Samaria

“. . . and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, SAMARIA, and to the ends of the earth”

Our Mission Vision for Lynwood is focused on this last command of Christ – the Acts 1:8 Challenge. As we have seen, our Jerusalem is the Cape Girardeau area and our Judea is part of the Midwest. So where is our Samaria? When Jesus spoke these last words, geographically Samaria is the region between Judea and Galilee. This was a ‘known’ region to the people of Jesus’ day. Therefore, we have defined our Samaria as the United States & Canada.

Today the USA is a lost continent – it was founded on Christian principles, but it has strayed from them & accepted pagan practices. There are over 324 million people living in the USA & Canada with an estimate of over 200 million people that are lost. That means 2 out of 3 people are lost! The Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board has over 5000 missionaries with a goal of starting 2000 churches each year.

According to Dr. Bob Reccord, former NAMB President,
“If we reach our homeland for Christ it will be because a church planting movement caught fire in North America and burned bright, even in the darkest areas of this land we love. New churches in new places reaching new people will bring transformation that today we can only pray for and dream about.”

As a part of our Mission Vision, we have sponsored a new church start in Miami, Florida. Pastor Alfredo & his family are working hard to reach the Cuban population in Miami. Our partnership commitment with them is over in December, but they will always be a part of the Lynwood family. Where is God leading Lynwood to partner with a new church planting movement? Pray with us as we seek God’s new partner for us in church planting!

Also our Mission Vision will continue to include assisting in the rebuilding after the hurricanes in Louisiana and Mississippi. Can you give a weekend or a week to help in the rebuilding efforts?

We were ‘made for a mission’! Is God calling you to be an Acts 1:8 Christian in our homeland? If not here, then where?