Hey everybody welcome to the mere Christians podcast I'm Jordan Rayner.

How does the gospel influence the work of mere Christians? Those of us who aren't

pastors, but who work as programmers and plumbers and parents, that's the question. We explore every week and today I'm posing it to Andrew Scott

the CEO of Operation Mobilization a 63 year old missions agency that is totally rethinking what missions ought to look like

bibically and practically in the world today. Andrew is also the author of one of the best books I've read in a very long time.

It's called Scatter, go there for, and take your job with you.

Andrew and I recently sat down and talked about the shocking percentage of early church growth that came through mere Christians.

We talked about the practical implications of the fact that your passions have been redeemed by Jesus Christ,

and we explored whether or not the Great Commission negates the First Commission the call to create.

Guys, this has to be in my top 10 favorite episodes of all time of the

podcast. Please enjoy this terrific and encouraging conversation with Andrew Scott.

Andrew Scott, a new friend but very quickly becoming a good friend.

Welcome to the podcast.

So good to be with you Jordan.

Thank you for this time together.

Yeah, so let's start with the basics.

Tell us a little bit about Operation Mobilization.

What do you guys do?

Yeah, well, first of all, give a little context 63 years old so one of those older traditional

Mission agencies I guess from our age but I think going through a lot of change which is good we

believe really Jordan that the good news of Jesus and his love for all of creation

has the power to transform all of creation. So and then with that we believe that the

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