ADVANCED MERIT: CHRISTIAN MISSIONS
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1. Write a report, based on an interview with your pastor, that will explain each
of the following.
a. The definition of missions: home and foreign.
b. The size of your church's annual mission budget.
c. The number of missionaries your church supports monthly.
d. The number of countries represented by the missionaries your church supports.
e. How the Assemblies of God missionaries are supported.
f. 3 Scripture references commanding missions.
1) _____________________ _____:_____ 3) _____________________ _____:_____
3) _____________________ _____:_____
(Attach to this worksheet)
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2. Explain how the following organizations support missionaries in their work,
and write to each for information.
a. Light for the Lost.
b. Lifestyle Evangelism.
c. Speed the Light.
d. Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade.
e. Missions Abroad Placement Service.
f. Missions America Placement Service.
g. Ambassadors in Missions.
h. International Correspondence Institute.
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3. Choose a home missionary and a foreign missionary from your district and write
to them to learn about their current activities and job descriptions. Also,
ask them to describe the country or area in which they minister.
a. Home _____________________________________________________________________
b. Foreign __________________________________________________________________
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4. Either interview a visiting missionary, or write to a missionary from your
district. Ask the missionary how he or she received the call to missions.
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5. If possible, visit a Home Missions work or a pioneer church in your district.
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6. Write to the Division of Foreign Missions, 1445 Boonville Ave., Springfield MO,
65802-1894, and request the brochure Becoming an Assemblies of God Missionary.
Read the brochure and then explain to your commander all the steps a missionary
goes through to get into the mission field - without looking at the brochure.
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7. Make a pledge to your church's mission program and, with God's help, work to
fulfill it.
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8. For 2 months read the Mission America newsletter (from the Division of Home
Missions) and the Mountain Movers magazine (from the Division of Foreign
Missions). Choose one article you have read and share it with your Royal
Rangers group. Have the group pray with you for the missionary or the work
discussed in the article. Select a missionary highlighted in the Mountain
Movers magazine and pray for him on his birthday.
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9. Select and read 2 of the following books:
a. ___ Moving Mountains.
b. ___ Lillian Trasher.
c. ___ Peace Child.
d. ___ Brucco.
e. ___ Through the Gates of Splendor.
f. ___ David Brainerd's Personal Testimony.
g. ___ Have We no Rights.
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