The Key to the Missionary Problem

by Andrew Murray

Publisher:

J. Nisbet & Co.

, 1902

Overview

In this urgent call to action, Andrew Murray lays the responsibility of mission work on the shoulders of pastors and laity alike. Until each Christian seeks to bring his brother to Jesus, there is little hope for the evangelization of the world—a mission Murray feels should be the cornerstone of every church.

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Key Features

• Details the importance of missionary work as a key component of the church
• Conveys a message still relevant to the modern church even over 100 years later
• Provides ways to focus in and “solve” the missionary problem

Contents

• The Ecumenical Missionary Conference
• Foreign Missions—A Test of the State of the Church
• The Moravian Church and Love to Christ
• The Church Missionary Society and the Deepening of the Spiritual Life
• The China Inland Mission and the Power of Believing Prayer
• The Church of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit
• The Missionary Problem a Personal One: Every Believer a Soul-Winner
• A Missionary Ministry
• A Call to Prayer and Humiliation
• A Proposal—A Week of Prayer
• Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions

Praise for the Print Edition

I have read Mr. Andrew Murray’s book on the Missionary Problem with extraordinary interest. It is a remarkable work. Nothing that I have read for a long time has so led me to the secret spring of missionary work, and to the glorious privilege of having a share in it.

—J. H. Jowett

Of all the books that I have ever read on the call of our Lord to the evangelization of the world, this appeal by the beloved Andrew Murray must stand in the front rank, if not first. My heart has been deeply moved by it, and I propose to read large portions of it to my people. If only it were read universally throughout our churches, by ministers and people alike, I believe it would lead to one of the greatest revivals of missionary enthusiasm that the world has ever known. It is deeply spiritual, interesting, and inspiring.

—F. B. Meyer

I hope that Mr. Murray’s heart-searching book may be widely read and prayerfully pondered. I know of nothing that would so much quicken, not only our missionary zeal, but the Christian life of our churches. It is the Key to the Missionary Problem indeed, but it is also the key to most of our problems, and points to the only cure for all our weaknesses.

—Alexander Maclaren

It is a book that searches the heart of the reader.

—The Independent

Product Details

• Title: The Key to the Missionary Problem
• Author: Andrew Murray
• Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.
• Publication Date: 1902
• Pages: 204

About Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray (1828–1917) was born in Graaff Reinet, South Africa, to Dutch missionary parents. Educated at King’s College, Aberdeen, he then studied theology at the University of Utrecht. Andrew and his older brother John were ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1848. Murray pastored South African churches in Bloemfontein, Worcester, Cape Town, and Wellington. A champion of missionary work, he founded the South African General Mission in 1889. That ministry continued to grow, and today it is part of the SIM (Serving in Mission) organization.

A prolific author and lecturer, Murray authored over 200 books during his lifetime, and he was invited to speak at churches and conferences all over the world. Married for over 60 years and the father of eight children, Murray passed away in January 1917.

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Top Highlights

“The principal lesson the C.M.S. History teaches is that its great forward movement was intimately connected with a deep revival of the spiritual life, and the teaching of a higher standard of devotion to the Lord Jesus. The only way to waken true, deep, spiritual, permanent missionary interest, is not to aim at this itself, so much as to lead believers to a more complete separation from the world, and to an entire consecration of themselves, with all they have, to their Lord and His service.” (Page 71)

“There is no more spiritual and mysterious truth than that Christ our Head is actually and entirely dependent upon the members of His body for carrying out the plans which He, as Head, has formed. It is only spiritual men, and a Church in which spiritual men have influence, that is capable of rightly carrying out Christ’s commands.” (Page 2)

“‘To the pastor belongs the privilege and the responsibility of solving the foreign missionary problem. Until the pastors of our Churches wake up to the truth of this proposition, and the foreign work becomes a passion in their own hearts and consciences, our Boards may do what they can, by way of devising forward movements or organising new methods for exploiting the Churches for money, yet the chariot wheels of foreign missions will drive heavily.’” (Page 4)

“I do feel very deeply that, to the friends of missions, striving to take large views of the purpose of God and His kingdom, there is no question of more urgent importance than this: How is the Church to be reached and led on to place herself, with every member and with all her powers, at her Lord’s disposal for the work for which He has destined her and depends on her? In the Preliminary Report of which I spoke, the subject was hardly alluded to.” (Pages 2–3)

Product Details

• Title: The Key to the Missionary Problem
• Author: Andrew Murray
• Publisher: J. Nisbet & Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1902
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Missions
• Resource ID: LLS:KEYMISSMURRAY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:14:10Z

About Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray (May 9, 1828–January 18, 1917) was a South African pastor, teacher, and writer. He was educated in Aberdeen, Scotland, and at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. In 1848, Murray was ordained in the Dutch Reformed Church and returned to live and work in South Africa.

Murray was very focused on missions, considering it to be “the chief end of the church.” In 1889 he cofounded the South African General Mission with Martha Osborn and Spencer Walton. As their work spread throughout the continent, the mission’s name changed to Africa Evangelical Fellowship (AEF), and in 1998 AEF joined SIM which today has over 1,800 active missionaries in over 43 countries. Andrew Murray authored over 240 books, including Abide in Christ, The Holiest of All, The Spiritual Life, and The Mystery of the True Vine.