Posts of Onesmas Riungu RSSTue, 27 Jan 2026 08:53:01 GMTSummary: The response argues that mission is not an optional activity of the Church but its very purpose, rooted in the Father’s heart and clearly commanded by Jesus in the Great Commission. It challenges the Church to examine its stewardship, noting that the minimal resources directed toward unreached peoples reveal a misalignment between stated beliefs and actual priorities. Call To Action: By comparing current spending patterns to mismanagement in any organization, the response calls the Church to repentance and realignment, urging believers to place their resources where God’s heart is—so that the gospel reaches those who have never heard.Church Exist For Missions, Does Our Budgets Reflect That?Thank you for this article. It raises a painful but necessary question—one the Church must face honestly if we are to remain faithful to Christ.Mission is not one of the Church’s activities; it is the reason the Church exists. From Genesis to Revelation, God reveals Himself as a missionary God. The Father’s heart has always been directed toward the nations. God called Abraham so that all families of the earth would be blessed. Israel was chosen not as an end in itself, but as a light to the nations. Jesus Christ came as the ultimate missionary—sent by the Father to seek and save what was lost.When Jesus gave His final command, it was not ambiguous:“Go and make disciples of all nations.”This was not addressed to a missions department, nor to a select group of professionals, but to the Church itself. A church that is not mission-centered has drifted from its original purpose.The statistics quoted are deeply troubling. If for every $100,000 given, only $102 goes toward reaching Unreached People Groups—even if that figure is off by a factor of ten—we are still left with a devastating reality: missions to the unreached are not a priority. And these are the very people with little or no access to the gospel or the Scriptures in their own language.To put it plainly, if a co... Read more

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