Missions

At GBC, "reflecting the Lord Jesus Christ to a needy world," means the world abroad as well as our local world. We support missionaries who are both near and far.



Weekly Missions Highlight

Every week we look at a specific aspect of missions. Each article will hopefully challenge us to pray for those around the world to come to know Jesus Christ.




What to Pray for Our Missionaries

20 February 2012

GBC supports a number of missionaries… but our greatest support
ought to be in prayer for them to our great God. But what are their
common needs…and our common requests? Below are several that are
universally applicable.

  • Our sustained prayer support – Amid all the changes at GBC, we are
    God’s “home base” for our missionaries. Pray that we “stay faithful” and
    “stay friends”.
  • Finances – Pray that our missionaries’ needs are met and that they
    can live sensitively to the financial realities of the place to which they are
    sent.
  • Preparation for “the work” – This is a life-long task. Pray that
    missionaries grow theologically, linguistically and contextually to their
    (new) culture. Pray that they will not “grow stale”.
  • Cultural adjustment – Many prospective missionaries cannot make
    the adjustment to new foods, lifestyles, languages, value systems and
    attitudes. Pray that they would make the correct balance between
    authentic Biblical love for others and Biblical sensitivity to the cultural
    practices around them.