A famous artist was once asked to paint a picture of a dying church. It was expected that he would paint a small and humble congregation, in an old and dilapidated building. Instead, he painted a stately edifice, with a rich pulpit and magnificent windows. But over in a corner, near the door, covered in cobwebs, stood an offering box marked “Missions”.
Missions is the heartbeat, the life-force, for any church that is about the Father’s business…locally, regionally, or internationally.