It’s Missions Sunday! Scripture makes clear that we should work for the advance the gospel for the salvation of all nations. Yet it’s easy to fall into apathy or distraction and neglect this call. So what should motivate our missions? And how can we take part in God’s salvation of the world through Christ? We’ll take a break from our Romans series this Sunday to consider the mission of God through his church for the whole world.
This Sunday we are thrilled to welcome Neel and Chalor Roberts, missionaries to Thailand. Neel will preach from Haggai, share how the Lord is working in East Asia, and encourage us to be missions minded here in Boston.
This Sunday we welcome Neel Roberts to share an update on his ministry in Thailand and East Asia and also to preach Matthew 11:28-30 on the empowerment we can receive through coming to Jesus Christ for rest.
This Sunday, we welcome our good friend and local missionary Jeff Bass back to Ruggles. Jeff was a member of this church in the 1980's and '90's, and was also on staff as Church Administrator. He is currently the Executive Director of the Emmanuel Gospel Center, a ministry position that Ruggles gladly supports as part of our World Outreach budget.
This morning Jeff shares some stories of his ministry to urban churches in Boston, and then he issues a challenge to us as followers of Jesus Christ, in this city, at this time.
This Sunday we are pleased to welcome special guest Chip Sanders. Chip and his wife Kathy were members of Ruggles in the 1980's and 90's, and have been missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International for over 20 years. Chip is in the Boston area for the next couple of weeks, and we are privileged to have him preach God's word to us this Sunday.
Neel Roberts, one of our supported global missionaries to Thailand, joined us for worship and preached for us. God gives different gifts to all His children, and we are commanded to use each of them for His glory, but if we fail to harmonize the use those various gifts the result is that we give to the world only a fraction of the gospel.
