Why Missions in Europe

Stefan Gustavsson is a Swedish pastor who spoke at the Tokyo 2010 Global Missions Consultation conference on the condition of the Church in Europe. A transcript of his message can be found here. It is a powerful message demonstrating the intense need for an ill forgotten continent in the missions community.

To hear about the results of the conference, a friend of mine created the following video of a couple who attended the conference and shared their reflections of Gustavsson’s address.

Tokyo 2010 Story

 

With all the hype about missions in the 10/40 window, and pressure towards reaching the “unreached” and the “least reached”, in second and third world countries, I have wondered where Europe fits in. Sadly it is not popular to talk about missions in “1st world countries” and even more difficult to garner support because Europe is so largely viewed as Christianized. This view needs to change. Europe is in desperate need.