BFF Focuses on Reaching the Unreached
The New Era of Modern Missions
Isaiah 54:2-3
Paul J. Bucknell
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Purpose
Identify the drastic number of changes that have taken place in world missions in recent years, making the old term 'modern missions' look antiquated. Many illustrations and charts highlight the great work God is generally doing, and especially through BFF.
"Expect great things from God;
attempt great things for God"
- William Carey
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God's mission agenda is going on at great speed! This video and sideshow reflect several points:
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Description of the father of modern missions - William Carey
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The character of missionaries back around 1800 A.D.
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Charts highlighting the number of cross-cultural missionaries over time, especially the significant increase beginning with the modern mission era.
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Contrast travel and communication in 1800 with today's modern world.
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Identify how personal and leadership training resources have drastically changed from the 1800s to today. This is done by pointing out how the Lord has raised up BFF for this era of equipping God's leaders to reach the masses by:
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Developing relevant teaching materials (content)
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Distributing these resources in different general ways, such as the web and RSS feeds.
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Deeply penetrating the cultures around the world by seeking God's special ways to bring these resources closer to the Christian leaders in the various nations.
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Watch the "The New Era of Modern Missions" here!
Other BFF resources on missions:
Acts 13:3 A Mission Church | The Bible Teacher's Commentary
A Bible exposition of A Mission Church (Acts 13:3) highlights how the Antioch Church was a model for a mission-minded church. They were open to sending ...
Luke 9:57-10:2 Mission Ready ...
Luke 9:57-62: Missions Ready introduces four ways to make us mission-ready, just like our Master, Jesus! This is the introduction for five pages on Luke 9:57-10:2 ...
Acts 13-14 Paul's First Missionary Journey - Mission Work and Map
Acts 13-14 Paul's First Missionary Journey - Gives us an introduction of the importance of missions in the local church, Reasons the church center moved from ...
Micah 4:1-5 'The Mountain of the Lord'
Missions is God's purpose for His people on this earth. It describes how He completes His redemptive program. Our job is to understand and respond to that ...
