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THE SPIRAL PARAMETERS OF MISSIONS

Most things start small. Chief example is human life. The biological catalysts for human life, the male sperm cannot be picked by the naked eye, yet humans of all shapes, heights and size spring out of it. Jesus Christ our Lord stated that a church that attracts the presence of God starts with a few as two or three! In His teachings through the parabolic illustrations, Jesus illustrated the kingdom of God and how it works with life of a mustard tree, whose seed is the smallest of all seeds yet exceeds all trees when planted and fully grown. Even though Jesus had large gatherings in His crusades and teaching seminars, one time they recorded 5,000 families that could total to over 20,000 people. Yet when leaving the earth to return to the Father, He left 11 men trusting them to turn the world to the Faith. In His last words as His return to the Father was underway, Jesus instructed emphatically, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will

CHURCH'S DEBT TO THE WORLD

The pride of the Church in any nation is not the number of large Cathedrals, public approval ratings or glamorous political considerations she receives but the number of converts, the growing of disciples and the number of nations she turns from idolatry to faith in Christ Jesus. Sometimes we are so wrapped up in excitement seeing how the church in her diversity is spread across our nation, the opposition of those days disappear and the Church finds increase acceptability. This excites us as we find a sense of satisfaction and achievement. We finally relax and begin to evolve. A man finely put his thoughts this way:      Hard time produce smart men ➡ Smart men produce good times ➡ Good times produce weak men ➡ weak men produce hard times➡ Hard times produce smart men If you observe very carefully, the above chart is a never ending circle. This can be said of the Church. "There is nothing in the world or the Church — except the church's disobedience — to render th