Articles
Faithful To The Great Commission
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, left His church with a divine mandate to obey. As we explore the Scriptures, we find that Jesus gave this mandate to His church on the Mount of Olives as His final physical instruction before His ascension to take His place at the Father's right hand. This sacred order, found in all four Gospel records, is often called the Great Commission. The men and women who comprised Christ's first church in Jerusalem took this...
Cultivating a Missions-Minded Church
To be a missions-minded church is to embrace what the Lord designed the church to be- the agency through which the Great Commission can be fulfilled. The mission of the church is basically to “mobilize” or “send forth”, to reach out by winning souls for Christ, then to baptize or have newly-saved individuals identify with Christ’s body through Scriptural baptism, followed by the teaching or observance of the whole counsel of God. This is essentially why the church is here as...
Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing
The last thing I thought I would ever be is a missionary. In 1976 Missionary to the Philippines Bob Hughes spoke at my sending church. He was dying of cancer and as he spoke I turned to my wife Becky and told her we were going to the Philippines. We didn’t even know where the Philippines was. Iloilo City has a population of about 500,000 people in the city proper and about one million people including the suburbs. Our region...
Five Qualities of Godly Spiritual Leaders
From the early moments of church history, we see glimpses of the kind of leaders the Lord desires to be present within His church. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. (Acts 6:3) That phrase “look ye out among you” is significant because it shows that these qualities are not to be present in pastors only but also among godly Christians...
Asian Baptist Clearinghouse – Celebrating 30 Years of Faithfulness
Two things that are important to God would be Obedience and Faithfulness. You cannot really have one without the other, because they are co-dependent. Both work hand in hand to accomplish God’s will. This would be the way to describe the past 30 years of the Mission Movement in the Philippines. The local Baptist Churches decided that nothing was impossible with God and began challenging Filipino’s to consider God’s call and surrender to be sent out as missionaries to the...
An Answer to a Mountain Top Prayer
Asia, home to over 5 billion people, speaking more than 2300 languages is a continent of immense diversity and profound need. Ministry Asia is a local church-focused organisation desirous of coming alongside pastors and ministry workers in every country to help make a difference for the cause of Christ. We remain committed to ensuring that everyone in this vast region can hear the gospel in their native language at least once. This ministry began in 2009 with a small group of men that met together in the...
Faithful To The Great Commission
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, left His church with a divine mandate to obey. As we explore the Scriptures, we find that Jesus gave this mandate to His church on the Mount of Olives as His final physical instruction before His ascension to take His place at the Father's right hand. This sacred order, found in all four Gospel records, is often called the Great Commission. The men and women who comprised Christ's first church in Jerusalem took this...
Cultivating a Missions-Minded Church
To be a missions-minded church is to embrace what the Lord designed the church to be- the agency through which the Great Commission can be fulfilled. The mission of the church is basically to “mobilize” or “send forth”, to reach out by winning souls for Christ, then to baptize or have newly-saved individuals identify with Christ’s body through Scriptural baptism, followed by the teaching or observance of the whole counsel of God. This is essentially why the church is here as...
Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing
The last thing I thought I would ever be is a missionary. In 1976 Missionary to the Philippines Bob Hughes spoke at my sending church. He was dying of cancer and as he spoke I turned to my wife Becky and told her we were going to the Philippines. We didn’t even know where the Philippines was. Iloilo City has a population of about 500,000 people in the city proper and about one million people including the suburbs. Our region...
Five Qualities of Godly Spiritual Leaders
From the early moments of church history, we see glimpses of the kind of leaders the Lord desires to be present within His church. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. (Acts 6:3) That phrase “look ye out among you” is significant because it shows that these qualities are not to be present in pastors only but also among godly Christians...
Asian Baptist Clearinghouse – Celebrating 30 Years of Faithfulness
Two things that are important to God would be Obedience and Faithfulness. You cannot really have one without the other, because they are co-dependent. Both work hand in hand to accomplish God’s will. This would be the way to describe the past 30 years of the Mission Movement in the Philippines. The local Baptist Churches decided that nothing was impossible with God and began challenging Filipino’s to consider God’s call and surrender to be sent out as missionaries to the...
An Answer to a Mountain Top Prayer
Asia, home to over 5 billion people, speaking more than 2300 languages is a continent of immense diversity and profound need. Ministry Asia is a local church-focused organisation desirous of coming alongside pastors and ministry workers in every country to help make a difference for the cause of Christ. We remain committed to ensuring that everyone in this vast region can hear the gospel in their native language at least once. This ministry began in 2009 with a small group of men that met together in the...