Integration in the community
Former Echoes International’s mission director Rupert Abbott reflects on his time serving as a mission partner in Birmingham and Pakistan. Jim and Matt consider how far mission partners should integrate into the culture and community in which they serve. Rupert shares about his skills in running agricultural projects over the years and how even something simple like compost can create a connection with a neighbour!
with Rupert Abbott, former Echoes International missions director and mission partner
Rupert Abbott has served in mission for many years, from inner city Birmingham to Pakistan to Thailand and then back to the UK, where he served as Echoes International Missions Director until 2022. He has used his skills in agriculture to build connections with the communities he’s lived in, and he and his wife Janet have been involved in fostering and adoption in a variety of contexts.
“The years that I spent in Birmingham had taught me what I needed to know and all the skills about how to have useful conversations with Muslim friends so that when I did get the opportunity in Pakistan and could open my mouth I had something useful to say and the right kind of way in which to say it ” – Rupert Abbott, former Echoes International missions director and mission partner
Podcast participants: Jim Armstrong, General Director, Echoes International, Matt Pitts, Missions Director, Echoes International and Rupert Abbott, former Echoes International missions director and mission partner
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KEYWORDS: Mission; Mission partners; Gospel; Christian; Brethren; Believers; Rural; Agriculture; Agricultural Development; Pakistan; Culture; Assimilation; Thailand; Birmingham; Outreach;
