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CROSSLINKS. 90 years and counting…. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved”. Joel 2:32. millions. FAMINE. Salvation in Jesus. God’s Word. “But how will they call on him in whom they have not believed?”.
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CROSSLINKS 90 years and counting…
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” Joel 2:32
millions FAMINE Salvation in Jesus God’s Word
“But how will they call on him in whom they have not believed?” “And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?” “And how are they to hear without someone preaching”? “And how are they to preach unless they are sent?”
1799 Church Mission Society (CMS) formed 100 years Liberal theology 1922 27 October Bible Churchmen’s Missionary Society (BCMS) founded 1990 Renamed‘Crosslinks’
Arctic Canada China Iran Burma India
90 years Over 45 countries More than 820 Mission Partners Over 450 Study Partners 100s of young people on short term mission and camps Numerous projects of many kinds
Finland UK Belarus Belgium France Czech Republic Serbia Italy Egypt Nepal Cuba Myanmar The Gambia Laos Cambodia Nigeria Thailand Sierra Leone Ethiopia Cameroon Malaysia Togo Uganda Kenya Tanzania Malawi Mozambique Namibia Zimbabwe Australia Chile Argentina South Africa 2nd Delay spacer Closed countries... ssshhhh! Today Crosslinks is involved in mission partnerships around the world in countries both familiar and new.
Two key aims: Frontline Evangelism TrainingTrainers
Using appropriate means of mission: Long-term mission partners Study Partners Short-term mission Projects and Project Partners Schools of Biblical Training Summer Camps Overseas Apprenticeships
God’s Mission: Salvation to the ends of the Earth Our role: Helping churches take God’s Word to God’s World
The task is urgent... There’s always more we could be doing… More Bible teachers to grow churches More training for pastors More gospel witness in unreached areas
CROSSLINKS 90 years and counting… 90th Anniversary Thanksgiving Fund
£1.2 million Working Capital Pensions