Global Mega-trends and Implications on Mission Mobilization

Presenter:  Marv Newell, Sr. Vice President, Missio Nexus

Description: This webinar will examine key areas of change happening around the globe along with their implications on mission mobilization. From the digital revolution and continued evolution, to global exploitation, to opposition and hostility to our message, the impact that these, and others, has on mission mobilization will be noted. Each of the seven mega-trends that will be examined has contributed to an environment of uncertainty in missions. It is therefore important that we are clear about the redemptive mission of God, while at the same time aware and responsive to global changing realities. The opportunities are numerous if we understand current realities and then adjust our strategies in response to them.

Marv Newell (D.Miss) is a missiologist and senior vice president of Missio Nexus. Previously he served as a missionary in Papua, Indonesia, a mission administrator, a professor of missions, and director of a missions association. He is the author of: A Martyr’s Grace, Commissioned: What Jesus Wants You to Know as You Go, Expect Great Things: Mission Quotes that Inform and Inspire and his newest book is Crossing Cultures in Scriptures: Biblical Principles for Mission Practice. He is also adjunct professor at Moody Theological Seminary and Western Seminary, and sits on the board of five different mission organizations. Marv and his wife Peggy have been involved in missions for 40 years.