Over the last few weeks I have been writing articles to help you evaluate if you are prepared for the mission field or not. I would like to encourage you to go back and read each article. This one, obviously, follows all the others so please go back and read. Am I Prepared for the Mission Field 1 Am I…
Everyone who is considering the call to foreign missions should take the time to consider these posts and to evaluate theirself. As you read this and see that there are areas that you are not prepared do not get discouraged. Simply decide to work on those areas. Get prepared. Be sure that you will be ready to do the work…
This article is the third in a series. Be sure and check out Part One and Part Two. As you get prepared to go the mission field you will need to understand what you are going to do. Being a church planter can mean so many different things. To some it means going over seas, starting a church, and…
Jeff Bush and the four pastors working in La Plata, Argentia. God is using them greatly. In spite of adversity this men have carried on. One of the churches burned to the ground and the men are pulling together, rebuilding, and doing better than ever. I am very proud of all of them. I want to encourage you…
This is the second in the series Am I Prepared for the Mission Field Now! It is my desire to help you. This is not to make you feel bad. It is certainly not to make you quit or not go to the field. It is to make you think about all you need to do to get ready to go…
I am so glad that you are interested in going some where in this world to carry the gospel message. This is one of the greatest things that you could ever do with your life. This post has the purpose of helping you get ready to go. You should be asking yourself if you are really prepared. Here is a…
I would like to address my college student friends for just a moment. Especially those college students who love Jesus and have full intention of being involved in missions with their lives – in their future. Regardless of what major you have declared you have also declared that you plan to be engaged in Great Commission work. I am excited…
Over the last few weeks I have been writing articles to help you evaluate if you are prepared for the mission field or not. I would like to encourage you to go back and read each article. This one, obviously, follows all the others so please go back and read. Am I Prepared for the Mission Field 1 Am I…
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http://austingardner.net/NewEnglishPodcast/marktolson2.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:31 — 39.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: iTunes | RSS Brother Austin interviews Mark, Missionary to China, about what ministry in China is really like. Many of us hear many different things about what is going on in China, but listen in as we hear from a missionary who is ministering and getting…
Rejoice in the Lord This next lesson has a lot to do with my attitude and thinking. I had to learn to obey the command to rejoice in the Lord. My problem was that I was rejoicing in circumstances, but circumstances do not always turn out favorably! There will be great services that bring many visitors and there will be…
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http://austingardner.net/NewEnglishPodcast/Newsfromchina.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:25 — 29.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: iTunes | RSS Listen closely as we hear an update from Missionary Mark Tolson as he tells us of what God is doing in the country of China!!! Mark also gives his testimony of how God saved him and how God took him from a baby…
Introduction It all started in Spring 2013 as a Bible study with a handful of people, about 6 months later we were in a rented church building holding a launch service, a few months after that we moved to another rented church building where we have been for a year. God has done some great things in our midst both…
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http://austingardner.net/NewEnglishPodcast/robertcanfield.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:10 — 27.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: iTunes | RSS Listen as Pastor Gardner interviews Robert Canfield, Director of the Our Generation Training Center, Pay attention to his testimony of how God has worked and is working in his life. Robert also talks about the Training Center and how it helps anyone that…
