ALL-iN Black Missions Mobilization Magazine

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BLACK MOBILIZATION MAGAZINE | VOLUME II

Taking the Black Church GLOBAL Biblical Basis for Mission Page 1

Black News & Views Page 6

Blacks in Missions

Ministering in a Season of Fear Page 25

Frontline Missionaries Vs...

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Never Say Never Page 22

Wise Mission Stewardship Page 27

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THE ONE COMMISSION FOUNDATION “Fellow Helpers of the Truth” – 3 John 8

OUR PURPOSE MISSIONARY CARE:

MOBILIZING:

FINANCIAL:

to keep their names, faces and ministries before the body of Christ and to share His burden of love for missionaries with churches all over the U.S.

to mobilize the black church to the mission field

to provide a grant to those currently serving in a crosscultural ministry

HOW CAN YOU HELP? • Offering to pray for our missionaries—through our prayer initiative • Support missionaries through our grant program—online gift or through Kingdom Finds • Learn about our many programs and opportunities by visiting us online at www.theocfoundation.org or email us info@theocfoundation.org

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Biblical Basis for Mission Center for World Mobilization

This lesson will help you see the incredible continuity of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.

1. What do you think the main theme in the Bible?

2. How many verses in the Bible do you think are about the nations?* Read these passages: • Genesis 12:1-3 • Psalm 46:10 • Isaiah 49:6 • Matthew 28:18-20 • Revelation 5:9 Ask these questions: 3. Do you see any repeating themes as you read these verses?

4. What are some familiar bible stories where you see God pursuing all nations to know Him and worship Him? 5. Why do you think many Christians have not noticed the global implications of these stories?

6. Sometimes Christians read the Bible from a Me-centered perspective, rather than a God-centered perspective. What is the traditional take-away or reassuring theme that tell people from the “David vs

Goliath” story? What is the Me-centered perspective to that story vs. the God-centered perspective? Read 1 Samuel 17:45-47.

7. How might reading scripture in context of the primary theme change the way to read and interpret Scripture?

Application 8. Would you consider doing a 7-Day or 30-Day BBOM experiment? Spend the next week (or the next month) of your quiet times reading through 3-5 passages each day about God’s Heart for the Nations.

9. Questions to think through as you read the passages: a. What do you learn about God? b. What do you learn about people? c. What does it say about you and your role in God’s mission?

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7-Day Experiment

30-Day Experiment

Day 1: Biblical Basis for Mission Genesis 12:1-3 1 Chronicles 16:23-24 Psalm 67:1-3 Isaiah 49:6 Daniel 7:13-14

Day 1 1. Genesis 1:28 2. Genesis 11:1-9 3. Genesis 12:1-3 4. Genesis 22:1-18 5. Genesis 28:3-4, 13-15

Day 9 41. Psalm 82:8 42. Psalm 83:1-3, 16-18 43. Psalm 86:8-10 44. Psalm 96:1-13 45. Psalm 97:1, 6-7, 9

Day 2 6. Exodus 9:14, 16 7. Numbers 14:21 8. Deuteronomy 4:5-8 9. Joshua 4:23-5:1 10. 1 Samuel 17:45-47

Day 10 46. Psalm 98:1-9 47. Psalm 99:1-3 48. Psalm 100:1-5 49. Psalm 102:15-22 50. Psalm 105:1

Day 3 11. 2 Samuel 22:50 12. 1 Kings 4:29-34 13. 1 Kings 10:1-10 14. 1 Kings 10:23-24 15. 2 Kings 19:19

Day 11 51. Psalm 108:3-6 52. Psalm 113:4 53. Psalm 117:1, 2 54. Psalm 126:1-2 55. Psalm 138:4-5

Day 4 16. 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 17. 2 Chronicles 6:32, 33 18. 2 Chronicles 20:6 19. Ezra 1:2-3 20. Psalm 2:8

Day 12 56. Psalm 148:11-13 57. Psalm 150:6 58. Isaiah 2:2-4 59. Isaiah 5:26 60. Isaiah 6:3

Day 5 21. Psalm 8:1, 9 22. Psalm 9:11 23. Psalm 18:49 24. Psalm 19:1-4 25. Psalm 22:27-29

Day 13 61. Isaiah 11:9-12 62. Isaiah 12:4-5 63. Isaiah 18:1-3, 7 64. Isaiah 24:14-16 65. Isaiah 25:3-8

Day 2: Biblical Basis for Mission Habakkuk 2:14 Malachi 1:11 Matthew 24:14 Romans 1:5 Revelation 7:9-10 Day 3: Go Acts 1:8 Mark 16:15 Luke 24:27 Matthew 28:19-20 Romans 15:20-21 Psalm 96:3 Day 4: Pray John 17:20-21 Matthew 9:36-37 2 Kings 19:19 Psalm 2:8 Isaiah 59:1 Day 5: Send 3 John 1:5-8 Romans 10:14-15 John 20:21 Philippians 4:17-19 Acts 13:2-3 Day 6: Welcome Leviticus 19:33-34 Deuteronomy 10:19 Isaiah 56:6-8 Mark 11:17 2 Chronicles 6:32-33 1 Kings 8:41-43 Day 7: Mobilize Habakkuk 2:2 Deuteronomy 4:5-6 Matthew 4:19 John 4:35-36 Isaiah 66:18-19 Luke 24:45-47 2 | ALL iN ALL iN

Day 6 26. Psalm 33:8-9 27. Psalm 45:17 28. Psalm 46:10 29. Psalm 47:1-2, 7-9 30. Psalm 48:2, 10 Day 7 31. Psalm 57:5, 9-11 32. Psalm 59:13 33. Psalm 65:5-8 34. Psalm 66:1-9 35. Psalm 67:1-7 Day 8 36. Psalm 68:31-34 37. Psalm 72:9-11, 17-19 38. Psalm 76:11, 12 39. Psalm 77:14 40 Psalm 79:9, 10

