Winter 2020 - Magazine

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A Tribute to Your Generosity Giving is an act of worship. It’s a way to thank God for all we’ve received: salvation through Christ, life and health, family, friends, meaningful work... The list goes on.

(our seed funds), “or by putting them in the way of business so that they may earn an honest livelihood” (our small business development) so they do not need to “hold out their hand for charity.”

Giving is about investing in people. It grips my heart to know that one of every three people in The local sustainability and multiplication of our world—people created for eternal training, disciple-making and church planting relationship with God—have never had an taking place through Global Disciples is a tribute opportunity to choose and follow Jesus. I thank to your Holy Spirit-directed generosity. the Lord for each one As you give and pray of you who shares our for Global Disciples, burning desire to provide Giving to Global Disciples is you make self-reliance that opportunity. We’re possible for people in about seeing people come honored to be partners need. Churches that with you! to know and worship Jesus didn’t think they could Giving to Global train and send out as their Savior and Lord, Disciples is about seeing disciple-makers and leading to transformed lives, people come to know church planters now do families, and communities. and worship Jesus as it in locally sustainable their Savior and Lord, ways. Small businesses leading to transformed are multiplying to lives, families, and communities. Our generosity provide for church planters and further outreach. expresses God’s heart to those we serve—so Giving as worship does not require human people can live with dignity, hope, and purpose recognition; it is a sacrifice of praise, and deeply as redeemed sons and daughters of God. fulfilling. As Jesus said, A 12th century Jewish rabbi named Maimonides our Father in Heaven “will developed a ‘ladder of giving.’ Each rung up reward you,” even if many represents a higher ‘virtue’ in giving. The two recipients of your gifts highest levels reminded me of your generosity can’t thank you on this to Global Disciples. side of eternity (Matthew 6:4). On their behalf, we Maimonides described those top rungs as giving Galen Burkholder, thank you! to someone you don’t know, who doesn’t know President/CEO Global Disciples you; and assisting with a “gift of a sum of money” Thanks to our Annual Sponsors 6 Global Disciples


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