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The Apostle Paul wrote that the Church will be dysfunctional if all believers try to do the same job. While all believers are called to join God in His mission, the specific ways in which we participate are different.
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People today use the word “missionary” in at least four ways:
-- As a description for all Christians;
-- As a label for people doing any kind of ministry anywhere;
-- As a specialized category for anyone with cross-cultural ministry experience, whether that be long-term or for only a few days;
-- As a title for those specifically called and gifted for long-term cross-cultural ministry.
So, which option is better? And, is there a reason to prefer one option over another?
I favor the last option. To me, that usage fits best with how believers are described in Romans 12, Ephesians 4 and 1 Corinthians 12. Those three passages compare the Church to a living organism. Like a flesh-and-blood body, Christ’s Church is composed of many different members, each of whiom has an important role to play for the organism.
Noting that a body could not function if it were made up only of eyes or ears, Paul wrote that the Church will likewise be dysfunctional if all believers try to do the same job. In this regard, Paul asked some rhetorical questions: “Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers?” Paul obviously expected a “no” to those three questions asked in 1 Corinthians 12.
To be sure, the word “missionary” is not found in that passage. One reason is that “missionary” is rooted in Latin, a language that only came to be widely used years and years after New Testament times. Notwithstanding, Paul’s metaphor of a body is very relevant to how we use “missionary.” Beginning with Paul and Barnabas, the Church has recognized that God calls and equips specific people to give their lives crossing geographic, cultural, and language divides in order to foster church-planting movements, people such as Milly and Agnes Ibanda and their family (right), who recently were sent out from the church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to serve in Madagascar. Those go-ers are the people for whom the word “missionary” was coined in the 1600s.
Broadening the meaning of “missionary” from its original usage is done with good intentions. However, I do not sense it has infused lukewarm believers with urgency and a sense of purpose. On the other hand, staying with the original narrow usage of “missionary” does aid the Church by:
-- Reminding us of the need to be intentional about taking the church to “where it is not yet” (as opposed to having people to say, “We’re doing all God expects of us if we are ‘missionaries’ in our own neighborhoods”).
-- Embracing the image of the church as a body made up of members with different functions, one of which is following a divine call to take the Gospel across cultural, language and geographic boundaries to “where the church is not yet.”
-- Recognizing that God doesn’t expect everyone to pack their bags and grab an international flight. Some will be “go-ers.” Others will be their “senders.” That represents the meaning of the word “missionary” as it was originally coined.
Postscript: Reserving the title “missionary” for those doing a specific kind of ministry rather than applying it more broadly does not excuse any believer from being passionately involved through prayer, giving, mobilizing or going in BOTH near-neighbor outreach AND ends-of-the-earth evangelism
Broadening the meaning of “missionary” from its original usage is done with good intentions. However, I do not sense it has infused lukewarm believers with urgency and a sense of purpose. On the other hand, staying with the original narrow usage of “missionary” does aid the Church by:
-- Reminding us of the need to be intentional about taking the church to “where it is not yet” (as opposed to having people to say, “We’re doing all God expects of us if we are ‘missionaries’ in our own neighborhoods”).
-- Embracing the image of the church as a body made up of members with different functions, one of which is following a divine call to take the Gospel across cultural, language and geographic boundaries to “where the church is not yet.”
-- Recognizing that God doesn’t expect everyone to pack their bags and grab an international flight. Some will be “go-ers.” Others will be their “senders.” That represents the meaning of the word “missionary” as it was originally coined.
Postscript: Reserving the title “missionary” for those doing a specific kind of ministry rather than applying it more broadly does not excuse any believer from being passionately involved through prayer, giving, mobilizing or going in BOTH near-neighbor outreach AND ends-of-the-earth evangelism
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Video: Railroad church by Asia-Pacific Communications
In Manilla, Philippines, Pastor Pedrito Cainglet started a church to reach the abandoned children who play on the railroad tracks in his neighborhood.
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In Manilla, Philippines, Pastor Pedrito Cainglet started a church to reach the abandoned children who play on the railroad tracks in his neighborhood.
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In Manilla, Philippines, Pastor Pedrito Cainglet started a church to reach the abandoned children who play on the railroad tracks in his neighborhood.
