Now a new generation of believers faces a dramatically different Brazilian culture. How, in twenty-first century Brazil, can the vision cast by the first generation be carried forward? How will this new generation model the Gospel among today’s unbelievers?
Although we each have a personal relationship with Jesus, we need a small community of believers to fully mature into the likeness of Christ. Spiritual growth does not occur in isolation.
Pete could see tears welling up in Bob’s eyes. He was devastated. Everything in his life seemed wrong. Then Bob asked, “Pete, is there any hope for me?”
A Navigator pioneering venture is not finished until there is a foundational generation of disciples, laborers, and leaders to carry the movement onward. Sometimes that comes quickly. Sometimes it takes decades.
To our surprise, cross-cultural experience has helped us to know Jesus in a new dimension, and to understand ourselves in light of that same reality.
