On August 22 – 26, 2006 missionaries and other stakeholders in world evangelization from several states in Nigeria and surrounding African countries gathered in Kaduna, Nigeria to deliberate on the theme: Sleeping Church, Dying World. The venue was the Chapel of Goodnews’ Missions Week. The author was privileged to serve as one of the guest speakers. During his presentations, several of the mission leaders present requested that the materials be published in book form so that the wider body of Christ could benefit from it.It is this request that led to this publication. The book serves as an eye-opener to the position the body of Christ occupies in the world. It attempts to understand the place of missions in the early church and compares it with what we have in the church today. It also highlight the need to pattern our ministry after Jesus as “it is enough for a disciple to be like his Master” with emphasis on leaving our comfort zone for where Jesus had not been preached. The concluding challenge is that no responsible Christian is exempted from playing very crucial role in missions. You either GO or you stay back home to GIVE and PRAY.
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