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Missionaries
Missionaries are people who put service over self and often travel to remote parts of the globe. Typically, they assist natives of the area with basic necessities and medical care, but their primary purpose is the promotion of their religious beliefs.
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Christian missionaries exist because of Jesus' command to 'preach the gospel to every creature.' (meaning people of course). Missionaries themselves love and know Jesus and wish to share the good news with others.
What are the church ladies in the Missionary Society interested in?
The church ladies in the Missionary Society are interested in supporting and promoting missionary work, both locally and globally. They are often involved in fundraising, organizing outreach programs, and providing aid to communities in need. Their goal is to spread their faith and help those less fortunate.
What is ironic about the missionary circles conversation?
The irony in the missionary circle is the ladies are discussing how to help people who are less fortunate than themselves in another country and NONE of them are interesting in helping the Robinson family who is right in their own town.
How did Gary Miller convert to Islam?
Gary Miller is a Christian missionary who converted to Islam. He was a very active missionary and was very knowledgeable about the Bible. He likes mathematics so much, that's why he likes logic. One day, he decided to read the Qur'an to try to find any mistakes that he might take advantage of while inviting Muslims to convert to Christianity. He expected the Qur'an to be an old book written 14 centuries ago, a book that talks about the desert (since Islam started in a desert area) and so on.
However, he was amazed from what he found. He discovered that this Book (the Quran) had what no other book in the world has. He expected to find some stories about the hard time that the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) had, like the death of his wife Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) or the death of his sons and daughters. However, he did not find anything like that. And what made him even more confused is that he found a full "Sura" (chapter) in the Qur'an named "Mary" that contains a lot of respect to Mary (peace be upon her) which is not the case even in the books written by Christians nor in their Bibles. Mary was honored in Quran as the lady of all ladies of all worlds. She is the only woman mentioned by name in Quran. He did not find a Sura named after "Fatimah"(the prophet's daughter) nor "Aishah" (the Prophet's wife), may Allah (God) be pleased with both of them. He also found that the name of Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) was mentioned in the Qur'an 25 times while the name of "Muhammad" (Peace Be Upon Him) was mentioned only 4 times, so he became more confused.
He started reading the Qur'an more thoroughly hoping to find a mistake but he was shocked when he read a great verse [verse 82, chapter 4, Surat Al-Nisa'a (Women] that says:
{Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy}.
Dr Miller says about this verse: "One of the well known scientific principles is the principle of finding mistakes or looking for mistakes in a theory until it's proved to be right (Falsification Test). What's amazing is that the Holy Qur'an asks Muslims and non-muslims to try to find mistakes in this book and it tells them that they will never find any". He also says about this verse: "No writer in the world has the courage to write a book and say that it's empty of mistakes, but the Qur'an, on the contrary, tells you that it has no mistakes and asks you to try to find one and you won't find any."
Another Quran verse that drew the attention of Dr Miller [Verse 30, Surat "Al-Anbiya", the Prophets]:
{Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of Creation), before We clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?}
Dr. Muller says: "This verse is exactly the subject of the scientific research that won the Noble Prize in 1973 and was about the theory of the "Great Explosion". According to this theory, the universe was the result of a great explosion that lead to the formation of the universe with its skies and planets.
Dr Miller says: "Now we come to what's amazing about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and what's pretended about the devils helping him, God says:
{No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation), it would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it). Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of) hearing it.} [Qur'an, Chapter 26, Verses 210-212] and says:
"When thou does read the Qur'an, seek Allah's protection from Satan the Rejected One" [Qur'an, Chapter 16, Verse 98].
You see? Can this be the devil's way to write a book? how can he write a book then tells you to ask God for protection from this devil before reading that book? Those are miraculous verses in this miraculous book! and has a logical answer to those who pretend that it's from the devil".
Among the stories that amazed Dr Miller is the story of the Prophet(PBUH) with Abu-Lahab. Dr Miller says: "This man (Abu Lahab) used to hate Islam so much that he would go after the Prophet wherever he goes to humiliate him. If he saw the prophet talking to strangers, he used to wait till he finishes and then ask them: What did Muhammad tell you? If he said it's white then it's in reality black and if he said it's night then it's day. He meant to falsify all what the prophet says and to make people suspicious about it. And 10 years before the death of Abu Lahab, a Sura was inspired to the prophet, named "Al-Masad". This sura tells that Abu Lahab will go to hell, in other words, it says that Abu Lahab will not convert to Islam. During 10 years, Abu Lahab could have said: "Muhammad is saying that I will not become a Muslim and that I will go to the hell fire, but I'm telling you now that I want to convert to Islam and become a Muslim. What do you think about Muhammad now? Is he saying the truth or no? Does his inspiration come from God?". (It is known that who enters Islam is forgiven from all sins done before entering into Islam and becomes as a new born). However, Abu Lahab did not do that at all although he was disobeying the prophet in all matters, but not in this one. In other words, it was as if the prophet(PBUH) was giving Abu Lahab a chance to prove him wrong! But he did not do that during 10 whole years! he did not convert to Islam and did not even pretend to be a Muslim!! Throughout 10 years, he had the chance to destroy Islam in one minute! But this did not happen because those are not the words of Muhammad (PBUH) but the words of God Who knows what's hidden and knows that Abu Lahab will not become a Muslim.
