The Missionary Position

The creation of the internet and social media has permanently changed how people interact with one another. Millions of people log on to the internet daily for the purpose of interaction. Additionally, according to Nils Smith, social media is the most popular activity on the internet. This twenty-first century phenomenon is a great opportunity for churches to capitalize on this innovative technology using it as a ministry tool for evangelism. Thousands of people use social media daily, but…

European exploration, Europe managed to establish and maintain at least a limited amount of interaction through commerce and the spread of religious beliefs; however, Europe experienced more success in maintaining contact through trade than through missionary activity. Asian attempts to limit European contact through trade proved to be largely unsuccessful, as laws in several Asian societies were not strict enough to totally eliminate their commerce with Europe. Although Asian authorities and…

WHAT IS A MISSIONARY? A missionary is a person sent on a religious journey, to share their faith with others. They often go to countries where their faith is uncommon or unknown. Lottie moon Charlotte Diggs (Lottie) Moon is an example of a Christian missionary. She lived in Virginia in the 19th century, and had six siblings. Though she attended the church services her mother held in their home, she was uninterested in church until she was eighteen and her friends invited her to hear about…

two types of mission trips differed by duration: short-term and long term mission trips. In addition to that there is also one more factor, and that is wheatear or not it is a local trip or a trip abroad. There has been an ongoing debate in the missionary world about the effectiveness of short-term mission trips and what role they play in the lives of the community and those going there to serve. There are some clear negative consequences that affect the people being served and the people going,…

David Livingstone: God’s Missionary and Africa’s Explorer In this essay I will be discussing one of the most remarkable missionaries and one of Africa’s finest explorers, Dr. David Livingstone. Dr. Livingstone was from a small town called Blantyre in Scotland. Most of his life there, he worked in a cotton mill. He wanted to become a medical missionary and constantly had people that were discouraging him. That did not stop him from pursuing his dreams. In his life time Dr. Livingstone faced many…

and they live by it through self-experience. The Vatican II movement has become into the movement of mission work. Pope Francis where the first to come global, he has set an example of what the contemporary mission is all about. Escobar and his missionary movement has reached many religion (Roman 8:14 -17). Escobar believes the Spirit of God can be reached all over the world. Even though there are different cultural and languages, the word of God can transform others to become faithful in the…

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…

bi-vocational missionary were interested in working in a city he or she would need a technical skill. Some of these technical skills include medical training, technology, business, education, and social work. For example nurses are always needed and what better way to share the gospel than by healing the sick. Many technology and business firms often have branches in foreign countries that would facilitate a missionary to both share the Gospel and still make a living. If the missionary lived in…

President’s office waiting for my appointment with him. I had just gotten examined by the mission nurse and things were not looking good for my case of staying on my mission. My diagnosis was a severe case of Psoriasis, the most severe that the Missionary Department in Salt Lake City had ever seen in all the years of operation. Approximately ninety percent of my body was covered in hard, thick, and flakey “scales” of skin. These “scales” would bleed and shed daily, only to already be replaced…

The term evangelism has a lot of stigmas attached to it. Some people (some believers (not all)) see it as a great and very necessary thing that we all are called to practice and do everyday. While other people (non-believers and believers alike) view evangelism as street preachers telling passerby that they are heathens and they are going to hell if they don’t get Jesus. When it comes to evangelism, obviously you want to do the first one and not the second. But how do you properly do it? What do…