Have a Missions Class

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Is your church involved in missions?

When was the last time you had a Bible class studying missions?

At Seven Oaks we didn’t know if we had ever had a class on missions.  We are currently having a class open for any to attend on Sunday mornings.  It is aimed at those primarily involved in our work in El Salvador.  But the class has been a great blessing.

I actually did a graduate internship on missions which involved teaching a class on missions back in 1999.  I had some good resources on missions from the class and the internship.  I believe the class would be a great blessing for any church.

Here are some topics you could cover in the class:

• The God of Missions
• The Great Commission
• Paul’s missionary efforts
• Missions in the Restoration movement
• The Goal of Missions
• The Local Church’s role in missions
• Various Types of missions
• How to support missions and missionaries.
• Short-term team missions
• Challenges of missions
• Current fields and reports from missionaries the church is supporting
• Cultural issues and geographical studies related to your mission field
• Leadership and missions

What other topics would you suggest?

Since our class has a partial focus of preparing for the El Salvador mission team we spent December in general missions studies regarding the God of missions, the church’s current mission efforts, and the goal of missions.  In January, we are discussing working together as a team and the individual’s role on the team.  In February, the class is going to target the work in El Salvador.  We are using a team of teachers to teach the class.

If you would like some of the resources, a bibliography, or copies of our lessons I would be glad to share what I can with you.  Just leave a comment or send me an email.  

Give it some thought, but I know your church would be blessed by studying missions.