A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology
Missionary work is an identifying feature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Always has it been; ever shall it be.
American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament.
Non-African missionaries, responding generously to the Lord's call with ardent apostolic zeal, came to share the joy of revelation. Following in their footsteps, Africans are today missionaries on other continents.
Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with commands and promises and calls and rewards for teach the gospel. I use the word command deliberately for it seems to be an insistent directive from which we, singly and collectively, cannot escape...I wonder if we are doing all we can. Are we complacent in our approach to teaching all the world? We have been proselyting now 144 years. Are we prepared to lengthen our stride? To enlarge our vision?
All the money needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy-spreading ambassadors is already in the church.
It is my growing conviction that the Baptist churches in America are behind the age in missionary spirit. They now and then make a spasmodic effort to throw off a nightmare debt of some years' accumulation, and then sink back into unconscious repose.
And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.
The great tasks facing the ecclesial community in the modern world - and among the many I particularly stress evangelization and ecumenism - are centered on the Word of God and, at the same time, draw therefrom their justification and support.
I have much to learn of the Indian, nothing of the missionary.
For many years, the work advanced but slowly. One denomination after another embarked in the undertaking; and now, American missionaries are seen in almost every land and every clime.
We need missionaries to match our message.
There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient.
God is building an army all over the place, in Hollywood as well. So it feels good to be a part of it.
