Recovering what it means to be a body of people sent on a mission is the hard and necessary challenge facing today's church. This requires leaders who know God,  who teach with insight, who form genuine Christian community, and who can lead congregations into their mission.

George is coordinator of the Gospel and Our Culture Network in North America and a past president of the American Society of Missiology.

He is the author of Bearing the Witness of the Spirit: Lesslie Newbigin's Theology of Cultural Plurality, co-author of Missional Church: A Theological Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America, and Treasure in Clay Jars: Patterns in Missional Faithfulness. He has also contributed many articles and reviews to theological journals.