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That
all peoples may know Him
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| Children of First Baptist Church in Roanoke,
Va., carry the flags of the nations during opening ceremonies
for the appointment of 45 international missionaries.
PHOTO by Bill Bangham |
Quotable: Her heart was broken for a child
“As I watched,
the Lord of lords said to me, ‘This one I want to bow before
me. Go! Reach out in My name to those in darkness.’” —
A young mother recently appointed as a missionary, telling
about watching another young mother overseas gently fold her
daughter’s hands together and show her how to bow before the
idol in front of them.
Find
out why other new missionaries are going.
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first
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to register your church’s goal for this year’s Lottie Moon
Christmas Offering®. Your church can help set the pace for
other churches in your region and size-range. Register
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New issue!
To the Ends of the Earth
It’s easier than
ever to get your church excited about the Lottie Moon Christmas
Offering. Start by putting this FREE eight-page mini magazine
into their hands. Order
now in bulk to distribute in worship service, Sunday School
or missions groups.
In this issue:
• Is your
world a pancake or a waffle?
• Muslims
respond to witness
• Reaching
the lost more quickly
• Delayed
missionaries now on the field
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News
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| Church leaders overseas are having to
stifle growth because new leaders can’t be trained fast
enough, IMB trustee chairman Tom Hatley told trustees
during a Sept. 14-15 meeting in Richmond, Va. PHOTO By
Bill Bangham |
Overseas
growth demands leadership training
“The look of
concern and frustration in that pastor’s eyes was painful
to me. It was a cry for help that demands our immediate attention.
It is a logjam that could threaten the future of many of our
church-planting movements.” — International Mission Board
trustee chairman Tom Hatley, telling trustees how desperately
help is needed in places where churches are multiplying more
rapidly than leaders can be trained
The trustees also:
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received
10 recommendations designed to clarify the methodology
and purpose of overseas work, strengthen the vision for
reaching a lost world and improve partnership with the
six Southern Baptist seminaries, and
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heard
a report from President Jerry Rankin on his just-completed
three-month sabbatical.
Read
more.
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Resources
Focusing
on a particular part of the world?
Adopting a people
group? Planning a missions program? Sending a volunteer team
overseas? You’ll find a growing collection of resources you
can use to excite your church about missions in a particular
place or people group. Here are the latest:
West Africa: Untold Millions Seeking Truth DVD — Through
video, meet eight Unreached People Groups in West Africa and
learn how to pray for them.
Use the enclosed
CD-ROM to make a PowerPoint presentation for worship services or small groups and print bulletin inserts
or handouts with personal stories from each people group.
Find
out which people groups are featured.
China: English/Spanish-language
calendar
Use this free calendar
to enlist Spanish-speaking church members, as well as English
speakers, in praying for the Hmong and Miao peoples of China
during 2005. No Spanish speakers in your congregation? Pass
this along to a friend. Order
now.
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Missions worker thankful for flights into Amazon
Missions worker Carol
Brown enjoys her occasional canoe rides up a river in the
Amazon rainforest. But if it wasn’t for the Lottie Moon Christmas
Offering, her trips would be much longer. Brown ministers
to an indigenous people group in a remote location in the
rainforest. Without the offering that pays for her monthly
plane tickets, Brown would have to take an eight-hour canoe
ride to get to the villages. The offering helps make her ministry
along the river possible. “I would be the first to say that
the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering has richly blessed my life,
the lives of other missionaries and the lives of the people
with whom I now work and I now serve.”
Find
more stories like this to use as you promote giving and praying
for missions this year.
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