Frontier Mission Haiku
By Dave Hackett, 6/9/2004

Highest and Greatest

For God's highest praise:
An indigenous church
In each people group

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For our greatest work,
For a Church's highest purpose:
A mission vision

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Birth the life of faith
Into the mother culture:
Child birthing mother
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I reach one person
And realize one immigrant
Gateways a culture
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A church a beacon
Shining away unbelief
Through a whole culture
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The first believer -
A modern day Lydia -
Takes a stance for God
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One mission vision,
With God's help, launches movements
That touch entire cultures
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It is no good gift
To deny Christ's good news
To a non-Christian.
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The Blessed Ones

Blessed are the feet
Of those first bold believers
Who know Jesus' love

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Blessed are the feet
Of those first bold proclaimers
Who cross culture's gaps

-- Dave Hackett