In the Community and Around the World

The LORD said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and bless you and make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and curse anyone who curses you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you." (Genesis 12:1-3)

• Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:19-20)

• But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

• The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

• This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14)