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Page 5 of 5 The expanded dreamIn the expanded level of our dream we take it beyond Mexico and into other nations beginning with Central America and on into South America. The RMIC model could be adapted to most any missionary outreach area in the world. Just how far this dream will be extended and with how many fellow missionaries we will see this dream grow to include—we do not know. There is a great advantage in not knowing how big our dreams are. We are better able to release the future to the Lord's grace and to focus on the day to day steps as we live out the dream. RMIC and Our Personal Business as Mission for this MinistryAs we have said, our missionary style is one that emulates the Pauline BAM approach to supporting missions and evangelical outreach. This is not the most common method in today's Christian culture but it is certainly a biblical one and in many respects has considerable advantages over the more common method of raising support through donations. It may come as a surprise to many of you that for every dollar available for donation there are over ten dollars available for the profit motive. We already know through the parables of the talents and the minas how important God considers the profit motive to be, albeit He puts it in the correct perspective as secondary to seeking the Kingdom and His righteousness. After which He promises us all those things that others who do not know Him seek first. When we returned to Mexico in the fall of 1989 we went with the complete understanding that we would not seek donations as a means of support. We immediately set about establishing an accounting business from which we could both work and eventually I could become free to devote fulltime to ministry. Thus, you are able to receive this presentation today and we will also be enabled to reach out to thousands more as we encourage men and women of faith and grace across America to revive their goals and dreams which God has given them to fulfill for His good pleasure! Learn more about the businesses that are being developed to work in conjunction with the RMIC's Business as Mission Training Center. See: Business as Mission Ministry definedMinistry is often characterized by many Christians to mean: preaching, Sunday school teaching, music and singing, public speaking in Christian outreach programs such as this, and many forms of evangelism, but in fact, ministry is much more than that. Ministry is what you are gifted by God to do. I Corinthians 12; lists of some of the possibilities but it is not a complete list. However, it is clear that Paul is expanding the perception of ministry even for those of his day. Unfortunately, over the last several hundred years, since the Reformation, our ideas of ministry have gradually narrowed to what we most commonly hear described today. One of the most outstanding and cultural revolutions of the Reformation was the understanding that God's elect were intended to be successful in the gifts and callings that they possessed and that they were to excel in their service and business undertakings with each other and their neighbors. It is this fact of reformation history that set the stage for the great progress and work ethic of the western civilization and not the often touted sex revolution, art and music of the renaissance. The Reformation was the moral rebellion that followed the renaissance and gave us the leaders that formed the moral basis for our own great country. Each of you who have goals and dreams that include some kind of gift of ministry, such as we have just described—in the expanded version—are welcome to give consideration to being a part of RMIC. Contact
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