CONFERENCE

“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you...because of your partnership in the

gospel from the first day until now.”

2017

WELCOMEWelcome!We’re glad that you’re here with us as we think about “Partnering in the Gospel.” There is no greater news in all the world, and we have been tasked by Jesus to carry that news to every tribe, nation, and tongue. To do that, we need healthy, vibrant partnerships with other Christians and other churches. The motivation behind this conference is to help equip believers to build and strengthen our partnerships in the gospel.

The apostle Paul writes in Philippians 1, “I thank my God in all my remem-brance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.”

We are so thankful for the many partnerships that have already been formed in our community and among our churches. It is a joy to serve alongside like-minded brothers and sisters in Christ, and we want to make our joy com-plete by developing new partnerships while we deepen those relationships we already have. That’s why we have invited speakers to help us think about gospel partnerships in our local community, our nation, and our world. We have also invited several gospel ministries that we would commend to you as partners. They have booths in the Family Center and would love to talk with you!

Our hope is that this conference program would also serve as a reminder and prayer prompter for the weeks and months ahead. Here, you’ll find informa-tion about various gospel ministries that serve our local community, our region, and the world.

You will also find a list of recommended resources about missions work, evan-gelism, and gospel ministry. Many of these resources are available at LifeWay Retail stores and at their table in the Family Center. Ask your pastor or one of the speakers for more recommendations!

We have been praying for you and for God to do a marvelous work through this conference. To Him be the glory!

In Christ,Nathan EikenberryPastor, First Baptist Millersville

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TABLE OFCONTENTS

Schedule...................................................................3-4

First Baptist Millersville...............................................5

What You Need to Know............................................6

Speakers......................................................................7

Breakouts.....................................................................8

Exhibits...................................................................9-24

Notes....................................................................25-28

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Resources.............................................................29-30

Key Terms..................................................................31

Upcoming Events.....................................................32

FRIDAY, MARCH 174:00 PM Registration Begins

Booths and Exhibits open

6:30 PM Worship & Ministry TestimoniesChildren in Action (1st - 6th Grade) and Mission Friends (Pre-K - K) in Fellowship Hall

7:30 PM Speaker - Wayne CrullPartnering for local missions

8:15 PM Evening Session Ends

8:30 PM Late Night Panel DiscussionRace/Ethnicity and local missions

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

10:00 AM Youth Neighborhood Evangelismat Bethany Baptist Church

3:00 PM Breakout Session #1Exhibit Hall opens

4:15 PM Breakout Session #2

Dinner on your own5:30 PM Youth Missionary Q&A

Pizza provided

SCHEDULE

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SATURDAY, MARCH 186:30 PM Worship & Ministry Testimonies

Children in Action (1st - 6th Grade) and Mission Friends (Pre-K - K) in Fellowship Hall

7:30 PM Speaker - Matt MarrsPartnering for regional/national missions

8:15 PM Evening Session Ends

SUNDAY, MARCH 19

4:00 PM Exhibit Booths Open

5:00 PM Association-Wide Fellowship MealMeat and Drinks providedPlease bring a side dish or dessert to share

6:30 PM Worship & Ministry TestimoniesChildren in Action (1st - 6th Grade) and Mission Friends (Pre-K - K) in Fellowship Hall

7:30 PM Speaker - Nick DrakePartnering for international missions

8:15 PM Prayer and Time of Response

8:30 PM Evening Session Ends

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FIRST BAPTIST MILLERSVILLE

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NURSERY

MEN’S RESTROOM

WOMEN’S RESTROOM

CRYROOM

FOYER

OFFICES OFFICES

STAIRS

FELLOWSHIP HALL(downstairs)

AUDITORIUM

LIBRARY

FAMILY RESOURCE

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FAMILY CENTER

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YOUTH ROOM

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

CHILD CARENursery (0-3 years)

Children’s Ministry

FOOD

Childcare for infants 0-3 years old is available in the Northwest corner of the Family Center building.

Fun evenings of missions education will be available in the Fellowship Hall during the evening sessions. The Fellowship Hall is located downstairs (stairs on East side of the building). They will engage in games, fun, and learning about great missionaries and current missions work being done around the world.

