Friday, June 22, 2007

With Apologies to Cameron Townsend

Cameron Townsend said:
“The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never considered a foreigner."

I suggest, then, that the second greatest missionary is contextualized media. It needs no furlough, never gets discouraged, plays the message back each and every time despite circumstances and, if properly contextualized, will have come from the hearts of the people who are watching.