What on earth is God doing? What does that have to do with me?
A key component of engaging in God’s plan is knowing God’s purpose, plan, and people. Movies and books help you know what other people have done and what you can do to lay up treasure in heaven.
Books are better because of the time for reflection, but missions movies are a great way to catch of glimpse. Some of the best books have been made into movies.
Below are some movies and videos you should know, see, and share.
The Biblical Basis of Mission (youTube) – What does God’s word say about His plan for the world?
The State of the World (youTube) – How are we doing in completing the command of Jesus to go into all of the world to preach the Gospel?
When Things Seem Impossible (youTube) – Kidnapped and held hostage, missionary Paul Dye miraculously escapes from a heavily armed guerilla camp with his aircraft, too.
Ends of the Earth Movie (youTube) – Missionary bush pilots enable church planting in remote regions of West Papua, Indonesia.
Bad Legs: Elinor Young (youTube) – A missionary afflicted by polio serves a remote people in West Papua to bring them the Jesus.
Ee-Taow! The Mouk Story (youTube) – How do you present the Good News to people who have never heard of Jesus Christ? This is the story of how God’s message came to the Mouk people and their enthusiastic response.
YembiYembi: Unto the Nations (youTube)(Vimeo) – How do missionaries share the Gospel with remote people? This follows Brooks and Nina Buser as the respond by faith to share God’s love in Yembiyembi.
End of the Spear (youTube) – In 1953 five missionaries were martyred trying to take the Good New about Jesus to the Waodani people of Peru. The five missionaries were Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Roger Youderian, and Pete Fleming. This is their story about how God fulfilled their desire to see the Waodani people come to know Jesus.
Beyond the Gates of Splendor (youTube) — What happened after the Waodani people heard about Jesus?
The Insanity of God (youTube) — The Insanity of God is the true story of missionaries Nik and Ruth Ripken. After the death of their son, this ordinary couple journeys into the depths of the persecuted church, asking the question- IS JESUS WORTH IT?
Many Beautiful Things: The Life and Vision of Lilias Trotter (youTube) – Lilias Trotter, a 19th century British painter, sacrificed artistic fame in order to serve God as a missionary in Algeria.
Better Friends than Mountains (youTube) – Serving the Kurdish people, a stateless people scattered across 13 countries, including Iraq.
More Than Dreams Movies (youTube) – About muslims seeing dreams about Jesus.
The Distant Boat (youTube) – A Kenyan story.
Gladys Aylward’s personal testimony (youTube) – Gladys gives her testimony about how she came to know, love, and obey Jesus, going to China.
Healing for Hewa (youTube) – Medical missionaries help Hewa people learn about child birth and Jesus. See more of the Hewa story at stilluntold.org/hewa.
For many more missionary movies and videos, see Vision Videos and stilluntold.org/videos.