A missionary can be defined as someone who is sent to spread Christianity throughout the world or do other religious works. There have been several influential missionaries in modern day America such as William Carey, George Müller, David Livingstone, Lottie Moon, and Amy Carmichael. These people have dedicated their lives to reaching out to others and have inspired many people to become missionaries. Each one of them has impacted the world in a different way.
William Carey was an English Baptist missionary. He was born on 17 August 1761 in Paulerspury, England. As a child he was known for his ability to learn languages. He even taught himself Latin. Later in his life he learned Greek with the help of a local villager. Carey had many Godly mentors in his life while he was growing up. When one of his mentors died, Carey decided to go work for a local shoemaker named Thomas Old. In 1781 Carey married the shoemaker’s sister-in-law Dorothy Placket. Carey and his wife had seven children, but three of them died at a young age. Soon after Carey’s five year old son died, Old died as well. When Old died Carey took over his business. During that time he also taught himself several languages such as Hebrew, Italian, Dutch, and French. The community knew Carey by his status of being a shoemaker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carey_ (missionary)
Carey became involved with a Particular Baptist association where he met several friends such as John Ryland, John Sutcliff, and Andrew Fuller. Carey preached at their church every other Sunday. He was baptized on 5 October 1783 by Ryland and afterwards committed himself to the Baptist denomination. Carey became a schoolmaster for the village of Moulton in 1785 and also got invited to become...
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...üller became good friends with Craik while he was there. In September Müller went back to London and begin feeling unwell again. He wanted to get out of the house more so he contacted the society he was working with, but they didn’t respond. He eventually decided that the society wasn’t the place for him because they wouldn’t let him go where he felt God was leading him.
Müller moved to Teignmouth and began occasionally preaching at Craik’s church. When he preached the congregations wanted him to be their pastor. On October 1830 Müller got married to Mary Groves. When he began pastoring a church he decided that he didn’t want to be paid. He felt as though people were just giving because they felt like they had to not because they felt God leading them to give. He also decided that rich people wouldn’t be able to rent the pews in the front of the church anymore.
Born in Wright City, Missouri, June 21, 1892, he was educated at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois; Eden Theological Seminary, Webster Groves, Missouri; and Yale Divinity School. In 1915 he was ordained in the ministry of the Evangelical Synod of North America and made pastor of the Bethel Evangelical Church of Detroit. He held that post until 1928, at which time he joined the faculty of the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he taught for 30 years. At the time of his retirement (1960) he held a chair of ethics and theology; he also served as dean (1950-55) and vice president (1955-60). After retiring he continued at Union as a lecturer.
Seymour later migrated to Los Angeles. He became a preacher in one of the mainstream churches. However, due to the radical nature of his newly acquired Pentecostal teaching, he was ejected from the parish (Alexander 33). He then sought out a new location to...
Martin Wells Knapp was born in southern Michigan on March 27, 1853. His parents were farmers. At age 17, Knapp became a student of Methodist College in Albion, Michigan. It wasn’t until he was 19 that Knapp was converted, through the prayers and witness of Lucy J. Glenn, who later became his wife. He was both shy and unattractive, yet overcome both obstacles to become a pastor in the Methodist Michigan Conference. His biographer, A. M. Hills, said that “the various parts and members of his body,… seemed as if they had been thrown together… by some laughable in accident of nature.” Though it was difficult for people to warm up to him initially, God used him to change the course of church history. Knapp had four significant contributions to the future Pilgrim Holiness Church. They were revivals, publishing holiness literature, holiness associations, and foreign missions.
There is a lot that has been said about the missionary trips of this distinguished servant of Christ which started about fourteen years after his transformation. His travels have left many Bible scholars confused about his powerful impact and how he founded of the Western Christian Church.
