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International Mission
It is a common assumption that the Church around the
world is significantly increasing in number. The World Christian
Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, claims that there are over 69,000 daily
conversions to Christianity. Even without statistics, informed Christian
leaders hear of the fruit in places such as India, Africa, and China and
know that an amazing work of God is taking place in the non-Western
world. This trend is not new. The last two centuries of Christian
missionary efforts have been successful in disseminating the gospel
around the world.
While these efforts have resulted in amazing and
eternal fruit, national leaders are alarmed at the generational
nominalism emerging in their churches. The crying need is for leadership
that can strengthen the churches against nominalism and bring them to
maturity in Christ. Unfortunately, the current model of leadership
development, which is a Western institutional model, cannot meet the
immediate global need.
Biblical missions, as patterned by Christ and His
Apostles in the book of Acts, integrates evangelism, discipleship,
leadership development, and mission together in a common process some
have called "The Pauline Cycle." Paul's cycle of ministry demonstrates
that once evangelism took place, churches were formed and strengthened
in the teachings of Christ, mature leaders were appointed to shepherd
the church from error and sin, and then the churches were commended to
God. These elements of Paul's model must be incorporated into our
missions efforts to ensure that current and subsequent generations of
churches grow strong in fulfilling the calling of God upon them.
Partnering with International Denominations,
Networks, and Associations of Churches
At the invitation of national church leaders, BILD
International is currently working in fourteen countries to help them
bring their churches to maturity—developing biblical processes of
mission, discipleship, and leadership development to strengthen their
existing generation of churches and to see the next generation emerge
even stronger.
BILD provides a structured program, similar to the one
used with North American churches, to help national leaders equip their
churches for the work of the ministry. Seminars, workshops, translated
resources, strategic short-term visits, and key church partnerships are
components of our International projects.
We are currently working in the following countries:
If you are interested in the details of our International ministries,
please click here for a list of contact
options.
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