Partnering with Local Churches to Train and Send Missionaries Worldwide
Oswald J Smith was a Canadian pastor and evangelist who lived from 1889 until 1986. At an early age, he desired to be a missionary. However, he was turned down by mission agencies due to poor health, which plagued him
Our home church recently started a “Yokefellow Ministry”. The purpose of the ministry is to partner church members the missionaries who are sent out of the church to more fully meet the needs of the missionaries and to be active
The Prize Principle: God will reward willing people who do God’s work or who help someone else to do God’s work. When Ezra went back to rebuilt the temple, some went and some sent (Ezra 1:3-4). Some were stirred up
The Privilege Principle: God’s people are privileged either to do God’s work or to help someone else do God’s work. Being involved in the Lord’s work through supporting and sending others is a tremendous privilege. Ezra 1:5-6 Then rose up the
The People Principle: God uses people to be channels of His provision for His work. Ezra 1:3-4 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in
The Provision Principle: God will provide everything necessary to accomplish His work. He accepts ultimate responsibility for the support of His Work. Ezra 1:1-2 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by
