30 Years of Faith: Gordon Robertson on the Asian Center for Missions

Founding the Asian Center for Missions

• 💡 Gordon Robertson founded the Asian Center for Missions (ACM) in the Philippines in 1995, inspired by a dream of Filipino missionaries serving globally.
• 🎯 Despite having zero initial funding, Robertson trusted God's provision, a step of obedience that marked the beginning of ACM.
• 🚀 The ACM quickly grew to become the largest missionary training center and sender in the Philippines.

Ministry Impact and Reach

• 🌍 ACM has trained missionaries who have ministered to 304 unreached people groups across 77 nations.
• 🤝 Missionaries like Roland Cadis dedicate years to helping vulnerable populations, such as refugees fleeing conflict in Myanmar, providing them with skills training and basic necessities.
• 🏥 Operation Blessing provides essential medical and dental care to missionaries as a gesture of appreciation for their service.

Lessons in Faith and Provision

• 🔑 Robertson emphasizes that God's love is the primary motivator for missions, urging believers to be filled with His love to the point of action, either by going or sending.
• ⚠️ The journey involved significant challenges, including near-death experiences like cerebral malaria and constant financial uncertainty, yet faith in God's provision remained central.
• ✝️ A key lesson learned was to stop looking at bank accounts as a source of provision and to trust the Creator of the universe to provide when called to action.

The Call to Missions

• 🗺️ Robertson shares his personal journey, including leaving a law practice and engaging in risky missions like smuggling Bibles into China, before feeling called to the Philippines.
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