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Chapter 11
LOOSENING ROOTS TO
REACH THE NATIONS
ANSWER 6.
In the coronavirus God is loosening the roots of settled
Christians, all over the world, to make them free for
something new and radical and to send them with the
gospel of Christ to the unreached peoples of the world.
Connecting the coronavirus with missions may
seem like a strange idea, because in the short run, the coronavirus
is shutting down travel and migration and missionary
advance. But I am not thinking short term. God
has used the suffering and upheaval of history to move his
church to places it needs to go. I am suggesting that he
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