12/03/2021
FROM BALLYMENA, UNITED KINGDOM TO ASAMANKESE, GOLD COAST. (THE MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF PASTOR JAMES MCKEOWN & HIS WIFE MRS. SOPHIA MCKEOWN).
The genesis was rather obscurity - a poor, semi-educated Northern Irish tram - driver - turned preacher arrives in the Gold Coast, part of the then "White Man's Grave" in March 1937.
He settles in the remote little forest town of Asamankese. Worn down by sickness, forsaken by his hosts, ostracized by colleagues, betrayed by friends, He rose up in the mighty power of God and fought the good fight and kept the faith, the result of today's CHURCH OF PENTECOST.
MISSIONS
A religious assignment which involves the idea of sending a person to a particular destination for the purpose of the evangelism of the Gospel message of Jesus Christ and Him crucified, resurrected and the soon coming Lord.
It is a continuous cycle of outreach, evangelizing, discipleship making, Church planting, Christian lifestyle, leadership, ministry and offering aid to the believers who are handicapped or vulnerable.
A person sent to mission field is a missionary.
Normally through prayers, visions, revelations, prophecies and the prompting of the Holy Spirit, the church appoint passionate, gifted, spirit filled ministers to missions across the globe.
Globally there are more than 100 missionaries of the Church of Pentecost scattered over 108 countries doing external mission work.
WHY MISSIONS?
√ God is mission minded. He first sent His only begotten son Jesus Christ to the earth to do mission work. John 3:16
√ it is a command from our Lord God Almighty. The great commission. Matthew 28:18-20
√ if missionaries are not sent, the world will not hear. Romans 10:14-15
√ the harvest is great, the laborers are few. Matthew 9:37-38
√ to posses the nations for the Lord Psalm 2:8
YOUR ROLE DEARLY BELOVED:
√ support the mission work and the missionaries with your intensive prayers. 2Thessalonians 3:1-3
√ support with your money, we've been blessed for a reason Luke 12:48
√ care for, love and encourage the missionaries. Call them and encourage them, praying for them. Philippians 4:10-18
Let's mark this year's McKeon's missions week of the Church of Pentecost with zeal, commitment and passion.
God bless you..
