Numbers 6:24–25 (NIV84) 24 “ ‘ “The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you…”
Psalm 67 (NIV84)
Ps 67:1 – The Prayer of the Psalmist
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine upon us, Selah
Ps 67:2 – The Purpose Behind the Prayer
2 that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
Ps 67:3-5 – The Passion of the Prayer
3 May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth. Selah
5 May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
Ps 67:6-7– The Prophecy behind the Prayer
6 Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.
7 God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Romans 10:14–15 (NIV84) 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Matthew 28:19–20 (NIV84) 19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations (ethne), baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
– Of the world’s 17,000 ethno-linguistic nations
– 4,971 of them (2 billion people)
– have less than 0.01% Christian adherents.
Source: https://joshuaproject.net/frontier
Dr. Lamin Saneh
- Translating the Message: The Missionary Impact on Culture. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 1989
- Whose Religion is Christianity?: The Gospel Beyond the West. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 2004.
Robert Woodberry, “The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy” (American Political Science Review, 2013)
- The ideas and work of Conversionary Protestant Missionaries (CPMs) were separate from colonial governments, and often exposed the misdeeds and cruel practices of the colonial powers.
- For from cultural imperialism, the presence of CPMs is correlated with societal flourishing and the rise of democracy.
- CPMs were crucial catalysts in the development and spread of religious liberty, mass education, mass printing, voluntary organizations, and colonial reforms, thereby creating conditions that made stable democracy more likely.
- CPMs fought human trafficking worked to ameliorate poverty
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