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 The life and times of an
ORDINARY Missionary

 My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the
 name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church
 has already been started by someone else. I have been following
​ the plan spoken of in the Scriptures, where it says,“Those who have
 never been told about him will see, and those who have never heard
​ of him will understand.”


Romans 15:20,21

Pause. Breath. Resume.

4/24/2022

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​Because we live a missionary lifestyle as a church, there are moments we literally have to simply pause all of life to get back to center.

Even as missionaries, we can fall off the wagon and forget why we do what we do.

So, we have, as a church, intentionally created moments of pause to where we have the freedom to simply reset, worship and resume.

We call it Family Worship Sunday.

Today is a day for our house church and family to reset.  In ministry, we can be so consumed with meeting the needs of others, that we forget our first calling.

People ask me all the time, “so what do you do for Family Worship Sunday?”

We rest, we worship together, we read the word together, we pray and we eat, enjoy one another and rest more.

We do house church but just with our family.  We get to tend to the specific needs of just our family.

We get to examine where we are spiritually as a family.  We get to pray for one another.

But shouldn’t you do that on another night?  We could and we do.

But when you live a missionary lifestyle, worship and missions is everyday, not just Sunday, so the important thing is that there is a rest and a Sabbath.

“Aren’t you afraid that people won’t come back if you miss a sunday of gathering?”  Our model of success is not attendance on Sunday mornings.  Our model of success is how many are abiding and how many are advancing the Gospel by living as an everyday missionary.

We don’t commit to attending. We commit to one another.  Because I commit to people and not attendance, I will be back because I love the people God has called me too.

I need today a Sabbath.  My family needs it and am grateful to be able today to simply pause, breathe, and resume.

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    Mike serves as Lead Missionary of Church Inside Out and Executive Director of Mobile Missions Network whose aim is to take the church to people.

    Mike and Sarah have been married for 25 years and have 6 kids and one son-in-law: Hannah and Kendall, Noah, Grace, Elijah, Judah and Mercy.

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