What do Ecuador, Israel and Germany have in common?

Yesterday I attended a Baptist church for the commissioning service of a couple preparing for church planting in Germany. During the service the pastor also prayed for a man going to Israel for the summer and pointed out a woman who was flying out to Ecuador that evening.

That would seem impressive enough, but when I was at the front praying for the couple going to Germany I noticed something else. The church was full of people of all ages (not that surprising) but also people who appeared to be from India, Africa, East Asia and beyond.

So here was a church that both welcomed people from anywhere who'd come to the UK, but was also concerned about those who didn't come and was supporting people going out to them. Not a bad example to follow!