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Feet first in the mission of God

Feet first in the mission of God. Because it matters…. Beautiful feet!. The good news is for everyone. “The scripture says… ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved…’” (10:11,13). How beautiful are the feet!.

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Feet first in the mission of God

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  1. Feet firstin the mission of God Because it matters…

  2. Beautiful feet!

  3. The good news is for everyone “The scripture says… ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved…’” (10:11,13).

  4. How beautiful are the feet! “But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’” (10:14-15).

  5. The Book of Romans…

  6. …a missionary tract The Book of Romans…

  7. Spain matters…

  8. “…from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ” (15:19). Spain matters…

  9. “I make it my ambition to proclaim the good news, not where Christ has already been named…” (15:20). Spain matters…

  10. Spain matters… “…I go to Spain…” (15:24).

  11. Scherer “Mission as applied to the work of the church means the specific intention of bearing witness to the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ at the borderline between faith and unbelief.…” (Scherer:37).

  12. Scherer “The entire life of the church has a missionary purpose, to be sure. But the heart of mission is always making the gospel known where it would not be known without a special and costly act of boundary-crossing witness” (Scherer:37).

  13. Scherer Spain matters… because there remains a borderline between faith and unbelief…

  14. One-third of the world…

  15. Afar people

  16. Afar people • 1,640,000 in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti • 0.00% Christian

  17. Afar people • 422,000 in Eritrea

  18. Buryat people

  19. Buryat people • 422,000 persons in Russia, Mongolia and China • The largest unreached people group in Siberia…

  20. Buryat people • 255,000 persons in Russian Republic of Buryatia • .05% Christian

  21. Oraon people

  22. Oraon people • 4 million persons in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh • The seventh largest tribal group in India

  23. Oraon people • 3.6 million persons in India • Approximately 300,000 Lutherans – and interest in reaching Oraons elsewhere

  24. Oraon people

  25. Rome matters…

  26. Rome matters… “I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be sped on my journey…” (15:24).

  27. IndiaMissionsAssociation

  28. IndiaMissionsAssociation

  29. IndiaMissionsAssociation

  30. COMIBAM Mission Statement: Ver a la iglesia iberoamericana como una fuerza misionera. To see the Iberoamerican Church as a missionary force!

  31. COMIBAM

  32. COMIBAM

  33. Jerusalem matters…

  34. Jerusalem matters… 1581

  35. Jerusalem matters… 1942

  36. NYT April 12, 2009

  37. “…a revolution in worldwide Christianity, one that it is quite literally changing its face, as a faith that was once exported by white missionaries from Europe and America comes to draw its strength from the peoples of the Southern Hemisphere.” NYT

  38. “The missionary movements of the 19th century inspired pious adventurers… to Africa…. Today the process is reversing itself…” NYT

  39. The Redeemed Christian Church of God is often cited as a leading example of the movement. “Its leader and guiding force, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, sums up the church’s history this way: ‘Made in heaven, assembled in Nigeria, exported to the world.’” NYT

  40. The Kingdom of God

  41. The Kingdom of God

  42. End wmpl.org

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