The mission of God may not be about you, but it continues with you. When it comes to missions, people generally expect certain things to happen while they are there. That is where we struggle in hearts between gaining experience from doing the mission of God and expecting to see miraculous things happen for your own pleasure.

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AKMC Mission Retreat Special

Wanting to go on missions should be from your adoration towards God and his mission, not from your need to make yourself feel better by being spiritually affected by these missions. Know the mission of God. Do the mission of God for God, not for yourself.

AKMC Mission Retreat Special

One of the things that the church does not talk to the congregation about is Islam. However, the church should preach on Islam because many people have a strong negative opinion of Muslims, and they have to be taught that not all Muslims are who they think they are. We as Christians have to love them and show our faith to them. Scripture reading: Ephesians 6:12

One of the things that the church does not talk to the congregation about is LGBT. However, the church should preach on LGBT because there are many misconceptions of what the Bible says about it, and many conflicts rise due to those misconceptions. Scripture reading: Romans 3:23

One of the things that the church does not talk to the congregation about is racism. However, the church should preach on racism because Jesus tells us to love our neighbors and not discriminate based on things such as one's race. Scripture reading: Acts 10:28

Churches often have wrong ideas about what a church is, or they pretend to be the kind of a church that they are not. Churches that pretend will eventually die. Part 4: Churches die when the give up the purpose of the church. One of the purposes of the church is to reach the unreached, but if it fails to fulfill that purpose through missions, the church will fall. Scripture reading: Matthew 24:14

Churches often have wrong ideas about what a church is, or they pretend to be the kind of a church that they are not. Churches that pretend will eventually die. Part 3: Churches die when they don't produce disciples that produce disciples. A church is not one disciple but is multiple disciples that continue to grow. Scripture reading: Colossians 3:1-17

Sometimes we wish that we were different, that we appear differently than we actually look, that we had different things such as parents, house, wealth, and on. However, God is not about any of what we have on the outside. He only cares for what is in our hearts, who we really are as God made us. Special sermon from our guest speaker Pastor Philip Hong from the English Ministry Service. Scripture reading: Jeremiah 1:5

Churches often have wrong ideas about what a church is, or they pretend to be the kind of a church that they are not. Churches that pretend will eventually die. Part 2: Churches that try to become a church without Jesus will fall. Churches that don't devote themselves to Jesus are just playing church and will not last long. Scripture reading: Acts 2:42

Churches often have wrong ideas about what a church is, or they pretend to be the kind of a church that they are not. Churches that pretend will eventually die. Part 1: Churches that push ANYONE away in ANYWAY for ANY reason will fall. The congregation needs to learn to be a disciple to everyone. Scripture reading: Galatians 3:28