Greatest Hits: Why Aren’t YOU a Missionary?

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this edition of Ask the Pastor's Greatest Hits, Pastor J.D. shares how God called him to the mission field before calling him to be a pastor of a church that sends and supplies the mission field in extravagant ways.

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When God called me to be a pastor, he did so by first calling me to the mission field. I spent the first two years of my ministry as a church planter among Muslims overseas. God never relinquished that call to missions; he showed me that my role in it is to be a part of a church that sends and supplies the mission field.

Even though my primary role in the Great Commission is now as an equipper, it is always such a joy to get back on the front lines. Sure, it can be frustrating not being able to speak the language. But I share Christ more, person to person, in a two-week span than I probably do the entire rest of the year here in the States. It is my identity there, the entire reason I had go short term now. So when an opportunity comes up, I simply share the gospel. I wasn’t “Pastor J.D.” there. I was just “J.D. the guy talking about Jesus.” I want that to last: I want to just be the “Jesus guy” even here.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody.
0:09.4	My name is Madlove.
0:11.3	And this is Ask the Pastor.
0:13.1	I am your host for today and for all days.
0:16.5	And we've been counting down the most listed two episodes in the history of the podcast.
0:20.3	We've gotten all the way through number two.
0:21.8	We only have one more left, but we're not doing it today.
0:24.7	Because we wanted to just sprinkle in a few season this top 10 with a few episodes that the J.D.
0:31.2	Grim ministry staff just thought were really good or helpful.
0:33.9	And this week, I think, is a question that is a great one and a fun one for JD to answer.
0:39.4	Because, you know, Pastor JD loves sending.
0:41.1	He loves missions.
0:42.0	He loves seeing people go to the ends of the earth.
0:43.8	He did serve overseas for a time in his 20s.
0:47.2	And, you know, the question this week is one I think he thinks about a lot and one that he gets asked a lot, which is J.D., why aren't you a missionary?
1:02.1	JD, this is actually, I think, one that I'm surprised we have not already asked on this,
1:06.7	on this show before, because you talk about missions and Unreach People groups all the time, frankly, we're over it. No, I'm just joking. No, because you talk about missions and unreached people groups all the time
1:11.4	frankly we're over it no i'm just joking um no but you talk about missions a lot and it kind of begs
1:16.6	the question why aren't you a missionary oh below the belt right here's the start of the yeah i won't
1:23.0	tell you i wouldn't be honest if i didn't tell you i was a little conflicted sometimes because i talk
1:27.4	about it so much and i'm obviously not i started out as a missionary yeah um I wouldn't be honest if I didn't tell you, I was a little conflicted sometimes because I talk about
1:27.6	it so much, and I'm obviously not. I started out as a missionary. So I went to college to go into law,
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