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Badly injured in a kitchen fire, Pratima knew that she had a long, painful road of recovery ahead. Yet, putting her faith in God, she "determined to live, whatever the circumstances."
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Pratima, a beautician by profession, lives in the state of Maharashtra, India. Her husband, Prashant, is a businessman and her two children, Levi and Silvi, are completing their graduate studies.
Pratima's family is a devoted Christian, Nazarene family with a very strong sense and availability to serve the Church of God in every possible way. Whenever there is any program in the Church, her entire family is eager to serve.
In 2007, a team of young Christian ministers was visiting the church and was ministering to help spiritual growth. The team of young people did not know how to cook good food. Being an accomplished cook, Pratima was driven by compassion for these young people and took up the responsibility of cooking for them almost daily. Because of this provision, the team's spirit of ministry was immensely lifted up and Pratima was glad to be serving these young ministers.
It was the last day of the young team in town so Pratima, known for her delicious biryani, decided to cook this specialty. All her spices, chicken, and rice were ready for preparation and her huge gas stove was fired up. Pratima was about to start adding the ingredients together when suddenly, the entire kitchen caught fire. The gas pipe was leaking and Pratima did not realize it until flames surrounded her. Before she could be rescued and helped she was seriously burned.
She was immediately hospitalized. The medical personnel reported that 45 percent of her body had been burned.
All of the Nazarene churches in Maharashtra were praying for her. Pratima's huband, Prashant, cared for Pratima day and night without sleep, and prayed to the Lord for her life.
The doctors had asked Prashant to not let Pratima see her face in the mirror because of the very serious scars she now bore.The doctors also said that it will take a very long time for her skin to come back and her life to be normal again.
But Pratima is a very strong willed and courageous person. She had already seen her burned face in the mirror and had determined to live, whatever the circumstances. She cooperated with the treatment and church continued to pray for her.
By God's grace, her recovery was extremely fast. Where she was expected to regain her skin in months, she regained it in 45 days. All the doctors were amazed at her speedy recovery and still wonder how it happened, even now.
God heard the prayers of the saints offered for Pratima and healed her completely. One can barely find a trace of burning on Pratima.
These days, Pratima and Prashant are fully involved in various church ministries and are also in the second year of theological studies by extension, besides her beauty parlor and Prashant's business.
Pratima, along with her family, is getting ready to go to several churches to share the testimony of this amazing miracle in her life and to encourage the listeners to follow Jesus Christ.
A woman once burned 45 percent is serving the Lord 100 percent. ( Map credit: CC-by-sa PlaneMad/Wikimedia)
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Baskets of love in Venezuela by NCM Magazine
Every night, Carmen worried that she wouldn't be able to find food for the next day. The church's Saturday service became a safe place where she could take her children as she tried to figure it all out.
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At first, Carmen thought of the Saturday church services at the Church of the Nazarene in El Llanito, Venezuela, as an activity for her children. A single mother without a permanent job, she was overwhelmed with looking for work and finding odd jobs to scrape by. With her children out of the house, she had a few hours to do chores and find something to feed them that day.
Carmen lives with her children, Deo* and Daniela*, in the Andean region of Venezuela. Not only has work been hard to find, but there is also a food shortage plus rising prices. Recently, the children were eating only one meal a day. Every night, Carmen worried that she wouldn’t be able to find food for the next day. Sometimes she didn’t even want to wake up to the reality she faced: her children were without even the most basic necessity, and she didn’t know what to do. The church’s Saturday service became a safe place where she could take her children as she tried to figure it all out.
As Deo and Daniela began to attend church more, Carmen began to notice a difference in them. They began to pray over meals, thanking God for the food they had even when it wasn’t enough.
The pastors at the church learned about the family’s situation from the children. They prayed together for food and for Carmen. Then one of the pastors began to visit the family at home.
One day, the pastor showed up with a basket full of staple foods for the family. The food had been gathered through a ministry they simply called Cestas de Amor, or Baskets of Love. Carmen wept for joy at the sight of the basket.
The doctors had asked Prashant to not let Pratima see her face in the mirror because of the very serious scars she now bore.The doctors also said that it will take a very long time for her skin to come back and her life to be normal again.
But Pratima is a very strong willed and courageous person. She had already seen her burned face in the mirror and had determined to live, whatever the circumstances. She cooperated with the treatment and church continued to pray for her.
