A few years ago, I heard this quote while listening to a sermon from a missionary I highly respect. Not only did it change my view of the church, it changed my view of missions. 

 

Missions is not something reserved for a few, elite "Super-Christians." Missions is a calling God gives to every follower of Christ. In the same way you're called to be devoted to prayer, Bible-study, and worship, you are also called to be devoted to missions. 

 

You may not be called to share the gospel with an unreached people group in a remote part of the world. But you are called to join God in His mission on the earth. For some, that means being intentional about building a relationship with your neighbor across the street. For others, it means partnering with a church planter through prayer or finances. 

 

We are grateful for a team from Antioch who invested a week of their summer serving missionaries at Ethnos 360 Training Center in central Missouri. 

Acts 1:8 says, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

 

Let's be a church actively pursuing God's mission to redeem a lost, broken people to Himself. Let's be a church unsettled and uncomfortable with keeping the stats quo. Let's be a church willing to do whatever it takes to see God's mission advance in our home, our city, our nation, and our world. Let's be a church that thinks beyond ourselves, to the ends of the earth!