How can the prophet (PBUH) know that Abu Lahab will prove what is said in that Sura if this was not inspiration from Allah? How can he be sure throughout 10 whole years that what he has (the Qur'an) is true if he did not know that it's inspiration from Allah?? For a person to take such a risky challenge, this has only one meaning: that this is inspiration from God.
{Perish the hands of the Father of Flame (Abu Lahab)! perish he! No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains! Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of blazing Flame! His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood; As fuel! A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!} [The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 111]
Dr Miller says about a verse that amazed him: One of the miracles in the Qur'an is challenging the future with things that humans cannot predict and to which the "Falsification Test" applies, this test consists of looking for mistakes until the thing that is being tested is proved to be right. For example, let's see what the Qur'an says about the relation between Muslims and Jews. Qur'an says that Jews are the major enemies for Muslims and this is true until now as the main enemy for Muslims are the Jews.
Dr Miller continues: This is considered a great challenge since the Jews have the chance to ruin Islam simply by treating Muslims in a friendly way for few years and then say: here we are treating you as friends and the Qur'an says that we are your enemies, the Qur'an must be wrong then! But this did not happen during 1400 years!! and it will never happen because those are the words of The One who knows the unseen (God) and not the words of humans.
Dr Miller continues: Can you see how the verse that talks about the enmity between Muslims and Jews constitutes a challenge to the human mind?
{Strongest among men in enmity to the Believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the Believers wilt thou find those who say, "We are Christians": because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant. And when they listen to the revelation received by the Messenger, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognize the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! We believe; write us down among the witnesses} [Qur'an, Chapter 5, Verses 82-84].
This verse applies to Dr Miller as he was a Christian but when he knew the truth, he believed and converted to Islam and became a herald. May Allah support him.
Dr Miller says about the unique style of the Qur'an that he finds wonderful: No doubt there is something unique and amazing in Qur'an that is not present anywhere else, as the Qur'an gives you a specific information and tells you that you did not know this before. For example:
{This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee (O Prophet!) by inspiration: thou was not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Maryam: nor was thou with them when they disputed (the point)} [Qur'an, Chapter 3, Verse 44]
and
{Such are some of the stories of the Unseen, which We have revealed unto thee: before this, neither thou nor thy People knew them. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous} [Qur'an, Chapter 11, Verse 49]
and
{Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen, which We reveal by inspiration unto thee: nor was thou (present) with them when they concerted their plans together in the process of weaving their plots} [Qur'an, Chapter 12, Verse 102]
Dr Miller continues: "No other holy book uses this style, all the other books consist of information that tells you where this information came from. For example, when the Holy Bible talks about the stories of the ancient nations, it tells you that a this King lived in a this place and a that leader fought in that battle, and that a certain person had a number of kids and their names are. But this book (Bible) always tells you that if you want to know more, you can read a certain book since that information came from that book".
Dr Garry Miller continues: "This is in contrary to the Qur'an which gives you the information and tells you that it's new!! And what's amazing is that the people of Mecca at that time (time of inspiration of those verses) used to hear those verses and the challenge that the information in those verses was new and was not known by Muhammad (PBUH) nor by his people at that time, and despite that, they never said: We know this and it is not new, and they did not say: We know where Muhammad came from with those verses. This never happened, but what happened is that nobody dared to say that he was lying to them because those was really new information, not coming from the human mind but from Allah who knows the unseen in the past, the present and the future".
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Where did mmb want to go when she was a missionary?
There is not enough information to accurately answer this question. Can you please provide more context or specify who "mmb" is?
Why did puritans missionaries indentured servants come to america?
Puritan missionaries came to America in the 17th century primarily to spread the Christian faith and establish a community based on their religious beliefs. Indentured servants, on the other hand, were primarily brought to America to work off their debts or to establish a new life. While the motivations behind their journeys were different, both groups played a significant role in the colonization of America.
Was Ginnie Moon Lottie Moons sister?
Virginia "Ginnie" Bethel Moon (1844-1925) was born in Ohio in 1844.
Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon (1840 - 1912) was born in Virginia in 1840.
