MISSIONARIES
(Also called Field Missionaries)
(See also Gilead School; Ministerial Training School [Discontinued]; School for Kingdom Evangelizers; To the Ends of the Earth [Video]; lands by name)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
adapting to conditions: yb09 107-108, 111; jv 528-529, 531
Jesus’ example: w08 2/15 12-13
adapting to customs: w08 3/15 4; yb07 171; jv 531-532; w89 11/15 14
appointment: od 110
appreciation for Gilead-trained: g94 12/22 24
assignments: od 110
assisting local Witnesses: jv 537-539, 541
attitude toward assignment: w19.02 27; jv 546; w88 9/15 29; w87 11/15 28-29; g86 6/8 25-27
local people: w92 9/1 20-21
willingness to forgo rights: w92 9/1 21-22
before establishment of Gilead School: jv 521; w92 9/1 17
Bible examples: w10 11/1 24-26
Barnabas: it-1 257; w92 9/1 11-15; w89 1/1 10, 12
Christians scattered by persecution: w89 1/1 11
Jesus Christ: w08 2/15 12-20; g94 10/8 7; w89 1/1 10-11
Mark: si 181-182
Paul: it-2 586-588; lfb 228-229; w92 9/1 11-15; w90 6/15 10-25; si 202-203, 292-293; w89 1/1 10-12; w89 11/15 14; w87 8/1 12-13
Buddhism: g94 10/8 5-6
Christendom’s: g94 10/8 4; g89 9/22 14-17
Africa: w12 9/1 27-28; ba 11; g96 4/22 20-21; g94 11/22 24-27; g94 12/22 22-23; w92 9/1 3-9
Americas: g94 12/8 20-22; g94 12/22 23
areas apportioned to denominations: jv 526
Asia: ba 11-13; g94 11/8 21-23; g94 12/22 22
Bible translations: w97 10/15 8-10; ba 11-13; w92 9/1 4; w88 7/1 14-15; w87 8/15 25
Boniface: g94 10/22 20-21
Catholic: g94 10/8 4; g94 10/22 20-21; g89 9/22 16; g87 4/22 8
contrast with Witnesses: g94 12/22 22-24; jv 525-528
ecumenical movement: g91 2/22 3-4
encyclical Redemptoris Missio (The Church’s Missionary Mandate): g95 2/22 15; g91 6/8 28
Europe: g94 10/22 20-22; g94 12/22 22
failure to learn local language: w92 9/1 21
Haida people (Canada): g90 5/22 27
lack of effectiveness: g94 12/22 22-23
Madagascar: w09 12/15 29-31; w87 11/1 4
motivation: w89 1/1 12
New Caledonia: w87 8/15 25
number of: w88 1/1 3
Orthodox: g94 10/22 20-22
Protestant: g94 10/8 4; g94 10/22 22; gm 34; g89 9/22 16; g89 10/22 17-18
results: w92 9/1 5-9; g89 9/22 16-17
reverse flow: w04 3/1 3-4
role in imperialism: w92 9/1 6; g90 10/8 21-22
role in slave trade (Africa): w92 9/1 8
social involvement: g03 6/22 28; g89 10/8 22-23; w87 1/15 3-6
Tahiti: g 8/08 13-15
urge Opium War (China): re 263
use of Jehovah’s name: w88 7/1 14
contributions of Society’s presidents: w89 1/1 12-13
Knorr, N. H.: jv 522-526
conventions attended with help from congregations worldwide:
1993, “Divine Teaching”: yb94 7; km 3/93 7
1998, “God’s Way of Life”: yb99 4, 7, 11, 13-15; km 9/99 7
coping with homesickness: yb13 159; w94 5/15 28-30
counsel for missionaries: w06 1/1 13-14; w03 6/15 23-25; w00 6/15 23-25; w00 12/15 25-27; g96 12/22 23; w90 12/15 22-24; w89 12/1 21-22; w88 6/1 22-23
acting as “salt”: w05 7/1 14
cherishing one’s mission: w11 8/1 29
“don’t become the thing you hate”: w11 8/1 30
doubts: w12 8/1 29
facing difficulties: w12 8/1 29-30
following direction: w12 8/1 28-29
“Jordans” that could separate one from blessings: w11 2/1 29
