Starting a Missions Culture in Your Church (AUDIO)
MTW West Coast recently hosted an Equip missions conference on the topic of "Launching Missions in Your Church." We will be posting several of these talks to the blog in the coming weeks. To listen to the full series of talks, visit our page on Soundcloud.
What is missions culture? We are not given the option to merely support missionaries dutifully, but commanded to co-suffer joyfully with them. In this session, "Starting a Missions Culture," Mark Bocanegra, pastor and missionary serving with MTW in Chiba, Japan, examines scripture to help answer the questions of “What is a missions culture?” and “How do you cultivate it?”
A missional church is a church that is obedient, self-denying, and joyful servant to the Lord of the harvest. Listen as Mark unpacks these three crucial elements through the lens of the Philippian and the Colossian church.
This seminar gives a basic overview of the foundational principles of missions culture. For a practical how-to guide, you may be interested in our resource, Establishing an Effective Missions Program. Or if you're in the Southwest area, you may want to consider attending one of our Advancing in Missions workshops.
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SEE MOREPray for those who spent their summer on an MTW summer internship and have now returned home. Pray that God would use their deepened hearts for missions for His glory.
Give thanks for faithful servants who have lived a life of service to Christ, and in death leave a legacy of hope. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints (Ps. 116:15).
Please pray for the Crates for Ukraine 3.0 effort, and for the med kits, tourniquets, vitamins, winter wear, and other critical supplies to meet the physical needs of Ukrainians in the areas that need it most.
Pray for those who are considering missions to begin taking steps that will equip them for ahead of time.
Pray for MTW's ministries in Sydney, including Harbour City Church, City Sanctum, and Student Outreach to the World, as well as the Pacific Islands Island to Island Partnership.
Pray for City Sanctum, a ministry to businessmen and women in Sydney, Australia that helps believers live out their faith in the workplace, and welcomes non-believers exploring their faith.
Pray for God to burden the Church with the importance of our global missions mandate.
Pray for missionary parents in the unique challenges of raising kids on the mission field.
Pray for God to move among the Pacific Island nations of Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga through the Island to Island Gospel Fellowship.
Give thanks and glory to God for seeing MTW through 50 years of missions, for the many global churches He has planted, and the countless souls He has drawn to Himself through the ministry.
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