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Seven Steps for Following the Great Commission
How your church can be faithful in doing missions
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Topics:	Cross-cultural outreach, International outreach, Missions, Short-term missions
Filters:	Elder, Missionary, Missions, Pastor, Prayer
Purpose:	Evangelism
References:	Matthew 28:18-20
Date Added:	November 04, 2008

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Posted: November 17, 2008
Minister & Consultant Jeani Dickens (Guest)


Great Site! Thank You & Blessings From Our father God!

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Teach about missions. Train children, youth, and adults about the significance of the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20). Use every opportunity to show why every follower of Christ should be concerned about missions.
Promote, promote, and promote again any missions offering that your church supports. Challenge your members to give sacrificially. For example, encourage them to give to missions at least a tithe of what they spend on Christmas gifts this year.
Invite stateside missionaries to speak to the church. Nothing speaks to churches quite like a "real live" missionary does, and the time set aside for a missionary speaker is time well spent. Contact any missions agency to find the names of missionaries now on stateside assignment.
Challenge church members to pray daily for missionaries. Provide a list of names and needs, being careful to protect missionaries who serve in sensitive areas.
Sponsor a short-term mission trip for your church members. Teaching about missions is a starting point, but actually experiencing missions can be life-changing. Set a goal to send at least 10 percent of your church's active attendees on a mission trip this year. Be sure to commission your members as missionaries as you send them out.
Pray corporately that God will call some of your church's members to be career missionaries. Perhaps he will use some of your members to take the gospel where it has never been.

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