HISTORY OF MISSIONS
The history of missions is full of ambitious and beautiful stories of God’s people following His mission. As we look back on what God has done, may it impact our present and how we carry out His mission to see people “from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb” at the end of time (Revelation 7:9).
The size of the missionary task is also it's greatest attraction. We are draw to live in a story that is bigger than ourselves.
Discover the changes that are occurring in global mission in the 21st Century and your part in the purpose of God.
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Listen to the many voices of the past that light the way for us in living for God's mission.
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The size of the missionary task is also it's greatest attraction. We are draw to live in a story that is bigger than ourselves.
Discover the changes that are occurring in global mission in the 21st Century and your part in the purpose of God.
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Discover some of the great women in history that God has used to further his mission into the world.
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Then I saw more streams of people flowing from all quarters. All were blind, stone blind; all made straight for the precipice edge.
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Discover the life of Samuel Zwemer, first missionary to the muslim world, in this short two-page biography of his life.
Discover the life of Count Zinzendorf, leader of the Moravian missions movement, in this short two-page biography of his life.
Discover the life of Luther Wishard, and how God used him to launch a world-changing missions movement, in this short two-page biography of his life.
Discover the life of Robert Wilder, early leader of the Student Volunteer Movement, in this short two-page biography of his life.
Discover the life of Grace Wilder and her impact on the Student Volunteer Movement in this short two-page biography of her life.
Discover the life of C.T. Studd, who left behind a promising athletic career in cricket to mobilize thousands of others to come with him to reach the world.
Discover the life of Hudson Taylor, one of histories most influential mobilizers and founder of China Inland Mission (today OMF). There are perhaps fewer people more significant in the history of global missions.
Discover the life of Cameron Townsend, founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and called by many one of the most influential people of the last 200 years of global mission.
John Stott, a worldwide preacher, evangelist, and teacher, is known as the most influential English Evangelical in the 20th century.
Robert Speer is a man that has been described as ‘the incarnation of the spirit of the Student Volunteer Movement’.
After nearly 40 years in Africa, Mary Slessor became an inspiration to all who hear her story. She was not only a pioneer missionary, but also a pioneer for women in missions.
“I’ve never quite figured out how to bring God glory. But I have learned to surrender my dreams to Him. And he has made the reality of living according to His plan even better than my greatest dreams.”
God is using the Bishop of Rwanda to transform a nation of people in great pain by creating opportunities for reconciliation to God one person and relationship at a time.
Helen mobilized people by showing them that God used imperfect people with real struggles to be his ambassadors to the unreached world.
Discover the life of John R. Mott, who lead the Student Volunteer Movement to be the greatest missions movement in history, mobilizing 100,000 goers and senders in his generation.
Lottie left her career as a teacher and sailed to China in 1873 as a missionary appointee with the Southern Baptist Convention.
Historically, student movements have been started out of prayer. One of the most influential prayer meetings can be traced back to the impact of one student, Samuel J. Mills, Jr.
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“I have sometimes seen, in the morning sun, the smoke of a thousand villages, where no missionary has ever been.” These words burned in Livingstone’s heart ultimately compelling him to give up his small ambitions in order to join Dr. Moffat as a missionary in Africa.
Listen to the many voices of the past that light the way for us in living for God's mission.