I just read an article about the celebration of 400 years of Baptist Mission from David Kerrigan, General Director BMS World Mission (UK) and two things stuck out for me in reflection:
1. tranzsend is the trading name of the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society – David comments: “The use of the word ‘society’ described the commitment of individuals and churches to a common cause, a model that survives strongly to this day.”
2. David made special comment of Johann Gerhard Oncken, a German, who was baptised in 1834 and helped form a church in Hamburg. Onken travelled across Europe and when asked if he was a missionary, famously responded, “Jeder Baptist ein Missionar” (“Every Baptist is a missionary”).
Interesting huh?
Peter
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