Mission
The city of Dublin is full of missional challenges. Pastor Christian has been hard at work finding new ways to reach out to communities and developing new church plants.
Due to its old facilities, especially the girls' dorm with asbestos sheets, the E. D. Thomas Memorial Higher Secondary School faces challenges, and a portion of the 13th Sabbath Offering will be used to renovate the dorm for a safer and more comfortable environment for the students.
At breakfast, he shared his thoughts with his parents. They welcomed the idea and encouraged him to start right away. Nathan excitedly looked through the home library for materials.
As a young man, I started looking in their direction. Then, one of the girls walked toward me with a smile and invited me inside. Not wanting to embarrass her by refusing her invitation, I followed her.
But Mother wasn’t happy. She didn’t know Jesus, and she didn’t want to know Jesus. She belonged to another world religion, and she didn’t want Father and Amira reading the Bible or going to church on Sabbath.
Then he took another bad fall. This time he was hospitalized for 15 days. He had suffered a hairline rib fracture, and the physician recommended total bedrest.
There are two main groups of Buddhism: Mahayana and Theravada. Buddhists believe that every good deed has a good result, and every evil deed has an evil result. This belief motivates them to do good deeds to get merit.
But then Kashish fell sick the day before a big exam in Sanskrit. She needed to study for the exam when she came home from school. But her forehead felt really hot. She felt too weak to stand.
So, when he returned home, he took a hammer and a nail that belonged to Father. He was hammering the nail into the poster on the wall of the worship room when Mother came in.
The Institute of World Mission provides appropriate cross-cultural training for all missionaries. The Institute cooperates with a tentmaker program and further serves the church with consulting, training and strategic planning for the worldwide mission of the church.
The needs and challenges of the worldwide Adventist Church are great and varied. The need is for youth, and the young at heart, to respond to the call to share the good news of the gospel with those who need to hear it.
More than half the world's population will live in urban areas today. As the world's urban landscape changes, so will our approach to mission. The Adventist Church is committed to finding the best way to tell the world about Jesus.
Adventists all over the world love to hear mission stories. Click here to download the latest Mission Spotlight® DVD or to request a copy of the Mission 360° magazine.