Lotties younger sister was called Edmonia.
So no.
well...read the book and find out -__- i can't believe your just gunna use wikianswers to find a freaking answer for your novel studies questions. get a life. do your own homework for a change.
<sorry for people who actually dont understand the book:P and are actually using wikianswers in a productive, responsible way>
He was an Olympic 400m gold medallist and world record holder who refused to compete on Sundays.
What two missionaries were in China during the Opium wars?
James Hudson Taylor Robert Morrison (William Burns was there too)
What unique qualities does Santa Barbra mission have?
that it is run by the fransiscan order till now
When did the first missionaries came to Ghana?
The Portuguese arrived in Ghana in 1471, although there are no records on the web for it, one may safely assume that the Portuguese brought priests with them, who would have been the first missionaries.
What were the goals of the missionaries who came to Nigeria in the late 1800's?
Converting people to Christianity.
It was more than that. In the North they did not establish any churches or attempt any "converts" this was because Fredrick Lugard would not allow them.
In areas where Islam dominated Christianity did not have much of an influence. Because Islam is more of a dominate religion.
However, one of the principle objectives were to attempt to remove the many and strong supersitions of Nigerians along with abolishing the many practices of Human sackrifices (sp). The Christians also wanted to impose Western morality on to the Nigerians in a false belief that their morality was superior to the Igbos, Yoruba or other Nations within the area of their control they named Nigeria. So Polygamous relationships needed controlling, the idea of the powerful market women who could earn more than their husband did not fit in with their Victorian view of a womans place in the home. Or the use of Christian names because the lazy missionaries could not pronounce the African names, in class.
The introduction of the Christian Missionary School CMS was also used to introduce Western Education to prepare Nigerians to modern ways of thinking and economy. Both Yoruba and Igbo nations embraced this as a way to advance themselves. In the run up independence the Northern States of Nigerian mainly Hausa and Fulani Muslim states found themselves at a disadvantage so the British fixed the 1st elections to ensure that the Islamic North had control over the rest of the Federation.
Initially the British run Nigeria as two separate states Northern = Islamic and Southern. Until they were merged in 1914. Ironically the British liked the Islamic model of government as it made their work easier to Adminster such a large area with very few Colonial Adminstrators on the ground. Utilizing the Islamic model served the British purposes as it reached a broader mass than having to convert the hetrogenous southern states of various traditional beliefs.
What are some missionary needs in Mexico?
Mexican people are not different from other humans. Most of them have the same spiritual needs you and me require:
- Feel the love from others
- Believe that there is a meaning for all our losses and failures
- Need to have values, such as justice and integrity
- Need to believe that there is something more beyond death
How did missionaries affect aboriginal way of life?
The missionaries brought Christianity and basic education to the aborigines of remote Australia. To aid in their management of the aboriginal population, they encouraged them to move from their traditional lifestyles onto centralised missions. Here, they were provided such necessities as flour, sugar and tea, so that they did not need to leave the missions to hunt for food.
The centralised lifestyle soon brought the people into close contact with white Australians, bringing them occasional, low paid work and access to alcohol. The teaching of Christianity meant that the aborigines were encouraged to forget their traditional religions and cultures. They began to be forced to speak English at all times, thus losing their native languages and traditions.
Gradually, alcoholism, sexual diseases and domestic violence became part of the lifestyle of many aborigines in remote areas. With large numbers of children of mixed racial heritage, the governments and missions worked together in many cases, to remove these children and offer them what was thought to be a better lifestyle.
There were both positive and negative outcomes of the missionaries involvement in aboriginal communities, and not all the problems of modern aboriginal communities are solely the result of missionary intervention.
Who were the first four missionaries to come to Nigeria?
Mary slessor
Steve patti
david Fredrick
sister mel brady
thomas john Dennis
galvin mountain
flora shaw
Mission Indians
What Scottish minister went to Africa in 1841 to preach the gospel and heal the sick?
Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a doctor and missionary in the Congo.
What were the goals of the missionaries who came to Nigeria in the late 1800s?
To convert the native people, the same reason why missionaries were established in the first place.
What was the purpose of missionaries in Africa in the 1950 and 1960?
To spread Christianity and help in development in other ways, such as building schools and hospitals and other facilities for communities.
What role does the youth play in the church?
Of all various viewpoints of the teenagers in today's church, one thing cannot be ignored. They are the future of any church. They are the future of the world. The youth plays the role of supporting the adult church members, teaching them (as young learns from old, so old learn from young), and assuming the responsibilities of the church when they are older.
What is the motto of the missionaries of charity?
TOTUM OPUS NOSTRUM IN OPEERATINE CONSISTIT(Action is our entire task).
