1. CM 582 Church in Mission Session 2 (a) Biblical / Historical Foundations of God’s Mission

3. Then…on to St. George’s 5 p.m . Vespers Interview with Fr. Paul Gassios St. George Orthodox Cathedral 738 Glenwood Road, Rossford, OH (exits 197 or 198 from I-75)

6. CM 582 Church in Mission Session 2 (a) Biblical / Historical Foundations of God’s Mission

8. The Story in the Stories “ There are great stories in the Bible…but it is possible to know Bible stories, yet miss the Bible story…The Bible has a story line. It traces an unfolding drama. The story follows the history of Israel, but it does not begin there, nor does it contain what you would expect in a national history… If we forget the story line… we cut the heart out of the Bible.” Ed Clowney, The Unfolding Mystery

9. Where Is Missions in the Bible ?

10. The Mission & The Bible Genesis 1-11 OT NT Consummation (Revelation 22) The Bible

11. The Mission Mandate: The Whole Bible “ Our mandate for world evangelization...is the whole Bible.” - John Stott

17. Did Abraham understand his role? Genesis 18:22-33 provides the first instance of cross-cultural intercession in Scripture.

25. Habakkuk and World Mission Habakkuk 2:4,14,20

26. Isaiah and the Nations Isaiah 42:1,4 Isaiah 45:22 Isaiah 49:6

27. What this means is that… When Jesus gave “the great commission,” missions was NOT an afterthought in the mind of God?

33. Progressive Announcements by Jesus of World Outreach Mission

36. THE ADVANCE OF MISSIONS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS C. Gordon Olson

41. Paul’s Ambition: Preach Where Christ Not Known “ So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ…It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known …now…there is no more place for me to work in these regions.” Romans 15:19,20,23

47. Mission is the Basis of the Bible ! What is more accurate to say? “ There is a Biblical basis for missions,” or

49. Ten Epochs of Redemptive History (Ralph Winter) 1. PATRIARCHS 2. CAPTIVITY 3. JUDGES 4. KINGS 5. 2ND CAPTIVITY/ DIASPORA 6. ROMANS 7. BARBARIANS 8. VIKINGS 9. SARACENS 10. ENDS OF THE EARTH 2000 BC P RESENT 1 2 4 3 5 8 6 7 9 10

51. Mission’s Importance “ The importance that Scripture gives to mission must influence how Christians think about the church. Missionary outreach is not simply one more good thing that churches can do. Because mission is so integral to what it means for the Church to be the Church, those who do not frequently espouse global mission are failing to embrace a core essential of the faith .” -Gailey & Culbertson, Discovering Missions , 13

55. Missions Convictions 4. God’s passion to be known and praised by all the peoples of the earth is not selfish, but loving. 5. God’s purpose to be praised among all the nations cannot fail.

56. Missions Convictions 6. Only in God will our souls be at rest. 7. Domestic ministries are the goal of frontier missions 8. The missionary task is focused on peoples, not just individual people, and is therefore finishable.

57. Missions Convictions 9. The need of the hour is for thousands of new Paul-type missionaries. 10. It is the joyful duty and the awesome privilege of every local church to send out missionaries “in a manner worthy of God” (3 John 6).

58. Missions Convictions 11. We are called to a wartime lifestyle for the sake of going and sending. 12. Prayer is a wartime walkie-talkie and not a domestic intercom. 13. Our aim is not to persuade everyone to become a missionary but to help everyone become a world Christian. 14. God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.