Day 14 66. Isaiah 37:16, 20 67. Isaiah 42:6-12 68. Isaiah 43:5-7 69. Isaiah 45:5-6 70. Isaiah 45:22-23 Day 15 71. Isaiah 49:1, 6-7 72. Isaiah 49:22, 23, 26 73. Isaiah 52:7, 10, 15 74. Isaiah 61:9, 11 75. Isaiah 62:1-2

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Day 16 76. Isaiah 66:18-23 77. Jeremiah 3:17 78. Jeremiah 4:1-2 79. Jeremiah 10:6, 7 80 Jeremiah 16:19-21

Day 21 101. Matthew 12:15-21 102. Matthew 15:21-28 103. Matthew 24:14 104. Matthew 25:31-32 105. Matthew 28:18-20

Day 26 126. Acts 26:15-23, 29 127. Acts 28:28-31 128. Romans 1:5-8 129. Romans 1:13-16 130. Romans 3:22-24, 29-30

Day 17 81. Jeremiah 33:9 82. Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22, 41 83. Ezekiel 21:5 84. Ezekiel 39:7, 21, 23 85. Ezekiel 36:21-23, 32, 36

Day 22 106. Mark 11:17 107. Mark 13:9-10 108. Mark 16:15, 16, 20 109. Luke 2:29-32 110. Luke 4:25-27

Day 27 131. Romans 9:17 132. Romans 10:11-13 133. Romans 10:14-15 134. Romans 15:7-12 135. Romans 15:16, 18-21

Day 18 86. Ezekiel 37:28 87. Daniel 3:28-29 88. Daniel 4:1-3, 34-35, 37 89. Daniel 6:25-27 90. Daniel 7:13-14

Day 23 111. Luke 13:29 112. Luke 24:45-48 113. John 3:14-21 114. John 6:33, 51 115. John 8:12

Day 28 136. Romans 16:25-27 137. Galatians 3:8, 14 138. Ephesians 2:11—3:10 139. Philippians 2:9-11 140. Colossians 1:5-6

Day 19 91. Micah 4:1-2 92. Micah 5:4 93. Habakkuk 2:14 94. Zephaniah 2:11 95. Zephaniah 3:9-10

Day 24 116. John 12:32 117. John 17:20-23 118. Acts 1:8 119. Acts 3:25-26 120. Acts 9:15

Day 29 141. Colossians 3:11 142. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 143. 2 Timothy 4:17 144. 1 John 2:2 145. Revelation 5:9-10

Day 20 96. Zechariah 8:20-23 97. Zechariah 9:10 98. Malachi 1:5, 11, 14 99. Matthew 5:13-16 100. Matthew 6:9-10

Day 25 121. Acts 11:1, 14, 17-18 122. Acts 15:3, 7-19 123. Acts 17:4, 6-7 124. Acts 17:24-31, 34 125. Acts 22:21

Day 30 146. Revelation 5:13 147. Revelation 7:9-10 148. Revelation 14:6-7 149. Revelation 15:3-4 150. Revelation 21:23-26

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DEFINITIONS OF A MOBILIZER AND MOBILIZATION ALL iN is a missions mobilization magazine to be used as a tool to stir the hearts of believers, blacks in particular, to the mission field. In order for this tool to be used effectively, let’s get a clear understanding of the role of the kingdom mobilizer and the movement.

Phil Parshall, missionary and author, described mobilizers this way: “Someone must sound the rallying call. Those who desire to see others trained, prepared and released to ministry are known as mobilizers. Mobilizers stir other Christians to active concern for reaching the world. They coordinate efforts between senders, the local churches, sending agencies, and missionaries on the field. Mobilizers are absolutely essential.

Wesley Tullis explains it like this: “Essentially, mobilization refers to any process by which God’s people are awakened and kept moving and growing until they find their place for strategic involvement in the task of completing world evangelization. Mobilizers are those who channel key resources,

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training, and vision for world evangelization to the Body of Christ. It has been said, that to improperly appreciate and support the role of the mobilizer is to seriously hinder the functions of the goer, sender, and welcomer.”

Greg Parsons, Global Director for Frontier Ventures said, “Mission mobilization is a strategic new category that churches are increasingly recognizing as key to their global outreach.

If mobilizers are “the forgotten key to world evangelization” according to Rick Wood, an editor for Mission Frontiers magazine, “then why is it not the number one giving priority?” He goes on to say that “…mobilization is the most critical ministry to completing the task of world evangelization, but it is also the most neglected and misunderstood of all ministries. Without aggressive mobilization we will not see the numbers of missionaries going to the field that are required to reach all unreached peoples.”

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elcome to 2022! This year will be a year of amazing accomplishments; for you and me. This is a quarterly magazine, so this marks the first edition for the year, I hope you enjoy it. The whole point of this magazine is to share with readers the beauty of joining God in His mission, to make His name great throughout the world. As Christians, as children of the Most High, we have a responsibility on earth to share the gospel with all people. No matter where they live or for that matter, where we live; our business is souls.

The three years of Jesus’ ministry, that was his sole purpose. He performed miracles solely for the magnification of God. He reached out to the outcasts, to the poor and even to people groups the Jews considered unclean and beneath them.

Jesus looked upon all of them with compassion because He saw their need for a savior. He was focused on his assignment until the end.

Leaving your home country or even your home state to go to a place you have never been. To witness to a people who may be different from you; racially or culturally. To forsake all for the gospel is not only what Jesus did for us but its what he has commissioned us to do (Acts 1:8).

Jesus was the first to do it, because he left heaven.

He gave up the streets of gold to walk on dusty, rocky roads. He gave up a throne for a manger and then later a cross. He gave up heavenly worship for earthly shame and a beating. When you put it into context, what really is He asking us to give up for Him?

I wonder do we as a body really understand the meaning of being a Christian. What does it entail?

What would a God who had no problem sacrificing His only begotten son, ask of me in return? Yes, salvation is free but its also meant to be shared. Jesus not only bore a cross, but he carried it uphill on a back that had been beaten almost raw. Just like his disciples, we are required to bear a cross as well; also like him we do not have to bear our cross alone.

