Will You Join the Cause of Global Missions?. David Alan Black

      DAVID ALAN BLACK

      Energion Publications

       Gonzalez, Florida

       2012

      Copyright © 2012, David Alan Black

      Cover Design: Jason Neufeld (jasonneufelddesign.com)

      EPub Edition

      Print ISBNs:

      ISBN10: 1-893729-18-4

      ISBN13: 978-1-893729-18-6

      Energion Publications

       P. O. Box 841

       Gonzalez, FL 32560

      850-525-3916

       www.energionpubs.com

      To the memory of my translator James — brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier (Phil. 2:25) — who gave his all in the cause of the Gospel.

       His name should not be forgotten.

      FOREWORD

      Christianity at its core has little to do with buildings, programs, or events. At its heart we find the MESSAGE of God — the unchanging, supernatural Gospel — which compels those changed by it to give their lives to the MISSION of God — the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

      My friend Dave Black gets this. Don’t let the fact that he is a highly regarded Greek scholar, accomplished author, and winsome professor hide the reality that above all else he is a missionary. He and his bride Becky have been faithful missionaries to their neighbors and to the nations, including annual trips to Ethiopia.

      Dave lives as a missionary because he is convinced that every follower of Christ above all else, regardless of vocation or location, has the high honor of serving Christ as a missionary. In these pages you will glean from his wisdom and feel his heart. We live in a time where the Western church is seeing a much needed, growing revolution shifting from professional preachers to living witnesses who live the mission. We need less superstars and more servants, and this book explains why.

      If you follow Christ there is within you a fire, a passion for your life to matter for Him. It was Zinzendorf who said, “Preach the gospel, and die forgotten.” May God raise a generation with that passion, and may we see the nations reached to the glory of God and for the sake of the Gospel.

      Alvin L. Reid, PhD

       Professor of Evangelism & Student Ministry

       Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism

       Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

      WILL YOU JOIN THE CAUSE OF GLOBAL MISSIONS?

      We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God. — John Stott

      God is at work all around the world today, completing His task of global evangelization. And He wants to use all of us in that process. He is releasing the potential of His church into global missions as never before.

      Would you like to become part of the Big Story of what God is doing worldwide? Would you like to be on mission for Him? You will have to begin by putting first things first. There need to be powerful motives if we are to pluck up the courage to start this daunting task. As a matter of fact, there are at least four of them.