By God's grace, her recovery was extremely fast. Where she was expected to regain her skin in months, she regained it in 45 days. All the doctors were amazed at her speedy recovery and still wonder how it happened, even now.
God heard the prayers of the saints offered for Pratima and healed her completely. One can barely find a trace of burning on Pratima.
These days, Pratima and Prashant are fully involved in various church ministries and are also in the second year of theological studies by extension, besides her beauty parlor and Prashant's business.
Pratima, along with her family, is getting ready to go to several churches to share the testimony of this amazing miracle in her life and to encourage the listeners to follow Jesus Christ.
A woman once burned 45 percent is serving the Lord 100 percent. ( Map credit: CC-by-sa PlaneMad/Wikimedia)
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Every night, Carmen worried that she wouldn't be able to find food for the next day. The church's Saturday service became a safe place where she could take her children as she tried to figure it all out.
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At first, Carmen thought of the Saturday church services at the Church of the Nazarene in El Llanito, Venezuela, as an activity for her children. A single mother without a permanent job, she was overwhelmed with looking for work and finding odd jobs to scrape by. With her children out of the house, she had a few hours to do chores and find something to feed them that day.
Carmen lives with her children, Deo* and Daniela*, in the Andean region of Venezuela. Not only has work been hard to find, but there is also a food shortage plus rising prices. Recently, the children were eating only one meal a day. Every night, Carmen worried that she wouldn’t be able to find food for the next day. Sometimes she didn’t even want to wake up to the reality she faced: her children were without even the most basic necessity, and she didn’t know what to do. The church’s Saturday service became a safe place where she could take her children as she tried to figure it all out.
As Deo and Daniela began to attend church more, Carmen began to notice a difference in them. They began to pray over meals, thanking God for the food they had even when it wasn’t enough.
The pastors at the church learned about the family’s situation from the children. They prayed together for food and for Carmen. Then one of the pastors began to visit the family at home.
One day, the pastor showed up with a basket full of staple foods for the family. The food had been gathered through a ministry they simply called Cestas de Amor, or Baskets of Love. Carmen wept for joy at the sight of the basket.
Today, Carmen’s prayers for a stable job have been answered. Her children’s prayers have also been answered — now their mother goes with them to church each week. She has even invited some of her neighbors to join them.
Baskets of Love is run through local Nazarene churches in Venezuela. So far, churches have been able to care for 60 families. There is a great need for food support in Venezuela, and the churches hope to help even more families in the future.
*Children’s names are changed for their protection
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'My heart was melted' by Gina Grate Pottenger
In a time of deep despair, Imran had a radical encounter with the living God.
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Training pastors in South Asia
One of the greatest needs of the Church of the Nazarene in South Asia is educated pastors who have been trained with excellence. To have a strong, dynamic church in the future, pastors must be trained today.
In the South Asia Field, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, there are 4,053 fully organized churches, but just 326 ordained clergy.
This gap will continue to spread as South Asia is one of the fastest growing fields in the Church of the Nazarene.
In May 2017, the six district superintendents of South Asia set the goal to plant almost 2,000 more churches in the next five years.
Thousands more mature, well-trained pastors will be needed in a very short time.
To help speed up the training of pastors for ministry, a project has been established to provide scholarships and increase the infrastructure of South Asia Nazarene Bible College.
To give or learn more, visit: www.nazarene.org/global-mission-project?project=2757
'My heart was melted' by Gina Grate Pottenger
Baskets of Love is run through local Nazarene churches in Venezuela. So far, churches have been able to care for 60 families. There is a great need for food support in Venezuela, and the churches hope to help even more families in the future.
*Children’s names are changed for their protection
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In a time of deep despair, Imran had a radical encounter with the living God.
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Training pastors in South Asia
One of the greatest needs of the Church of the Nazarene in South Asia is educated pastors who have been trained with excellence. To have a strong, dynamic church in the future, pastors must be trained today.
In the South Asia Field, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, there are 4,053 fully organized churches, but just 326 ordained clergy.
In May 2017, the six district superintendents of South Asia set the goal to plant almost 2,000 more churches in the next five years.
Thousands more mature, well-trained pastors will be needed in a very short time.