Jesus’ life of ministry is the best picture of our Christian journey. Jesus was comfortable in being uncomfortable. He looked beyond what he saw in the natural to see man’s need and he never lost focus of it. Jesus realized he couldn’t do it alone and he couldn’t do it all. So that is where we, his disciples, pick up the ball and run. Those 12 disciples, less Judas, and add the apostle Paul, turned the world upside down with the gospel.

How much more can we do?

There are 7,400 unreached people groups left who never heard the gospel. Look inside this edition and see where they’re located and ask God what He would have you to do to change that number.

PRAY GO SEND

Because He Is, Jacinta Russell Editor in Chief

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BLACK NEWS AND VIEWS World Population: 7.84 Billion Population in Unreached: 3.28 Billion % Population in Unreached: 41.8% Over 1/3 of the world has never heard of Jesus

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ccording to Barna Research, over the • They strongly agree that the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches past twenty years after studying Whites, Hispanics and Blacks were • They have a personal responsibility to share surveyed for their religious beliefs and here are their religious beliefs with other people who their findings: might believe differently than they do.

The most stable group of the three racial/ethnic segments has been the Blacks. The study shows that Blacks were the most likely to: During the past 20 years, they have undergone significant change in just two of the 14 • Engage in church-centric activities, such as religious variables tracked. attending church services, attending a Sunday school class, and volunteering at their church during typical week Specifically, Blacks were more likely than • Read the Bible, other than at church events, other segments to say: during a typical week • Their religious beliefs are very important in • Blacks were the least likely segment to be their life today unchurched. In fact, they were only half as likely as either Whites or Hispanics to be • They have made a personal commitment to unchurched.

Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today • They believe that God is “the all-knowing, all-powerful and perfect Creator of the universe who still rules the world today”

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YET Less than 1% of the U.S. missionary force is Black

Then He said to His disciples,

“The harvest is plentiful yet the laborers are few, therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

Luke 10:2 The Black Church is a sleeping giant, full of rich potential

Arise and Let’s

GO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS And the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14

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This I remember and it gives me

HOPE. It is because of your

MERCY that I am not consumed.

Your

COMPASSION for me never fails.

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They are new every morning.

Great is Your FAITHFULNESS.

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For nearly 40 years, we have provided opportunities and sent missions-minded youth and adults, particularly people of color, to reach the new world with the Good News in places, such as:

AFRICA • Benin* • Ghana • Kenya • Liberia • Morocco* • Nigeria • Sudan ASIA • Afghanistan* • India*

NORTH AMERICA • Dominican Republic • Haiti* • Mexico* • Puerto Rico • United States* EUROPE • England* • Spain • Turkey

*We currently have long-and/or short-term missions opportunities in these countries.

“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” – Corinthians 5:20‐21 (NKJV)

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BLACKS in MISSIONS History Throughout February

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ebruary 1, 1823 — Betsey Stockton, a young black woman in company with 13 white missionaries, was on board a ship rounding the southern tip of South America. The missionaries were on their way to the Sandwich Islands (present-day Hawaii). They had left New Haven, Connecticut in November, sent out by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, an agency at the forefront of American Protestantism’s burgeoning interest in foreign missions.

Betsey Stockton was in the second group of missionaries to go to Hawaii, the first having arrived two years before.

Besides Stockton, there were six couples and a single man, plus three Hawaiian men and a Tahitian. The trip took five months by sea with no stopovers. Like others on board, Stockton kept a journal of the voyage and of her first couple of months in Hawaii. She had joined the company partly as a missionary and partly as a servant to one of the couples, Rev. and Mrs. Charles S. Stewart, who were expecting a child. However, Betsey’s contract with the American Board did make clear that she was not to be simply a servant but was also to share in the mission’s primary work.

February 2, 1911 — During a morning devotional hour at Central Texas College in Waco, a teacher, Eliza George, has a vision of black Africans passing before the judgment seat of Christ. Weeping and moaning, many of them were saying, “No one ever told us You died for us.” A few years earlier, while a student at Guadalupe College, Eliza George had responded to an invitation for volunteer missionary service. Now, she felt a vision was prodding her to go to

Africa. The college president tried to dissuade her: “Don’t let yourself get carried away by that foolishness. You don’t have to go over there to be a missionary — we have enough Africa over here.” It would be two more years before Eliza George got up enough courage to leave her teaching position and head to Liberia. In her resignation speech, she read an original poem: “My African brother is calling me; Hark! Hark! I hear his voice . . . Would you say stay when God said go?” On December 12, 1913, Eliza George sailed from New York as a National Baptist missionary.

February 4, 1786 — John Marrant, a free black from New York City, preached at Green’s Harbour, Newfoundland, from 2 Corinthians 13:5 “a great number of Indians and white people.” Marrant ministered cross-culturally, preaching to the American Indians. He eventually carried the gospel to the Cherokee, Creek, Catawar, and Housaw tribes.

February 5, 1884 — Evangelist and missionary Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915) was in Africa after having spent some time in India. In her journal entry for this day she writes: “Second Gospel Temperance meeting. Surely the Spirit of the Lord is with us, and He is blessing us greatly.

Not so much liberty in speaking, but God is with us, and we are expecting great things. Oh, Lord, for Jesus’ sake, answer prayer, and send us the Holy Ghost to quicken and revive us.”

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February 6, 1820 — Daniel Coker sailed from New York headed to Africa along with 90 emigrants being sent by the Maryland Colonization Society to establish what would become Liberia. Coker was specifically sent by the MCS as a missionary although no particular mission board was involved.

February 7, 1930 — In a service commemorating fifty years of Congregational missions in Angola, the Galangue mission choir, under the leadership of Bessie McDowell, introduced a new song. It was Bessie’s own Ovimbundu translation of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” AfricanAmericans called “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” — which had been composed in 1900 by the brothers James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson — the “Negro National Anthem.”

On this date, February 7, Henry Curtis McDowell, Bessie’s husband, wrote to African-American supporters to say that “Galangue has made the first step, so far as I know, in making ‘Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing’ the international anthem.” The McDowells had gone to Angola in 1917.

