Evangéliumi Hírnök, 1980 (72. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1980-10-15 / 20. szám
PIONEER MISSION FACTS DID YOU KNOW! 1. Today over 1 billion 400 million souls live in our generation, who have never been touched by the Gospel? Today there are 400 million more evangelized souls in the world than there were a generation ago? 2. Today more than 1/4 of all nations, 1/3 of the earth’s surface and 1/2 of the world’s population are under the influence of godless communism? 3. Today there are 138,000 more lost people in the world than there were yesterday? When you arrive at your Sunday School class this Sunday, there will be about one million more lost people than when you arrived last Sunday? 4. 146,000 people will die within the next 24 hours, most of them lost? 345,000 babies will be born in the next 23 hours who will live at least to the age of accountability and die and go to Hell without ever being presented the Gospel? 5. America has persons in more than 600 countries with no Southern Baptist congregation? There are seven metropolitan areas of the United States which have no Southern Baptist work? 6. That Southern Baptists, through the Bold Mission Thrust, are to let every person in our land have an opportunity to hear and to accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to let every person in our land have an opportunity to share in the witness of a New Testament fellowship of believers? 7. Our nation is growing pagan at the rate of over fifty to one each year? Out of every fifty persons added to our population, we are winning only one to Christ? At this rate, how long will it be before our own nation will be a great mission field? 8. Of the millions of Baptists on the rolls of our churches, 1/4 are A.W.O.L. and not saved to the cause? 9. “A church will never grow to need the space it fails to provide?” 10. Right now in this generation there are more people who have never heard of Jesus Christ than lived at the time when Christ gave the Great Commission? 11. That in the United States 1/5 of the people live on 1 /6 of the land (100,000,000 in the Northeast Corner)? There are 321 people per square mile as compared to 57 per square mile in the Southeast? 12. That the country of Brazil is better churched than Steel Valley, Ohio? 13. That Steel Valley Association is central for the Northeast 100,000,000 U.S.A.? 65 miles northwest to Cleveland; 65 miles southeast to Pittsburgh. 14. That among 8,000,000 people, there are about 140 Southern Baptist churches and missions with 20,000 members (400 people per member)? 15. That you and your friends can make possible the presentation of the Gospel? 16. That First Baptist Church, Middlefield, is trying to present Jesus to this area? 17. That God is still asking, “Whom shall we send and who will go for us?” Isaiah 6:8. * * * Dear Brother in Christ: I want to share with you some blessings and burdens of Pioneer Missions. We need your support. I have found many times that to be informed is to become involved. I want to supply information and then trust God to inspire. First Baptist Church, Middlefield, began in September of 1972. The Lewis family and six adults from Faith Baptist Church, South Newbury, Ohio, began with Sunday School in the Lewis home. Later an upstairs lodge hall was rented and still serves at present as a meeting place. It no longer is adequate for our needs. Our membership has reached 67 — 27 of these by baptism. The present membership is 41, as 26 have been lost by transfer of membership. We minister to a great people in the heart of the Home Mission Board’s Bold Mission Thrust Emphasis. These people are without Bibles, some have never been to church, and many need the Lord. Middlefield is a growing industrial center for Geagua County. Would you join our people in a commitment to reach these people for Christ? In August of 1976 we purchased, with the aid of a loan from the Home Mission Board, seven acres of land. Now we need to build. We are seriously considering Home Mission Board Plan M-152 C. We would be so happy if you would join us in prayer about the building. Maybe your church, or some individual or group would be interested in a direct Pioneer Mission Project. We would certainly insist that this not interfere with the local church. If you desire refernces, please contact: 1. Rev. T. Donald Davidson, Superintendent of Missions, 283 West Market Street, Warren, Ohio 44481. Tel.: 1-216 395-4071 or 1-216 898-7876. 2. Rev. Ray Roberts, Executive Secretary, State Convention of Baptists in Ohio, 1680 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43203. Tel.: 1-614 253-8527. 3. Rev. Cecil W. Seagle, Pastor, Mulberry Baptist Church, 6450 Tuckaseegee Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28214. Tel.: 1-704 399-9729. _ Three Things We Desire 1. Pray__ Pray__ Pray__ 2. Let us hear from you by letters, phone calls, visits, etc. 3. Give as God lays it upon your heart. (Time, talents, materials, memorials, gifts.) A list of memorials will be provided upon request. We must pay off the Home Mission Board Loan before building. We then will need $100,000 at least to build. We believe there are those who would be able and willing to make a commitment to this Bold Mission Trust. Some would like to make a sizable gift. Others may desire to give on a monthly basis. Any gift, small or large, will be acknowledged and recorded for Internal Revenue Service. These should be made payable to First Baptist Church and mailed to the above address. Would you please join First Baptist Church of Middlefield in presenting Jesus to this area? God’s Richest Blessing Upon You, First Baptist Church, S B. C. Jack M. Lewis, Pastor 14770 Cedarwood Court Middlefield, Ohio 44062 1980. október 15.
