Global Missions
All are willing to go but who is determined?
By: Valerie Miller and Kayla McClelland
Issue date: 9/19/07 Section: News
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Missionaries from all corners of the world were on campus for three days to interact with students through a global village, lectures and in-between class chats.
From Monday, Sept. 10, through Wednesday, Sept. 12, North Greenville University hosted the sixth annual Global Missions Conference, entitled "Mighty to Save."
The McCaskill Fero conference room turned into a Global Village, where the visiting missionaries set up display tables showing what part of the world they served and how they ministered to the people.
Mick Stockwell, a missionary with the International Mission Board (IMB), works in Ukraine with his family. Fellow IMB missionary Darrel Hathcock, serves in Belarus with his family, but soon he will be in Ukraine as well. Stockwell said the way to create more churches in Ukraine is to train the national believers to be pastors.
"We want to be involved in and train our national parties and church planters," Stockwell said.
The International Missions Board works globally with the purpose of planting churches around the world.
Missionaries also visited classrooms and held seminars to share insight into the life of a missionary and to educate students about how they can be involved. Students had the opportunity to ask questions about the specific regions they may want to serve.
Newlyweds Chris and Ginger Mackey, missionaries with New Tribes Missions, completed four years of training before they were able to enter the mission field. They will be moving to Brazil in January.
New Tribes missionaries are taught the different tribal languages of the area where they will serve and also how to build their own houses out of the materials located in that region.
Each missionary organization has a different approach to building these churches. One of the most common approaches involves building a community through bonds established during small group sessions, which eventually grow into a church.
Missionaries also took part in chapels.
Coley Mull, a missionary from Deli, India, was the main speaker of the week. In his messages, he said Christians are usually willing to go to the mission field, but not all of them are determined to go.
He said our generation is the "tip of the sword" and challenged us to seek God's call. He asked students to write a letter to God to remind them of what He placed on their hearts. He said not letting God's call fade was an important part of being determined to go to the mission field.
North Greenville is accepting applications for L.I.G.H.T. teams that will be involved with missions across the nation. If you are interested, contact Dr. McWhite in the campus ministries department.
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