WIM Flash Magazine November 2018

WIM FLASH
W O R L D I N D I G E N O U S M I S S I O N S • N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 8
Make a Global
Impact No Matter
Where you Are
Like a pebble dropped in a pond, even the
smallest actions create a ripple effect with the
potential to reach across the world.
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have a passion to reach the lost. You want to make a difference through global missions.
You
you feel like you can’t. Perhaps you feel that you are limited because you are in a
However,
of your life when you must remain where you are. Don’t worry. Even if life has you
season
firmly in a small town, you can still make a global impact. Like a pebble dropped in a
planted
even the smallest actions create a ripple effect with the potential to reach across the
pond,
Here are some ways to impact global missions from any location.
world.
Make a Global Impact No
Matter Where you Are

it may seem simple and obvious,
While
is one of the most important ways to
prayer
a difference in global missions. Pray
make
more workers to go into the field. Pray
for
missionaries by name and let them
for
you pray for them. Ask missionaries
know
you can specifically pray for them.
how
for specific countries and areas of the
Pray
can support global missions several
You
Providing financial support to
ways.
and mission organizations is
missionaries
way. Another way is through
one
with missionaries.
communication
on technology restrictions,
Depending
are several ways to communicate,
there
as email, Skype, phone,
such
apps such as WhatsApp or
communication
Messenger. Ask the missionary
Facebook
way they prefer to communicate.
which
out to them (especially between
Reaching
updates) provides great
newsletter
and helps them battle
encouragement
of isolation. If a missionary is in
feelings
take them out for dinner, see if they
town,
help finding a place to stay or maybe
need
car to use. If they have children, offer
a
so they can have a date night
childcare
recharge. These small acts of kindness
and
such a blessing to missionaries. You
are
also make a global impact by
can
your time and services at
volunteering
local missions agency.
your
books, and videos about the
Articles,
of missions, missions training, or
history
inspirational stories from the field help
even
learn more and equip us with knowledge
us
you can’t leave the country to
Maybe
the nations, but the nations may be
reach
than you think by way of
closer
in your community. Scott
immigrants
recommends in a post on the IMB
Slayton
“Approach internationals living in
website:
community as neighbors. Show them
your
Welcome them into your circle
hospitality.
friends. Find out the difficulties they
of
as they settle into a new home. Learn
face
you can minister to them and serve
how
in Jesus’s name.”
them
P R A Y E R
G A T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N A B O U T
G L O B A L M I S S I O N S
to fulfill the call of the Great Commission.
world.
S U P P O R T
R E A C H O U T T O
I N T E R N A T I O N A L S I N Y O U R
C O M M U N I T Y
N O M A T T E R Y O U R
L O C A T I O N , Y O U
C A N S T I L L M A K E
A D I F F E R E N C E .
Y O U J U S T H A V E
T O S T A R T .

