Comments on: You Don’t Have to Be A Missionary http://billhutchison.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-missionary/ Serving in YWAM in the areas of IT and Communication Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bill Hutchison http://billhutchison.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-missionary/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Bill Hutchison Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:55:55 +0000 http://billhutchison.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-missionary/#comment-224 Thanks for the feedback. I think that you both hit the nail on the head. The thought that we all need to be witnesses for Christ in all that we do is very important and something that all Christians, myself included, need to be constantly reminded of. Being a "missionary" however I believe goes beyond that to a vocational calling. In the old testament all of Israel were called to follow God and obey Him in all things. There was still a set group of people set aside so that their only duty was to serve God and His people as priests of the Lord. In that group of people they all had different roles (although I don't think any of them built web-sites), but they all relied on God for their provision from the gifts of His people as they had no other job. I think that there needs to be a re-eduction in some areas of the Church about the role of people in full-time ministry and how they need to be supported by the Church. People also need to be reminded that if we are Christians we should be Christ like in all areas of our lives, regardless of the vocation God has called us to. Thanks for the feedback.

I think that you both hit the nail on the head. The thought that we all need to be witnesses for Christ in all that we do is very important and something that all Christians, myself included, need to be constantly reminded of.

Being a “missionary” however I believe goes beyond that to a vocational calling.

In the old testament all of Israel were called to follow God and obey Him in all things. There was still a set group of people set aside so that their only duty was to serve God and His people as priests of the Lord. In that group of people they all had different roles (although I don’t think any of them built web-sites), but they all relied on God for their provision from the gifts of His people as they had no other job.

I think that there needs to be a re-eduction in some areas of the Church about the role of people in full-time ministry and how they need to be supported by the Church. People also need to be reminded that if we are Christians we should be Christ like in all areas of our lives, regardless of the vocation God has called us to.

]]> By: David Couper http://billhutchison.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-missionary/comment-page-1/#comment-223 David Couper Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:20:13 +0000 http://billhutchison.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-missionary/#comment-223 The whole movement that everyone is a missionary had a good heart - to be more conscious of being Christ like in the everyday stuff. The fallout has been the decline in the value of traditional missionaries as well as less giving to missions. Everyone is called to be a witness - not a missionary.... The whole movement that everyone is a missionary had a good heart – to be more conscious of being Christ like in the everyday stuff. The fallout has been the decline in the value of traditional missionaries as well as less giving to missions.
Everyone is called to be a witness – not a missionary….

]]> By: Faye http://billhutchison.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-missionary/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Faye Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:37:56 +0000 http://billhutchison.org/you-dont-have-to-be-a-missionary/#comment-221 Hi there Bill...........a great article which I totally agree with. Maybe the idea of being called a missionary just by being Christ like to the people around us has developed from the fact of the saying "we have a mission field right in our backyard / neighbourhood." Hi there Bill………..a great article which I totally agree with.
Maybe the idea of being called a missionary just by being Christ like to the people around us has developed from the fact of the saying “we have a mission field right in our backyard / neighbourhood.”

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