What Actually Do We Do at Lifeword and BMA Global?

Have you ever wondered what we actually DO at “the Missions office”, now BMA Global? What about Lifeword? Have you ever wondered how they’re able to share the gospel via the  flawed and controversial social media world? 

If you come visit us on an average day, you’re likely to see a meeting in progress (impromptu or scheduled), someone packing for a conference or trip, a Zoom call in progress, and pretty much everyone using their computers. A fairly average office atmosphere, but what are we  really doing?

And more importantly at the highest level, what are we “doing” for God’s kingdom work? Both Lifeword and BMA Global have a set of guidelines to which they adhere, and they are always self-evaluating, restructuring, and praying for God’s guidance to do so. 

BMA GLOBAL

At BMA Global the values and actions that guide all they do, their approach to serving missionaries all over the world, are expressed in the following five statements displayed prominently on the wall in their downstairs wing:

1. Motivated by the mission of God: To make his glory and love known to every nation, tribe, language and people
2. Discipleship-based multiplication: To see the multiplication of believers and churches through discipleship
3. Local church driven: To affirm that local congregations are both the source and the goal of multiplication
4. Indigenous missions: To fulfill the mission of God according to indigenous principles aimed at sustainability and reproducibility
5. Holy Spirit-led risk: To seek God and follow his leading in a courageous manner 

SEND – We mobilize churches and people to the mission field through 

·         Short-term missions

·         Student missions

·         Medical missions

·         Christmas shoeboxes

START – We plant churches that plant churches with 

·         U.S. church planters

·         International missionaries

·         ChangeMakers

SUPPORT – We provide care and support for leaders and churches through 

·         Healthy Church Solutions

·         Missionary Care

·         Training

LIFEWORD

Lifeword’s value statements are similarly displayed, but in paragraph form, in their wing upstairs:

“Lifeword produces biblically sound, culturally relevant gospel programming that is Great Commission focused and marked by excellence and creativity. Our ministry promotes an attitude of integrity and accountability along with kingdom partnerships and ministry indigeneity. We strive to be servant leaders, respecting our teammates, leading by example, and loving a lost world.

“Lifeword provides Christ-centered programming through local and mass communication media to make disciples of Jesus and fulfill the Great Commission. We are dedicated to helping local churches share the gospel of Jesus Christ with their community through the effective use of media.”

That “ministry indigeneity” means that programming originates with the many Lifeword partners around the world in almost 150 languages. The content doesn’t mean much if it’s produced by Americans instead of in the heart languages of people with whom the gospel is shared.

2 MINISTRIES – ONE MISSION

In the same way, the BMA is “global”. The emphasis is on church planting, making disciples and equipping and sending disciple makers all over the world map. 

Two ministries. One mission. 

So the answer to what we do is this: God didn’t give the responsibility of sharing the gospel around the world to a missions agency or a media ministry. He gave it to the local church.  Those of us who serve at Lifeword and BMA Global help you carry out God’s mission through our missions and media efforts.

If you’d like to understand the specifics of how we do that, please go to the websites and Facebook pages of these ministries for more information, then choose a contact number to be connected to us.

We serve and equip you, our people and churches, to fulfill God’s mission.