While in Houston, Seymour attended Charles Parham’s Bible School. Eventually he received his ministry license from Parham’s Apostolic Faith Movement. Parham was teaching on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Smith Wigglesworth was a young motivated child who did what he could to help his family on a daily basis. He was born June 8, 1859 Menston, Yorkshire, England His father did manual labor for low pay. So at age six he began working pulling turnips and at age seven he began to work at a woolen mill for 12 hour days. Also, as a young boy he was really interested in God and being a follower of Christ. Just wanting to learn and pray to strengthen his relationship that he was very excited about. Because his parents weren’t really into going to church and praying on a daily basis. His grandmother is the one who exposed him to Christianity and he was very thankful for that. He attended a meeting with his grandmother as a child and he heard a song being sung about “Jesus and the lamb”.
What is Christianity and why has it been able to develop into a continuously growing and evolving religion?
Missionaries were a contradiction, one that is not easily sorted. The goals and objectives of the missionary themselves were often purest of heart. Missionaries’ goals were to spread of the gospel, the convert heathens to Christianity and enrich the communities they work in by providing education and medical assistance. On the contrary missionaries were also often “agents of cultural change.” (Stipe p.1) They carried with them American ideals, democracy, individual rights, free enterprise, universal education, and delayed gratification. (Clifford Putney p.7)
Because of Suzanne, Wheatley became acquainted with John Thornton, another prominent evangelist. Thornton was especially notable because he promoted
Paul was very much considerate about the learning, teaching, training, and preaching of his devotees and his vision was that all forms of chief missionary responsibilities exclusively required team work – a team of devoted and passionate men and women both who would work together in the way of God. It is determined from the data collected by Kostenberger (2000) that Paul’s missionary contemporaries consisted of about one third of women. The Disciple Paul was assured of it that the church, as the main organization for Christ’s teachings, having men and women from diverse cultural backgrounds, linguistic skills and religious contextual, can
The biblical text Mark 13:32 is the gospel truth. The writing is a warning to be alert, be vigilant because the adversary the devil is coming to deceive you in believing a lie. Just as in the day of Noah, so shall it be of the coming of the Lord. Some teachers, preachers, pastor, evangelist, deacons, bishops, apostles and saints, have not taken the written revealed word as being the gospel truth, “for it is written”. God is the law and the final judge.
The shepherd and sheep relationship is the best illustration for the relationship between pastor and parishioners. When Jesus asked Simon Peter does he love him three times and said to him “Feed my sheep”, the shepherd and flock relationship has been set. Since Jesus is our good shepherd (Jn. 10:11a), he laid out a good example for us to follow - to lay down his life for the sheep. (Jn. 10:11b) Thus, the wellness of both in and out of the parishioners should always be the concern in the pastors’ hearts. Soul care for the people is essential. Christian friendship is the foundation of Christian soul care. Pastoral ministry including preaching, teaching, and worship forms the broad context of pastoral counseling. Pastoral care is within pastoral ministry but broader than pastoral counseling. God’s love is the source and motivation. Within the pastoral care, there are spiritual direction and pastoral
... In order to understand the Bible we must read it as the Psalmist says “O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.” (Psa. 119:97). However there some suggestions to cope with the study of the Bible in effective manner. The Bible was written a long time ago before us. That is why we need to deal with some back grounds, context, and theology differs with our time. Some hermeneutics principles can help us how to work in the better frame of interpret the Bible, such as the literary context, historical context and how to compare Scripture.
It may seem a little bit strange, but my favorite place in town in none other than this beautiful Evangelic Church. However, it wasn’t always so.
Evangelism is one of the key component for changing people’s lives. McRaney states, “The word evangelism comes from a combination of Greek words for “good” and “messenger.” Evangelism involves bringing the goods. Kent Hunter reminded us that “when Christians witness, they tell how Jesus Christ has changed their own lives. The change in their own lives gives them the desires to share the Good News with others.” Christians must share their testimony to people and spread the gospel so that they can bring lost souls to Christ. God has commissioned every Christian to evangelize so that people will learn about Jesus Christ and accept Him as their personal savior. Matthew 28:19 states, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”. Christians are required to spread the Gospel throughout the world and can no longer just attend church. Christians must plant seeds and water the seeds so that lost souls will be saved.