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The Local Church and Missions God’s instrumment for completing the Great Commission Most of the themes of Your Church mention the church in some way.
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The Biblical Nature of the Church ©Depositphotos.com/Victoria Protsak/Andriy Myahkov/Khoon Lay Gan/Kristy Pargayer/Margaret Grissom
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Mateo 16:18 In Matthew 16:18, Jesus used the word church for the first time. This story occurs in pagan territory. The gate of a city was an important means of defense in ancient times. The church should be attacking the gates of hell. The church has the pastoral purpose and the missionary purpose, just as Israel did.
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It’s time to play… ¡Aboard the Plane! ©Depositphotos.com/Claudia Mora
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The Church as the Goal of Missions In the missions field For all eternity
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The Church as the Base for Missions Examples from the Bible… Antioch Philipians Romans
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The Cross-Cultural Missions Committee ©Depositphotos.com/Denis Cristo/ Arunas Gabalis
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The Church and the Missions Community The Church doesn’t have to go it alone! The Base for Missiones - the Local Church Members Missions Committee Pastor Missionary Candidate Theological Studies Short–term Missions Experience Missionary Training Missions Sending Agency Missions Receiving Agency The missionaries join a team on the field. The Goal – to Establish a Viable Church in an Unreached Ethnic Group ©Depositphotos.com/Aleksei Elkin/Alexander Aisenstadt/S-E-R-G-O/Christos Georghiou/Alexander Aisenstadt/S-E-R-G-O/Aleksei Elkin/Patrick Bombaert/Mohamad Shahreen Amri/Oleksandr Lupol/Patrick Guénette/Vladimir Galantsev/Vladimir Galantsev/Alexander Aisenstadt/Viltoria Protsak/Milan Vasicek/Nadejda Tchijova/photography33/Alexey Dubovsky/LoopAll/Daria Karaulnik/Denis Cristo/Arunas Gabalis//Collage by Jill Suzanne Hatcher.
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A New Orientation for the Church– from…. Frustration!
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To Vision! ©Depositphotos.com/mike smith/mike smith/Martin Malchev/dayzeren/Daria Karaulnik
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A Survey for Measuring the Missionary Participation of the Church
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