Extreme Mission Evangelism is a Prayer
Missionary zeal. A fervent, compelling desire to reach the uttermost for Christ. To preach where no one is preaching and to reach were no one is reaching. To win the isolated soul that has not heard, and will not hear about Jesus unless I personally go and tell them. This is my prayer. To be an extreme mission evangelist.
Extreme Mission Evangelism is a Vision
Where there is no vision, the people perish. But, the people come alive when there is a vision. God allowed me to envision a young girl, on the edge of the jungle washing her clothes with her mother. Who is going to tell here about Christ? Here I am. I’ve been serving as pastor in the United States for the past 7 years. That little girl has grown up in that time, and no one yet has told her about Christ. There are plenty of people here in the Bible belt to reach the lost. There are plenty who can take my place as pastor. Is anyone willing to go and tell that young woman on the edge of the jungle about Christ?
Extreme Mission Evangelism is a Calling
What if I simply got on a plane, and flew to the jungle? What if I had to drive a few hours and then hike through the jungle to reach the young woman on the edge of the jungle? Perhaps I would have to find an interpreter to help me communicate with her. Maybe she wouldn’t know how to read. Maybe she would not be receptive to my message. But I could try, couldn’t I?
Extreme Mission Evangelism Works
I did it. I got on a plane. After a 13 hour bus ride and walking into her isolated village, I found the girl on the edge of the jungle. She was a very young mother and had just given birth. There she was, rocking her newborn baby. The interpreter introduced us in their own native language. He told her that I was going to talk to her about something important. Then in Spanish, I told her about Jesus Christ.
She said she understood what I was saying about Christ. She bowed her head and prayed. I am not God, so I cannot tell you what happened in her heart, but she prayed with me. I gave her the gospel. We gave her sparse and isolated community a Bible. In just a few days, we had walked hut to hut, village to village and preached Christ to hundreds like her, isolated and hard to reach.
Here’s how that most recent campaign came about. I called my GPA missionary friend, Moisés Melendez in Panama. I asked him if he knew of some people who had little to no gospel exposure. He said that he did, and that he would be willing to take me to them. He said he had a Christian friend who spoke the indigenous language. So myself, Moisés and his friend Rogelio spent the next two days in two separate isolated villages preaching Christ. Some that we spoke to were skeptical, some were standoffish, and some, accepted Christ.
Extreme Mission Evangelism is a Catalyst
I spent one week in Panama. I left and returned. Life seemed exactly the same in our church. There were plenty of people to fill the pulpit, and plenty of people to be a witness in our community. Some people didn’t even know I had left.
But in that short time, I had lived another lifetime. I had given the girl I on the edge of the jungle the gospel. She had a chance to bow her head in prayer; an opportunity to open her heart to Christ. Not only her, but dozens of isolated and hard to reach others where introduced to the glorious gospel of Christ for the first time.
Extreme Mission Evangelism Full Throttle
My dear church knows it’s best if I go full time. There are plenty of other folks who are willing to stay. But I am willing to go. I am the kid sitting in the corner of the classroom with his hand waving to the teacher, Here am I; send me! The teacher is Christ. The field is the world. There has NEVER been a better time for a ministry like Extreme Mission Evangelism. There has never been a greater need to get Christ to the isolated and hard to reach.
Extreme Mission Evangelism Triage Before It’s Too Late
Life is short. Hell is real. We must treat the worst cases without Christ first. We live in a land where Christ’s cure is available and easily within reach. I seek to take the Remedy to those isolated and hard to reach. I hope to take the Cure where no one else is even thinking of ministering. Why? Because God has placed it in my heart.
Extreme Mission Evangelism like a Circuit Rider
A circuit riding preacher would mount his horse and wave goodbye to his dear wife and children for weeks at a time. He would plow off into the wilderness to bring the gospel to the isolated and hard to reach of his day.
My circuit is global. I’ve traded in the horse of old for a 747. My calling is to seek the isolated few, or that isolated one, and preach the gospel to them personally. With the help of God in Heaven, and His people here on Earth, I will reach a few isolated souls before it is eternally too late.
Extreme Mission Evangelism as a Witness
There is nothing, I repeat NOTHING more exciting than living for Christ. I want Extreme Missionary Evangelism to be a witness to our generation that Christ is fully alive. I want our young people especially to see that Jesus is not only on the cutting edge of what’s happening in our lives, He is the Cutting Edge. He is the double edge Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God.
Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, or even pro athletes are living boring lives compared to those in the Lord’s service. I am thankful for those who have served to keep our country free. I am doubly thankful for our veterans who follow Jesus. But I shout, Praise God! for pastors, missionaries and, “Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Acts 15:26).
Every extreme sports enthusiast ought to be jealous. Every NFL athlete should feel like they went into the wrong profession. I want all believers, but especially our younger generation, to see that serving Christ is meaningful, exciting, relevant, fulfilling and wondrous.
Through Extreme Mission Evangelism I seek to reach the isolated and hard to reach around the world for Christ. I also hope to inspire another generation to live for Him with 110% of their heart, soul, strength, and mind. Does that sound extreme? I sure hope so!
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