Missions

So how can we as believers be more faithful in our witnessing? Using the image of a body, I want to reflect on 5 aspects of faithful witnessing.

We are seeing major shifts in how the missionary task is being carried out around the world. Globalization is complexifying evangelical missiology before our eyes, and it is opening up a diversity of strategic opportunities for gospel workers.

Missionaries proclaim the gospel simple and sufficient and teach the gospel deep and complete in the power of the Spirit so that people see and understand.

We release missionaries from our churches and send them off to where the church is not and where the church is weak.

Surely, as he teaches and leads, the pastor will be faithful in directing church members to obey God’s commands including:  “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).

The failure to implement an effective theological education strategy decelerates the development of competent leaders and will restrict biblical growth of the kingdom across the globe.

In the first article of this series, I defined missions and explained how the gospel of God and the obedience of faith function in this definition. Continuing our series on building a biblical missiology, this article deals with the question: who is a missionary? Taking our lead from Romans 1:1-5, I define missionary as follows:

My goal in this article is to set forth a biblical definition of missions, the purpose for which we send missionaries, that which missionaries do—the missionary-mission.

The Christmas season for most of us tends to be a time to slow down, celebrate, and reflect. Yet, Christmas can also provide unique opportunities for Christians to live missionally in tangible ways.

In this episode, Hershael York walks through how to be a church that cares for missionaries, and how to be mindful of those working in the field through giving and mission trips.

By learning about the prophet of Islam, Christians will be better able to speak of our hope in Christ to Muslims around us.

If you wouldn’t put the would-be missionary on your church staff—assuming you had the funds to do so—don’t put them on a plane.

We look forward to the day when decisions about short-term trips are made comparatively simply, but we’re not there yet, so we need wisdom.

Missionaries need more than sending churches. They need a host of staying churches who will remain spiritual mothers in the days, months, and years ahead.

Carey desired to see the nations reached with the gospel. His gifts were clear from an early age, and his opportunity came in time.

What did it mean for Adoniram Judson to feel “called” to be a missionary?

John of Damascus (676-749) is a model for how rich theology fuels Christian evangelism.

Only by God’s kind, saving, and sanctifying grace can anyone attain the characteristics, competencies, and commitments of a faithful missionary.