Missions involves a mission.  A mission is “a specific task with which a person or a group is charged”.  So, a mission involves three things: the person who gives the charge, the task that he wants done, and the person or group to carry out the task. The person who...

I Shall Send Thee Jer. 1:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Jer. 1:7 the Lord said to Jeremiah, Thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee…”  We are ambassadors for Christ and must go where we are sent.  The Father sent Jesus to this world [Jn. 20:21].  Jesus sent...

If you aren’t called to the mission field, you can still do much to help missionaries who are called.  I often remark that I disdain comments from missionaries like “stay by the stuff,” 1 Sam 30:24, and “hold the rope,” Acts 9:25.  We’re not sitting around in our churches with...

Prayer for Missionaries 1 Thess. 5: 25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul wrote to the Thessalonians in 1 Thes 5:25, “Brethren, pray for us.”  We must pray for our missionaries.  Most of the time, in their prayer letters, they let us know for what we should pray.  However, there are some...

Abrahams Family Gen.-12:1-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This sermon is about four episodes in Abrahams family where Abraham experienced grief over decisions he made for the Lord’s sake.  Some of the grievous episodes with Abrahams family are like episodes in a missionary’s family.  These episodes are also like what happens in...

Churches Giving to Special Needs II Cor. 8:9-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We have the opportunity now to give to several special needs that our missionaries have.  In order to do this we need to see what it takes on the part of churches giving to special needs.  It takes: Grace...

Brethren, pray for us 1 Thess. 5:25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul was as much a missionary as he was anything.  He asked the folks in Thessalonica to pray for him.  He said, Brethren pray for us.  This brings to mind that we need to be praying for our missionaries even...

What Do Churches Do For Missionaries CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO What is our responsibility to missionaries? We Send Them – Acts 13:2-3 – we are to send them as the Holy Spirit leads not as they “choose” to go – the whole process from the missionary’s call to his arrival on...

Philippians 4:15-23 Supporting Missionaries CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul was a missionary Acts 13.  We talk about his missionary journeys.  At this point in his letter to the Philippians, he is thanking them for money and in doing so, shows why and how we should support missionaries. How: Through the church...