A missionary can be defined as someone who is sent to spread Christianity throughout the world or

Jim was influenced by the different missionaries visiting his home, who then told him about their life on faraway mission fields. He asked them questions and dreamed about being a missionary himself some day.


To be a missionary in early Christian times was a very dangerous and risky thing to do. Before Constantine ordered the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, Christians were persecuted for their beliefs. So to go out and openly preach their faith and even try and turn people away from the worship of their original gods was something that could ultimately end up with you being executed - which is something many early missionaries were (martyred). However, many faithful servants of Jesus (such as the apostles) did it anyway, because they believed that spreading the Word of God was more important than anything else.

Jesus was the perfect missionary. Jesus went to different places and taught the word of God. Jesus drew people unto him. Jesus told his disciples, that if they follow him, he would make them fishermen of men. Jesus taught anywhere. Jesus delivered the word so profoundly.

Mr. Hooper had the reputation of a good preacher, but not an energetic one: he strove to win his people heavenward by mild, persuasive influences, rather than to drive them thither by the thunders of the Word. The sermon which he now

As a child, he was given a bible, which made him want to be a preacher. He was born in Alabama in a rural area. When he was a little boy, he wanted to be a minister. One of his uncles brought him a Bible and gave to him as a Christmas present. At the age of five he could read the Bible by himself. He declares, “growing up, what I really wanted to be was a preacher. An uncle gave me a bible for Christmas when I was four” (Lewis and Aydin 1:26). In other words, his main dream was to be a preacher to spread the word of God to other people. He didn’t want to do anything else but that. He wanted to preach the Gospel. His parents had a farm, they gave him the responsibility of taking care of the family’s chickens. John Lewis’ life of chicken farming in rural Alabama, and his belief of what his role would be in the world, grew suddenly. He declares, “I imagined that they [the chickens] were my congregation, and me—I was a preacher” (Lewis and Aydin 1:28). In other words, he imagined they were his audience and he was the preacher, when John look back, he would see some of the chicken would shake their heads and that help him see that they were listening to what he was reading and it was important to them and it would be important to the people too. His chickens help him see that he was going through the right path by practicing with them. In this turning point we can see how receiving

Western Christians in global missions by Paul Borthwick is about the interdependence and unity of the global Church. The book starts at the conclusion of an era of missions where North America has taken the helm. As the global missions community changes, North America needs to reassess its role. There are 4 main integrated points that Borthwick makes that should change the perspective of the white American middle class missionary.

Sustaining missionaries already on the mission field is absolutely critical in the expanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The history begins at london's east end in 1865 by one time methodist reform church minister william booth and his wife catherine .Originally booth named the organization the east london mission. Thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunkards were among Booth's first converts to Christianity and this was the first sign of growth.In the beginning(1867) he only had 10 full-time workers but by 1874 the numbers had grown to 100 volunteers and 42 evangelists all serving under the name “the christian mission” booth was considered general superintendent. They launched an offensive throughout the British Isles, in some cases facing real battles as organized gangs mocked and attacked them. In spite of violence and persecution, some 250,000 people were converted under the ministry of

Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1962. 179 pp.

A missionary is someone who gets sent to a destination and his/her task is to spread the Christian faith throughout that place. Vincent was a missionary in Taiwan for several years. He was very devoted to spreading the Christian faith in Taiwan in order to help children and adults in the area. For Vincent to go to a place that far from home and staying there for that amount of time takes true devotion. From him doing this, it shows that he is faithful and is very devoted to his faith.

John Winthrop and Jonathan Edwards were preaching different messages in their respective sermons A Model of Christian Charity and Sinners in the Hands of Angry God, with different intended effects, for different congregations.

In the first chapter of “Christianity Rediscovered” by Vincent J. Donovan he is introducing us to the idea that missionaries now have a poor reputation due to their history. He says “History has offered the opportunity to deflect and distort the meaning of missionary work in every age”. For a long time a missionary was a person spreading the word of God and after years of doing so we have diminished many different beliefs, practices, cultures and history. At the time it was thought to be the right thing, to spread out and share the gospel to help people find meaning and acceptance. In today’s age a missionary is a lot of different things, in many cases it is more focused on the health and physical wellbeing of the people. Many people still share the gospel through missionary work, but in other cases it is more of a material aid. Donovan introduces the book as a voyage of discovery he wants us to put our normal beliefs aside to see his perspective of living a missionaries life and struggling with the fact of if you are helping or hurting.

A good missionary is one that simply is respected and accepted by the Indians and who has successfully spread the word of God to them. Many qualities however though play into obtaining this presence. A lot of Europeans that came to the new world did not possess these many qualities to understand the Indians. As a Jesuit myself who is a part of the New France mission I do know on a first hand basis what it takes to be a good missionary.

Missionary expansion throughout the centuries has taken a hard, often violent road. The expansion of Christianity begins with the adherents of Jesus Christ and ended with the premature demise of many of the disciples. In the centuries following the disciples, many missionaries were faced with percussion and death as the gospel was proclaimed. As missionary expansion occurs throughout the centuries, often times facing trial and difficulty, the question comes up; is the capital cost of missionary expansion worth the monetary value? This paper will highlight many trials that have been faced by three missionaries in particular and explain often by the words of these missionaries why the enormous cost of missionary expansion is worth the cost. The thesis of this paper is: everyone is called to preach the gospel; the calling of the missionary is called to live by faith even when facing difficulty.

No matter what path God calls a missionary to, the initial goals are the same. These goals are: 1) Build and edify the church, 2) Meeting needs, and 3) Spread the Gospel. The task of utmost importance is that of building the church, a community of believers. It is through evangelizing that men come to hear, know, and accept the redemptive plan of God through Jesus Christ. This is done by preaching and teaching this message when opportunity arises. It is also done by living out your faith in the day to day of mission life. We are to make the book of Acts our living example in growing and edifying a body of believers (Warren 26-31) (Hodges 61-62)