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.

  1. CELIA AND I DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING FOREIGN MISSIONARIES BEFORE MARRYING IN 1954.
  2. 1957- TEACHING AT SVA; CALL TO UGANDA, EAST AFRICA.
  3. I WAS 24; SHE WAS 23.
  4. I HAD JUST FINISHED MY M.A. DEGREE IN ENGLISH AT JAMES MADISON U., HARRISONBURG, VA.
  5. SAILED FROM N.Y. TO LONDON (WAITER SPILLED SOUP DOWN MY COLLAR.)
  6. TO MOMBASA, KENYA; TOOK TRAIN INLAND TO UGANDA.
  7. UNPACKED CLOTHES TRUNK TO FIND IT EMPTY.
  8. 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.
  9. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GIVING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO UNBELIEVING NATIONS: SEE HANDOUT A
  10. BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TEACH FOREIGN MISSION WORK.
  11. WE ARE IN OUR SMALL WAY, ANSWERING GOD’S CALL TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL.
  12. OVERVIEW OF GMC’S MISSION OUTREACH:
  13. UGANDA: SCHOOL, LARGE GARDEN, 4 CHURCHES, ASSISTING ORPHANS.
  14. MY ASSISTANT- PASTOR MUTEBI DICKSON, FOR OUR WORLD CHURCH.
  15. PUT MISSIONARY FAMILY ON THE ISLAND OF BUMUVA, IN LAKE VICTORIA, UGANDA. (PASTOR SAMSON AND FAMILY.)
  16. KENYA: SCHOOL, CLINIC, LARGE CHURCH.
  17. BURUNDI: PASTOR LODRIG IS IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING A NEW HOME CHURCH THERE. (HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT AS MINISTERIAL SECRETARY FOR OUR WORLD CHURCH.
  18. CONGO: PASTOR LODRIG OPENING NEW HOME CHURCH THERE.
  19. TANZANIA: COLLEGE STUDENT WITNESSING TO HER CLASSMATES, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY.
  20. PHILIPPINES- PASTOR EDGAR LABUS LEADS OUR CHURCHES THERE AND PASTORS AND GUIDES GOD’S CHILDREN IN THAT SERIES OF GREAT ISLANDS.
  21. 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.
  22. OUR WEBSITE GOES INTO ALL THE WORLD; WE RECEIVE COMMUNICATION FOR ALL OVER.
  23. SMALL CONGREGATION, BUT DEDICATED AND GENEROUS. THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS GUIDED US AND BLESSED US DRAMATICALLY.
  24. 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,
  1. GOD’S RICH BLESSINGS.
  1. 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.”
  2. PRAY.