Are we all called to be a Missionary?

A missionary is someone with a mission, someone who has been sent out to get people to believe in their beliefs. In the Christian definition, a missionary is someone with a mission, a mission to share the gospel with the people of the world.

I grew up hearing of missionary's and our church supporting and sending these missionaries to foreign countries to tell people about Jesus. I always thought missionaries were people who went to other countries far away and told people about Jesus.  I never thougth of them as being local...I always thought they had to be overseas. Well, that was a very wrong definition of a missionary. A missionary is somone with a mission, a mission to share the gospel with the people of the world....ALL the world. That doesn't mean only the far off plains of Africa or the crashing waves of Australia, it also ment downtown Wichita, Colorado, Chicago..ect.  Acts 1:8: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." This verse speaks so well to where missionaries are to be placed geographically. To give a brief understand Judea is a region within Jerusalema nd Samaria was a adjoining region to the north. So Jerusalem would be like Kansas, Judea would be Wichita and Samaria would be Kansas City. I think Jesus was trying to tell us something there...we must start in own cities and spread from there. If we are living life with a mission now where we are...how are we suppose to live life with a mission to the ends of the earth?

So to answer the question is are we all called to be a missionary? I say YES! Why? Matthew 28:18-20 " Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore GO and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everthing I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age." This was written to just certain believers...it was written to ALL believers. We are all called to be missionaries. We all have a mission; to share the gospel to the very ends of the earth. Where God places us and where He calls us to go is different for every person. Some are called to stay in Wichita working at an office job; that is there mission field, some are called to India some are called to Colorado...it is different for everybody. God's body is spread everywhere...to the ends of the earth. So where is your mission field? Are you living a life that reflects the kingdom...are you fullfilling the mission?