exciting truth to learn as a world
An
is that each of us has a
Christian
role in his global
God-designated
to reclaim the earth for His
plan
How do we find our personal
glory.
in that plan? Where do you
place
their time, talents, and
commits
to be used daily as
possessions
as possible for the
effectively
of the kingdom of
advancement
This means becoming
God.
about the many
informed
peoples of the world
unreached
taking an active role in the task
and
reaching them, through prayer,
of
others, and/or going
sending
a missionary; this kind of
as
leaves the comforts of
missionary
and the familiarity of their
home
to spread the message of
culture
in Christ to those
salvation
distinct from them in
culturally
world evangelization to be
to
in their home country and
staying
in such a way as to support
living
effectively the maximum
most
of “goers” as they are able.
number
does not preclude their
This
involvement in world
primary
as expressed by
evangelization
reaching the lost around
their
them.
God’s plan, there are two basic
In
which we want to
categories
These are senders and
examine.
Most people believe that
goers.
is a very small number of
there
who are called to be
Christians
or goers. This leaves
missionaries,
the rest, ipso facto, as senders.
all
true. You see, just as surely as
Not
calls some to go, He calls
God
to stay. And what he desires
others
of all is your obedience.
most
do you know if you are to be a
How
First, you may find that you
goer?
a burden for peoples of other
have
to come to the Lord. More
cultures
that, you have a desire to take
than
gospel message to them.
the
often feel inadequate for the
Goers
They struggle with the
task.
of leaving family and
thought
behind. Sometimes they
friends
wish they had a good paying
even
and could buy all the “niceties”
job
keeps them going is a driving
What
for God to receive the full
desire
due him from all the nations
glory
for all peoples to have the
and
to hear the gospel. It
opportunity
the sacrifices worth it.
makes
have heard all the statistics
Goers
how many are lost without Christ
of
have brought that need to the
and
in prayer. This very act of
Lord
the need and praying
considering
a solution has led them to be
for
solution. The Lord of the
the
has spoken clearly. The
harvest
goes forth in obedience to His
goer
command.
sender must be just as sure of
The
call as the goer. It is a call to
his
living. Our culture
counter-cultural
us to live for self, but the
calls
lives for the glory of God
sender
the advancement of His
and
the goer, the sender has a
Like
for peoples of other
burden
to come to the Lord. But
cultures
assessed how God has
having
him and the place that God
shaped
called him to fill in the body,
has
sender concludes that he can
the
advance the kingdom by
best
sender may be a business man
A
leads his family in living a
who
lifestyle so they can support
simple
missionaries. Or a sender
several
be a missions-minded pastor
may
knows he is called to remain
who
his country, but works hard to
in
his congregation to be
motivate
senders and to raise up
effective
from their midst. A sender
goers
be a professor who trains
may
who go. Or a blue-collar
those
who devotes several hours
laborer
to praying for several
weekly
sender isn’t a washed-out
A
or a goer who never
missionary
it. God calls us all to be
made
in world evangelization
involved
He calls many to be senders in
and
plan. His
The Cast of Characters
The Profile of a Sender
and I fit?
Definitions:
World Christian: Someone who
The Profile of a Goer
kingdom.
oneself.
Someone who believes God
Goer:
called them to carry the gospel
has
sending others.
culturally, as a full-time
cross-
Sometimes referred to
occupation.
of life.
foreign lands.
Someone who deems
Sender:
most important contribution
their
missionaries.

do you decide if you’re called to be a
How
or a goer? Here are some guidelines:
sender
the Lord with all your heart. Ask him
Seek
purify your motives and ambitions, so
to
you do nothing out of guilt or selfish.
that
the Lord to give you his heart for the
Ask
Let Him break your heart with their
lost.
needs.
where you might be most
Evaluate
as a sender or as a goer.
effective:
your findings with those who
Discuss
you well: parents, pastor, campus
know
staff, professors, close friends.
ministry
them what they think your spiritual
Ask
are and where they think you’d do
gifts
serving the body of Christ
well
once said, “If God calls you to be a
Someone
don’t stoop to be a king.” To be
missionary,
other than what God calls you to be is to
anything
less than what He calls you to be. And if God
be
the desire in you to be a missionary, you
puts
find satisfaction in doing anything else. You
won’t
come to this conclusion by looking at all the
may
and realizing that your only legitimate
facts
is to become a goer. Or you may come to
response
by getting some kind of sense from the Lord that
it
is what you are to do. Once you make the
this
that you are called to overseas ministry
decision
the Lord confirms it, don’t be swayed. Walk in
and
to the revealed will of God for your life.
obedience
again, after hearing the facts, seeing the
Then
and praying for wisdom, you may come to
needs,
conclusion that your best contribution would
the
as a sender. Don’t feel second- rate. Don’t seek
be
explain to all the goers why you feel you should
to
Show them why you are staying by being the
stay.
sender you can be for the glory of God. Don’t
best
sucked into self-fulfillment and our culture’s
get
of satisfaction. Live for the glory of God
system
the nations.
among
has a global plan. Each of us has a role to play
God
it. It may be as a sender or a goer. What is your
in
Sender or Goer?
The Call
out all the options available to you.
Check
What could you do overseas?
Where could you serve?
What kind of an impact do you think
you might have overseas?
What can you do in your country?
What kind of an impact might you
have at home?
What might be your potential
sending ministry?
Make a decision and go for it!
role? Are you committed to playing your part?
Source: Caleb Project, n.d., 2010 Pioneers.

for your interest in missions and for your
prayers for workers to go to the fields.
you thank
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