The Purpose, Plan, and Development of Missions.
Why is so much time devoted to missions within the history of the Christian Church? From the days of Philip traveling to Samaria, to Augustin sailing for Britain, to Carey ministering in India the push for evangelism has dominated the Church and rightly so. The Christianity has grown to the largest religious group in the world since those 120 Spirit-filled believers at Pentecost. The driving principle behind this massive growth was not awesome music, fancy delivery, or beautiful buildings; but rather a desire to evangelize the lost by carrying the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In short or simple terms this process is called missions.
A Christian mission is more than a mere process; it is simple in …show more content…
The answer is simple; we should focus on missions because it is our task as believers to do so. Until all of the world hears the truth or until Christ calls His church home the Gospel should be preached to every tribe, tongue, and nation. According to a recent poll by pewforum.org, the world has a populace of an estimated 7 billion people. The largest religion is Christianity with 31.5%, Islam is second with 23.2%, and Hinduism is third with 15%. There are numerous other religions not included. It has also been documented that there are possibly twelve to twenty four thousand people groups in the world. Within those groups three thousand to seventeen thousand are virtually unreached. This is quite the “great commission” for the church today. However with zeal and proper use of technology it is possible to advance the Gospel to these groups in a relatively short time period. (Ashford …show more content…
There are many facets in the gem known as missions; the most obvious and difficult of these is that of determining where to go and how to finance that endeavor. Prayer and obedience to the Spirit are necessary on determining where God would have a prospective missionary go. As unfortunate as it is, money is needed for any planned mission trip or sustaining any established work. A call is given to all believers to preach the Gospel; some are called to pastor or evangelize neighbors and others are called to minister to foreign lands. The first and most important task for a believer is to seek God’s ultimate will for one’s life. However, the believer must avoid the popular opinion of a “Macedonian call” which implies God will mystically speak in the night commanding your mission to an area. This is an incorrect interpretation of Scripture; Paul was already on a mission when this vision occurred. The average believer must pray, seek, and the wait on the voice of God in their lives. God has a general will for all men and a specific will for every soul on this planet; the specific will is unique to each and every person. (Kane
Why is so much time devoted to missions within the history of the Christian Church? From the days of Philip traveling to Samaria, to Augustin sailing for Britain, to Carey ministering in India the push for evangelism has dominated the Church and rightly so. The Christianity has grown to the largest religious group in the world since those 120 Spirit-filled believers at Pentecost. The driving principle behind this massive growth was not awesome music, fancy delivery, or beautiful buildings; but rather a desire to evangelize the lost by carrying the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In short or simple terms this process is called missions.
A Christian mission is more than a mere process; it is simple in …show more content…
The answer is simple; we should focus on missions because it is our task as believers to do so. Until all of the world hears the truth or until Christ calls His church home the Gospel should be preached to every tribe, tongue, and nation. According to a recent poll by pewforum.org, the world has a populace of an estimated 7 billion people. The largest religion is Christianity with 31.5%, Islam is second with 23.2%, and Hinduism is third with 15%. There are numerous other religions not included. It has also been documented that there are possibly twelve to twenty four thousand people groups in the world. Within those groups three thousand to seventeen thousand are virtually unreached. This is quite the “great commission” for the church today. However with zeal and proper use of technology it is possible to advance the Gospel to these groups in a relatively short time period. (Ashford …show more content…
There are many facets in the gem known as missions; the most obvious and difficult of these is that of determining where to go and how to finance that endeavor. Prayer and obedience to the Spirit are necessary on determining where God would have a prospective missionary go. As unfortunate as it is, money is needed for any planned mission trip or sustaining any established work. A call is given to all believers to preach the Gospel; some are called to pastor or evangelize neighbors and others are called to minister to foreign lands. The first and most important task for a believer is to seek God’s ultimate will for one’s life. However, the believer must avoid the popular opinion of a “Macedonian call” which implies God will mystically speak in the night commanding your mission to an area. This is an incorrect interpretation of Scripture; Paul was already on a mission when this vision occurred. The average believer must pray, seek, and the wait on the voice of God in their lives. God has a general will for all men and a specific will for every soul on this planet; the specific will is unique to each and every person. (Kane