Missionary Training Ministry

Here are a few quotes and thoughts from some of the sessions today at the World Missions Seminar.

Missed Messages Of The Great Commission - Lynn Raburn

• We have power.
• We don't recognize the power we've been given...don't miss it.
• If we draw boundaries and don't reach certain people groups we will answer to the God of heaven for why we didn't follow our marching orders.
• The commission would send the disciples a great distance and to a variety of people.
• We have no excuse to not be doing what God has called us to do.
• An intricate part of the great commission is church planting.
• We must participate in evangelism.
• If you go to a people group and evangelize and don't plant a church, you will have to come back and evangelize in a generation.
• If we don't plant churches we have not fulfilled the great commission.
• God told the disciples in the commission he would always be with them and then he left.
• Jesus left so he could stay.
• We're not alone.

Areas Of Consideration When Sending A Missionary To The Field - Jerry Chandler

• Is there clear evidence of God's call?
• Is there clear evidence of an intimate relationship with God?
• Does he acknowledge God in all things?
• A missionary should meet the qualifications laid out in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:6.
• Missionaries can face change, danger, family concerns, financial concerns, language barriers, health concerns, and cultural restrictions.
• The Missionary should be able rightly divide the Word (2 Timothy 2:15)
• The Missionary should be able to bring others to spiritual maturity(2 Timothy 2:2)
• The missionary needs sufficient physical health to satisfy the demands of the tasks of the mission field.
• Health care on the foreign field is many times not as good as in the U.S.

3 Characteristics Of The Heart Of A Missionary - Joe Morrell

• The missionary attitude (Acts 20:18)
• The missionary approach (Acts 20:20)
• The missionary appeal (Acts 20:21-22)

The Furtherance Of The Gospel - Randy Cloud

• Take your eyes off circumstances and put them on Jesus.
• There is no defeat in Jesus.
• The adversities of this life were sent with a God inspired purpose.
• The key to advancing the gospel is the right attitude.
• The word gospel is used 6 times in Philippians chapter 1.
• Without the blood of Christ there is no salvation, redemption, or forgiveness of sin.
• It is the bad news that makes the good news, good news.
• The 11th commandment is, "Thou shalt not belly ache."
• Rather than hinder the gospel Paul's circumstances furthered the gospel.
• Paul was consumed by the message of Christ.
• Evangelism is the center and circumference of all we do.
• There is alot of joking about hell but hell is no joke.