Missions 2020…can you believe it?

 Through our text I want to show you three things…The Great Commission, Holy Spirit, and Faith Promises. Matthew 28:19 (NKJV) “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,” Acts 1:8 (NKJV)
^“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." 2 Corinthians 9:5 (NLT) “So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly.” Obviously these three things Life Church is very passionate.

A Faith Promise is what you prayerfully decide God wants you to do for the Missions of Life Church on a monthly basis or for a one time offering in 2020. This is between you and God. Your FP card is in your bulletin. Pastor Rick, if this is between us and God why do we have to do a Faith Promise at all? Great question. The Faith Promise totals help us to figure out how many missionaries we can support and how many raises we can give. Let me definitely throw in here that even if you did a Faith Promise last year or for the last 30 years, you still need to do one for this year. The FP cards are our indicators on how we can bless our missionaries. I don’t want any of you to give reluctantly or because of pressure because God loves a cheerful giver. Notice it says that they were to decide how much to give not whether to give or not. 

Through our Life Church Mission’s Program in 2019 we were able to do amazing things! Life Church Missions is led by Dan and Peggy Duvall and Joel and Carrie Rosario and a wonderful mission’s board. 

Life Church began 2019 supporting 180 missionaries and ended the year supporting 194 (47 US and 147 World). That’s incredible. Adding 14 more missionaries! Thank you for being so faithful! I always want people to know how we support US Missions too. General mission’s offerings received as of 12/31/2019 were $291,553.50 and designated offerings (speakers, missionaries, etc.) were $82,099.79.  Monthly support for 50 missionaries was increased (raises ranging from $10 to $35 per month) for a total of $1,060 per month. LIFE Church also sent 60 onetime gifts for a total of $63,120. In November, a Christmas blessing of $100.00 was sent to 170 missionary families / organizations for a total of $17,000. Just think what we could do if we had 100% participation? This is just a glimpse of what we are doing for missions. Again I want to challenge you who have never given and see how God will bless you! Let’s fulfill the Great Commission together, Life Church!