One Step of Obedience Changed Everything
October 28, 2025
One Step of Obedience Changed Everything
October 28, 2025

The Gospel Changes Everything

Every generation of believers must rediscover the power of the gospel. It is not simply a message to be preached but a force that transforms every part of life. When the gospel enters a heart, a home, or a community, everything changes. This new series, The Gospel Changes Everything, will highlight stories from the field and principles that remind us why we exist as BMA Global, to make disciples of all nations through the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.  

The Gospel Changes Our Worship

In John 4, Jesus met a woman at a well whose life was marked by shame and isolation. Their conversation turned quickly from water to worship. Jesus declared, “The true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth.” The gospel begins here, it changes what we worship and whom we worship.  

Before the gospel, our hearts chase after empty wells of self, success, or religion. But when we encounter Christ, worship becomes personal, not ceremonial. Around the world, BMA Global missionaries see this transformation daily, believers gathering under trees, in rented rooms, and sometimes in silence because worship has moved from a place to a Person. Worship is where mission begins, because hearts captured by Jesus naturally overflow in praise.  

The Gospel Changes Our Witness

After meeting Christ, the Samaritan woman could not stay silent. She ran to tell her community, “Come, see a man who told me all things that ever I did.” True encounter always leads to witness. When the gospel changes our hearts, it gives us a story to tell.  

That same impulse drives our missionaries today. Across nearly 70 nations, local believers are carrying the message into new regions, languages, and cultures. From cities to remote villages, the good news moves through relationships, conversations, and acts of compassion. As we’ve learned through our global partnerships, the gospel’s greatest witness often comes through ordinary people who simply tell what Jesus has done for them.  

Even when that witness carries risk, our theology of mission reminds us that faithfulness, not safety, is our measure of obedience. We continue to act wisely, but with the conviction that the world still needs to hear the gospel’s life-changing truth.  

The Gospel Changes Our Work

When the people of Sychar came to see Jesus, He told His disciples, “Lift up your eyes… the fields are white for harvest.” The gospel not only changes hearts and witness, it changes our work. Our mission is not about programs or numbers, it’s about people. It’s about walking with others until Christ is formed in them.  

In Luke 24, we see Jesus walking the road to Emmaus with two confused followers. He listened, taught, and shared a meal, a reminder that lasting ministry is relational and patient. That’s how the gospel continues to advance through BMA Global today. We invest in disciple-makers, equip local leaders, and build relationships that outlast our presence.  

Missions work is often slow and unseen, but that is exactly the way Jesus worked. The true measure of ministry is not speed or scale but faithfulness and fruit that remains.  

The Gospel Unites Us in One Mission

From the well of Samaria to the ends of the earth, the story remains the same, when people meet Jesus, their lives and their communities are never the same. The gospel changes everything because it brings us together in worship, witness, and work.  

As partnering churches with BMA Global, we stand shoulder to shoulder with thousands of believers who share one mission and one message, Jesus saves. Whether in Arkansas or Africa, the Spirit continues to draw hearts to Himself.  

May this new series remind us that the gospel is not only our message, it is our motivation. It changes how we see God, how we see others, and how we serve the world. And because Jesus still lives, the gospel will continue to change everything.