![]() It’s sobering, it’s challenging, and it will rearticulate and refocus our passion for the mission that Christ has set before the church. There’s a link to take you to the longer article that McQuilken himself wrote. One hundred, fifty, ten, five – you can read about it in the article. ![]() Meaning that for every twenty people in this church they are leading one person to faith in Christ each year. And five, 5% growth every year of new people coming to faith in Christ by profession of faith and they are baptized because of the faithful witness of people in this church. Ten, 10% of our people leave to take the Gospel to places that the rest of us don’t have access. Would that be you? Fifty, 50% of all the money that comes into this church goes right back out for the spread of the Gospel across the world 50%. One hundred is 100% of our people are praying faithfully for the spread of the Gospel around the world. You don’t have to sign up for Wednesday we’ll have plenty of food.īut McQuilken asks, “How do you measure how you’re doing in mission?” And his answer is – here are the metrics – “100, 50, 10 and 5.” They’re not drawn from specific verses in the Bible they’re drawn from the whole sweep of New Testament teaching on the spread of the Gospel. But he says, “How do you measure how you are doing?” Is it that we have lots of flags? Is it that we get excited? We enjoy eating Indian food, which I invite you to come Wednesday evening – we’ll have the best Indian food available in Jackson served in our kitchen and chicken strips for those of a more refined palate! But it’s coming and we invite you to come. ![]() Some of you may even remember him being here. I learned after the first service he preached our Mission Conference twice over the last several decades in this church. It’s called “The Great Commission Quotient,” and it asks, “What is the great commission quotient of this church – First Presbyterian Church?” I’ve drawn from an article written by Robertson McQuilken who was a pastor, missionary, professor and president at Columbia International Seminary. But one part I really want to draw your attention to is on the inside back cover. You should have already received in the mail, if you attend her regularly, this Mission Conference booklet along with a pledge card and a letter from our committee which includes the schedule, statistics, the stories, the faculty speakers. As you’re turning there, it’s on page 1030 if you’re using the Bible in the rack in front of you.Īs you’re turning there I want to make just one more brief Mission Conference invitation. I invite you to take your Bible and turn with me to Revelation chapter 5, not 15 as it says in the bulletin Revelation chapter 5.
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