“I am not an Adventist, but I read the magazine, and I was impressed; it was a blessing to read the articles written by the missionaries.”

“I cried when I read how much the workers sacrifice in the field. I want to be involved as much as I can.”

“I can’t go as a missionary, but I want to help. Instead of going on a trip, I want to support missionary work in unreached people groups.”

These are just some of the reactions received from readers of Adventist Frontiers, and they show us once again how beautifully God works both far away and right around us.

All the years of Adventist Frontier Missions activity show that great is the blessing that results from everyone’s involvement in foreign missions. Everyone? You got it right. Each of us has a part to play. Some can go, some can support those who go, and all can pray.
Research done within the churches showed something extraordinary: congregations involved in foreign missions are always more active in missions locally, and being part of God’s work is the only remedy for the challenges faced by our churches. Where members are involved in any aspect of cross-cultural missions, it has been shown that attendance increases in the local church, projects started at home usually multiply, and the spiritual life of the believers is revived.

The call to go and make disciples of all nations is the foundation of the church we belong to, and the blessing of being involved in this work is within everyone’s reach. Whether you can take one big step or one small step, anything that advances heaven’s work in the unreached areas will be a gain for eternity.

The articles you are reading are meant to show how wonderful the God we serve is and what privileges we are given through being co-workers with Him.

If you wonder what can revive the church you belong to, the answer is simple — a missionary diet,1 because “The light that shines the farthest will shine the brightest at home.”2

We invite you once again to read the pages of this magazine, which will take you to places far away where the

light of the truth shines for the first time in the midst of darkness.

1 Scottish missionary, abolitionist, scientist and explorer David Livingstone said, “The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.”

2 Oswald J. Smith, Canadian missions advocate, author and pastor

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