keys to happiness: w09 9/1 30-31; w98 6/1 27
married couples: w08 8/15 30; w89 12/1 21
realistic expectations of oneself: w03 12/15 25
secrets of success: w19.02 29-30; w09 9/1 29-30; w97 12/1 22-23
spiritual depth: w05 7/1 14
training by Jehovah: w12 8/1 30
training others: w10 2/1 29-30
trust in Jehovah: w11 2/1 28-29; w10 8/1 29; w02 6/15 24-25
use of imagination: w10 2/1 29
view of assignment: w09 9/1 30; w03 12/15 27; w97 6/1 30
death among American missionaries in Africa: g93 6/8 29
discussion: hdu article 13; ijwfq article 26; od 110; w01 10/15 27-30; g94 10/8 3-10; g94 10/22 19-22; g94 11/8 21-23; g94 11/22 24-27; g94 12/8 20-22; g94 12/22 21-24; jv 521-546; w92 9/1 10-22; w89 1/1 10-14; om 115-116; je 22-23
early Christians: g94 10/22 19
how far east they went: w09 1/1 20-23
effectiveness: hdu article 13; jl lesson 14; w94 5/1 19; w89 1/1 13-14
contributing factors: w94 8/15 19-20; w89 1/1 14
encouragement to become missionaries: w04 6/1 18-19
evangelizers: it-1 770-771; w92 9/1 17
examples: w06 6/1 29-30; w92 6/15 24
after leaving missionary work: w19.08 20-21, 24; w08 3/1 13-14
cancer overcome: w96 3/1 23, 26-27
care for aged parents: g04 6/8 8; w94 3/1 27; w93 9/1 26
cares for native sister having AIDS: w05 8/15 29
elderly (Japan): w95 3/15 21-24
Gilead students explain choice: w98 12/1 24; g87 3/8 16-18; g86 6/8 25-27
happy with career choice: w05 2/1 16; w04 6/1 18-19; w02 4/15 5-6
illnesses overcome: w25.09 28-29
imprisoned: w10 7/15 15
“it was a good life”: w95 2/1 18
languages and cultures: w25.09 28
love for local brothers and sisters: w23.07 6, 9-10
new fields: w93 12/15 11
parents encourage to stay in assignment: w93 11/1 29-30
raise children in land of assignment: w94 3/1 26-27
retain missionary spirit: yb00 112-113
shyness overcome: w19.10 23, 25
single brother: w87 11/15 16-17
single sisters: lfs article 9; w17.01 3-6; yb14 169
success despite illness: w19.02 29-30; w90 12/15 23
unusual food and housing: w88 7/1 21-22
youths who became: w86 4/15 28-30
experiences: w01 4/1 27-29
accept assignment without Gilead School: lfs article 20
adapting to conditions: w19.02 27; w17.01 5-6; yb99 162-163, 165
alone on first day in service: yb95 203
Catholic youth asks to become a Witness missionary: g98 8/22 32
cold winters: yb98 84
customs in Japan: yb98 74, 81, 83-84
customs in Micronesia: w87 11/15 27
day spent with missionaries: w01 10/15 27-30
failure to listen to local Witnesses: w01 5/1 26
falls asleep during study: yb93 178
forgo wine at anniversary celebration: w92 9/1 22
gives school classes on moral values: w98 6/1 8
helps abandoned mother through daughters: w09 9/1 10-11
high-security apartment buildings: yb01 49-50
homesickness: yb13 159; yb96 203
hospitality helps with homesickness: w18.03 16
missionary partners formerly in warring nations: yb96 217
misunderstands being asked to leave: yb04 53
narrow escapes: w10 8/1 28-29; w94 2/1 19
opposed parents: w91 9/15 6
opposition: jv 541-543
persuades child to give up toy gun: w06 5/1 32
speaking to government official in official’s tongue: w92 9/1 20-21
