Bishop Ba and Doris at Hampton Presbyterian PA
This past Sunday Bishop Abdoulaye and Doris Ba joined us. Bishop Abdoulaye serves as General Overseer for DONE Ministries in Senegal. After recounting how he became a follower of Jesus Christ after his conversion from Islam Abdoulaye talked about Mission and his understanding of mission.
Abdoulaye defined mission as sharing the name of Jesus Christ with those who do not know the love of God. What struck me most about Abdoulaye’s message was his singular focus on the “power of God” at work in the world and the idea that the news of Jesus Christ is fundamentally good news.
Abdoulaye also emphasized that the call to be a missionary has little to do with geography. As best I can remember he said, “If you have the money to come to Africa and be a missionary great, but if you don’t you can be a missionary right where you are”. This reminded me of a quote from Dr. Alister Begg, “There is no better place to serve God that right where he put you”. I personally think the challenge is to find ways to share the good news of Jesus Christ in the United States in an area where faith is becoming increasingly public yet increasingly private all at the same time.
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