Why Missions Matter

Christian Missions are Important

Christian missions matter because they provide opportunities for individuals to serve others and make a positive impact in the world, while also deepening their faith and understanding of their beliefs. Mission trips bring people together from diverse backgrounds to work towards a common goal, fostering unity and compassion. Through missions, people can build meaningful relationships, gain new perspectives, and develop a greater sense of purpose and fulfillment. Christian missions also provide an opportunity to share the message of hope and peace through Jesus with those in need, making a lasting impact in their lives.

What are mission trips?

Simply put, missions is bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who don’t know him as Lord and Savior.

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” — Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. — Acts 1:8 (NIV)

There are no limits in territory, people, places, or methods used to reach those who are lost; and God’s desire is that none should perish (2 Peter 3:9). God has a specific plan for us, a direct call and a clear will for every person.

God’s call to each individual is unique and specific to them. He uses their upbringing, surrounding environment, and experiences and couples them with his vision, goals and desires, to shape them into a unique tool for His hands to mold and guide and use (Ephesians 2:10).

God’s will is for each individual to love God and love people, the first and second greatest commandments (Matthew 22:36-40). The great commission, found in Matthew 28:18-20, is an expression of those commandments to love. Jesus also tells us he has empowered us with authority and his presence.

Why do we go on mission trips?

We go, plan, organize, implement, and lead mission trips as a response to God.
We go on missions:

because we share God’s heart for the lost
to reach the lost for Jesus
to train participants how to hear God’s voice
to disciple other Christians, especially youth, to reach the lost until Christ returns.

Our ultimate hope is that your desire for God’s kingdom to come here on earth will outgrow our programmatic capacity. Short-term missions is the vehicle through which we mobilize people onto life-long discipleship, long-term missions. Not only do we desire for your perspective to change but for your life to be transformed; to see a generation radical and sold out for God.

How did missions begin?

You can debate who was the first missionary from Job to Jesus. The truth is that when Adam and Eve fell, God’s plan to redeem mankind to himself was put into action. Jesus is the greatest missionary of all; he paid the ultimate price to redeem man and reconcile him to God.

Missions was God’s design and his heart from the beginning. We in the Church today have mistakenly thought of missions as a New Testament thing, a relatively new idea, but the truth is God has desired all peoples, nations, and tongues come to him from the beginning. God’s covenant with Abraham was that he would bless nations.

God has set his sight on all the world to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus. That’s his heart, his vision, his desire.

Christian Mission Trips Change the World