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We are a Home Based Mission.
Most Christians understand the pressing need to support foreign missions .I am all in favor of these and support a few myself .However many Christians do not grasp the urgency of the need to support home missions.
These are ministries operating right here in our own country and own backyard .These are just as important as the foreign field ,but many do not see it this way .Do you realize there are hundreds of thousands of people right here in our own nation that have no relationship with the Lord .They are unsaved and maybe even may possess a form of Godliness .However they are trapped in religion and have no hope of eternal life.These are people in your state ,county and even your neighborhood . They are at your workplaces , supermarkets ,in nursing homes, hospitals and even prisons .
Just as God has raised up missionaries with a calling and anointing to go abroad and win souls ,he is right now raising up home missionaries with a calling to go right here and preach the good news right in ur own backyard .
Changed By the Word is just such a home based mission. We have no salary from our local church as most pastors have the luxury .We are not called to pastor a church .But we work alongside of the local churches in Northeast Pennsylvania supporting the local church pastors and assisting where we are needed . We minister right here in Ne Pa in Prisons ,juvenile delinquent centers, churches [sometimes filling in for local pastors ] and the community outreaches .
We do nort wish to take anything away from foreign missionaries [we hold these in very high esteem ],But we feel our calling, our anointing ,And our mission is just as urgent . We are called to preach the uncompromised and unwatered down Word of God and change lives ! There are folks that have need of the salvation right here in the USA.
When Our lord commissioned his original disciples he sent them into all the world ,but he told them to also go to Judea ,and Jerusalem [which were local outreach] Here is the pattern go to the local first then the uttermost parts of the world . So God has not forgotten our local communities .
Changed By the Word is called to go into the prisons of N.E. Pa ,Juvy centers ,churches and the local community .We take our calling seriously .In the Book of Romans chapter Ten it speaks of those who go to preach the gospel so the unsaved can hear God’s word . We know we are called to go .Perhaps you maybe one who is called to go with us ? There are opportunities available. It also speaks of those who send in that same passage vs 15 the bible says how shall they preach except they be sent .if you aren’t called to go perhaps God is calling you to send us with your prayer ,encouragement or even financial support .See page three for detail on how you can be a part of this outreach!
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