31 Bible Verses about Missionaries, Call Of

Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,

And he said to them, "Go to the whole world and proclaim the good news to all the creation.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you."

but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when he brought the flood upon the godless world;

For these are the orders the Lord has given us: " 'I have made you a light for the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth!' "

There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God. He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him.

This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you, He will prepare the road ahead of you!'

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare your way; Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' " John the baptizer appeared in the desert, and preached repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins.

Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick. He said to them, "Do not take anything for your journey, no staff nor bag nor bread nor money, nor an extra shirt.read more.
Whatever house you go to stay in, remain there, and start on again from it. And where they will not welcome you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them." And they set forth and went from village to village, telling the good news and curing people everywhere.

Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them these directions: "Do not go among the heathen, or to any Samaritan town, but proceed instead to the lost sheep of Israel's house. And as you go about, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'read more.
Cure the sick, raise the dead, heal lepers, drive out demons. Give without payment, just as you received without payment. Do not accept gold or silver or copper money to put in your pockets, and do not take a bag for your journey, nor two shirts, nor shoes, nor a staff, for the workman deserves his food! Whatever town or village you come to, inquire for some suitable person, and stay with him till you leave the place. And as you go into his house, wish it well. If the house deserves it, the peace you wish it will come over it, but if it does not deserve it, your blessing will come back upon yourselves. And where no one will welcome you, or listen to you, leave that house or town and shake off its very dust from your feet. I tell you, the land of Sodom and Gomorrah will fare better on the Day of Judgment than that town. "Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.

And he called the Twelve to him and sent them off two by two, giving them power over the foul spirits. He forbade them to take anything for the journey except a staff??o bread, no bag, no small change even in their girdles; they were to go in sandals, and not to wear two shirts.read more.
And he said to them, "Whenever you go to stay at a house, remain in it till you leave that place. If any place refuses to receive you or to listen to you, when you leave it shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come.

The fugitives from the persecution that had broken out over Stephen went all the way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they told the message to none but Jews. There were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them, however, who when they reached Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, and told them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Philip reached the city of Samaria, and proclaimed the Christ to them.

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, skilful in the use of the Scriptures.

'Who are you, sir?' said I. The Lord said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for the express purpose of appointing you to serve me and to testify to what you have seen and to the visions you will have of me. I will save you from your people and from the heathen, to whom I will send youread more.
to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!"

But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, by the road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza." (The town is now deserted.)

But he said to me, 'Go! I will send you far away to the heathen.' "

As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them." So after fasting and prayer, they laid their hands upon them and let them go.

and from there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had first been commended to God's favor for the work which they had now finished. When they arrived there, they called the church together, and reported how God had worked with them, and how he had opened the way to faith for the heathen.

But Paul selected Silas and set out, the brothers commending him to the Lord's favor.

and he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to learn his will and to see his Righteous One and hear him speak, for you shall be his witness before all men of what you have seen and heard.

On the contrary, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the good news for the heathen, just as Peter had been intrusted with it for the Jews??8 for he who actuated Peter to be an apostle to the Jews also actuated me to be one to the heathen??9 and when they recognized the favor God had shown me, James, Cephas, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the church, pledged Barnabas and me their co-operation, with the understanding that we should work among the heathen and they among the Jews.

Those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.

After this he left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,

So they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all about the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of him, for we cannot help telling of what we have seen and heard."

As far as preaching the good news is concerned, that is nothing for me to boast of, for I cannot help doing it. For I am ruined if I do not preach.

It is Christ's love that controls me, for I have become convinced that as one has died for all, all have died,