Introduction to Christian Missionary work

1. Missionaries
Biblical
Introduction

2. Missionary
 Missionary means – one who was sent on a mission.
 Missionary (Latin) is equal word to Apollos (Greek)
Their impact on world:
 Reached Bible to counties in other continents.
 Translated Bible into many other languages.
 Expressed love of God to the lost (i.e. Missionary
schools, hospitals and homes).
 Become martyrs for the kingdom of God.

3. Missionary Minded God
 God sent
1. Prophet Isaiah – Isaiah 6:8,9
2. Prophet Jeremiah – Jeremiah 1:7
3. Prophet Elijah – 1 Kings 19:15,16
4. Prophet Haggai – Haggai 1:12
5. Prophet Zechariah – Zechariah 2:8,9
6. The last prophet John the Baptist
– John 1:6-8

4. Father sent Jesus & Holy Spirit
Father sent Jesus Father & Jesus sent Holy Spirit
 Luke 4: 43
“I must preach the good news of
kingdom of God to the other
towns as well; for I was sent for
this purpose”
 John 3:16
“For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only son...”
 John 14: 26
“The helper, the holy spirit,
whom the father will send in
my name...”
 John 15: 26
“When the helper comes,
whom I will send to you from
the father...”

5. Jesus & Holy Spirit sent disciples
Jesus sent his disciples
God the Holy Spirit sent
disciples
 John 20:21
“... As the father has sent me,
even so I am sending you.”
 Acts 1: 8
“You will receive power ... And
you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem, in all Judea and
Samaria and uttermost part of
the earth.”
 Acts 13:2
The Holy Spirit said , “Set
apart for me Barnabas and Saul
for the work to which I have
called them.”
4th verse
“So, being sent out by the Holy
Spirit , they went down...”

6. Missionaries were sent to INDIA
1. Graham Stains
 (1941 – 23 January 1999)
was an Australian came to
Odissa as medical
missionary to poor and
leprosy.
 23rd Jan 999 he along with
his two sons Philip (aged 10)
and Timothy (aged 6), was
burnt.
 In 2005 Gladys Stains was
awarded the fourth highest
civilian honor in India,
Padma Shree.

7. 2. William Carey (father of modern missions)
 William Carey (1761 ) a British missionary,
spent 41 yrs in India and died in 1834.
 Carey, his eldest son Felix, Thomas and his
wife and daughter sailed from London
aboard an English ship in April 1793 and
arrived Calcutta on 11 Nov.
 1796, 5-year-old son Peter dies on 11
October.
 He translated the Bible into Bengali, Oriya,
Assamese, Arabic, Hindi and Sanskrit.
 1826 Government gave Carey "Grant in
Aid" for education.
 1829 Sati prohibited with efforts of Raja
Rammohan Roy.

8. 3. Ida Scudder
 (December 9, 1870 – May
23, 1960) was a American
medical missionary to India.
 In 1945, the college was
opened. In 2003 the Vellore
Christian Medical Center
was the largest Christian
hospital in the world, with
2000 beds.
 A stamp issued on August
12, 2000.

9. Many others
E Stanley Jones Mother Teresa

10. Missionaries sent to India
1. Graham Stains
2. William Carey
3. Ida Scudder
4. E Stanley Jones
5. Mother Teresa
and many.
Who will take this
baton ?

11. Missionaries are co-workers
with God

12. 1. Working together with God
 II Corinthian 6:1 Working together with him (Christ).
Ambassadors of God:
 II Corinthian 5: 20
 We are ambassadors for Christ
 God making his appeal through us
 We implore you on behalf of Christ
 John 13:20
“Truly, Truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I
send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the
one who sent me.”

13. 2. Suffering with Jesus
 Colossians 1: 24
“I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake...I am filling up
what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his
body.”
 Roma 8:17
“... Provided we suffer with him in order that we may also
be glorified with him (Christ).”
 Mathew 10: 34-38 Not peace but a sword.

14. 3. Witnessing along with God Holy
Spirit
 John 15: 26 (b)
“... The spirit of truth, who proceeds from the father, he
will bear witness about me.”
 Acts 5: 32
“We are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy
Spirit...”

15. The Great
Command
Mathew 28 : 19
“Go therefore
and make
disciples of all
nations.”