To help speed up the training of pastors for ministry, a project has been established to provide scholarships and increase the infrastructure of South Asia Nazarene Bible College.
To give or learn more, visit: www.nazarene.org/global-mission-project?project=2757
'My heart was melted' by Gina Grate Pottenger
PAKISTAN -- Crumbling under the heavy pressure of his school work, Imran felt that he was failing to get the high marks his parents and others expected from him. He had been pushed into studying science, although his real passion was computers. When he begged a teacher to let him change subjects, it was not permitted. He was told that if he failed in school, he was wasting money and valuable resources.
Feeling hopeless, he made at least one suicide attempt.
While waiting for his exam results with a sinking heart, he was invited to attend a pastor’s prayer camp, along with his father, who led a house church in their home. They had joined the Church of the Nazarene after a Nazarene JESUS Film team preached and showed the film in their community around 2002.
Imran expected pretty girls to be at the prayer camp, which was the main reason he’d agreed to go. However, when he arrived, he saw only men – and one girl who was already married.
That evening, the lead pastor laid his hands on many of the people and prayed fervently for them. Feeling desperate for the love and presence of God in his life, Imran said to himself, “If God is really working, this pastor will pray for me.”
Yet, after the pastor had prayed for every person in the room – except Imran – he returned to his chair. Deeply disappointed, Imran concluded there must be no God.
“Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder poking me and someone said, ‘Someone is calling you.’ I went and there was the pastor who was praying for all those people. He [said], ‘I want to pray for you.’ He laid his hand on me and he started to pray and … he started telling me all the things I was going through.
“I was so overwhelmed by God’s presence, and I felt God’s love so much, and I cried there two or three hours. Like a baby, I cried. My heart was so melted, I cannot explain. It is more than feelings. I say only Jesus broke my heart and that was such an amazing moment.
“Before that, I was going to church, I was leading and presiding in the church. I was in the choir. I was leading them, but this thing totally changed me.”
Filled with a new, unquenchable thirst for God, he spent long hours in his room reading the Bible and praying, only coming out to eat. He became so zealous that for a time he was angry not to see the same miracles and divine movement of God in his church as he read about in the early church depicted in the New Testament of Acts.
After finishing school he found a job in a bank, but quickly became unsatisfied with the work and resigned in just a month. Instead he began volunteering in a Christian ministry. He dreamed of a great revival in which someday the people of his city and nation would seek God.
“I have big dreams,” he said, chuckling.
While working in ministry, Imran earned his Master’s in Business Administration.
Feeling hopeless, he made at least one suicide attempt.
While waiting for his exam results with a sinking heart, he was invited to attend a pastor’s prayer camp, along with his father, who led a house church in their home. They had joined the Church of the Nazarene after a Nazarene JESUS Film team preached and showed the film in their community around 2002.
Imran expected pretty girls to be at the prayer camp, which was the main reason he’d agreed to go. However, when he arrived, he saw only men – and one girl who was already married.
That evening, the lead pastor laid his hands on many of the people and prayed fervently for them. Feeling desperate for the love and presence of God in his life, Imran said to himself, “If God is really working, this pastor will pray for me.”
Yet, after the pastor had prayed for every person in the room – except Imran – he returned to his chair. Deeply disappointed, Imran concluded there must be no God.
“Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder poking me and someone said, ‘Someone is calling you.’ I went and there was the pastor who was praying for all those people. He [said], ‘I want to pray for you.’ He laid his hand on me and he started to pray and … he started telling me all the things I was going through.
“I was so overwhelmed by God’s presence, and I felt God’s love so much, and I cried there two or three hours. Like a baby, I cried. My heart was so melted, I cannot explain. It is more than feelings. I say only Jesus broke my heart and that was such an amazing moment.
“Before that, I was going to church, I was leading and presiding in the church. I was in the choir. I was leading them, but this thing totally changed me.”
Filled with a new, unquenchable thirst for God, he spent long hours in his room reading the Bible and praying, only coming out to eat. He became so zealous that for a time he was angry not to see the same miracles and divine movement of God in his church as he read about in the early church depicted in the New Testament of Acts.
After finishing school he found a job in a bank, but quickly became unsatisfied with the work and resigned in just a month. Instead he began volunteering in a Christian ministry. He dreamed of a great revival in which someday the people of his city and nation would seek God.