truck collision: yb94 133
financial support: hdu article 13; jv 526-528; je 22-23
getting along with fellow missionaries: w97 9/15 22; w90 7/1 13; w90 12/15 22-23
goal of becoming a missionary: om 118
Hinduism: g94 10/8 5
history: jv 521-546; w89 1/1 10-14
how others can help: w14 9/15 31-32; w03 7/15 19
Jesus initiates activity: g94 10/8 7; w89 1/1 10-11
lands providing: jv 541
lands where work was opened: jv 535
learning local languages: w12 10/15 19-20; w11 6/1 24-25; yb11 242; yb10 111-112; yb09 99; w08 10/15 19; w08 12/15 24; yb08 225; w07 4/1 16; w06 4/1 14; w03 6/1 26; yb03 175-176; w01 5/1 26-27; yb98 76, 84-85; yb96 204-205; yb95 78-79; w94 8/15 20; jv 532-534; w92 9/1 20-21; yb90 49; yb89 249; w87 11/15 26-27
Knorr’s advice: jv 534
life stories:
A Life of Surprises in Jehovah’s Service: w01 10/1 24-29
A Lifetime of Lessons From Our Grand Instructor: w25.06 26-31
A Light Bearer to Many Nations: w00 7/1 22-27
Allowing Jehovah to Direct My Path: w22.07 26-30
A Missionary Assignment Became Our Home: w02 12/1 24-28
An Education That Lasted a Lifetime: w04 10/1 24-28
A Priceless Treasure to Share: w95 1/1 20-23
A Privileged Share in Postwar Expansion: w02 10/1 23-27
A Rewarding Journey in Jehovah’s Service: w24.09 14-18
A Rewarding Life of Missionary Service: lfs article 9
A Rich Christian Heritage Allowed Me to Flourish: w19.02 26-30
A Wonderful Career—57 Years of Missionary Life: w89 4/1 26-29
Becoming “All Things to People of All Sorts”: w16.12 3-7
By God’s Strength We Do Not Shrink Back: lfs article 3
Determined Not to Let My Hands Drop: w18.08 13-17
Determined to Serve Jehovah: w06 4/1 12-16
Experiencing Jehovah’s Loving-Kindness and Care: w04 2/1 23-27
Friends for 60 Years and Only Getting Started: w12 10/15 17-21
From Delinquent to Missionary: g90 3/8 16-19
From Hitchhiking Hippie to South American Missionary: g94 3/22 19-22; g94 12/22 30
‘Happy Are All Those Keeping in Expectation of Jehovah’: w91 10/1 23-28
Happy for My Share in Global Bible Education: w05 7/1 8-12
Helped to Overcome My Shyness: w00 6/1 20-25
I Have Found Many Good Things: w11 4/15 29-32
I Have Led a Most Rewarding Life: g 2/11 25-27
I Have Seen It Grow in Korea: w08 12/15 23-26
I Have Seen the Power of Bible Truth: w10 12/15 26-30
I Made the Right Career Choice: g 3/07 13-15
In War and in Peace, Jehovah Strengthened Us: w24.11 26-30
I Saw “the Small One” Become “a Mighty Nation”: w97 11/1 19-22
Jehovah Fills My Every Need: w88 11/1 10-14
Jehovah Has ‘Made My Paths Straight’: w21.02 20-24
Jehovah Has Never Failed Me!: w18.03 19-22
Jehovah Helped Us to ‘Bloom Where We Were Planted’: w25.09 26-30
Jehovah Is My Refuge and Strength: w00 2/1 25-29
“Jehovah Is My Strength”: w08 10/15 17-20
Jehovah Richly Rewarded My Desire to Be a Missionary: w06 11/1 8-12
Jehovah’s Blessing Has Made Me Rich: w90 7/1 10-13
Joyful Surprises and Lessons From Serving Jehovah: w23.06 26-30
Joyous and Thankful Despite Heartbreaking Loss: w01 6/1 23-27
Joys Beyond Compare!: w03 6/1 23-27
Keeping Eyes and Heart Fixed on the Prize: w96 8/1 21-25
Making Service to Jehovah My Career: w13 12/1 8-10