Sunday Evening PotluckWe hope that you will join us for a carry-in dinner, Sunday evening, March 19th at 5pm in the fellowship Hall downstairs. The conference will provide the meat and drinks, and we are asking that folks bring sides and/or a dessert. A chair lift is available on the stairs on the East side of the building.

Dinner is not provided for conference guests on Friday or Saturday, but you are welcome to bring your own food or purchase food from the Millersville Gas & Grocery to eat on-site.

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SPEAKERS WAYNE CRULLRegional Representative,Missouri Baptist Children’s HomeWayne Crull serves as the regional representative for the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home for Southeast Missouri. Wayne’s backgro-

und includes serving as the Principal at WD60, a business consulting group, in St. Louis. Wayne has also been Vice President of New Business Development at the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home, CEO of Edgewood Children’s Center, COO of Great Circle and an Adjunct Professor at Lindenwood University. Wayne earned his Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Wayne’s wife, Mary Ann is a nurse at Missouri Baptist Medical Center. They have married adult children and three grandchildren.

MATT MARRSChurch Planting Coordinator, Kansas City, MONorth American Mission BoardMatt Marrs is a native of Kansas City. He attended Southwest Baptist University where he received a bachelor’s degree in Chris-

tian Ministry. During his time at SBU he served as youth pastor at Glendale Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo., where he met his wife Kerry. He returned to Kansas City in 1996 to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree in 2000.

Matt served at Northland Baptist Church for more than 15 years, leading the church to be involved in a variety of church planting efforts. In 2011, Matt became the director of the Clay Platte Baptist Association.

Matt and Kerry have three children, 16-year-old twin sons Mason and Micah and 12-year-old daughter Kalynn.

NICK DRAKEPastor, Richland Baptist ChurchNick has served as the Pastor of Richland Baptist Church since 2013. Prior to joining Richland, Nick and Marsha served in Central Asia for six years, and before that Nick served as a youth pastor for Missouri

Valley Baptist Church in Halls, MO. Nick is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University and Midwestern Seminary. He and his wife, Marsha, have four children – Noah, Levi, Silas and Zoe.

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BREAKOUTS

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3:00 pmCarePortal (Shelly Gerard) - Room 202How do we find and meet the needs of those who are hurting in our backyards? What is CarePortal and how can you be involved? Learn how to serve and minister in our community.

NAMB (Jon Sedgwick) - Room 200How do you share the build relationships to share the gospel? How can you share the gospel with those you don’t know? Learn how to grow in your personal evangelism in this session.

IGO (Marshall Link) - Room 205How can small churches build a thriving missions work? What makes a short-term missions trip successful? Learn about growing international missions work in your local church.

4:15 pmOptions for Women (Michelle Sherer) - Room 202How can you be involved with the pro-life movement in our communi-ty? Learn about how we can support mothers and fathers with unplanned pregnancies both before and after birth.

IMB (David & Maria Powers) - Room 200How can we reach unreached people groups? What are the current methods and strategies being used in international missions work? Learn about the current missions work happening in central Asia.

Sports Crusaders (Tricia Alberts) - Room 205How can your church use sports to reach your community and make disciples here and around the world? Learn about developing sports ministry in your church.

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LifeWay Christian Resources exists to assist churches and believers to evangelize the

HOW TO PARTNERPray – remember us as you pray for churches and ministries who need gospel resources to be equipped and enabled to do the work of the ministry.

Visit – come to our retail location to find books, children’s resources, movies, music, and more!Find us at Cape West Plaza, 127 Siemers Drive, 63701(in front of Wal-Mart)

Contact us – let us know about your ministry needs. We want to help you do the ministry that God has called you to do. You can reach your local store in Cape Girardeau at 573-334-3570or visit us online at www.lifeway.com.

world to Christ, develop believers, and grow churches by being the best provider of relevant, high quality, high value Christian products and services.

The International Mission Board’s vision is a multitude from every language, people, tribe and nation knowing and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ.

IMB partners with churches to empower limitless missionary teams who are evangelizing, discipling, planting, and multiplying healthy churches, and training leaders among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God.

The International Mission Board’s vision is a multitude from every language, people, tribe and nation knowing and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ.

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HOW TO PARTNER

Visit imb.org for resources and information on missions work, events, training, and materials to help you and your church take the next step in making disciples of all peoples.

Give and support the IMB through the Cooperative Program and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. The giving of church members goes to support the equipping and sending of missionaries all over the world.

Go on a short-term, mid-term, or long-term trip to help make disciples all over the globe and among people who have never heard the gospel.

and church planting. We accomplish that through Send North America, our national strategy for mobilizing churches to plant churches and mobilizing church planters and other missionaries to assist with those efforts.

The North American Mission Board exists to work with churches, associations and state conventions in mobilizing Southern Baptists as a missional force to impact North America with the gospel of Jesus Christ through evangelism

HOW TO PARTNER

Visit namb.net to access information on how you can be involved in the many missions opportunities around you.

Pray for your NAMB missionaries, chaplains, church planters, disaster relief workers, college ministers, and others who are serving around our nation. Pray for their faithfulness, their ministries, and those to whom they minister.

Give to the Cooperative Program and Annie Armstrong Offering to further the kingdom work being done by NAMB missionaries.

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The Quad Cities in northwest Illinois is the 27th least churched city complex in the United States. Of the nearly half-million people who live here more than 300,000 people have not attended an evangelical church service in the past six months.

HOW TO PARTNERPray - For God to build His kingdom in the Quad Cities, for the existing churches to be strengthened in the Quad Cities area, for more people to share Jesus in the Quad Cities, and for Jon & Rhadonda Sedgwick as they begin Gospel-focused relationships and help other believers live the Gospel-centered life.

Partner with the Sedgwicks and other planters as they reach out to the lost and hurting in the Quad Cities area.

Plant – Listen and obey Gods call if He is calling you to plant a new work in the Quad Cities area.If you would like information about how and where you can partner please contact us:

Jon Sedgwick 573-576-9380 jon@pray4theqca.com

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Options for Women is an interdenominational, faith based, not- for-profit organization committed to serving women and families who are facing unplanned pregnan-cies. Our vision is to see life valued and families strengthened.

We are a non-profit, community outreach program that offers medical quality pregnancy tests, limited first trimester ultrasound, advocacy services, educational services, material resources assistance and community

HOW TO PARTNER

referrals to those facing unexpected pregnancy. All of our services are free and confidential.

Volunteer - Visit affirmlifecape.org to find more information.

Donate – Material goods are provided to our clients through our “Earn while you Learn” parenting class incentive program. Consider donating any of the following items: • Disposable Diapers and Wipes • Formula • Baby Clothes • Baby Hygiene Items

Give – Support life in our community through financial gifts. Options for Women is a recognized 501(c)(3), charitable organiza-tion and as such, your monetary gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Contact us:optionsforwomencape.com or affirmlifecape.org573-339-2032receptionist@optionsforwomencape.com354 South Springs RoadCape Girardeau, MO 63703

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building sports and recreational activities. You can be as adventurous or carefree as you would like. Schedule your next event with us!

Visit pvcamp.com or call 573-513-3500 for more information.

Peaceful Valley Camp is a beautiful camp nestled in a quiet valley near Ste. Genevieve and the Perry County line. Enjoy a quiet time with nature all around you and time away from the hustle and bustle of life. Let us be your next destination for any event you may have, big or small. We are equipped with a variety of team

• Send your young people to camp!

• Consider using the campgrounds for church meetings, retreats, or other events. Visit pvcamp.com to schedule.

• Volunteer to work at the Camp Cleanup Week May 9th - 13th. Help us get ready for the summer!

SUMMER CAMP DATES:Youth Camp - July 10th-14th

Girls Camp - July 17th-21st

Boys Camp - July 24th-28th

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centered on focusing our collective for the equipping and empowering of our churches to make disciples of all peoples. This strategy is grounded in our strong Baptist conviction of the autonomy of the local church. The practical working out of our strategy leads to a decentralized approach to the ministries of our association.  The primary function of the associational leadership is connecting churches with common interests, goals, and objectives, specifically as related to camp ministries, collegiate ministries, church development, church planting, and missions.

The vision of the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association is “partnering together to advance the Kingdom of God locally and throughout the world.” This is fulfilled by our mission, “to make disciples who gather with other believers as they cooperatively begin new churches or new groups within existing churches.” Our strategy is

El Salvadoran leaders to be ongoing trainers. Fruitland Community Church will continue to work with churches in the eastern part of El Salvador, and we are hopeful some of the trained leaders there will come serve alongside of us in other international mission partnerships. We also have three local groups in SEMO: Perkins, Fruitland, and Perryville.  These groups exist to train leaders in our churches.

The Bible Training Center for Pastors - we are fulfilling our partner-ship with El Salvador as we complete the BTCP leadership training in November 2017.  We have trained 4

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vision is realized through the church. Therefore, we are endeavoring to facilitate every people having a local church among them.

The Church Planting Center of SEMO (CPC) exists to serve the local church in learning to identify those population segments still needing a church among them as well as equipping the local church to plant a church among those groups.  As we carry out this mission we will begin to see the fulfillment of our vision, which is really God's vision: that all the peoples will give God the glory due his name. We believe the Bible teaches that God's

There is a new ministry in our area that facilitate outreach to the unreached in our area. The first is LifeCare Ministries. It was begun as a partnership of the Southern Baptist Associations of Southeast Missouri. LifeCare Ministries has a mobile medical clinic that can be used by the churches to do medical outreach in Southeast Missouri.

You can go to their website, www.lifecareminis-tries.net, to learn more, reserve the unit for your outreach event, or sign up to volunteer to serve through this medical outreach ministry.  This

ministry provides us with new opportunities for planting, or replanting, churches in needy, unreached segments of the population in Southeast Missouri.

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Over 20 years ago, Thomas and his wife Elise moved from Switzerland to Italy and settled in the Belluno Provence of Northeast Italy. He moved because he had a burden for the people of Belluno to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Soon after arriving, he and his wife began to pray that God would send ministry partners to help reach their city and region. As they prayed, they shared the gospel and soon people became Christians through their witness.

Over 20 years later, Rick Hedger (MBC) traveled to Belluno and met with Thomas. Rick wrote about this meeting: “Emotion cannot fully describe what took place as I shared with him I was seeking a MBC church to partner with him to reach Belluno and the surrounding villages with the Gospel.”

Rick then asked pastors in the MBC: “Is your church the one God is sending in answer to a godly man's prayer?”

HOW TO PARTNERPray – Ask God to grow gospel churches in this unreached area. Pray that He would send labor-ers into the harvest, even from Southeast Missouri.

Go - The Cape Girardeau Baptist Association has answered the call to go and plans to send 4-6 teams to Northeast Italy starting in 2018. Prayerfully consider if God wants you and your church to partici-pate in this Great Commission work by going on one or more of these trips.

QUICK FACTS:• 36,000 people live in the city of Belluno (largest city in the area of 200,000) and there is 1 evangelical church of approximately 35 people in the entire city.

• 0.046% of Northeast Italians are considered Evangelical.

Cape Association Italy Parnership

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Missouri Baptist Children’s Home is commit-ted to serving God by responding to the needs of children, youth, and families to make a lasting difference in their lives.For 130 years Missouri Baptist Children’s Home has served God by offering Hope and Resto-ration to children and families who desperately need both. Through our affiliate corporations,

MBCH provides a variety of residential and community-based services throughout the state of Missouri.When you see all that Missouri Baptist Children’s Home has to offer, we invite you to look for ways that you can become a partner in providing Hope and Restoration to children and families who are hurting.

HOW TO PARTNERPray – ask that God would bless the ministry of the Children’s Home and those to whom they minister. Pray that God would change lives, particularly those of young people, in our state.

Volunteer – visit www.mbch.org/volunteer_home to find information about how you can use your abilities to meet needs and change lives.

Give – contribute to the ongoing work of the MBCH to make an impact that will last for decades.

We are a community of students who recognize that a true fulfilling life is only found through a relationship with Jesus Christ. To that end, we labor to make Christ known on the campus of Southeast Missouri State! 

We host a weekly meal at no cost to the students provided by localchurches. Each Thursday evening, we gather at The Well to drink deeply from God’s Word through worship in song and Bible teaching. In addition, Life Groups meet throughout the week for Bible study, prayer, evangelism, and service.

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HOW TO PARTNER

We are located at 1115 Broadway St. across from Houck Stadium!

Give – support Andrew Abbott, our campus missionary, and the work of The Lighthouse as they make disciples and train up the next generation of church leaders.

Sponsor a Meal – sign up your church to provide a meal for the weekly outreach on Mondays. Or go along with your church to serve and develop relationships with students!

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Practical Shepherding is a Gospel-driven resource center for pastors and church leaders to equip them in the practical matters of pastoral ministry. Many pastors lack the necessary training to perform even the most basic of pastoral duties. In fact, even pastors who have had some kind of formal theological training still lack the practical training that every pastor will inevitably need to

face the daily grind of pastoral ministry. There are very few outlets and resources for this training, and this reality grows even dimmer once outside the United States. Most of the pastors we help cannot financially support our ministry.

Founded by Brian Croft, pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louis-ville, KY, Practical Shepherding reaches thousands each month through their blog, speaking engagements, conferences, and books.

HOW TO PARTNER• Financially – your support goes to develop resources to train pastors all over the world

• Fellowship – Seek to train up pastors and leaders in your local church

• Visit practicalshepherding.com for more information on the books, articles, podcast and other resources

How does it work?

1. Child Welfare identifies a need – like a crib, mentoring, or a family – they access CarePortal online and submit the request for help.

2. The Church is informed. Using GEO Radius Technology, CarePortal quickly sends an email invitation to churches who want to help hurting children and families right in their community.

3. The Church answers the call. The church’s point of contact connects with their congregation to see if someone can meet the need. The church contact then responds to the original email.

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CarePortal brings the needs of hurting children and families in your community to your attention. Child welfare workers uncover the needs. CarePortal makes local churches aware, giving them a real-time opportunity to respond.

HOW TO PARTNERPray – ask God to embolden our local churches to step out of their comfort zone, sacrificially give, and personally involve themselves in meeting needs and sharing the gospel.

Give – support this regional ministry to ensure that we can meet the needs of community members. Resources are needed to support the team and technology that make it all happen.

Visit careportal.org or contact regional director Shelly Gerardfor more information about how you can get involved.

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When disaster strikes, Missouri Baptists are among the first on the scene, offering help, hope, and healing. 

Visit mobaptist.org/dr for more information.

HOW TO PARTNER• Pray for the victims, and for those ministering to them. 

• Give to the disaster relief efforts of the Missouri Baptist Convention. Giving through Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief ensures that 100% of the funds collected will go directly to Disaster Relief within the affected areas.

The DR Legacy Fund (mobaptist.org/dr/legacy-fund) pools your individual contribution with the individual contributions of others to build an endowment from which the earnings and interest go to fund Missouri Baptist disaster relief efforts – from hot meals to chain saw teams to child care.It is a great way to invest in this ministry in a way that will fund disaster relief efforts for years to come.

• Go. MBC’s disaster relief specialists are sending teams to help with recovery. You may be able to join one of those teams. Contact Dwain Carter for more information (dcarter@mobaptist.org). The next area training event is - November 3-4, 2017: Miner Baptist in Sikeston, MO.

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Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvations of everyone who believes.”

This is made clear when we see the gospel presented to people who have never really heard it in the past. The response is sometimes overwhelming to Americans who are accustomed to seeing little or no interest. Our goal is simple: to involve as many Churches and Christians as possible to become active in Hands-on-Missions through Short-Term Trips.

WHY WE GO!

What a great time in history to be alive and a servant of Christ. Unique and wonderful opportuni-ties exist in our world for sharing Christ with the lost. Paul said in

HOW TO PARTNERWe help local churches establish healthy missions partnerships.

1. IGO will assist you or your group in planning your mission effort.

2. Make all of the arrangements for you.

3. Train your team and accompany you, if you so desire.

4. IGO will do all that is possible to keep your expenses to a minimum and help make your trip an enjoyable experience.

Contact us for more information on how we can help you plan and execute effective short-term mission trips!

