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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!“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).
Spain matters…“…from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ” (15:19).
“…from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ” (15:19).
Spain matters…“I make it my ambition to proclaim the good news, not where Christ has already been named…” (15:20).
“I make it my ambition to proclaim the good news, not where Christ has already been named…” (15:20).
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).
“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).
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).
“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).
SchererSpain matters… because there remains a borderline between faith and unbelief…
Spain matters…
because there remains a borderline between faith and unbelief…
Buryat people
422,000 persons in Russia, Mongolia and ChinaThe largest unreached people group in Siberia…
Oraon people
4 million persons in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and BangladeshThe seventh largest tribal group in India
Oraon people
3.6 million persons in IndiaApproximately 300,000 Lutherans – and interest in reaching Oraons elsewhere
Rome matters…“I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be sped on my journey…” (15:24).
“I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be sped on my journey…” (15:24).
COMIBAM
Mission Statement:Ver a la iglesia iberoamericana como una fuerza misionera.To see the Iberoamerican Church as a missionary force!
NYT
“…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.”
“…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
“The missionary movements of the 19th century inspired pious adventurers… to Africa…. Today the process is reversing itself…”
“The missionary movements of the 19th century inspired pious adventurers… to Africa…. Today the process is reversing itself…”
NYT
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.’”
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.’”