My Decision to Advance to Maturity: w95 4/1 21-25
My Journey From Shyness to Missionary Service: w25.08 26-30
My Lifelong Joy in Doing God’s Will: w08 6/1 28-31
My Weaknesses Have Magnified God’s Strength: w24.04 26-30
“Now I Love the Ministry!”: w21.04 26-29
Our Parents Taught Us to Love God: w99 12/1 20-24
Our Rewarding Life as Missionaries in Africa: w88 10/1 20-25
Our Treasure Hunt Yielded Lasting Riches: w07 5/1 8-13
Pressing On in Jehovah’s Way Is Our Strength and Joy: w01 5/1 24-28
Pursuing a Goal Set at Six Years of Age: w92 3/1 26-30
Putting My ‘Hand to the Plow and Not Looking Back’: w86 4/1 27-30
Reality Has Exceeded My Expectations: g00 5/8 30; g99 10/8 12-15
Remembering Our Creator From Youth On: w00 1/1 24-29
Richly Blessed for Maintaining the Missionary Spirit: w04 1/1 22-27
Right Choices Led to Lifelong Blessings: w07 1/1 12-16
Serving in a Time of Marvelous Expansion: w10 9/15 3-7
Serving Jehovah in Favorable and in Troublesome Season: w90 6/1 21-25
Serving Wherever I Was Needed: w01 2/1 24-29
Serving With a Sense of Urgency: w93 11/1 26-30
Strengthened to Face Trials Ahead: g96 12/22 19-23
The Disciple-Making Work Has Shaped My Life: w07 4/1 12-16
“The Hand of Jehovah” in My Life: w94 3/1 24-28
The Joy That Serving Jehovah Has Brought Me: w92 12/1 21-25
“The Life Now”—Enjoying It to the Full!: w05 6/1 24-28
United in God’s Service Through Good Times and Bad: w96 3/1 23-27
Wartime Hardships Prepared Me for Life: g04 6/22 18-22
We Experienced God’s Undeserved Kindness in Many Ways: w17.02 13-17
“We Have Felt Jehovah’s Care and Direction”: lfs article 4
We Have Sought First the Kingdom: w94 2/1 20-25
We Learned Never to Say No to Jehovah: w21.01 26-30
‘We Live No Longer for Ourselves’: g99 6/22 30; g98 10/22 20-25
We Made India Our Home: g91 2/22 18-20
We Were a Team: w01 4/1 24-29
We Were Given a Pearl of Very High Value: w95 6/1 20-25
When Someone Calls, Do You Answer?: w92 11/1 27-31
Why I Delight in Making Disciples: w07 2/1 12-15
meaning of term: g94 10/8 3
number:
1955: jv 101
lands: w99 1/15 6
lands providing Gilead missionaries: g94 12/22 22; jv 524, 538
lands receiving Gilead missionaries: w15 11/15 30; kr 184; g94 12/22 22; jv 101, 524
trained by Gilead School: kr 184; g94 12/22 22; jv 524
trained since 1943: w86 6/1 27
worldwide: w99 1/15 6; yb87 11
organizational provisions for missionaries: je 22-23
Convention Fund: km 3/93 7
parents’ feelings: bt 178
privileges of service: jv 541
purpose: od 110; w87 1/15 7-8
qualifications: om 115-116
schools for missionaries: od 110
scope of work: w89 1/1 11-13
traveling overseers: jv 539-540
video Field Missionaries—Workers in the Harvest: mwb20.12 7
video Glad I Chose This Career: lff lesson 21
visit of headquarters representative (formerly zone overseer): w19.02 29; od 51; om 53-54
Quotations
bloom where you are planted: w25.09 26-27
if a person rejoices to be used by Jehovah, then one place is as good as another: jv 546
I made up my mind to live both bodily and mentally in Colombia: jv 546
you’ll learn more in one year as a missionary than in 30 as a pioneer: yb00 112