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“amateur missions work can leave behind immature converts, unformed churches, and untaught disciples. Even worse, it can leave behind unconverted converts, false churches, and disciples who don’t know whom they’re supposed to be following.”
― Matt Rhodes, No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions

“Second, I’m looking at missions in a narrow sense. That is, I’m specifically concerned with the type of missions that sees its goal as establishing Christ-centered churches that are sufficiently mature to multiply and endure among peoples who have had little or no access to Jesus’s message.”
― Matt Rhodes, No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions

“I will limit my discussion of missions to the planting of churches among unreached peoples because this is my area of expertise and experience, and because it’s the most direct expression of Christ’s Great Commission:”
― Matt Rhodes, No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions

“Perhaps missionaries, like practitioners of other vocations, can be guilty of malpractice, and for the same reason: people under our care can be hurt by our negligence and lack of professionalism just as they could be hurt by the amateurism of untrained medical professionals, marriage counselors, or mechanics. A burning heart and a Bible are not enough.”
― Matt Rhodes, No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions