We're A Missional People

At FBC Pompano this past Sunday, we celebrated our involvement in missions as I shared the message We’re On A Mission From God, which is to say We’re a Missional People. And why not? Jesus called us to be precisely that: “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

Jesus has a missional plan for us: It begins with where we are and extends to wherever they are. I would suggest that there are no better days in the life of our church than when we fully understand and wholly undertake this mission to our community and world.

God calls some to give their lives to vocational missions; God calls all to be His witnesses and to give support to missionary work. If you are a child of God, you are on a mission from God. So how do we go about it as a church? We partner with others to do missions. Such as:

• Broward Baptist Association – 160 Churches.
• Florida Baptist Convention – 2,800 Churches
• SBC (Nationally)- 47,000 Churches
• Select Mission Efforts at home and abroad.

 
Together we do 3 things:

• Pray (Spiritual support)
• Give (Financial support)
• Go (Personal support through Witnessing & Mission trips)

 
This past year we were partners together on mission by our prayers, witnessing efforts & mission trips, and our giving through the church budget (Cooperative Program), Global Missions Fund, and mission offerings (Such as Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering). What were the results?

For example, we supported together 3,500 IMB (International) missionaries in 150 countries around the world who saw 144,969 conversions and resulted in 684 new churches last year. Through our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, we gave $212 million in support of our missionaries.
We partnered with NAMB (North American Mission Board) for reaching USA and Canada. We supported 3,200 NAMB missionaries. Last year together we gave $73 million to Annie Armstrong Easter Offering in support of our NAMB missionaries.
The Cooperative Program funds 6 Seminaries and last year we trained 24,946 Seminary Students for ministry and missions.

What about Compassion Ministry? Last year SBC Disaster Relief (Under IMB & NAMB) served altogether 1,417,039 meals to disaster victims and saw 4,402 make professions of faith.

In our church gatherings in worship, there is nothing we celebrate more at FBC than when we see the baptismal waters stirred from a profession of faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord. This experience is sweet in our fellowship! It is because we’re a missional people! We love to see people meet Jesus! So our mission begins here and extends to everywhere!

There is so much more I could share, but you get the idea. When we go and share or when we give so that others may share, it touches lives as we show we care. The Gospel changes lives! That is why we must go, give, and pray! That is why we do missions! That is something to celebrate!

Devotedly yours,
Pastor Ron