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A person talks to me about a certain medicine, how it is compounded, what it looks like, how many drops must be taken at a dose, and so on. Well, I do not care to hear all that, and I soon forget it. But he tells me that for many months he was bedridden, he was in sore distress and in great pain, and…

I believe that a life spent in God’s praise would in itself be a missionary life. That matronly sister who never delivered a sermon, or even a lecture, in all her days has lived a quiet, happy, useful, loving life, and her family has learned from her to trust the Lord. Even when she shall have passed…

The Moravian missionaries to Greenland thought they should first instruct the Greenlanders in the doctrine of the Trinity. So they preached away to them of the Godhead, but the Greenlanders did not care about it. One of them, while interpreting the third chapter of John, came across that blessed passage,…

I knew a man who had lived a life of carelessness and indifference, with occasional outbursts of drunkenness and other vices. This man happened one day to hear a preacher say that if any man would ask anything from God, he would give it to him. The assertion was much too broad and might have done harm.…

I remember one who spoke on the missionary question one day saying, “The great question is not, ‘Will not the heathen be saved if we do not send them the gospel?’ but ‘are we saved ourselves if we do not send them the gospel?’ ” And so it is with regard to Christian gifts. It is not so much a question…

Members of a church in the nation’s capital helped 250 drivers put gas in their vehicles and saw eight people give their lives to Christ. Church leaders thought about hosting a soup kitchen or collect items for a food bank but decided to take a different approach instead. They sponsored a Gas on God…

Art historians are examining a 17th century baroque era painting after it was spotted hanging in a New York church. Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Iona College said he was visiting the church in New Rochelle when the painting caught his eye. He knew at once it was an Italian Baroque painting and…

In Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen, Donald Miller writes, “A true mission isn’t a statement; it’s a way of living and being. A mission is more than token rituals that make momentary reference to the things your employees should care about. A mission is a story you…

Two sisters from Dallas saw a need in downtown Dallas and decided to help by providing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The girls, Bella and Riley Sauter recognized a lot of the homeless people in the area did not have enough food and they wanted to be part of the solution. They made 30 sandwiches…

A church in Goodlettsville, Tennessee decided the best way to help their community during the coronavirus crisis was to donate money to small businesses where the members live and worship. Since many small businesses took a financial hit during the shutdowns, the church gave money to three businesses.…

Lt. Col. Daniel Thompson made a lot of adjustments to minister to the people he shepherds. During the quarantine he counseled people sitting six feet away and limited worship services to 10 people at a time. Thompson said his mission was especially important because the people he serves are fighting…

In March, 2019 two doctors from a hospital in Papua New Guinea spoke at a church in the United States telling the congregation about a critical need for teachers in their school for missionary children. Though neither had ever been on a mission trip, except for a brief trip to Mexico or Canada, Kathy…

It is true that many churches, striving to get more people to come to their church in an increasingly secular culture, will try various innovative means to get people in the door. Well, Rochester Cathedral, in Kent, England, took it to the limit by installing a mini-golf course in their sanctuary for…

In his book, Leading Major Change in your Ministry, Jeff Iorg writes, “Over time, mission drift occurs in almost every organization. Followers and leaders alike can lose focus of their ministry’s true purpose and allow their efforts to become more about meeting their needs than fulfilling the organization’s…

The Plateau Valley Church has less than 50 members, yet they feed hundreds of needy people each week. The church is located Colbran, Colorado, a ranching town with a population of 700. Every Friday the volunteers pass out food to over one hundred families from the community. Before handing out food,…

Perhaps the most iconic scene in all the Star Wars movies is from the very first one at the end of the movie. Remember when Luke is traveling down the Death Star trench, with only one shot to take, he fires the torpedoes into the impossibly small hole in order to destroy the planet-destroying weapon.…

Johnny Morgan is a self described “country boy,” and he and his dogs have helped thousands find new life in Jesus. Morgan has always had a passion for hunting dogs and competed with his dogs chasing ribbons and trophies. He never thought he would have an opportunity to minister until someone at a competition…

On November 12, 2017, Marquise Goodwin caught a strike from quarterback C.J. Beathard, ran for 83 yards, skillfully beat his defender, and scored the historic touchdown. When he finished the play in the end zone, he did not dance arrogantly or taunt the defenders: instead, he pointed to the sky, knelt…

Roberta Ursrey was paddling in the waters off Panama City Beach, Florida when she heard her sons screaming. Realizing they were caught in a riptide and being pulled out to sea she paddled out to help them, only to find her and other family members trapped as well. The people on the beach formed a 100-yard…

Immigration is a big topic in US and world politics. It also impacts mission work. How? During the last century, Latin American Protestants rose from 50,000 in 1900 to 64 million in 2000, according to Evangelical scholar William Taylor, with Pentecostal and charismatic churches making up three-quarters…

A new social science study has found that the positive emotions associated with social media postings generally outweigh negative one. The study looked at the content and spread of 19 million English-language posts from September 2014. The results showed that while negative content tended to spread faster,…

For the last 55 years, University of Illinois students have given of their time during the holidays to sing a holiday song for anyone who calls. The students in the Snyder Hall dorm host their “Dial-a-carol” program every year as a way to help students relive stress and blow off steam between finals…

Blaine Boyer, relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, spent ten days in November 2015 in Southeast Asian brothels, wearing a hidden camera and doing undercover work to help rescue underage sex slaves. Working through a nonprofit called the Exodus Road, Boyer, and good friend Adam LaRoche, conducted…

Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousefian were planning a lavish wedding in Toronto. When the Syrian refugee crisis hit, the couple canceled their plans and instead are using the money set aside for their big day to sponsor a Syrian refugee family’s resettlement in Canada. They still got married, in a small…