GOD COMMANDS HIS FOLLOWERS TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO NON-BELIEVERS
2-2-13
IS. 6:I-8: WHO WILL GO? HERE AM I, SEND ME.
- CELIA AND I DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING FOREIGN MISSIONARIES BEFORE MARRYING IN 1954.
- 1957- TEACHING AT SVA; CALL TO UGANDA, EAST AFRICA.
- I WAS 24; SHE WAS 23.
- I HAD JUST FINISHED MY M.A. DEGREE IN ENGLISH AT JAMES MADISON U., HARRISONBURG, VA.
- SAILED FROM N.Y. TO LONDON (WAITER SPILLED SOUP DOWN MY COLLAR.)
- TO MOMBASA, KENYA; TOOK TRAIN INLAND TO UGANDA.
- UNPACKED CLOTHES TRUNK TO FIND IT EMPTY.
- TAUGHT ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE IN THE MORNING, AND MANAGED THE SCHOOL’S FARM IN THE AFTERNOON. (TRACTOR DRIVER UNINTENTIONALLY LET THE FRONT HALF OF THE TRACTOR DROP PARTWAY INTO A LION PIT.
- WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GIVING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO UNBELIEVING NATIONS: SEE HANDOUT A
- BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TEACH FOREIGN MISSION WORK.
- WE ARE IN OUR SMALL WAY, ANSWERING GOD’S CALL TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL.
- OVERVIEW OF GMC’S MISSION OUTREACH:
- UGANDA: SCHOOL, LARGE GARDEN, 4 CHURCHES, ASSISTING ORPHANS.
- MY ASSISTANT- PASTOR MUTEBI DICKSON, FOR OUR WORLD CHURCH.
- PUT MISSIONARY FAMILY ON THE ISLAND OF BUMUVA, IN LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA. (PASTOR SAMSON AND FAMILY.)
- KENYA: SCHOOL, CLINIC, LARGE CHURCH.
- BURUNDI: PASTOR LODRIG IS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING A NEW HOME CHURCH THERE. (HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT AS MINISTERIAL SECRETARY FOR OUR WORLD CHURCH.
- CONGO: PASTOR LODRIG OPENING NEW HOME CHURCH THERE.
- TANZANIA: COLLEGE STUDENT WITNESSING TO HER CLASSMATES, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY.
- PHILIPPINES- PASTOR EDGAR LABUS LEADS OUR CHURCHES THERE AND PASTORS AND GUIDES GOD’S CHILDREN IN THAT SERIES OF GREAT ISLANDS.
- SPAIN: A CHRISTIAN BROTHER IS DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF OPENING A HOME CHURCH IN MADRID, SPAIN. HE IS A DEDICATED LANGUAGE TEACHER, YOUNG, AND ENTHUSIASTIC.
- OUR WEBSITE GOES INTO ALL THE WORLD; WE RECEIVE COMMUNICATION FOR ALL OVER.
- SMALL CONGREGATION, BUT DEDICATED AND GENEROUS. THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS GUIDED US AND BLESSED US DRAMATICALLY.
- SOME PEOPLE ASK: “HOW DOES SUCH A SMALL CHURCH REACH INTO SO MANY AREAS OF THE WORLD. ANSWER: 1. HOLY SPIRIT’ BLESSINGS, 2. DEDICATION TO FULFILLING CHRIST’S COMMAND,
- GOD’S RICH BLESSINGS.
- CONCLUSION: PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL POWER, WISDOM, AND DIRECTION BY GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT AS WE CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO CHRIST’S COMMAND: “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL.”
- PRAY.