The 10 Questions Everyone Asks
David Stevens, M.D., M.A. (Ethics)
CEO - CMDA
If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king - Charles H. Spurgeon
1. How do I know I’m called?
The General Call
The Specific Call
How to Know?
Being On Call
Cautions
While vast continents are shrouded in darkness... the burden of proof lies upon you to show that the circumstances in which God has placed you were meant by God to keep you out of the foreign mission field. - Ion Keith-Falconer
God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him, He brings me into a relationship with Himself where I hear His call and understand what He wants me to do, and I do it out of sheer love to Him... When people say they have had a call to foreign service, or to any particular sphere of work, they mean that their relationship to God has enabled them to realize what they can do for God.
- Oswald Chambers
2. Where Should I Serve?
God cannot lead you on the basis of facts that you do not know. - David Bryant
7,000,000,000 people820 million (11.5%) evangelicals2.84 billion unreached6,921 people groupsMost in 10/40 window
8% of missionaries0.01% of finances2/3rds people
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I have but one passion - it is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ.
- Count Zinzindorf
3. How Do I Pick a Mission Agency?Consider
It’s theology
It’s focus
It’s strategy
It’s experience
It’s support
It’s success
It’s management
It’s culture
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Experience it!
When God's finger points, God's hand will open the door. - Clarence Jones
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4. How Do I Prepare?
PhysicianSpecialty?
Extra Training?
NursesNP, MPH, Midwifery
PA’s
Dentists, Pharmacy
OtherI have found that there are three stages in every great work of God; first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it
is done. - J. Hudson Taylor
5. What about raising support?
Benefits
Barriers
Your Support Team
God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supplies. J. Hudson Taylor
6. What About My Children?
Time togetherLack of negative influencesCommon challengesEnhanced maturityGood resourcesRich experiencesBreath of perspectiveHigh achievers
Frequent transitions
Sense of identity
Commitment
Rootlessness
Restlessness
Separations
Resources
ADVANTAGES CHALLENGES
Are you willing to trust me with everything except your children?
7. What About Safety?
God is in Control
Bad Things Happen to Good People
Great Risks Often bring the Greatest Rewards for God’s Kingdom
“Five years we never went outdoors without a volley of curses form our neighbors.”C.T. Studd - Missionary to China
8. How can I avoid burnout?
The devil’s favorite tool.Marathon not sprintSelf-careAccountabilityDelegationTrainingKeep at it
If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him. - C.T. Studd
9. Can I have a Spiritual Ministry?
Must prepare
Must prioritize
Can’t do all of it
Complementary
Ordination
When he landed in 1848 there were no Christians here; when he left in 1872 there were no heathen. - said of John Geddie, missionary
10.What Will be my Biggest Challenges?
Growing spiritually
Adaptability
Other missionaries
Separation from family
Medicine is only part of
the equation.
Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one
who loves that one. - Oswald Chambers
Great Mission Resources at CMDA BookstoreOr At <cmda.org>.
Your CallQuarterly Resource – Center for Medical Missions
What are we here for, to have a good time with Christians or to save sinners? - Malla Moe
Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give. - David Livingstone
This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
- Jesus
Christians don't tell lies they just go to church and sing them.
- A.W. Tozer
I will lay my bones by the Ganges that India might know there is one who cares. - Alexander Duff
The evangelization of the world in this generation. - Student Volunteer Movement Motto
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