Missionaries

Five missionaries, one plane, the Bible, and the Ecuadorian jungle;Elisabeth Elliot’s biography Through Gates of Splendor shows Jim Elliot’s experience in the Ecuadorian jungle. Jim and his four friends venture into the jungles of Ecuador to preach the bible to the fierce tribe of the Aucas. they manage to win the hearts of the Aucas and they preach the bible and manage to win some souls and baptize some Aucas. Unfortunately, not all Aucas believed what they were doing was right and they killed the

Christianity Rediscovered Chapter One: 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

reference to missions. Throughout the book, the focus is then directed to the important factors that play a part in missions. Chapters eight through fourteen covers the importance of intercultural communication, volunteerism in mission, development of missionaries, the contrasting philosophies and strategies of mission, the new contexts from missions, the importance of mobilizing the local church and the changes affecting mission today. From this reading, I have learned the important factors that have an

The three cultures that are involved in cross-cultural communication are the Missionary’s Culture Context, the Bible Culture Context, and the Respondent’s Culture Context. The Missionary’s culture is a missionaries understanding and interpretation of the Bible according to their upbringing in the gospel, and their traditions. For example, I grew up in the Methodist Church, and singing hymns is a part of our worship and culture. Some modernize Churches do not necessary care for hymns, because it

wisdom and kindness. Beside her sits her husband, Jim, looking over her shoulder, commenting on the photos of the time they were missionaries in Kenya. During those nine years, through the blessings and hurdles came personal growth. Being a missionary was never the question, the true question was where for the couple. “We had often talked about some kind of missionary work. In a way we had been paying back how good God had been

January 1, 2013 is the day my life changed. I'm from a small town in Florida where everybody knew everybody and everybody else's business. I knew everybody’s car, house, address, and about every phone number. It was safe to say that for the first thirteen years of my life, I travelled nowhere and didn't see anybody but the everyday faces in this town. I learned to love this town mostly because I was comfortable. I didn't have to worry about not knowing where I was going or not knowing people. It

“The information and entertainment provided through… media can increase your ability to learn, communicate, and become a force for good in the world,” (For the Strength of Youth). From missionary lessons and resources online, to mormon messages, to face to faces with leaders of the Church, to 24/7 online missionary chatting lines, the Church has put itself out there in

participants. They must pray and fast, go to Bible study, and be submissive to others. They must be physically and psychologically healthy. Most mission agencies want missionary candidates to have college or seminary training for cross-cultural service (Gailey, Culbertson p 140). The authors stated in chapter eleven that, sometimes missionaries struggle to get along with each other because they have a different philosophy of mission. People that are motivated by the same things may have different philosophies

between mission and missions is that commission is merely a "reply to God’s calling" and the term missions are referring to "specific ways and organizational social systems in which the Church’s global outreach is borne out" (11). Sure, the love missionaries had for Jesus Christ is the chief cause that they resisted the test of time for their workplace. In fact, if we do not possess a heart for God, we cannot engage in God's mission for the church, to make disciples. Some other central element is preaching

of the world. A mission’s trip is mainly meant for missionaries to reach out to the people of other nations and not only share “the truth” but also help them with their struggles in life. Some ways missionaries reach out are building homes, churches, getting clean drinking water, volunteering in orphanages, donating secondhand clothing, giving health screening and checkups, etc. All these not only help the people but in the end give the missionaries a good feeling inside. It takes a special kind of