Missions must be defined as; the gospel to a totally unreached people group or culture. A missions trip must be defined; we travel with the message of Jesus, the Son of God, to an unreached ethnicity or unreached Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist culture. What I just mentioned, and nothing less, is defined as; missions. The message of Jesus' death, resurrection, forgiveness and victory is light in compact demonic darkness! The strong kingdom of God pushes back satan's diminishing kingdom! The disciples of Jesus triumph when new churches are planted, established and become strong Apostolic centers.
Our Swedish word mission comes from the New Testaments Latin translation Vulgata, and from its word for Apostle; ie "missio"… In the Vulgata text apostles were called "missio," in other words; missionaries. Not all missionaries are apostles, but all apostles are indeed missionaries! That fact is the same now as it was back then. An apostle cannot be anything but a missionary! He is a pioneer in all his being. An apostle is sent out by Jesus with a message. Jesus Christ's own messenger, just as the word defines! God is raising up apostle-missionaries in the End Times to rebuild and reform Christianity to its original form in modern days for the last generations.
So, to go to the US, South Korea or Romania to evangelize is not per definition a missions trip, just because you leave your country.
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To go, sent by the Spirit as an "Apostolos" due to the Greek origin text, means to be sent out by Jesus and to be His messenger! In the adventurous texts in the book of Acts, the apostles obeyed the Holy Spirit and started and established new churches in new cities and cultures all the time. Disciples were born, raised and trained! Strong Jesus-disciples who lived radical lives as followers of Him!
In SOS we believe in unreached peoples missions and apostolic mission work because it's really the only thing that can be defined as missions according to the Bible, and that stands strong when criticized.
To determine if it's really a missions trip you are going on, or a vacation, ask yourself these questions before you leave;
1) Am I traveling to an unreached ethnicity or culture?
2) Am I sent by the Holy Spirit?
3) Am I going for my own experiences sake, or because I really want to see a people, city, or culture transformed by Jesus?
See ya!