Also, February 7, 1878, Andrew Cartwright from North Carolina organized the first American Methodist Episcopal Zion church on the African continent at Brewerville in Liberia.

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February 8, 1847 ‐ African-American Robert Hill had been appointed to accompany some white missionaries to Africa for the purpose of assisting them. On December 17, 1846, they had sailed for the coast of Africa, from Providence, Rhode Island. On this day, February 8, they arrived in Monrovia, Liberia.

February 10, 1819 — Around this time Moses Henkle becomes acquainted with what John Stewart, “Man of Color,” was doing to found a mission among the Wyandott Indians at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Stewart, the first Methodist missionary to the Indians, had been converted in 1815 while drunk in a Methodist meeting in Ohio.

Henkle’s work with Stewart gave credibility to Stewart’s ministry. The resulting publicity led to the organization of a Methodist missionary society in 1819 in New York City.

February 12, 1865 — Presbyterian minister Henry Garnet became the first African American to preach a sermon in the U.S. House of Representatives. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1815, Garnet escaped to New England with his father when he was nine years old. In 1852 Garnet went to Jamaica as a Presbyterian missionary. Ill health forced his return to the U.S. in 1855 where he became very active in the abolitionist movement.

Also on February 12, 1847, William Colley was born in Virginia as a slave. In 1875 he was sent as a Southern Baptist Missionary to Lagos and Nigeria.

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February 13, 1824 — One hundred and five black emigrants from the U.S. arrived in Liberia on the ship Cyrus. They were received by Lott Cary and Colin Teague who had arrived three years earlier to begin an era of missionary expansion by American Negro Baptists. They were the first missionaries sent out by a black group, the Richmond African Baptist Missionary Society.

February 14, 1760 — Birth of Richard Allen, founder in 1816 of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination. By 1886, the Church was the world’s largest denomination of African-Americans. It had more than four hundred thousand members, nearly three thousand ordained ministers, more than three thousand church buildings, and had sent missionaries to Haiti, San Domingo, and Africa. In 1893 AME headquarters received a request from a group of Afro-Cubans to send missionaries to their island.

February 15, 1859 — Death of John Day (born: 1797), Southern Baptist missionary to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Central Africa as well as one of the founding fathers of the country of Liberia. During his thirteen years in Africa, Day estimated he had preached to about 10,000 “heathen.”

February 16, 1922 — About this date, Jamaican-born Montrose Waite received a letter from the Christian and Missionary Alliance mission board saying they wanted to send him as a missionary to Africa. Waite had won the battle against prejudice and rejection and even friends who urged him to the stay in the U.S., his adopted country.

Waite would serve as a missionary in Sierra Leone and Liberia and would be instrumental in the founding of the Afro-American Missionary Crusade (1947) and the Carver Foreign Missions organization.

attempt to repel a French ship in quest of slaves. Of Cary, the newspaper said, “Lott Cary was a worthy and useful Baptist preacher, himself a colored man.” Born a slave in Virginia, Cary became a Christian while in Richmond. He purchased his freedom, became a lay exhorter and then a licensed Baptist preacher. He went to Liberia in the early 1820s as one of the first American missionaries to the African continent.

Also on February 19, 1902 Levi Coppin from Maryland made his first trip to South Africa where he been named as the Episcopal bishop.

February 20, 2000 — A heart attack claimed the life of Marilyn Lewis, volunteer at the United States Center for World Mission who helped lay the groundwork for their

“ God has blessed us. Now it is time for the African American to bless the world in evangelization efforts.

February 18, 1797 — Birth of John Day, a “free person of color” who emigrated to Liberia in 1830 as a participant in the American Colonization Movement. In 1836 he became a missionary for the Triennial Convention of the American Baptists. When the Southern Baptist Convention was formed in 1845, its foreign mission board appointed Day as superintendent of Liberian missions, a post he held until his death in 1859. Day was also a signer of the Declaration of Independence of Liberia in 1847. In addition to his missionary work, he became Liberia’s second Supreme Court Justice. His brother Thomas was a well-known cabinet maker in North Carolina.

African American Mobilization Division. A school teacher in Pasadena, CA, Marilyn often spoke of her desire to serve as a missionary in Brazil, reaching the descendants of those who had come from Africa. Just prior to her unexpected death, Marilyn had written a call-to-action article: “Just look at an African-American church today and you can see testimony to our new era: richly decorated, air conditioned sanctuaries with carpeted floors are now quite common. Many drive to church in the latest model cars. Today, instead of working the tables at restaurants, many African Americans own them.

February 19, 1829 — The Boston Recorder newspaper reported the death of African-American missionary Lott Cary in Liberia. He was killed in an explosion during an

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involved in missionary work. But now the doors are wide open and we are without excuse.”

February 22, 1880 — Moses Ladejo Stone was ordained into the ministry in the First Baptist Church, Lagos (originally known as American Baptist Church) by William W. Colley.

Colley, an African American, is thought to be the only person to have served as an appointed missionary of both a white-administered missionary-sending agency and a black-administered missionary-sending agency. Colley began his missionary career in 1875. That year, he was appointed by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board to serve in West Africa as assistant to W. J. David, a white missionary from Mississippi. In November of 1879, Colley returned to the United States convinced that many more blacks should be involved in international missions, especially in Africa.

February 29, 1581 — Peter Claver, born on this date in Spain, became known as “Slave of the Blacks” and “Slave of the Slaves.” A farmer’s son from Verdu in Catalonia, Claver studied at the University of Barcelona. At age 20, he became a Jesuit priest. Influenced by Alphonsus Rodriguez, Claver went to South America as a missionary. He ministered to African slaves physically and spiritually when they arrived in Cartegena, Colombia. It is estimated by some that Claver converted 300,000 African slaves to Christianity. For 40 years he worked for humane treatment on the plantations. Claver organized charitable societies among the Spanish in America similar to those organized in Europe by Vincent de Paul. Claver said of the slaves, “We must speak to them with our hands by giving before we try to speak to them with our lips.” Peter Claver died on September 8, 1654 at Cartegena, Colombia of natural causes.

