If you are waiting on a call or a calling from God to be a missionary, you might be waiting a long time. But what is a calling? Do you feel a calling? Do you receive a calling? If you look closely at how God speaks directly to individuals in the Bible you will be surprised.
Missiology of Christ
If You Want to Be a Missionary Get Ready to Be a Slave – part 2
If a missionary has a calling to anything, that calling is to slavery. If you want to be the first person to bring the Gospel message to a remote unreached people group, you must become a slave. “Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and … Read more
You Don’t Need Money To Be a Missionary – part 3
We must begin to analyze the New Testament as though every word were precise instructions for discipling the world. It is our handbook for missions, and it works. Every bit of it is valid today. Jesus knew that his methods would stand the test of time. They were designed that way. Our problem is that … Read more
Take Nothing For The Journey – part 4
The following verses have haunted me for many years. First Jesus says, take nothing for the journey. Then he becomes very specific about what not to take. Why does Jesus state very specifically what not to take? When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons … Read more
Missionaries Get Provision Along the Way – part 5
A test of a true missionary is how he or she gets provision from God. My team and I walked long distances into the mountains and jungles to get to remote people groups. On one of my first missionary trips, I went alone to research an unreached people group. I arrived at the market in … Read more
Missionaries Focus Too Much on Their Support – part 6
The lack of having enough financial support is one of the main excuses used by missionaries for returning home. They say, “We didn’t have enough monthly support, so we had to come home.” It is also one of the main excuses used by missionary candidates for not ever going. “I can’t go to the mission … Read more
Where Do Mission Agencies Get Monthly Support Levels? – part 7
A missionary couple I know complained that they did not have enough missionary support. I was talking to the young man one day and had some words of wisdom for him. I said, “Brother, you say God is responsible to provide for you. So the amount of support you had come in this month is … Read more
Missionaries Don’t Need to Send Support Letters – part 8
If you are going to remote unreached people groups, it is possible that it will be very difficult or impossible to send monthly support letters. If you are going to a country closed to missionaries you should not be sending support letters, especially over the Internet even using encryption. I know several missionaries that were … Read more
Missionaries Shouldn’t Ever Come Home – part 9
Matthew 4:17-22 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow … Read more
Go With No Intention of Returning – part 10
God cannot steer a parked car. You have to be rolling in order for God to steer you. You have to be going in a forward motion. You go in faith founded on the word of God, and on Jesus’s words in the great commission. You go in obedience to that written word. You don’t … Read more