The West as a mission field

Posted on October 1, 2026 
Filed under Encouragement, Evangelism

“I’m reading a book on the stock market crash of 1929 (because yes, I’m a special kind of nerd). I’m fascinated by the mindset of the investors that led the world into such economic devastation, and the collective mentality of the millions of people who willingly followed them.

And when I read this line, I felt like I’d been struck by lightning:

So long as faith in tomorrow was maintained, debts could be rolled over endlessly into the future.

This is an apt description of our mindset in the West today when it comes to spiritual reality. …”

– The Australian Church Record has published the first of two articles by Ruth Baker who writes to remind us that our local communities are mission fields.