As Colley traveled back and forth across the country, he urged black Baptists to take an independent course in mission work and form their own sending agency. Colley was the primary force in the founding of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention (BFMC) in 1880.

February 23, 1814 — The foundation of the Baptist Mission in Jamaica had been laid by a few black and “coloured” men who had gone to the island from the U.S.A. in 1782. Some of them had been slaves in the United States who had been granted liberty by their owners. Some were Christians when they arrived in Jamaica, while others had been converted after their arrival. The most noted were George Lisle (the first ordained black in America), George Lewis, George Gibb and Moses Baker. It was chiefly through the urging of Moses Baker that the English Baptist Missionary Society began missionary work in Jamaica. The first missionary sent from England in response to Baker’s pleas was John Rowe, who landed at Montego Bay, February 23, 1814.

Praying for our missionaries.

February 24, 1840 — Evangelist George Brown, who established the Heddington mission station in Liberia, reported organizing a church among the Pessah people as a result of converting two tribal leaders — Baopgo and Peter — along with 34 of their people after a “Godpalaver.”

February 25, 1890 — By this time William Sheppard, who has been called the “Black Livingstone,” was on his way to the Congo on the steamship Adriatic as a Presbyterian missionary. Sheppard was sailing with white missionary Sam Lapsley.

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Call to Christian Discipleship Q: What is Christian discipleship?

A: Christian discipleship is our response to the call of Jesus Christ to follow Him. It involves a counting of the cost and a total commitment to Jesus Christ, so that the whole of our life is given to seeking first God’s kingdom and His righteousness. (Taken from Baker’s Bible Study Guide)

There are four levels of discipleship: Churches in the US and abroad have embraced God’s plan for their congregations and reached out to their communities, nation, and the world with the hope of Christ.

We help people and churches find their place in Jesus’ mission to the world.

That’s why we exist.

Come to Me (Matt. 11:28) Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest”.

Learn of Me (Matt. 11:29) Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle, and you will find rest for your souls”.

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Jesus said to his disciples, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me”.

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For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me”.

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THE 2022 ATLANTA MISSIONS SUMMIT SEPTEMBER 16TH AND 17TH Our Vision is to accomplish the Great Commission in the Black American Community by enabling those willing to go and serve without barriers.

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“If 12 disciples can turn the world upside down with the gospel, surely we can take one city.”

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Call to Christ I

f anyone does not know Jesus as their personal Savior and would like to here’s how:

Recognize God’s plan—peace and life.

He loves you and wants you to experience His peace and life. His salvation is open to all.

According to John 3:16…For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Receive God’s Son as Lord and Savior Jesus is the only way to get to God and the only way to get to heaven.

John 14:6 Jesus said unto him (his disciple Thomas), I am the way, the truth and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.

The Invitation: Realize our problem—separation.

Sin separates us from God when we choose to disobey and go our own way.

Romans 3:23 tells us…For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

Respond to God’s remedy—the cross.

We sinners serve a Holy God. In order for us to enjoy eternal life our sins had to be paid for and the only way to do that is the shedding of blood.

God sent His son Jesus to earth for the sole purpose of dying on the cross. He suffered, bled and died just for you. The shouting part is that he rose again on the 3rd day; He is ALIVE and now sits at the right hand of Jesus, making intercessions for you and me.

Repent from your sins (turn away from) and receive Jesus Christ into your heart and make Him your personal Lord and Savior.

Prayer of Commitment “Lord Jesus, I believe that I am a sinner and that you died for all of those sins. I desire a personal relationship with you. I accept you into my heart and my life. Save me and make me new. In Jesus’ name, Amen”.

Next Steps: Please join a Bible believing Christian church.

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrated his love for us, in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

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10:40 Africa Missions Our mission is to spread the Gospel in areas of Africa where there is the least exposure to the love of Jesus by inspiring people of color to join in sharing the Good News.10:40 Africa Missions Inc was founded in March of 2020.

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10/40 Window

What is 10:40 Africa?

Missiologist have found that the least evangelized people of the world live in a particular region situated between 10- and 40-degrees North of the equator.

This region currently has the least access to the Gospel message. 10/40 Africa is the portion that covers the 23 nations of Africa that are still not reached.

This 20/20 vision is an awaking of the ministry of reconciliation.

It extends from Christians of all peoples to the areas of Africa where the Gospel has not yet been heard.

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Philosophy of Ministry Concise statement: To glorify God, through the power of the Trinity, by doing what He puts upon my heart, using spiritual weapons together with the most effective tools and networks available.

Mobilizing the black church through research, shortterm missions’ trips and supplying teaching resources for church leaders, organizations and individuals.

Main area of ministry: South Sudan RMNI is planning for their 14th trip for 2022

For more information contact Executive Director Jim Sutherland Email: jim@rmni.org | Tel: 423-822-1091 Address: PO Box 2537 | Chattanooga, TN 37409-0537

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THE UNREACHED ON ALL CONTINENTS Continent

Population

Total Countries

People Groups

Unreached Groups

People in % Unreached Unreached Groups

% People in Un-reached

10/40 Window

% Christian Adhearant

% Est. Evangelical Workers Needed

Africa

1,368,752,000

58

3,706

985

26.60%

388,710,000

28.40%

22

48%

16%

8,148

Asia

4,789,728,000

50

7,680

5,614

73.10%

2,839,251,000

59%

45

9%

3%

59,361

34,674,000

2

1,087

31

2.90%

1,459,000

4.20%

0

71.60%

16.4%

41

Europe

609,353,000

51

1,966

461

23.40%

29,961,000

4.90%

1

70.4%

2.9%

904

North America

595,203,000

38

1,551

177

11.40%

18,002,000

3%

0

82.3%

21.3%

451

8,202,000

25

486

37

7.60%

426,000

5.20%

0

64.6%

20%

39

432,841,000

14

955

94

9.80%

680,000

0.20%

0

90.3%

18.6%

97

7,838,753,000

238

17,431

7,399

42.40%

3,278,489,000

41.8%

68

31.10%

7.70%

69,041

Australia

Oceania South America

Totals

Breakdown: • Over 1/3 of the world's population have never heard of the Gospel • Nearly half of the people in Asia have never heard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ • Asia makes up nearly half of the world's population *Numbers provided by Joshua Project

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Never Say Never

By Charlie

“I’ll never be a missionary!”

