Matthew 28:19-20: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Acts 1:8: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
One of the things that drive us as Christians and is in the heart of every believer is to tell others about Jesus. But all of us have been called to be witnesses for our Lord. And all of us have been called to our own personal Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. For us that is the neighbor next door, the person in the office, someone in our family or classroom, the stranger at Walmart or the person who is the outcast, unloved and unwanted in our community.
But a few of us God has called to the uttermost part of the world.
I have noticed today that the world is coming to us. Illegal aliens, the Hispanics, Asian and Arabic groups have come to America by the millions in the last decade. God is truly sending the world to us to evangelize.
Almost half of all foreigners coming to this nation will be exposed to the gospel within one year, and thousands of them trust Christ as their Savior. Every denomination in this nation has a ministry to Hispanics, and thousands of Hispanic churches have sprung up all over the United States. There are also many ministries to Asian and Arabic people in this nation. We are fulfilling the great commission right here in America.
But still God is calling those to go to the uttermost part of the world. Of course we have foreign missionaries who are called of God to go and be witnesses unto Him. Now we have amazing opportunities with the thing called the “internet.” My little church is reaching almost a thousand people each week all over the world with social media, video platforms like Rumble, Bitchute and Brighteon, radio broadcasts on WSIP FM and podcasts on iTunes, Spotify and many more. All from a tiny iPhone (that we all have), a tiny digital recorder and an internet connection. Your church can be a missionary, reaching people all over the world.
How do we do it? PodPoint.com is an amazing Christian audio platform that, for only $24 a month, will take your pastor’s sermons and put them on a dozen podcast platforms. It is simple to use and very effective. All you need is your iPhone or a small digital recorder. We use a digital recorder at my church because we use my iPhone to record sermons on Facebook live. Then we take that recording from Facebook live and put it on media platforms. Rumble, Bitchute and Brighteon and the video platforms are all FREE.
We are reaching hundreds each week all over the world on these. (You can use YouTube, but they will ban you if you say things they don’t like and they don’t like the Bible.)
A radio ministry is simple as well. We use that same digital recorder and send our recordings to WSIP radio in Paintsville. Radio is not cheap, but it’s less than you think. Find a station somewhere that will broadcast your church services. You may be surprised. Hundreds of internet radio stations will broadcast your church. And it is very effective. Hardly a week goes by when someone doesn’t tell me they heard my sermon on the radio.
Your church should have a website and/or at least a Facebook page. And keep it updated every day! It’s easier than you think and very effective outreach. We put sermon text, articles and links to all of our sermon platforms on our website. It doesn’t take that long either. We spend about an hour a week uploading sermons.
What wonderful opportunities we have. We all can reach the world with the technology that God has given us. The devil is certainly using it for evil, so why shouldn’t we use it to spread the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ?