MISSIO NARY A person who is sent to a foreign country to do religious work (such as to convince people to join a religion or to help people who are sick, poor, etc.)

MISSIO NARY A person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.

Mark 16:15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Matthew 28: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Romans 10: How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

Matthew 9:36-38 (ESV) When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

C.S. Lewis The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.

Ralph Moore “Have you ever questioned your friends about their prayers for spiritual awakening? I have. I find that most Christians request more of whatever they have already experienced at church. They also expect this to come juiced with a sensory awareness of the Holy Spirit.

Ralph Moore They ask for their relatives and friends to come to the Lord. Some pray that their gospel would change their culture, but few petition for entire cities, even countries to embrace the Saviour!”

What would it mean to be a modern day missionary in Stellenbosch?

John 15: 1-17 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

John 15: I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 15: By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

John 15: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

John 15: You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

1 We mission from a place of abiding: Knowing who we are in God and remaining there.

John 15: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Remember our vision: We exist to know God AND to make Him known

John 15: As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

2 We mission from a place of knowing who is who in the zoo (We mission under authority)

John 15: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches... for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15: You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

3 We mission by going to them Instead of demanding that they come to us

John 15: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

We mission as servants – serving a community in the new way of leading that Jesus demonstrated for us by washing feet.

Hugh Halter The biggest assumption we had to get rid of is: If we build it, they will come to us, if we just do it well enough. We had to start assuming they are not going to come. The only ones that are going to be drawn by our programs are Christians, for the most part, and conversion is not based on just trying to figure out Jesus.”

Ed Stetzer By Incarnational we mean it does not create sanctified spaces into which unbelievers must come to encounter the gospel. Rather, the missional church disassembles itself and seeps into the cracks and crevices of a society in order to be Christ to those who don’t know him yet!”

John 13:35 (ESV) By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

4 We mission together knowing that ultimately only god can convert

John 15: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Mark Dever “I’m going to preach the gospel like a gentleman, trying to persuade but knowing I can’t convert, and then stand back while God uses all of His powers to convict and covert and change the sinner. Then we’ll see clearly just who can really call the dead to life!”