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much as those in the US. So, we went. God gave us the most difficult and most rewarding year.

hese words came out of my mouth as I listened to this wonderful girl share her heart with me about being a missionary someday. Two years later that wonderful girl would become my wife and we would find ourselves teaching at Carachipampa Christian School (CCS) in Bolivia, South America for a year!

After that year, God directed us to serve in student ministry in Iowa for 10 wonderful years. We established a missions trip rotation for our student ministry where students had the opportunity every four years to go overseas. Because of our time in Bolivia, we returned there twice for missions trips with our church.

My wife, Tami, first learned of CCS when she had the opportunity to do her student teaching there through Cedarville University. I was studying to go into youth ministry and honestly missions never entered my mind.

One day, while still in Bolivia student teaching, Tami called to tell me of the teacher needs for the next school year. They needed a 2nd grade teacher and a high school Bible teacher.

She asked if I would be interested in teaching the Bible classes. I wrestled a long time with the Lord about this. God had given me a heart to minister to students, but Bolivia? After some time, He brought me to the point of understanding that students in Bolivia have needs just as

The second of these missions trips to Bolivia was in 2002.

Our group was a blend of teenagers and adults leading a VBS ministry in a local church, helping with construction projects at both a Christian camp and CCS. As we worked at CCS, we had multiple opportunities to learn of their need for a full-time Bible teacher. As we left the school and went to our next project, we told the school director we’d specifically pray God would provide a full time Bible teacher for them.

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classes full time at CCS! God, by prayer, touched our own hearts to be that answer.

We had great relationships with the students and enjoyed the time we had in and out of the classroom, teaching God’s word, both its content and daily application. I also oversaw the weekly chapels, led the student worship team and enjoyed building into the lives of high school students. Our own kids attended the same school, allowing us to go to school together as a family! Our kids thoroughly enjoyed their time at CCS and love Bolivia to this day.

Soon after starting at CCS, God also led us to begin a neighborhood outreach in our home. As this “Kids Club” ministry grew and expanded, we knew we needed help. The students at CCS began to attend and soon we would have anywhere from 10-20 students gathered in our living room for our briefing and prayer time at nine-o’clock Saturday morning before Kids Club. These CCS students “owned” this ministry! Each student was given their assignment, whether leading games or crafts, leading the songs or just

playing with and loving on the kids. This was an amazing time of ministry both to our neighborhood kids and in training our CCS students for ministry!

Due to health reasons, we ended our ministry in Bolivia in January 2012. We transitioned the “Kids Club” to our neighborhood church, where the kids could continue to learn and grow in their relationship with Jesus. We are currently serving at the SIM USA office in Charlotte, NC, but CCS will always have a special place in our hearts, as will other schools like CCS around the world.

We thank God for the years he allowed us to disciple students at CCS. That time and those relationships are gifts from God. We agree with Paul as he expressed in 2 Thessalonians 2:8, “We were delighted to share with [them] not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.” We trust God for the seeds of His word to take root in the lives of our students and Christ’s love to move them to be on mission for Him wherever in the world they may be.

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THE HEART OF A MISSIONARY

Frontline Missionaries vs…

By Katherine Buehler

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uring the time I was support raising, I visited the church my sisters attended. They spoke of missions and had mission info on their website. I introduced myself to the pastor after service and shared that I would be going to Cameroon to work with a Bible translation ministry, as the personal administrator. The pastor looked at me and said, oh, but you are not working on the front lines.

I left his presence mentally shaking my head; a bit sad. Just the same way the body of Christ has often made a distinction between ‘full-time ministry’ workers and everyday Christians who hold down a full-time job. I saw that even within missions, a distinction is sometimes made between so-called front line missionaries who are usually those directly in contact with the local people or the group that is being served through evangelism and the behind-the-scenes missionary.

Why is the distinction made? Perhaps because the American culture, church included, is largely into sensationalism. So, if a missionary sends an email prayer letter out saying he was showing the Jesus Film and some radical religious groups came and tried to destroy the equipment but in the end, the missionary and his team prayed and the radicals suddenly ran away and then 50 people came to Christ. Then we are encouraged that the money we’re sending is really worthwhile in getting more souls into the Kingdom.

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Ministering In A Season of Fear

By SEND International Worker | North America Team

s we begin a new year, still in the grip of COVID19, I want to bring up the subject of fear. Among ourselves, family and friends, there are those who fear catching the virus, not to mention fears about finances, fears about keeping jobs or having hours cut back, fears about whether there will be enough to pay the rent or meet the mortgage this month. Fear crouches just outside the doors of our hearts, waiting to pounce and even to cause us to waiver in our faith and perhaps doubt God’s hand on our lives.

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So, it is in the midst of our daily challenge to fight back against fear that God calls us to lift our eyes heavenward, to be faithful, and to remember his truth, who he is, and that wherever we are, he is with us and he is our God. We have just celebrated Christmas, where we have proclaimed the birth of Immanuel—God with us. Let us remember this and share it with others, especially those newly arrived or those among us in our cities and towns who have not heard the Good News. Yes, we need to be careful in the midst of a pandemic, but we need not be fearful.

But God loves us with an everlasting love, and Isaiah 41:10 reminds us of this: “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

But what about those who don’t have a relationship with God? What helps them cope with their fear? This is a perfect opportunity to share with them that, when you feel overwhelmed, you pray and ask for God’s peace and grace.

Let them see that you have a personal relationship with the living God! Hopefully, as others hear us pray and see us live out our faith with wisdom, grace, mercy and love, they will want to know how they, too, can have a peace that passes understanding. Live out your faith transparently and be ready to share his truths.

