contact with the Church of God. Impressed with the church, the empowering of the Holy Spirit to enable us to complete the task
he wrote friends in Romania about the healing power of Christ, He has assigned us.
the gifts of the Spirit, and works of grace that he witnessed. His
contact with the Bradins in Romania led to the formation of the
Tremendous Challenges
Pentecostal Apostolic Church of God, which has had a significant As we celebrate 100 years of world missions, let us not forget
fraternal relationship with the Church of God ever since. the tremendous challenges before us. One of the key challenges
The Full Gospel Church of South Africa decided after much we face is overcoming the idea that everything a church does is a
discussion and prayer, and overcoming significant challenges, to Great Commission task. The local church should have a multilay-
amalgamate with the Church of God on March 28, 1951. ered ministry, but no one should consider all those activities as
Ho L. Senduk and his wife, Helen, leader of the Bethel Full part of fulfilling the Great Commission.
Gospel Church in Indonesia, joined the Church of God in 1958 How can we partner with World Missions department to fulfill
and united the Bethel Full Gospel Church with the Church ofh with the Church of ourour denomination’s role in helping fulfill the Great Commission? denomination s role in helping
God in 1967. Today, the largest Church of Godf God Make our prioritMake our priority the winning of souls who will be incorporatedy the winning o
congregation in the world, with over 200,0000,000 into the Kingdom as disciples, and who,into the
members, can be found in Jakarta, Indonesia,nesia, iin turn, make other disciples. Our
under the leadership of Pastor Niko Njotora-ora- primary task is helping peoplep
hardjo and Overseer Jacob Nahuway. ccome to faith and assimilat-
The relationship between the Church ofof ing them in the church asin
God and these ministry partners continues toto disciples.di
strengthen and flourish. Lead our churches to become
Great Commission churches throughGre
Tremendous Resources
preaching and teaching founded sol-prea
All of our success on the mission fieldd idly in Scripture. idly This includes con-
would not have been possible were it not forr vincing church members that lostvinc
the commitment of the local church to giveal church to givee people are really lost, that the lostpeop
to world missions. Since 1927, the church927, the church must hear the gospel in order tomust
has designated a month- be saved, that we are in a battlebe sa
ly offering in an amountt against evil forces for the souls ofagains
equal to 2.5 percent of thee lost people, and that the Churchlost p
tithes received to be sentt will ultimately triumph.wi
to the International Officess Participate in Great Commission minis-
for world missions. In addi-i- tries both locally and globally.tr Local evan-
tion to these required funds,s, gelism initiatives such as friendship evan-ge
local churches and membersrs gelism and church planting give oppor-g
contribute funds to desig-g- tunities for members to be engaged intu
nated world missions projects.ts. hands-on Great Commission work.h
This financial commitmentnt The World Missions Department’s
enables us to spread the goodod stated goal is “to help local churchess
news around the world. fulfill their Great Commission calling.”f
Members can participate in short-term mission trips and serveMembers can participate
Tremendous Responsibilityibilit
as teachers, workers in orphanages, construction workers, and a
The success of Church of God World Missions is in response number of other opportunities. Members can also sponsor mis-
to the Great Commission, which is yet to be fulfilled. It is called sionaries or give to designated projects.
the Great Commission because it is the preeminent mission of the Pray. Jesus said, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are
Church. We are here to partner with Christ by the Holy Spirit to few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers
finish the mission Jesus initiated. into His harvest” (Luke 10:2 NKJV). A spiritual battle rages when
There are five Great Commission perspectives in the New the ambassadors of the King perform their work, and they need a
Testament, each with its own requisite. Mark 16:15 emphasizes battalion of praying people to support them in prayer.
the need for us to connect with our culture—including every race, This might sound simplistic, but God is calling the Church
color, and creed. In Luke 24:46-48, the emphasis is on converting of God once again to its mission. The question is, “Will you
the lost. Matthew 28:18-20 highlights the discipling aspect of the respond to the call?” The next time you look at the world and
Great Commission. John 20:19-22 emphasizes the equipping requi- wonder why God doesn’t do something, remember that He
site of the Great Commission. Finally, in Acts 1:8, Luke spotlights did—He made you.
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