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Church Expansion Movement
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ease, or, for the sake of greater worldly advantages, to remove from
places where they might be a power for good. Others he causes to flee
in discouragement from duty, because of opposition or persecution.
But all such are regarded by Heaven with tenderest pity. To every child
of God whose voice the enemy of souls had succeeded in silencing,
the question is addressed, “What doest thou here?” I commissioned
you to go into all the world and preach the gospel, to prepare a people
for the day of God. Why are you here? Who sent you?—
Prophets and
Kings, 171, 172
.
Of families, as of individuals, the question is asked, “What doest
thou here?” In many churches there are families well instructed in the
truths of God’s Word, who might widen the sphere of their influence by
moving to places in need of the ministry they are capable of giving.—
Prophets and Kings, 172
.
The Call to Christian Families
Missionary families are needed to settle in the waste places. Let
farmers, financiers, builders, and those who are skilled in various arts
and crafts, go to neglected fields, to improve the land, to establish
industries, to prepare humble homes for themselves, and to help their
neighbors.—
The Ministry of Healing, 194
.
God calls for Christian families to go into communities that are in
darkness and error, and work wisely and perseveringly for the Master.
To answer this call requires self-sacrifice. While many are waiting
to have every obstacle removed, souls are dying without hope and
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without God in the world. Many, very many, for the sake of worldly
advantage, for the sake of acquiring scientific knowledge, will venture
into pestilential regions, and endure hardship and privation. Where are
those who are willing to do this for the sake of telling others of the
Saviour? Where are the men and women who will move into regions
that are in need of the gospel, that they may point those in darkness to
the Redeemer?—
Testimonies for the Church 9:33
.
There are whole families who might be missionaries, engaging in
personal labor, toiling for the Master with busy hands and active brains,
devising new methods for the success of His work.—
Testimonies for
the Church 9:40
.