“I have big dreams,” he said, chuckling.
While working in ministry, Imran earned his Master’s in Business Administration.
One day, Pastor Aneel came to preach at his church. Aneel serves as the district superintendent for the Church of the Nazarene in the area. More comfortable preaching in English than the local language, Aneel asked Imran to serve as his interpreter during the service. Aneel was so pleased with his abilities that he took Imran along to other churches he was visiting.
Then, Aneel said, “We want to use you in our district.”
The district was planning to restart a learning center for South Asia Nazarene Bible College, and hired Imran to do it. They began with five students in May 2013.
Since then, four learning centers have reopened and 60 students are enrolled, with 50 attending classes regularly. A fifth center opened in September 2018.
Imran believes firmly in the importance of theological education for leaders and pastors in his country.
“In the rural areas, there are no Bible colleges,” he said. “But most of the churches are in rural areas. The pastors are not well-educated. Sometimes we are preaching by heart and passion but not with the right doctrine. So that is very necessary to be holistic and missional. Our education – what are our values – this is very important, not even for themselves, but for the church growth. A healthy church will give a healthy community, and a healthy community makes a healthy nation.”
Most of the students travel from three to five hours to reach the learning center for class, which means waking up as early as 4 a.m. to get a bus. Some of them must take time off work, giving up their wages to study.
“They are living hand-to-mouth. Some of them are sacrificing a lot for their education. They know the value of it.”
In November 2016, 12 of the students graduated. This year, more will graduate, including one woman who completed her pastor’s diploma.
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Then, Aneel said, “We want to use you in our district.”
The district was planning to restart a learning center for South Asia Nazarene Bible College, and hired Imran to do it. They began with five students in May 2013.
Since then, four learning centers have reopened and 60 students are enrolled, with 50 attending classes regularly. A fifth center opened in September 2018.
Imran believes firmly in the importance of theological education for leaders and pastors in his country.
“In the rural areas, there are no Bible colleges,” he said. “But most of the churches are in rural areas. The pastors are not well-educated. Sometimes we are preaching by heart and passion but not with the right doctrine. So that is very necessary to be holistic and missional. Our education – what are our values – this is very important, not even for themselves, but for the church growth. A healthy church will give a healthy community, and a healthy community makes a healthy nation.”
Most of the students travel from three to five hours to reach the learning center for class, which means waking up as early as 4 a.m. to get a bus. Some of them must take time off work, giving up their wages to study.
“They are living hand-to-mouth. Some of them are sacrificing a lot for their education. They know the value of it.”
In November 2016, 12 of the students graduated. This year, more will graduate, including one woman who completed her pastor’s diploma.
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Young woman credits mentors for her calling to youth leadership by Ted Voigt
In Scotland, Amy Warner credits the mentoring she received from adults in her church as the reason she's a Christian today -- and now a local, district and regional youth leader.
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In Scotland, Amy Warner credits the mentoring she received from adults in her church as the reason she's a Christian today -- and now a local, district and regional youth leader.
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Meet Amy Warner. Amy is the youth pastor at Erskine Church of the Nazarene and the District Nazarene Youth International(NYI) president for the British Isles North District, and if you’ve ever wondered whether your investment in a young person is worth it, keep reading.
Amy grew up in the Erskine Church, but as a teenager she felt like there weren't too many other girls in the church, and it would have been easy to wander away. In a church with few female leaders, it would have been understandable for then youth pastor Alan Baird to feel like maybe there wasn’t much he could do.
“There really weren't female mentors in the church,” says Amy, “and that probably would have been a block for a lot of girls who might have been interested in serving, without female leaders to show them how to lead as a female.”
“Over the years [Amy] has attended many events and programmes, but it was through serving others that she discovered what it meant to be a follower of Jesus,” said Baird.
Wth her pastor’s encouragement, when Amy was just 17 she began her ministry career as a youth intern at her church.
“(Alan) taught me everything he knew,” she says.
She wasn’t really interested in a ministry career at first, but that relationship stayed with her.
“As I left school and thought about what I wanted to do in my life, I realised the investment he had in me, and everything he helped me to understand. I wanted to do that for people.”
