True Mission

The Church should Obey the Commands of Christ

John 13:34-35 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

To Whom was it given? Is it given to us Really? Who gave this command? To Whom was it given? Is it given to us Really?

This is a very important command to the Church We cannot ignore this command? We must obey Agree?

(Matthew 28:19-20) “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

To Whom was it given? Is it given to us Really? Who gave this command? To Whom was it given? Is it given to us Really?

This is a very important command to the Church We cannot ignore this command? We must obey Agree?

The Great Commission is Given to the Church Mission should be Church-based

(Matthew 28:19-20) “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Pan Ethne = All People Groups Unreached People Groups

Communities which are not being reached by local churches, because UNREACHED! Communities which are not being reached by local churches, because NO churches among them NOT ENOUGH healthy churches among them

Defining “Missions” “Crossing some Cultural or Geographical Barrier to bring Jesus to people who would not otherwise have a chance of meeting Him unless someone go to them.”

Whose responsibility is it to REACH the “Unreached”?

The Church of Jesus Christ The Great Commission is Given to the Church

Six Spheres of Mission Overseas (Dr. Ralph Winter) (1974 Lausanne)

6 Spheres of Mission Overseas Standard Missions – Mission agencies Service Missions Relief and Development Missions Indigenous Missions Short-Term Missions Church-based Missions

Church-based Missions Local churches directly involved in missions The world is getting smaller Information is readily available Travel is easy and quick The Local Church is owning the Great Commission again

Church-based Missions The church has money and the church has people Smaller churches can network together to do mission together

We are a Church-based Missions Network CCMN We are a Church-based Missions Network

We see that Mission is NOT OPTIONAL for the Local Church Mission is a Command of Jesus

TOGETHER WE CAN!!!

CCMN has 14 Mission Fields China Japan Indonesia Cambodia Thailand India Pakistan Turkey Tunisia Bangladesh Macao Jordan Iraq Philippines Mission Fields in Planning

Task Before Us

The World Today

©World Christian Trends, William Carey Library, 2001 World A – the unevangelized world – 38 countries World B – the evangelized non-Christian world – 59 countries World C – the Christian world – 141 countries

Majority Islamic Nations

After all these years, why have we not finished the Task?

World A Do not welcome Missionaries – they may kill you! They are poor Or both

We need a Church that is Willing to die Willing to be poor