Chapter 6 of The Church of the Perfect Storm was written by Younglae Kim. In this chapter, he says that he is hoping for a mission rediscovery church that will become a milestone for Western and Eastern churches looking for a 21st Century reorientation (page 73). ‘Orient’ meaning east; therefore, pointing churches toward the East – churches in Asia – and freeing churches from Western captivity and methods of ecclesiology, soteriology, and Christology.
So, how do we make a mission rediscovery church? That is determined by the direction in which the church is guided in its goings and comings (page 73).
Churches need CPR: congregating, praying, and reading the Bible. Korean churches already have an established method of CPR. They congregate for early morning prayer meetings (4-5 A.M.) or overnight prayer meetings (Friday 10 P.M.-Saturday morning). They pray loudly. They read the Bible through completely, all 66 books as one book as a whole.
Churches need to be participatory. They need an “In/Out-Out/In” method. All believers must live missionally and serve as active missionaries of Jesus daily. They must go out to bring others in and then send them out again to continue that missional living. “They scatter to gather, then scatter again” (page 80).
This chapter is a true example of the Great Commission, Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV): (italics mine)
19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
