'How should old mission agencies adapt to the challenges of reaching the world in the 21st century?'
That is a question with which Andy Lines is having to wrestle. Last year Andy became the new General Secretary of Crosslinks, formerly known as the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society, and EN interviewed him recently to see, among other things, what his thoughts were.
Background: In his own words Andy Lines comes from 'a pretty privileged' home. His father was a director of the old Triang toys company. When he was 14 and at boarding school at Wellington College, his father died, and this made him think seriously concerning what life is about. On one of the Scripture Union Iwerne Minster camps he was soundly converted under the ministry of David Fletcher and others.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …