From the Preacher’s Pen…
One of the many efforts we as a congregation support to take the Gospel to the world is World Christian Broadcasting. While short-wave radio is not so important in America it does reach much of the rest of the world. A few months ago we as a congregation were contacted by World Christian Broadcasting and asked to be part of a special contribution Sunday for that work. One week from today is that special contribution Sunday! We’ve already committed $1,000 to that goal and whatever you give in addition toward that work will be sent along with that $1,000. Please use either the envelopes provided (on the table in the foyer) or mark your checks as being for World Christian Broadcasting). Here are the latest updates on that work:
World Christian Broadcasting
Dear Brothers and Sisters In Christ, We have a dream. That dream is simple but profound. We dream that Christians will come together on October 30, 2016, in an unprecedented way to share the Gospel with the entire world.
We live in a world fraught with hopelessness, danger, and division. The life-giving news of Jesus is needed more than ever. But many parts of the globe are off limits to conventional mission efforts. For political, geographical, and religious reasons, many nations and their people are closed to outside influences. Missionaries cannot cross their borders.
Jesus declared long ago, “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every person.” How can we fulfill those words, words that seem to be an unattainable dream? For World Christian Broadcasting, the mission of Jesus is the very reason for our existence. The message of Jesus sent from World Christian Broadcasting’s shortwave stations cannot be stopped by any border, any ideology, any person.
Even in an internet world, shortwave remains the most effective and efficient way to reach people around the world. It is estimated that there are three billion shortwave receivers in the world. One billion of those are turned on at any given time with each one having three listeners.
Sunday, October 30, is the day hundreds of churches around the United States will be making a special offering for the ministry of World Christian Broadcasting. That is an important day for which we need your prayers and support. In addition to the six languages we broadcast now, we are hopeful to be able to add personnel who can provide Portuguese broadcasts to Brazil, Korean programs to both North and South Korea, and also broadcasts in French.
This is a once-in-a-generation moment! Would you prayerfully consider helping us reach more people? The need has never been greater.
— Andy Baker for World Christian Broadcasting
We have many mission works that we support and countless others are doing the work of the Lord out there. We must, just like the New Testament congregations, do our part both in local work and in supporting the work out there in the rest of the world. Since World Christian Broadcasting coordinates with the missionaries in the field, we are really helping all those already out there. Be an active part of the Lord’s work! Pray mightily for all the Lord’s workers. After all, they are our brothers and sisters working alongside us on this earth! And give that we might enable them to continue and increase that work. Please give much prayerful thought to this work and to your opportunity to add to our contribution.
—Lester P. Bagley