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Veil of Tears

Simple Evangelism in the Church

Found at the Gospel Coalition

Guest Blogger: Jason Helopoulos

Jesus said, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). Loving one another in the body of Christ has many benefits. Two that regularly come to mind are the glory it gives to God and the way it affects the church. However, one of the primary benefits of loving one another is what it declares before a watching world. One of our most potent instruments we have for effective evangelism is Christians loving each other well.  I am “living” proof.

As a freshman college student and self-declared atheist, I attended a campus Christian fellowship to fulfill a promise to a Christian friend. I only had the intention to go once. It was merely duty and upholding my word, nothing more. I went begrudgingly, but I went. My life was never the same.

I walked into a room full of Christians and was struck by what I observed. Here was a diverse group. They were from every walk of life. I remember scanning the room and labeling people in my mind, “There is a jock, over there is a geek, and walking in the door is a boy scout.” But what struck me was that they were together. They weren’t just together in the same room, they were together in every sense of the word. They were actually talking with each other and genuinely seemed happy to be together. There didn’t seem to be division. Even in my atheist mind, I knew what I was seeing: they loved one another.

I had no categories for this, so I kept returning to find out why they had love like this for one another. Over the course of a few months I found the answer, or more accurately stated, the answer found me.

One of the best evangelism programs you can start at your church is to pursue loving one another well. At some point they will have to hear the gospel proclaimed from your lips or the pulpit, but that “strange love” will set the table before them. People will know that you are His disciples, because it is a shocking love. It has a gravitational attraction, because it is a love that is foreign to this world. A love that the inquirer, if seeking an answer, will find comes from heaven.

The Desire Of The Nations Missions Conference

DESIRE of the NATIONS

Missions Conference

Hamilton High School Auditorium

January 31 6:00 – 9 pm

and

February 1  9 am- 8 pm

Featured Speaker: Don Richardson

FRIDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE

6:00

Introduction  

               

6:20

Speaker – Dace Clifton FBC Hico

7:15

Stretch/Break – 15

7:30

Speaker – Tony Matta- Heritage Baptist Georgetown

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

9:00 a.m.

Introduction  

Worship  

9:20

Speaker – Andrew Sobities- Calvary Baptist Church Hamilton

10:15

Transition/Break

10:30

Breakout Sessions -  Voice of the Martyrs    Gospel 4 Asia    TOAG       Missions Guy  WMU  Short Term Trips    

11:15

-LUNCH BREAK until 12:45 p.m.

12:45 p.m.

Worship

1:00

Speaker – Perry Garrett- Grace Bible Church Gatesville

1:55

Transition/Break

2:10

Breakout Sessions - Voice of the Martyrs    Gospel 4 Asia    TOAG    HumanTrafficking   S. F. Mission Trip   Short Term Trips  WMU   Gideons 

2:50

Transition/Break

3:05

Worship  

3:20

Speaker – Craig Scoville- Cottonwood Baptist Dublin

4:15

Transition/Break

4:25

Breakout Sessions  -  Voice of the Martyrs    Gospel 4 Asia    TOAG    HumanTrafficking   Cal Farley   Short Term Trips    Gideons

5:10

-DINNER BREAK UNTIL 6:30

6:30

Worship

6:55

Speaker – Dr. Don Richardson

7:40

Q/A Session

Is Your Church Missions-Minded?

The following excerpt is from Ken Sorrell's article found at SBCImpact 

"Early 19th century missionary Henry Martyn stated, “The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Christ, the more missionary we become.” A missions mind-set can easily be described as another expression of obedience flowing out of an intimate relationship with our Lord. Both individual believers and churches that desire to have the mind of Christ will also have a heart for the nations.

A missions-minded church is a church whose ultimate joy is found in God and Him alone. Out of the overflow of their love for Him a vision for mankind comes into view. (Luke 10:27)*

A missions-minded church is a church whose heartbeat is missions, whose thinking is missions, and whose doing is missions. From the Genesis to Revelation, the message is clear; salvation for all the nations of the earth. (Psalm 67)

A missions-minded church is a church where missions is so intertwined into all aspects of church life that church members assume that involvement in missions is normative for Christians. From their home and around the world, we are to be witnesses. Acts 1:8

A missions-minded church never goes somewhere else to do missions, but wherever they go they are on mission. Matthew 28:19

A missions-minded church is a church whose use resources reveal their true heart’s passion for missions. It has often been stated, “follow the money”. In a missions-minded church, “follow the heart and you will also find the money”. Matthew 6:21

A missions-minded church is a sender of missionaries to the nations. Acts 13:1-3

Without question there is a need for a greater number of missions-minded churches if we are to change the face of eternity by impacting lost lives around the world. But rather than a moniker to display, may we in humble recognition acknowledge that it is His mission and His mandate. Our privilege and joy to join with Him."

*I felt the need to add this one.

Blessing Missionaries

JUSTIN TAYLOR|4:19 PM CT

15 Ways to Bless Your Missionaries This Christmas without Paying Postage

Here are 15 post-office-free ideas to get you started, most of which you could do right now from your desk, written by an anonymous 30-year-old missionary:

1. Pray specific Scripture for them and their ministry, and then email it to them.
2. Call or email their parents—Christmas might be just as lonely for the ones at home as the ones away.
3. Purchase credits on Skype so they can stay in touch with family and friends.
4. Donate frequent flier miles to them.
5. Ask them if you can host an evening of prayer of them and the local people who work with them.
6. Purchase an iTunes gift card for them. You can send these through email or if you buy a physical card simply email them the code on the back.
7. Commit to pray for them on a specific day of the week for a year.
8. Write a song or poem or story for them. Email them the text and a recording of you reading or singing it.
9. Get friends and family together to create a holiday video greeting for them on YouTube or Vimeo. Include lots of people you know they miss. (If people are working in sensitive locations you may want to make this a “private video.”)
10. Make a year-end gift through their missions board or agency.
11. Paypal—the fastest and easiest way to send money.
12. Call their local florist (not everyone is in the jungle these days) and have flowers delivered, or their local Pizza Hut and have pizza delivered—with corn and shrimp as toppings!
13. Send them a gift card for a Bible Study platform like OliveTree or Logos.
14. Donate to a charity that means a lot to them.
15. Make a monthly commitment to support them financially.

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Don Richardson - Never the Same

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Don Richardson will be the main speaker at the upcoming Desire of the Nations Missions Conference. In case you are not familiar with Don Richardson, he is the author of the book Peace Child, Eternity in Their Hearts and several others.

The conference will be held on January 31st and February 1st, 2014 at the Hamilton High School Auditorium. 

If you have questions please contact Michael J. Lee at holidayatthesea@yahoo.com or by phone 254-386-6504.