Reasons Why We Should Invest In Missions Through Our Local PAONL Congregation

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• Reasons Why We Should Invest In Missions Through
  Our Local PAONL Congregation

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Hundreds of Voices Clamor for Attention!
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They Present Thousands of Needs from Around the
World
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HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE TO GIVE FOR THE GREATEST
ETERNAL INVESTMENT IN SOULS?
?
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OUR MISSIONS GIVING IS BEST DIRECTED THROUGH OUR
LOCAL ASSEMBLY

• HERE ARE SOME REASONS WHY!

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IT SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE

• New believers need to know the importance of
  regular missions giving
• When you give through your local church, you set
  the example for others to follow

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IT ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE

• When you give to missions through your local
  Assembly, it motivates and excites others to
  become partners.

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IT HELPS US MEASURE OUR RESPONSE TO WORLD NEED

• It gives us a tangible way of charting what we,
  as a congregation, are doing to reach a lost
  world
• It will reveal whether we are, in fact, doing our
  part for world evangelization

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IT INCREASES OUR EFFECTIVENESS, MAKING US BETTER
STEWARDS

• Pooling our missions resources makes it possible
  for us to reach goals unattainable to us as
  individuals
• There is strength in unity

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IT SHOWS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE LEADERSHIP AND THE
MISSIONS OUTREACH OF OUR FELLOWSHIP

• Missions leadership prayerfully considers the
  appeals for monthly support and project needs

• They are better informed and thus are able to
  make better decisions

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IT ENABLES OUR CHURCH TO INCREASE OUR SUPPORT TO
OUR CURRENT MISSIONARIES AND
ADD NEW MISSIONARIES EACH YEAR
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GIVING TO PAONL MISSIONS OFFERS THE BEST
ACCOUNTABILITY

• 100 of your offering is spent as designated!
• Every missionary must submit detailed reports on
  all spending

THERE IS NO HIGHER LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY
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WHEN WE GIVE TO PAONL MISSIONS WE CAN BE SURE
THAT

• Each area of ministry is prayfully considered
• Each project is a long-term investment
• Each missionary is a person of integrity

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WE ARE ENSURED, NOT ONLY OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THE INTEGRITY OF THE
MISSIONARIES

• To be good stewards, we must know those whom we
  support

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that
labor among you 1 Thess 512 ASV
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IT IS THE SIMPLEST, MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GIVE TO
MISSIONS

• It is more convenient, since we can give our
  missions offering in any service
• It encourages consistency and regularity
• It minimizes the possibility of our forgetting to
  mail our offering

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IT HAS BIBLICAL PRECEDENCE

• On every Lord's Day each of you should put aside
  something from what you have earned during the
  week, and use it for this offering Don't wait
  until I get there and then try to collect it all
  at once. When I come I will send your loving
  gift with a letter to Jerusalem 1 Cor 162-3
  TLB