Even those of us who know these truths sometimes need to be reminded. However, there are many around us who do not know these truths, and some of them are floundering overwhelmed with fear. This is especially true for new immigrants, the Muslims who live around us who do not have a personal relationship with Christ. Even in the best of times, they struggle to get established and to find jobs that will provide food and shelter for their families.

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Continued from page 25 Healthy fear protects us and keeps us on the right track.

Paralyzing fear numbs our soul and our feet, keeping us from carrying the gospel to those who so desperately need it. God has brought new immigrants into our cities and towns, people who need to hear the Good News that Jesus is the Savior of the world. Are we going to be so overwhelmed with fear that we lose focus of what Jesus has called us to do and to be in our neighborhoods? He has called us to be a light to the nations!

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So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

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Wise Mission Stewardship

By Catalyst Services

How 3 churches approach global ministry funding “How do you build missions giving into your church’s core values?” church missions leaders regularly ask each other.

“And then how do you decide where to invest your global outreach monies? It’s all so complicated!”

In this Postings, Matthew Philip leads us off with some of the principles that guide his church’s practices for raising and stewarding global dollars. David Harrop and Jeremy Zilkie add valuable suggestions.

TRINITY CHURCH, LANSING, MI Matthew Philip, Director of Global Outreach Trinity is a congregation of approximately 1,500 weekend attendees and a missions program that has gone through three phases of development during the 13 years that Matthew has been at the helm. Today he co-leads the church’s global engagement with Deanne Beson. They are particularly excited about the breadth and depth of their multiple missions leadership teams that involve a couple hundred people. When it comes to financial stewardship, Matthew shares and illustrates some fresh perspectives.

Create a sense of abundance. We proactively resist a mentality of “missions poverty” in our congregation. To put it a different way, even though we don’t always have a lot of margin in our budget, we want our people to have the confidence that our congregation is always ready and able to give generously when there is a strategic opportunity. In contrast to that, communicating a tightfisted attitude

shrinks vision. People love the sense of abundance; it challenges them to dream about what God might want to do with what He has provided.

People love the sense of abundance; it challenges them to dream about what God might want to do with what He has provided.

Build the leadership team’s discernment capacity. Our ongoing giving commitments are largely built on good policies established over the years. However, to disperse discretionary funds or to address unexpected needs, we ask our teams to engage in a biblical discernment process that is described by Ruth Haley Barton in her Pursuing God’s Will Together. At Trinity, we set aside approximately 15% of our annual missions budget for these discretionary ministry opportunities. That’s where we challenge our leaders to listen for the Spirit’s leading on how best to respond.

Balance guidelines and freedom. Written strategies and financial policies are both necessary and important, but so is the freedom to make exceptions. However, if the number of exceptions begins to trend upward, we revise or recommit to our guidelines. It is important to know when an unexpected opportunity needs a little extra leeway from established policies.

Invest funds in discipling. It’s a win/win when global investment also disciples our people. Our Kingdom Kash for Kids program is one example.

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Contined from page 27 The reward system in our children’s department is not based on purchasing trinkets in our store. Rather, they earn “Kingdom Kash” that they collect throughout the year. Each class then chooses what they want to “buy” with their funds from the Compassion International Gift Catalog. There’s a lot of debate among the children about where they want their money to go and why! Our missions account exchanges their Kingdom Kash for real dollars (usually about $2,000) for the projects the kids choose. We think this may be our best investment because of the impact the process has on our children.

Involve more people in financial decisions. One of the key reasons why it is not difficult to raise missions dollars at Trinity is because we involve many people in financial decision-making. For example, our advocacy teams are empowered to release up to $2,500 to their missionary/global partner if a special need arises without seeking additional approval. For us, that means that 70-80 people have the authority to respond quickly to opportunities and needs of our missionaries and their work.

In turn, our team members enthusiastically tell their friends that Global Outreach is spending funds wisely. We also make sure that Trinity’s financial team is aware of the checks and balances we have in place and the decisions being made. In return, they trust and support us 100% and encourage our congregation to continue to partner with us.

One of the key reasons why it is not difficult to raise missions dollars at Trinity is because we involve many people in financial decision-making.

Take an attitude of “doubling” rather than “double dipping.” Here at Trinity, we want to create an atmosphere of generosity, so rather than restricting missionaries from asking the congregation for individual gifts on top of budgeted/designated church funding, we encourage them to do so. To help them build their donor base, we walk alongside them to clarify their goals, introduce them to key members, and help them build an effective advocacy team.

Lean into current opportunities. Initially we were committed to being “fair” to every area of the world, but our philosophy has changed. We believe that if there is extraordinary opportunity, or if God is doing something unusual somewhere, we want to invest in it. As a result, we have given ourselves permission to be “unfair” in the short term. From experience we know that over a 7-10 year period each area of the world receives roughly the same amount of attention.

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Differentiate personal support and projects. This is especially important for two reasons. First, our global partners appreciate clarity on whether our gifts are for personal support or for projects.

Second, here at Trinity we have found that inviting our global partners to apply for project grant funds generates tremendous missions enthusiasm among our congregation and energy among our partners to significantly expand their global engagement.

Fill in accountability gaps with trust. We take seriously our responsibility to carefully chose where we will invest and to clearly communicate our expectations to each recipient.

However, there are times when funds may not be spent quite as we had intended, and we are okay with that. We have confidence in our partners; they are people we trust to make an occasional redesignation.

Leave room for flexibility. When COVID struck, we made the decision to give all 70 of our church’s missions leaders a copy of Eugene Peterson’s Run with the Horses. We took the time to write a personal note on the flyleaf of each one.

This expense was not budgeted, but at a time of unusual stress, it was a way to invest in our leaders and remind them that they are highly valued.

