My name is David Westlake, and for as long as I can remember I have been gripped by the vision of mission and inspired by people who were passionate about the last, the least and the lost. My passion, which I share with the Global Compassion Network, is to inspire and equip Christians and churches to serve their communities with word and deed in the power of the Holy Spirit.
We believe God has sent churches, “To proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,” (Luke 4:18-19); that God’s mission involves proclamation, intercession, worship and demonstration, and we believe that this can transform people’s lives, and the world around them.
18 months ago a small group came together and shared vision that we had to go to a place where the church was living out this mission and to learn from it: we wanted to go to Mumbai. In this city churches are doing amazing work sharing God’s love for the least, the last, and the lost. I’ve visited a number of times, and I am also moved and inspired by what the Christians there are doing, and am challenged to follow their example in my own home town.
My prayer for the Call2Compassion and Justice is that you will also be inspired by the work that you will see and hear about in Mumbai, that you’ll want to go back to your communities and follow the example of these churches, and that you’ll go home equipped to do so by the workshops that will take place during the conference.
Please, join us in Mumbai - and encourage others to come with you on the journey.
God bless,
David
