The Church – to the ends of the earth!

I am on my way home from a fantastic weekend in the vibrant Word of Life Church in Moscow. It is always great to be back in my old home city where we lived 1995-1998, and even more so in the church which we were a part of planting. It has grown to 5000 members over the years and now has 27 services every weekend. They have over 1000 youth, and besides the ordinary Russian services, they also minster to Vietnamese, Chinese, Armenians, Central Asians and Malaysians.

I was invited to speak the four main weekend services on The church – to the ends of the earth. It starts in “our Jerusalem”, but should reach to the ends of the earth.

I usually define the Great Commission as “The preaching of the gospel in and the expansion of the Church into all nations and cultures”.  We are called to introduce people of all nations and cultures to a personal faith in Jesus Christ. We are also called to introduce the new believers into a fellowship with other Christians. If there is no church there, we need to plant it.

The Church is the base of the missions work. A planted, self-sustaining church on the targeted field, is also the goal of the missions work. This marks our mission’s history and we have great opportunities ahead that are opening up.

In the Word of Life movement, we now see signs of a looming new wave of foreign missions, which is really exciting. We are also joining forces stronger than before in order to increase our impact. A joint focus will produce results. A steadily growing stream of mission’s teams and volunteers go to the mission’s fields. We partner in running mission bible schools, and in sending teachers and preachers.

Together, to get there!