World Evangelization

I World Evangelization

In our world today , the term Mission ' is not a new terminology to us We have heard , used or might have even been involved in it . Therefore in this essay , focus will be drawn on the meaning of this term as well as Old and New Testament scriptures that we can say are the basis of mission . For the purpose of better comprehension of our of discussion , it will suffice to make a conceptual clarification of terminologies that will be discussed in this essay

Generally , Christian mission can be

said to be the reaching out of the church to the people in the society . Depending on how we see it , mission can be viewed from two different perspectives . The first is the layman 's idea about the term . Most times , people think mission to mean the reaching out of the Church to people that are in the community where the church is located . Apart from this , mission also entails the reaching out of the church to communities where Christ is not preached Essentially , both constitute a whole in the proper definition of the term

In the Old Testament , one of the popular scriptures that one can say is the part of the basis for world mission can be seen in Isaiah . Quoting from Isaiah 6 :8 , the prophet says in the KJV Bible that Also I heard the voice of the Lord , saying , Whom shall I send , and who will go for us ? Then said I , Here am I send me ' Another Scripture can be seen in the same Isaiah 61 :1-4 which quotes The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , to proclaim liberty to the captives , and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ' Apart from these , in the New Testament , two scriptures that I consider to be the basis of word mission can be seen in Mark . In Mark 16 : 15 the Bible says Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature . Also in Matthew 28 :18-20 , the Bible says Then Jesus came to them and said "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me . 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit , 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you . And surely I am with you always , to the very end of the age

From my point of view , I consider these four scriptures to be the basis of world mission because of their significance . During my research , I discovered that many ministries involved in mission use these four scriptures as the Bible verse which forms the basis of what they do and their mission statement . In addition to this , the scripture in Matthew is popularly regarded to...