Marshall Link 9505 CR 250 Puxico, MO 63960 linktoigo@gmail.com www. igomissions.org

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ministries.  The main effort is accomplished through the common ground ministries listed below.Sports Camp. Sports Crusaders partners with churches to provide quality sports camps for children and youth. We offer skill-enhancing camps in five sporting endeavors: basketball, soccer, cheerleading, volleyball, and baseball/softball.  Camp P82. This at-risk ministry provides children and youth an opportunity to hear about the life-changing message of Jesus Christ, and have an opportunity to attend an overnight camp filled with exciting and challeng-ing outdoor recreational activities. Sports Crusaders Live. Tune into “Sports Crusaders Live” hosted by our Sports Crusader, Randy Curless. This is a sports radio show with a Christian edge filled with interesting guests, current and historical stories, and interactive entertainment.  International Missions. International missions have been a vital part of this ministry since its founding. We partner with local churches and minis-tries to provide sports camps or assist in sports evangelism training.accom-plished through the common ground ministries listed below.

Sports Crusaders is an Christ centered organization that connects people with Jesus Christ and the local church by using sports and recreational activities through life-changing common ground

HOW TO PARTNER• Pray!!!

• Host a camp

• Send student missionaries

• Scholarship a camper for SC or Camp P82

• Take Sports Crusaders with you on your next mission trip

• Plan a work day at camp P82.

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RESOURCES

• Let the Nations Be Glad – John Piper• The Marks of the Messenger – Mack Stiles• The Gospel and Personal Evangelism - Mark Dever• The Insanity of God – Nik Ripken• Through Gates of Splendor – Elizabeth Elliot• To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adonirom Judson – Courtney Anderson• When Helping Hurts – Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert• Toxic Charity – Robert D. Lupton• When Missions Shape the Mission – David Horner• Finish the Mission: Bringing the Gospel to the Unreached and Unengaged – John Piper & David Mathis• Dispatches from the Front: Stories of Gospel Advance in the World’s Difficult Places - Tim Keesee• Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live. – David Platt• George Müller: Delighted in God – Roger Steer• The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides – John G. Paton• Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret – Dr. Howard Taylor• I am Going – Danny Akin

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ONLINE RESOURCES

• imb.org

• joshuaproject.org

• peoplegroups.org

• A History of Christian Missions – Stephen Neill• Mission Shift – David Hesselgrave & Ed Stetzer• Salvation to the Ends of the Earth - Andreas J. Kostenberger and Peter T. O’Brien• The Missionary Call – David Sills• Reaching and Teaching – David Sills• Introduction to Global Missions – Zane Pratt• What is the Mission of the Church? – Kevin DeYoung & Greg Gilbert• Introduction to the Science of Missions – J. Bavinck

IN-DEPTH

KEY TERMS

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What is the mission of the church?

What is a people group?

What is an unreached people group?

Matthew 28:18-20And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have command-ed you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

For strategic purposes, a people group is the largest group through which the gospel can flow without encountering significant barriers of understanding and acceptance (e.g. language).

Unreached peoples and places are those among whom Christ is largely unknown and the church is relatively insufficient to make Christ known in its broader population without outside help. In contemporary terminology, unreached peoples refer to ethnolinguistic groups in which the number of evangelical Christians is less than 2 percent.

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UPCOMINGEVENTS

Missions Intensive – IMB Missions TrainingOverland Park, Kansas May 2nd – 3rd 2017 8:30-5:30 both daysMissions Intensives are two day events designed to equip pastors and church leaders to cultivate a whole life discipleship culture that leads to the healthy sending of disciples who are making disciples cross culturally in fulfillment of Christ’s commission. Our two days together will be filled with theologically rich and practical sessions coupled with church team assessment activities that will lead to tangible action items when you return home.

missionsintensives.com

Youth Spring RetreatApril 7th 4:30pm – April 9th 12pm At Peaceful Valley Camp – $35Join us for a weekend of worship, team building, and breakout sessions with Pastor Mac Davenport as we discover glory revealed, glory replaced, glory restored, and glory reflected.

Peaceful Valley Summer Camp DatesMore information at pvcamp.comYouth Camp July 10th – 14th Girls Camp July 17th – 21st Boys Camp July 24th – 28th

CONFERENCE

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