Amy wanted to be a mentor for her friends and others because she knew firsthand the value of having an older person who cared for her beyond her family.
Amy grew up in the Erskine Church, but as a teenager she felt like there weren't too many other girls in the church, and it would have been easy to wander away. In a church with few female leaders, it would have been understandable for then youth pastor Alan Baird to feel like maybe there wasn’t much he could do.
“There really weren't female mentors in the church,” says Amy, “and that probably would have been a block for a lot of girls who might have been interested in serving, without female leaders to show them how to lead as a female.”
“Over the years [Amy] has attended many events and programmes, but it was through serving others that she discovered what it meant to be a follower of Jesus,” said Baird.
Wth her pastor’s encouragement, when Amy was just 17 she began her ministry career as a youth intern at her church.
“(Alan) taught me everything he knew,” she says.
She wasn’t really interested in a ministry career at first, but that relationship stayed with her.
“As I left school and thought about what I wanted to do in my life, I realised the investment he had in me, and everything he helped me to understand. I wanted to do that for people.”
Amy wanted to be a mentor for her friends and others because she knew firsthand the value of having an older person who cared for her beyond her family.
“(Alan) helped me to understand how I could do that.”
Amy realised her call into leadership didn’t come in isolation; the church had to accept and encourage her while she searched for her calling.
“If I hadn’t been a part of this local church, I wouldn’t have entered ministry, and I don’t even know if I would still be a Christian. Alan and Pastor Derrick really believed in me and helped me to figure out my place in the story of God. From there, the church were really willing to be creative in thinking about what my role could look like."
Becoming the youth pastor at Erskine Church means she is also stepping into the church’s role in the community. In the local secondary school, she is continuing work which was started by her mentor Alan Baird, and she has seen that partnership flourish.
“Alan’s work (in the high school) for all those years has made it possible for me to go in to the school and speak in classrooms about Jesus.”
Amy realised her call into leadership didn’t come in isolation; the church had to accept and encourage her while she searched for her calling.
“If I hadn’t been a part of this local church, I wouldn’t have entered ministry, and I don’t even know if I would still be a Christian. Alan and Pastor Derrick really believed in me and helped me to figure out my place in the story of God. From there, the church were really willing to be creative in thinking about what my role could look like."
Becoming the youth pastor at Erskine Church means she is also stepping into the church’s role in the community. In the local secondary school, she is continuing work which was started by her mentor Alan Baird, and she has seen that partnership flourish.
“Alan’s work (in the high school) for all those years has made it possible for me to go in to the school and speak in classrooms about Jesus.”
Having spent six years working in youth ministry at the age of just 23, Amy says that she has learned in her ministry that “God’s presence is a very long-term thing.”
Recently, Amy’s passion for justice has moved her to start looking at ways the church can be a force for good in the wider world. Diego Lopez, leader for Nazarene youth on the Eurasia Region, said, “I believe that Amy has a compelling passion for social justice. (She) has been able to inspire many in NYI (Nazarene Youth International) and in the wider church… to think deeper about our actions, and how we contribute into a more fair world.”
Amy is living that out through her work on her district, as well as her work for justthreads.org. Just Threads is a clothing company with a three-fold approach to their support of social justice efforts: selling only fair trade products; using design to promote awareness; and sharing the profits with existing charities.
“I want to connect people to use their gifts for justice,” she says.
Amy is an example of how God uses the passions of God’s people to build the kingdom on earth, and a reminder that our investment in young people is essential mortar in the building process.
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Recently, Amy’s passion for justice has moved her to start looking at ways the church can be a force for good in the wider world. Diego Lopez, leader for Nazarene youth on the Eurasia Region, said, “I believe that Amy has a compelling passion for social justice. (She) has been able to inspire many in NYI (Nazarene Youth International) and in the wider church… to think deeper about our actions, and how we contribute into a more fair world.”
Amy is living that out through her work on her district, as well as her work for justthreads.org. Just Threads is a clothing company with a three-fold approach to their support of social justice efforts: selling only fair trade products; using design to promote awareness; and sharing the profits with existing charities.
“I want to connect people to use their gifts for justice,” she says.
Amy is an example of how God uses the passions of God’s people to build the kingdom on earth, and a reminder that our investment in young people is essential mortar in the building process.
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