Missions Education in Action
On an ordinary Wednesday night last November, during a month when their missions education emphasis was on the disenfranchised, dispossessed people of the world, the youth at First Baptist Church of Christ in Macon, Ga., decided to plan a visit to a nearby shelter for people living with HIV/AIDS. Conceptualized at first to be simply an effort to "meet their neighbors" – to extend the friendship of Jesus to people in need of friends – the outreach idea has since expanded and has gained wider interest among other groups within the church.
The youth were originally inspired to visit the Rainbow Center/Diversity House, a shelter located in an old restored hotel that offers housing for up to 40 people at a time, by the Fellowship’s missions education resource for youth, called Ignite.
In a unit that focused on being a caregiver, the youth studied John 13:1-15, when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet, and learned about Fellowship field personnel Ana Marie and Scott Houser, who work with people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Read the full story.
CBF offers a line of four resources to engage congregations in the study of missions. The resources are age-appropriate, Biblically-based, and CBF-specific and can be used in traditional missions education classes as well as in Sunday school, around the dinner table or in worship. The stories of CBF field personnel, churches, and individuals working in the world will inspire learners of all ages to live in more faithful, missional ways.
Form preschoolers' ideas about God, others, and themselves through guided play. Form™ is a quarterly publication with weekly sessions.
Spark a child's interest in missions through active learning experiences. Spark™ is a quarterly publication with weekly sessions.
Ignite™ is a twelve month plan to engage teenagers in missions through Bible study, worship, and missions understanding and response.
Affect adults who seek to engage in a missional lifestyle through global missions awareness and action. Affect™ is a monthly publication.
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