosting a course called Kairos which is a condensed version of the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course. That term captivated me and that course opened my eyes to the Bible and what it has to say about missions in a new way.
Up till then I had known missions was something important - something Christians everywhere should engage in as Jesus had commanded it in the Great Commission, but I had never realized that God's heart for the nations and his glory to spread throughout the world traced back to Genesis. I never thought about the fact that God used the world history since the time of Acts to continue to spread his name and glory to more and more peoples. I had never realized how many different people groups there are that do not have people to share the gospel in a way they can understand.
A World Christian, this course taught, is one who is aware of God's heart to reach all nations and acts on that; one who is captivated by that vision. I was (and am still) all in.
Coming away from that course, and Indonesia, I felt like I had learned so much and was called to act. How can you fail to act when the God of the universe has shown you his heart's desire to reach all peoples? I came back and have been bumbling around since; seeking to align my heart and life to the truth of God's Word and to the passion of his heart. I have been seeking to be used by God however he desires to bring glory to his name and reach as many of the unreached as possible.
God has used many things to slow me down, to remind me that he is ultimately Lord of the universe and I am simply one of many. Of that I am thankful. There are still many things God has yet to teach and show me, but he has given me a passion for him, his glory, and the unreached.
That's part of what so excites me about being a part of World Christian Week which will be happening March 1-4 here at CIU (shameless advertising). People will hopefully (and prayerfully) come and be moved in seeing God's vision for the world. They may hear new things or learn new ways of how to be involved in reaching out to all nations. Whether you are to stay in the states or go overseas, working among the reached or the unreached, we all have a part to play in spreading God's glory to all nations.