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WESTOVER CHURCH, GREENSBORO, NC David Harrop, Global Ministries Pastor Westover is a church with a pre-COVID weekend attendance of 3,000 and a long history of sending and supporting missionaries around the world. While Westover has an enviable missions budget, shaping such a large program to fit new generations is a challenging task and requires careful financial decision-making. Here’s what David shares: Develop elders who drive missions. From the time a newcomer joins the church, they understand that missions is a priority at Westover. “It’s in our DNA,” David says, “because our elders believe a strong missions focus should be a core value of our church.”

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People love the sense of abundance; it challenges them to dream about what God might want to do with what He has provided.

Matthew Philip, Director of Global Outreach

Each month the first Sunday’s offering, including undesignated electronic giving, automatically goes to missions. That gives global outreach not only financial priority but also focus before the congregation. It is also a reminder that constant discipling of younger generations into this kind of missions mindset is required to maintain this DNA. Require good communication. David inherited a missions policy that put teeth into communication requirements. All

supported workers are required to communicate via an email update at least every two months and to participate in a Westover missions conference at least once every five years. Failure to do so has explicit financial ramifications.

David admits that at first he wondered if these requirements were too strict, but he has come to appreciate the emphasis they place on maintaining the level of relationship necessary for true partnership.

Prioritize your own sent workers. The missions team works from two separate grids when evaluating missionary support. One applies to those Westover is sending; the other, to outsiders. For Westover-sent workers, support can increase significantly after they have completed their first four years of field ministry. The percentage can go as high as 30-40% for these proven workers (though currently no one is above 33%), but Westover seldom takes on more than half of their current support deficit. Every five years, Westover also chooses a new priority focus. Right now, it’s Persian peoples. David adds, “Our current priority focus also shapes what non-members we choose to support. We also love to give to special projects that expand our missionaries’ impact. Taken together, these priorities engage Westover in what God is doing all over the world.”

ROOFTOP CHURCH, ST. LOUIS, MO Jeremy Zilkie, Small Groups & Spiritual Formation Pastor Rooftop is a church of approximately 600 adults and children, primarily first-generation Christians without a missions background. Jeremy admits, “We know that we need to develop vision across the whole church. It’s hard.”

Here are several key components that he believes make their missions financial investment work well.

Mandate for missions. A financial commitment to missions is written into Rooftop’s bylaws. This helps to ensure that a change of leadership or competing projects can never derail Rooftop’s missions focus. Originally the stipulated missions amount was 10%. As God blessed the church, the amount was raised to the current 12%. Of that, over three-quarters is designated for global outreach work/workers.

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Start with a one-time gift. Rooftop is careful about establishing long-term commitments with global workers, especially those going out for the first time. New workers usually receive a one-time gift that might represent a threeyear, $100/month investment. The church makes it clear that they will do an assessment at the end of that three-year period to determine whether the workers will be considered for a long-term commitment from Rooftop. “We don’t want to create unfounded expectations,” Jeremy explains.

Send missions with a church plant. Rooftop has just sent 60-70 of their people, including several GO team members, to plant a church about 20 miles from the mother

congregation. The GO team pondered how to evaluate the impact this would have on Rooftop’s missions budget while also making sure that missions relationships were transplanted into the new congregation. Jeremy describes what they decided: “We identified four missionaries with connections to people who were part of the new church.

The full pledged support amount, and therefore full responsibility, for one missionary was passed to the plant, as well as a portion of Rooftop’s support for the other three workers. We believe this decision will support healthy missions involvement in both congregations.”

What questions do you have about the stewardship of your church’s missions dollars? Share them with us, and we will solicit answers from experienced missions pastors and post them for all of our readers’ benefit.

Frontline Missionaries vs…

Continued from page 24 On the other hand, the administrative missionary writes about how she has been working with a couple for several months and they finally accepted work in X country. In the end, though, they are unable to raise adequate missionaries in the administrative roles (directors, managers, personnel, construction, etc) those “front line” missionaries often have to be pulled away from the “front line” work to do the administrative task, which must be done so the overall mission continues. We are the Aaron and Hur for all the Moses figures.

Administrative missionaries do a variety of task, including making sure money raised in the home country gets to the missionaries on the field; working to get teams to come out for a construction project; managing a mission center, including the local and expatriate workers and the list could go on.

I applaud those reading this article, as you have an interested and perhaps even some ‘skin in the game’ with missions. Let us just remember to not distinguish between workers in the vineyard and those behind the scenes; Aaron was as necessary as Moses.

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MISSIONS RESOURCES from the William Carey Library

Clues to Africa, Islam, and the Gospel Colin Bearup Everyone loves simple answers, but making disciples in Africa requires more than a formula.

New workers, in particular, need to know about African Muslim culture to successfully introduce people to Christ. This book prepares the Christian worker to use good reflection questions and observation as tools to engage fruitfully with African Muslims. These simple practices empower workers to operate from a more informed perspective.

Managing Conflict Creatively Donald C. Palmer What does the Bible say about conflict resolution?

Nobody likes conflict, especially when both parties are “part of the same team.” Unresolved conflict can lead to missionary attrition, but healthy conflictresolution can be a wonderful growth opportunity, leading to problem-solving and team-building.

The Only One Curtis Sergeant

Do you doubt you can actually make a difference in the world? Do you struggle with knowing how to express your faith in the daily routines of life? The Only One: Living Fully In, By, and For God shares simple approaches to grow as a follower of Jesus.

Dive into the concepts and tools to find the connection between “being” and “doing” with God.

Mobilizing Movements Murray Moerman Divine passion that lasts beyond whims and hardships will steer us to help reach every city with the gospel as churches are formed and disciples are made. To help people respond to Christ, disciplemaking and church planting must extend to the extremities of every people group and nation.

Come join the Missio Dei through the acceleration of movements throughout the earth.

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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE BIBLE, GOD’S HOLY WORD. I WILL MAKE IT A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH. ITS WORDS WILL HIDE IN MY HEART SO I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST GOD.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE CHRISTIAN FLAGS AND TO THE SAVIOR FOR WHOSE KINGDOM IT STANDS. ONE SAVIOR CRUCIFIED, RISEN AND COMING AGAIN WITH LIFE AND LIBERTY TO ALL WHO BELIEVES.

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