New England Baptists practice ‘reverse missions’ with Portugal

“It’s not reverse mission if you just stay in your own church,” noted Lierte Soares Jr. “New England Baptists are going to Europe because we have a sense of gratitude that Europeans brought the gospel to us."
The BCNE mission team was inspired by their theme Bible verse for the Portugal trip, from when God commissioned Isaiah for a lifetime of service: “And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, ‘Here I am! Send me’” (Isa 6:8, ESV.)
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New England Baptists practice ‘reverse missions’ with Portugal

“I’m very honored to be a reverse missionary,” said Arianna Diecidue, a freshman at Triton Regional High School, Byfield, Massachusetts. She traveled on her first missions trip October 6–16, 2024, with 21 other New England Baptists from two churches to Porto, Portugal.

“Before our pastor came to our church, I hadn’t known much about reverse missions, but he’s been gradually teaching us more and more. I think the concept of passing the gospel back to where we got it from is a very honorable thing. It’s very unique and it’s very important. It should definitely be discussed more in the Christian community,” she added.

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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Dan Nicholas and originally published by Baptist Churches of New England. 

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