AY Honors/Missionary Life/Answer Key

Missionary Life

Skill Level

1

Year

2016

Version

22.04.2025

Approval authority

North American Division

1

Discover the following individually or as a group:

1a

Common definitions of a biblical and modern-day missionary.

1b

Discuss Christ as our example of a missionary.

1c

Name five biblical missionaries and discuss the contributions they have made.

1d

Assess what each biblical missionary, listed above, contributed to their mission.

2

Discuss the following texts as they relate to missionary work:

2a

Matthew 28:19

2b

Acts 18:22-23

2c

Acts 1:8

2d

Isaiah 42:10-12

2e

Matthew 4:17

2f

Jeremiah 1:7-9

2g

Jonah 1:3-4

3

List and evaluate how missionaries have impacted the spreading of the gospel and whether their stories and methods are relevant today.

4

Create a list or construct a Venn diagram (compare & contrast) of qualifications for an individual to become a missionary in Bible times versus today.

5

Discuss with a group the following personality characteristics and their importance to being a positive and influential missionary today:

* Willing to learn

* Spiritually minded

* Mature

* Humble

* Available

6

Discuss with a group the following types of missionaries and why each is important to the spreading of the gospel.

6a

Medical Missionary

6b

Evangelist

6c

Educator

6d

Language Teacher

7

Discuss with a group some of the possible challenges associated with missionary work today.

8

Interview someone who is either an active missionary or who has retired from mission service.

9

Learn about eight missionaries (to at least four continents) who served during the Seventh-day Adventist mission expansion (1900-1950). On a world map, plot their country of service.

10

Create a presentation, game, or speech that shows what you have learned about missionary life while earning this honor. Share your presentation with a group.

11

Earn the Foreign Mission Trips honor OR do both of the following individually or as a group:

11a

Read a book about an Adventist missionary.

11b

Plan or assist with a mission project or collection that would assist an active missionary in their work.

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