Partnering with Local Churches to Train and Send Missionaries Worldwide
The Bible is very clear about our responsibility to take the gospel everywhere (all the world) and to everyone (every creature). The responsibility of world evangelism rests squarely on the local church. The local church has every resource necessary to
As we travel and go to churches to present our ministry, I am continually amazed at kindness and generosity of God’s people. They put together missions conferences. They give gifts, serve meals, provide lodging, and commit to pray. They take
Every year, many local churches put together a missions conference. Planning a missions conference can be very challenging, especially when coming up with ideas to make the conference fresh and exciting. Here are a few random ideas that I have
THE LOG By Perry Draper (Reprinted by permission from HIS, student magazine of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, C. 1963.) It was a large log, one of the largest I’d seen. Surely some fine lumber would come from this freshly-chopped monument. This
Missions 101: Part 3 – What is involved in the missionary family moving to the field and adjusting to the new culture and way of life and ministry? Preparation to Leave for the Field They must prepare themselves spiritually for
Missions 101: Part 2 – How does a missionary raise support and get to the field that he believes God has directed him to? First, we need to understand that where God guides, He provides. God’s work done in God’s
Missions 101: Part 1 – What are the steps that lead to a person becoming a missionary? First, God works in an individual’s heart about being a missionary. Because it is God’s will is that we reach the world with
I recently put together a six-part series about the Benefits of Furlough on my blog. I would like to invite you to click the links below to read about what furlough is and the benefits of it. Hopefully, this will
Up to this point, all the benefits I have mentions have been fairly obvious, I think. But this final benefit is one that I only realized recently. I was talking with missionary Keith Shumaker about furlough one time. I asked
One huge reason to take a furlough is to be a blessing an encouragement to those churches and individuals who have supported the missionary. Reporting in to supporting churches is a very Biblical thing to do. Acts 14:26-28 says, “And thence
