{"product_id":"a-living-sacrifice","title":"A Living Sacrifice","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eSuppose you had been called to missionary service for the early Seventh-day Adventist Church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe average term of service for the first 214 missionaries in China was just seven years.  The average was so low because roughly 1 in 5 died during that time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn West Africa  “the casualty rate among missionaries was so high that in the late 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century they were expected to live just two years.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eDebilitating illnesses and untimely deaths were the prices to be paid for evangelizing the Inter-American region.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdventist Missionaries were beginning to penetrate East Asia and were suffering the consequences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo often  we tell only the same few stories from Adventist history  of Ellen and James White  Joseph Bates  John Andrews  Uriah Smith  and the first generation of pioneers. To these we occasionally add the stories of a few famous twentieth-century figures  major church leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet our history is deep and wide and full of stories we never tell because we don’t remember them: extraordinary stories  of dedicated missionaries who risked their lives—but did so because they had put their lives in the hands of the Holy Spirit. They were willing to risk danger  deprivation  disease and death  and in many cases  they truly gave their all  so that the prophetic messages of the angels of Revelation 14 might be proclaimed  that this church might be built and Jesus lifted up around the world. These ordinary women and men are the makers of the modern  worldwide Adventist Church. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor and church historian David Trim shares stories of these missionaries.  Most were young. Many were women. Some were committed laypeople  and several were self-supporting.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eTheir stories may be moldering in obscurity  but our Lord and Savior has not forgotten them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir committed spirit is what the church needs now: the spirit that says  “whatever my age or circumstances  I will take responsibility for sharing Jesus with those who have never heard of him. I will go.” Seventh-day Adventists must again be willing to offer our bodies as living sacrifices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pacific Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41316197367859,"sku":"9780816365340","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0103\/8902\/8915\/files\/living_sacrifice_trim_i_cover.jpg?v=1774920757","url":"https:\/\/clovisabc.com\/products\/a-living-sacrifice","provider":"ClovisABC.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}