Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002
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Stuart Robinson says ‘Jesus modelled what it means to have a missionary heart in coming to earth, to seek us out. His cultural sacrifice, of giving up heaven to save humanity, is the apex of missionary strategy. If He could give up the glories of heaven, we could give up Western dress,
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Denomination:
Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 29, 2006
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I read in the biography of a missionary concerning an Indian law student who became a Christian. He asked the missionary if he could be baptised secretly as, if he was baptised in a public service, his Hindu father would cut off his allowance and disown him. The missionary insisted that baptism
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
More Missionaries: Trustees of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board recently appointed 116 missionaries—the second-largest group of new missionaries in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Every heart with Christ is a missionary, and every heart without
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 26, 2001
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David Brainerd, the famous missionary to the American Indians, proclaimed this truth throughout his ministry. He said, “I never got away from Jesus and Him crucified in my preaching. I found that once these people were gripped by the great evangelical meaning of Christ’s sacrifice
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by David Yarbrough on Feb 10, 2002
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: Don Richardson was a missionary to the cannibalistic, headhunting Sawi tribe of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Try as he would, he could not find a way to make the people understand the gospel message, especially the significance of Christ’s atoning death on the cross.
Sawi villages were constantly
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Serving as a missionary in Western Siberia, Russia, I had the privilege of sharing the gospel to 150 students in a Technical School in Chelyabinsk. The students were attentive but dubious. One young man asked a question that many were thinking. Nickolai said, "For seventy years we have lived under
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
At a religious festival in Brazil, a missionary was going from booth to booth, examining the wares. He saw a sign above one booth: "Cheap Crosses." He thought to himself, "That’s what many Christians are looking for
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 22, 2004
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Philippine Missionary Fellowship, Inc. is a mission-organization founded in 1957. It is now 46 years old. Members, workers, leaders and sponsors have come and go but the mission of the Lord is continuously growing and doing mightily in the sight of God. At present, there are 260 workers in the
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2007
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Illustration: A missionary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, reports that recently an African pastor passed through on his way home to Chad, where civil war was raging. "What would you like to take to complete your forty-four pounds of baggage allowance?" asked the missionary. "Sugar? Powdered milk?
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Contributed by Scott Epperson on Mar 31, 2007
Illustration: Missionaries teaching Indians of Gospel of Peace. No word for peace. Finally concluded with a heart that sets down.
Parallel: Some have know answer or word for what they are feeling only they feel the loss inside them and in their life. Many times we try to feel the void, only making
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 8, 2005
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A missionary in Africa experienced great difficulty in trying to translate the Gospel of John into the local dialect. He faced the problem of finding a word for believe. He continued to do his best, but he always had to leave a blank space when he came to that particular word. Then one day a runner
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 13, 2005
Charles Leber, a Presbyterian missionary, was in Westphalia, Germany at a clinic for handicapped children. A wealthy businessman came to tour the facilities and said to the doctor, “These are very pathetic children. What ratio of cures do you get? How many go back to normal life?” “About 1 in
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Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
"The greatest missionary is the Bible in the mother tongue. It needs no furlough and is never
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