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“I’m Wealthy and Interested in Missions. Should I Go or Stay?”

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The Dentist Leaves It All

The year was 1825. Anthony Norris Groves, an Englishman, was living what we might call “the American Dream.”

At 30 years old he had a beautiful wife, three healthy children and a flourishing career as a dentist. But the call to missions would not vacate his mind. After ten years of pleading and praying with his wife, the Groves family surrendered to missions. Mary finally submitted to give their all for Great Commission work around the world.

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Six Lessons I Learned from My Trip to the Darkest Region in Sub-Saharan Africa

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– Paul Schlehlein

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We thank those who prayed for us during our latest missionary survey trip. It was successful in every way, all of this due to God’s grace and the prayers of his saints. Here are six brief lessons I learned. 

God’s People Are Everywhere

They may be few but in some of the smallest, most remote places we met believers and church leaders who bowed the knee only to King Jesus. 

We are tempted to think like Elijah: “I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord” (1 Kings 18:22). 

But God has his remnant. We sat down in covert rooms and spoke in hushed voices with believers who were thirsty for God’s Word. Floating in a sea of pagan darkness, they continued to read their Bibles and preach, despite the danger, despite the discouragement. 

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