mission:world News

To say that we could not have gotten to the mission field in Ukraine and accomplished the work of church planting without our sending church would be a gross understatement. Farley Street Waxahachie is not only our home church but our sending church. They helped to prepare us and supported us, and continue to do so, in many ways.

In the Gospel, Jesus calls on his followers to multiply by going out, teaching his message, and baptizing people. Jesus’ last words on earth focused on kingdom multiplication: “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth”

If you went to the streets of any town and asked folks to tell you about Antioch, many would respond, “What’s an Antioch?” Maybe for those who would read a publication about missions we would be aware that the name is found in the Bible. But for many, it would be an unfamiliar name. 

We believe that God’s mission is all about his glory to the nations in and through his church. If you have been listening very long to BMA Global Missions you have heard the following two statements: “The local church is both the source and the goal of New Testament missions."