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THE ROADS TO YOUR ROLE

ogy, to understand the implications month training program. Radius is
r
of each methodology, and to know not the ?silver bullet?, but if you?e
how those methodologies line up looking to church plant among the
with your sending church. unreached people groups of this
world today, it can be a significant
The final component to look for in help to you and your home church.
missionary training is the character
component. As so Good pre-field training
often is stated, ?Char- is a must in this day
acter is King.? Good and age, whether it is
pre- field training will Radius training or not.
press into the charac- Every competent pro-
ter of the potential fessional gets training
missionary candidate. prior to engaging in
That won? happen in their desired field.
t
2 months, it will take Pilots go through
longer. years of testing, doc-
tors through countless
There are a handful of training rotations, and
specialty schools and teachers through
send agency pre-field hours and hours of
training programs that practicum. Missionar-
cover many good ies are no different.
components. Radius The Marines like to say, ?The more
International is the only one that is you sweat in peacetime, the less
not tied to one particular agency, you bleed in wartime.? Make no
teaches the key classes (list above), mistake, missionaries are in a war.
covers all current and historic To be competent for the task,
methodologies, and evaluates the serious pre-field training is vital.
character of each one over the ten

RESOURCES

1. You Play how you Practice
https://www.radiusinternational.org/you-play-
how-you-practice/
2. https://radical.net
3. A Foreigner with a Foreign Message
https://www.radiusinternational.org/a-
foreigner-with-a-foreign-message/