THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
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Here's where it gets big, really big. If you have look a part 1 and 2 of the Great Commission pattern, you will gather that the 3rd part is basically the rest of the world. The US Centre for World Missions isolates over 16,000 unreached people groups around the world yet we don't feel the dreadful force of this state of affairs because we don't look beyond the UK or USA. Here, there are lots of resources. Here, there are lots of workers, pastors and evangelists. In Bhutan, for example, there are huge people groups with no knowledge at all of the Gospel. In Vietnam, many hill tribes are still without the Scriptures.
The goal is huge: to penetrate an unreached people with the gospel and establish there an ongoing, indigenous church which will apply the love and justice of Christ to that culture. That's the task overseas.
Oswald Smith used to ask, "What would you do if you saw ten men lifting a log; and if nine were on one end and one on the other?" There are 190 countries in the world with proportionately fewer Christian workers than we have. Of these, 45 have fewer than one-tenth as many Christian workers in relation to their population as we have. Yet year in and year out, we send men and women to the wrong end of the log. The simple fact is that the deployment of Christian troops in the world is proof that the church in the UK does not yet have a wartime mentality. It is as though during World War Two we conscripted one million men and then sent just 600 to go and fight Hitler and kept 999,400 to be based in Liverpool. What we are doing just doesn't make sense.
God isn't just interested in the UK or even the USA, he is interested in the whole world. Every nation, tribe and tongue needs to be evangelized. Remember, His passion is His own glory, that the nations be glad in Him!
The early church got as far as Europe, Africa and parts of Asia, but still to this day there are around 2 billion people who have never heard the gospel.
The task is huge but the workers are few. There are only three kinds of Christians: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient. Which will you be?
HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED?
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Firstly, pray. Pray for more workers and pray for the nations of the world. Get hold of good prayer material for places around the world. Books like Operation World are fantastic. Places like North Korea where Christians are persecuted more than any other place on the planet. Laos, Vietnam and China are Communist and punish converts to Christianity. Bhutan is a Buddhist kingdom, the Maldives is 100% Islamic with no bible and just a handful of believers. India has over 2000 languages. Tribes in Borneo are hidden in dense jungle. Japan, Iran, Afghanistan... the list goes on. All these countries and many, many more are un-reached or least-reached and need the serious prayers of believers in the west.
Secondly, do something. You can support the work of missions by contributing financially (see 'giving zone'). You can also go short-term. Short-term mission will change your life for ever. One mission agency suggests that 80% of its short-termers became full time missionaries! It's amazing when you work for God and see Him at work. Simply being present in these nations - increases faith, broadens awareness and raises burden. The pursuit of global evangelism should be on the heart of every believer. Understand the world you live in, look at its cultures and beliefs. What better way to do this than on a short-term mission?
There are many agencies providing excellent opportunities to serve overseas. There are links on this page to just a few of those we believe to be the best in this area. One day you may become a full-time Christian worker in an un-reached people group. If you go, you will make history. You will be a part of shaping the future. In the bible we read His Story and we know how the story ends: after this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands (Revelation 7:9)
Rest assured, God will reach all mankind, and he will build His church, but don't miss out - God needs young people who are willing to give their everything to the mission's cause. You'll not be the first to go, of course. British history has provided Christian world-changers like Wilberforce, CT Studd, Tyndale, Wycliffe and Carey to name a few. But what of this generation? Who'll reach people today? Will you join the 'army' defend the faith, reach the un-reached, disciple converts and play a part in His story? *John Piper
ASIALINK
If you're over 18 and can spare a couple of weeks, get in touch with us.
Sometimes trips are available to serve short-term in Asia.
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WEC
WEC Trek sends individuals and teams overseas to participate in sharing their faith, practical help, and language learning alongside WEC workers.
WEC Trek's goal is to provide you with an opportunity to learn what is involved in sharing Christ cross-culturally, and to explore whether God is leading you towards longer-term service overseas or some involvement at home.
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ACTION PARTNERS PIONEERS
Choose the road less travelled, blaze new paths, risk great things for God.......
Like-minded followers of Jesus have formed teams around the world because they want to make a difference in reaching those who have the least opportunity to hear the good news.
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ENTHEOS
Our goal, in Entheos, is to reach out to the people of the ‘10/40 Window’ (Asia & the Arab world) with the gospel of grace. We are developing centres in strategic ‘mega’ cities in this region.
They focus on relationship evangelism and building the church of Jesus Christ. We regularly take short term, mission exposure teams, to these areas. These trips are a great way to evaluate possible future involvement and expand the Kingdom of God.
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