NW Missionary Focus Q & A
Q1: When did Missionary Focus begin?
A1: The first meeting was on April 14, 1951.
Q2: How did Missionary Focus begin?
Q2: Bob Hitchman of Des Moines Chapel discovered the Missionary Study Class in the Chicago area while he was there studying to become a medical doctor. When he returned to the Seattle area, he helped start a very similar type of meeting here.
Q3: What were the first meetings like?
A3: Meetings were held on the second Saturday of each month with the following format:
Q4: When was the name changed?
A4: NW Missionary Study Class became NW Missionary Focus in January 1986.
Q5: What is the Biblical basis for this type of meeting?
A5: There are several Scriptures, including the following:
A1: The first meeting was on April 14, 1951.
Q2: How did Missionary Focus begin?
Q2: Bob Hitchman of Des Moines Chapel discovered the Missionary Study Class in the Chicago area while he was there studying to become a medical doctor. When he returned to the Seattle area, he helped start a very similar type of meeting here.
Q3: What were the first meetings like?
A3: Meetings were held on the second Saturday of each month with the following format:
- Supper
- Reading of letters from missionaries
- Prayer time
- Missions report:
- One or more visiting missionaries
- Missionary biography
- Survey of some mission field or country
- Panel discussion
- Offering
- Signup list for writing to missionary
- Monthly meetings rotate around several area assemblies
Q4: When was the name changed?
A4: NW Missionary Study Class became NW Missionary Focus in January 1986.
Q5: What is the Biblical basis for this type of meeting?
A5: There are several Scriptures, including the following:
- Matthew 28:19 “Go and make disciples of all nations.”
- Acts 14:27 “They reported all that God had done through them.”
- II Thessalonians 3:1-2
- “Pray for us that the Word of the Lord may spread rapidly.”
- “Pray that we may be delivered from evil men.”
- Philippians 4:15 “No church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone.”