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The Unfinished Mission Story“But Sergio did not improve.”It’s the only line I can still remember ofthe first mission story I ever had to tellat church. When I was 10, my fourthgradeteacher somehow cajoled me intomemorizing and then telling the missionstory from the Mission Quarterly, and—terrors!—presenting it to the Sabbathschool members in the large congregationshe attended.As best I can recall, Sergio was a smalland very ill boy from Brazil, who desperatelyneeded medical help from a churchrunclinic. And try as I may, I still can’trecall how the mission story turned out.All I have left of it is that rather ominoussoundingfragment: “But Sergio did notimprove.”Needless to say, I’ve thought a greatdeal about Sergio over the years. Eachtime I meet a Sergio in my travels aroundthe world—and there are many—I askmyself, “Could this be him? Is this theboy from the mission story 40 years agowhose health was heading the wrongdirection?”I’m not the only one for whom themission stories of this worldwide movementhave been greatly influential. Asyou’ll learn from this month’s cover feature,“100 Years of Mission Giving,” millionsof Seventh-day Adventists aroundthe globe have for 100 years been findinginspiration, motivation, and worthy projectsto support in the mission stories toldwith such color and skill. The thirteenthSabbath offering—long a treasuredopportunity to push forward the missionof the church—has built schools andchurches and seminaries and publishinghouses—and hospitals, maybe even theone where Sergio sought help.Pray as you read this month’s editionof Adventist World. Pray for a heart thatstill seeks to know how the mission storywill finally come out, and for aheart made generous by grace.By the grace of God, andbecause you continue tocare, Sergio will yet improve.WORLD REPORTSouth America:Adventist Outreach Seeks GreaterMember Engagement■ Lay evangelism was the focus of a 200-person gathering of SouthAmerican Division leaders recently, held at the Seventh-day AdventistChurch’s headquarters in Brasília, capital city of Brazil.Luis Gonçalves, who coordinated the meetings, said one of themain discussion topics for the group was the development of trainingfor lay evangelists in all countriesand regions. The initial goal is toempower more than 1,400 laypeople,who then would perform morethan 2,000 outreach programs.“Members will engage in evangelismin a practical way,” saidGonçalves.Evangelism is not limited onlyto prophecy seminars and othertopics during a set time period. Ithas much to do with buildingpermanent relationships, evenafter baptism, within the contextof discipleship.Discipleship is what motivatesMarcos Alexandre Martins, 25,who gave his testimony at theHOMEWORK: Marcos AlexandreMartins (right) tells about evangelizinghis neighborhood.conference’s opening session on August 28, 2012. Along with hismother, Iolanda, Marcos was responsible for contact with a psychologistwho was recently baptized into the Adventist Church. Inthe words of Erton Köhler, South American Division president:“Evangelism is not the mission of a department—it is the missionof a church.”In the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, andEspirito Santo the results of evangelism training are already beingseen, leaders report. Raimundo Gonçalves, who coordinates outreachstrategies in this region of Brazil, explains that more than 8,000 peoplewere trained in person or via satellite in an 18-month period.“I see greater mobilization in churches, and consequently baptismsoccur with people better prepared for the spiritual challenges,”Gonçalves says. Two of the most challenging goals the AdventistChurch has in these states are to confirm the official Adventist presencein 389 cities and increase its evangelism efforts in urban con-PHOTO COURTESY ASNContinued on next pageNovember 2012 | Adventist World 3
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