Title: Becoming a World Christian
1Becoming a World Christian
2- pastor
- founder - Voice of the Martyrs
- 14 years in prison
- 3 years solitary confinement in total darkness
- ridiculed tortured for his faith
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5The Need
Do you not say, There are still four months and
then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you,
lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for
they are already white for harvest!- John 435
610/40 window
2/3 world population.4 billion people. 95
un-reached.
7The Need
- un-reached
- virtually no access to the gospel
- no indigenous community of believers with
adequate numbers or resources to evangelize the
lost without requiring outside (cross-cultural)
assistance. - only 8 of the worlds missionaries are in the
10/40 window. - 1 missionary per 5,000,000people
8The Need
every person has the right to hear the gospel
Let the peoples praise You, O GodLet all the
peoples praise You. Oh, let the nations be glad
and sing for joy!- Psalm 673-4
9The Need
every person has the right to hear the
gospelwe have the obligation to tell them
Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations Matthew 2819
10The Need
every person has the right to hear the
gospelwe have the obligation to tell them
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have
not believed? And how shall they believe in Him
of whom they have not heard? And how shall they
hear without a preacher?And how shall they
preach unless they are sent? - Romans 1014-15
11Meeting the Need
- going
- sending
- all called to be world Christians
- do all for the glory of God (1 Cor 1031)
- for the advance of His kingdom (Matt 633)
- with a view to its consummation which will
embrace every tribe, tongue, people, and nation
(Rev 79)
12Meeting the Need
- going
- sending
- all called to be world Christians
Not every Christian is called to be a missionary.
But every follower of Christ is called to be a
world Christian. A world Christian is someone who
is so gripped by the glory of God and the glory
of His global purpose that he chooses to align
himself with Gods mission to fill the earth with
the knowledge of His glory as the waters cover
the sea (Habakkuk 214).- Let the Nations be
Glad by John Piper
13Reasons to GO!
- become a more passionate and effective world
Christian - you have time
14Reasons to GO!
15Reasons to GO!
- become a more passionate and effective world
Christian - you have time
- unique strategic opportunity
- no one can reach them like you can
16Short-Term Opportunities with Grace College Life
- Summer Project / STINT
- East Asia Central
Asia
17Short-Term Opportunities with Grace College Life
- Vision Milan / Internship
- Milan, Italy
18- Central Asia
19- East Asia
20- Vision Milan
21lift up your eyes and look at the fields
- do I have compassion for the lost?
- am I a world Christian?
- have I made myself available to the Lord?
- what is holding me back?
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