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Missions
Contributed by Art Campbell on May 26, 2007 (message contributor)
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1. A Heart For What's On God's Heart
Contributed on May 26, 2007
If we are to become a missions oriented church we must have a heart for the things that are on God’s heart.
Most of us want to make some sort of difference in the world. How can we do this? Matthew 9.35-38 35a. JESUS WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES - not just his home town "Shouldn’t we reach our own backyard first?" ILL: Brisbane City Church: building a hospital in Uganda, also ...read more
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2. Getting Involved In Mission
Contributed on May 26, 2007
If we truly have a heart for what’s on God’s heart, then we must get involved in missions.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ...read more
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3. Missions In Our Own Backyard
Contributed on Jun 14, 2007
Some churches are so focused on overseas missions that they miss the mission field in their own backyard. Jesus said we’d be his witnesses at home as well as abroad.
Missions in Our Backyard QUOTE: Oswald Smith "The light that shines farthest shines brightest near home" Churches so focused on overseas they neglected their own mission - declined and closed! Acts 1:8 You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of ...read more