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Where & What: The 2 Essential Missionary Questions
David Joannes

281SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List If we truly want to be part of “finishing the task” of the missionary venture, there are 2 essential questions that every missionary should be asking: “God, where are you going?” “God, what are you doing?” 2 essential missionary…

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The Most Epic Monster List Of Missionary Quotes On The Internet
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2.5kSHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Most of the time when I find an online list of quality missionary quotes, there’s not enough! I’m left longing for just a little more! Needless to say, I’m always supercharged after reading amazing missionary quotes spoken throughout missions history. (See…

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An Honest Look At My Own Tendency Toward Christian Professionalism And Celebrity
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325SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Sometimes I have a flash of lucidity, suddenly enlightened that my dreams are ever so hollow. Many of my plans and purposes are self perpetuating, self sustained, self absorbed. They are all about self, which leaves little room for…

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Bid My Anxious Fears Subside (Thoughts On The Missionary Venture)
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296SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List One of my missionary friends to China recently penned his moving musings in a post on Facebook. It started out with these words:   When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside.   When I…

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God Shows Up At Yet Another Powerful Underground Training
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233SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Last month, our foreign and local missionaries joined together to pull off yet another incredible underground training at 26 Tribes outreach center. These discipleship trainings are a focal point of Within Reach Global, knowing that it propels passionate young…

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Christian Ministry: Creating A Culture Of Releasing People
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228SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “This is a great article that may help ministries better understand why some people won’t stick around, and also as they let them go, it is actually a good thing, “seeding” them for greater ministry elsewhere. We never “own”…

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6,000 Gospel Booklets From Gospel Outreach Mission And World Missionary Press Given Away At Myanmar Acquire The Fire 
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404SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List On July 21, 2015, Gospel Outreach Mission led by Martin Lalthangliana, provided nearly 6,000 booklets from World Missionary Press to be distributed at the first ever international Acquire the Fire youth conference in Yangon, Myanmar, which was hosted by…

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170 Orphans And Underprivileged Children Experience God’s Glory
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253SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The orphans and underprivileged children at Orphan Home outreach center are so incredibly important to the heart of God. They have names. They have dreams. They are precious in the sight of God. Lin, our local missionary is singlehandedly…

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Swim Party, Buffet and Fun For Orphans And Underprivileged Children
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268SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Here’s something we love: urban college student ministry overlap that blesses an orphan home and center for underprivileged children! The Hub outreach center is full of college students who, after meeting Jesus, are gaining a heart for those less…

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20 Years After My First Birthday In Asia, I Celebrate Again With Teen Mania International
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413SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I made my first trip from the United States across the Pacific to Asia in 1995. I was part of a Global Expeditions short term missions trip with Teen Mania Ministries. We spent two months doing dramas in public…

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