Belgian Missionaries Establish Ministry Training Center
BELGIUM — The main objective of the ministry will be to preach the Gospel and to train disciples by sending them in a local church, where they will receive spiritual food and will fellowship with other Christians.
By Wanderson and Jesana Machado
God planted a dream in our hearts, a vision, which is based on Matthew 28:19, “Go, make all nations of the disciples.” We know for that to become a reality we need to walk under the cloud of the Lord in order to receive the strategies and the direction to achieve this vision. Biblically, we know that when we miss the vision, we perish. Since the day when we accepted the challenge to achieve and obey the call of our Lord Jesus Christ, we started to pray and seek clear and practical strategies to achieve the great mandate.
Evangelization
In the Gospel of Mark 16:15, we find the first step of the vision: TO PREACH the Gospel. The Lord Jesus did not ask us in this text to preach, but He gives us an order: “GO.”
The main goal is to preach the Word of God, in unreached countries and cities. Our desire, challenge and main goal for evangelism is to use all means, possible and available, in order to achieve the goal, such as doing the work of evangelism with small groups or cells; evangelism in public places (in accordance with the religious freedom of the country); crusades; revival conferences for open evangelism; and evangelism work in universities and hospitals.
Making disciples
“Go, make disciples of all the nations, by baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
We know that the greatest challenge of the church today is to make disciples for Jesus and like Jesus. During centuries, thousands of people were won for the kingdom of God, however there was no follow up and strengthening for spiritual growth. People did not continue to serve Jesus and ended by giving up the faith. The great mandate is more than wining a soul; we are to make disciples. We have the greatest pattern and example to follow: the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, our objective is to train disciples for Jesus who are radical towards sin and the world, who are ready to lose their lives for Jesus, who will be ready to train other disciples to know the meaning of worship and who seek only the glory of God. We believe all that will be possible through a “discipleship center” where there will be biblical teachings and a follow-up for the new convert.
Establishment of new churches (Multicultural)
The main objective of the ministry will be to preach the Gospel and to train disciples by sending them in a local church, where they will receive spiritual food and will fellowship with other Christians. Nevertheless, in the absence of a local church, which has the responsibility of caring for the spiritual growth of the new convert, the ministry will be given the responsibility to establish a new local church, thus ensuring the continuity of the missionary work.
Missionary Training Center (MTC)
We also plan to train those who will carry the missionary work throughout the world. For that, we established a Missionary Training Center to accommodate, involve and send all those which will accept the Lord’s call, and who decide to consecrate their lives by doing the wonderful work of a missionary to the borders of the earth.
In the MTC, besides biblical and theological training teachings, we will also offer an opportunity to be trained in other languages and cultures. We will also have what will be called practical opportunities of the ministry, where we will make each person to be useful in a practical ministry, such as evangelism, establishment of churches, Bible studies in a (prayer) cell, discipleship, drama, worship, and music.
Wanderson and Jesana Machado
Church of God Missionaries to Belgium
Project Number 1029032
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