By Lorie Newman  

We live in a world with overwhelming humanitarian needs.

With so many hurting people, even within our own communities, does helping just one person really matter? 

The answer is found in Matthew 25:40, where Jesus says, “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.”

Even though it was only mid-afternoon, I was flat-out exhausted when I came back to my room late one September Sunday afternoon and sunk into an already-made bed. I had spent all weekend with a courageous young church in Cincinnati, Ohio, that was influencing its community with what I thought was a fresh yet biblical approach.

If you read my article from the spring issue of On Mission, you know that Red Door Church was birthed out of NAMB missionary Josh Lenon’s reading of the Lord’s Prayer and his calling to “bring heaven to earth.” After asking a group of friends and spiritual seekers to consider committing to spend their lives bringing heaven to earth, a church was born in the fall of 2010.

Photo of the Week Can you guess the city? One missionary featured in the upcoming summer issue of On Mission magazine uses the device pictured above quite frequently—but not as frequently as you might think. Despite the reputation of the

Every building, room, house, car and person has a unique smell. When you enter someone's home, you can pick up the scent immediately. You can tell if they have inside pets, what they cooked lately, if they smoke, and if they use air fresheners! You can go into a print shop and the smell of ink/developer is very strong. Even restaurants have distinctive odors that should be inviting. I have really never been in any Krispy Kreme store that smelled bad!  

On Mission Photo of the Week – May 2 NAMB president Kevin Ezell prays with missionary Shaun Pillay, Derrick Shelby, and Matthew Mowrey at the 2011 Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix. Mowrey accepted Christ at a Bible study led by

For various reasons, we fail to speak, serve, or love when faced with outreach opportunities. Consequently, yesterday’s outreach failures morph into today’s discouragement, discouragement leads to apathy and eventually our sense of being on mission fades.   

By Shaun Pillay 

Just a few short months ago, Dave Mowrey’s life looked completely different. His son Matt had recently accepted Christ while getting his haircut at a local barbershop where members of Cornerstone host a weekly Bible study. Soon after that, Matt introduced his dad, Dave, to our team at Cornerstone. Though he always believed that God was real, Dave had never truly experienced a life-changing relationship with Christ. However, three months ago, Dave Mowrey accepted Christ.

On Mission photo of the Week – April 25 North American Mission Board missionary Shaun Pillay doesn't sit in an office all day. Instead, he's out in the community meeting people and sharing Christ. In this photo Pillay sits on