What Are Some Activities of Christian Missionaries?

GFA World’s national missionaries provide all of the above and much more as they serve the people of Africa and Asia. While sharing the Good News and working to establish churches, our missionaries also organize gift distributions that provide families living in poverty with income-generating gifts, like sewing machines and farm animals. This empowers people to begin providing for their own needs. The missionaries also pass out gifts like warm clothing, blankets and mosquito nets, which help shelter people from the cold and disease-carrying insects. Our missionaries coordinate the installation of Jesus Wells, which provide clean drinking water year-round, protecting whole communities from waterborne illnesses. They also work to install private toilets, helping maintain human dignity and reduce the risk of disease. GFA World missionaries work to help parents enroll children in our Child Sponsorship Program which provides community-wide solutions to help children break the cycle of poverty like food, school supplies, tutoring and medical care. Our workers also host medical camps in impoverished villages where teams of nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals provide medical care at no cost.[2]

Another activity that GFA World missionaries do is leprosy care. The Sisters of the Cross, a specially trained team of female missionaries, clean wounds, cut hair and trim nails of people suffering with the disease in leprosy colonies. Their willingness to show love to a community that is often treated as outcasts is a powerful example of Christ’s love. Their gentle care and compassion changes lives as people feel God’s love through their actions.[3]