Mark 16:15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”

John 17:22-23 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

I have heard it said that the most compassionate act and greatest blessing that followers of Christ can do for other people is to connect them with Jesus Christ. There is no question that the act of providing food and shelter to the unhoused is a blessing to them. There is no question that emotional…