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Submitted by elohimismydj on 19 May, 2005 - 18:58.

After a recent short term mission trip to Thailand to help with tsunami relief on Koh Phi Phi Don Island, I asked myself is there another way to do missions in an emergent context. What I came up with was Flash Mob Missions. There are already several agencies doing work on this island, what they need is people to come and be hands. These agencies are not "Christian" per say, but they are doing the work of the church even if they don’t know it. So I figured why create another organization, with a Christian banner, just to justify the work? So what I have done is created a website with all the details on how to go and serve the people of that Island. Wouldn’t it be a great representation of the church if a couple of hundred Christians from all over just showed up on the island to help? No fan fare, no press, and not "We need to stamp Jesus all over what we do."

If this sounds interesting at all please visit Flash Mob Missions.

I believe there is a way to do missions, without having to wave your arms and say, "Look at me, look at all the good I am doing." What do you all think?

I think it's a great idea.

Submitted by Andrew on 19 May, 2005 - 22:03.
I think it’s a great idea. We thought of doing something like this in London a while back as part of a church-planting initiative. We wondered if you could just get people together ‘spontaneously’ around some sort of ‘sign’ of the reality of God’s kingdom - so the point was not so much missional as instructive or even prophetic. Unfortunately we didn’t get very far with it, but it seemed a good idea in principle. I hope you’ll get some response, but I’d also like to here if others have tried something similar.

Wouldn't it be a great repres

Submitted by nikinko on 26 May, 2005 - 12:54.

Wouldn’t it be a great representation of the church if a couple of hundred Christians from all over just showed up on the island to help? No fan fare, no press, and not "We need to stamp Jesus all over what we do."

I like that. I like it alot!

Recently at uni we’ve been talking about ‘Social Action Evangelism’ and is it really such a good thing. There are also some thoughts on it at http://www.sundaypapers.org.uk/?p=125 . I love the idea of just going out there and helping just becuause it’s a good humanitarian response, not coz we have to help then use it as an excuse to prosletyse what we see as ‘the right way’.

The thing is, Jesus is already stamped all over what we would be doing with that, coz it’s His character. Doesn’t He say, "What you do for the least of these you do for me." I think it’s rather not stamping the name of ‘evangelism’ all over what we are doing.

Having an explanation ready

Submitted by bensternke on 26 May, 2005 - 18:47.

I heard one time about a church that did this kind of thing, but had a response ready for people who asked why they were doing it. I thought the response was great: "I am a servant of Jesus Christ. When I serve you, I am serving him."

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