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Dr. Mike Fullingim felt the specific call to mission service while hearing a sermon from Jeremiah 5:19: \u201c\u2026you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.\u201d But as he looks back, he can see that even as a young boy God was drawing his heart toward missions and people different from him. Twelve years after hearing that sermon, Mike and his family went as missionaries to Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mike and his wife, Barbara, served eight years on the field, with a break between terms for him to pursue further linguistics education. In 1987, Dr. Mike was finishing his PhD in linguistics and anthropology. After completing his doctoral program, offers for teaching jobs flooded in. But his heart was still in PNG. As he sought God\u2019s will, and considered his children\u2019s educational needs, Dr. Mike took a one-year teaching job at Oklahoma Wesleyan University.<\/p>\n

As he wrestled with what direction God was leading, Dr. Mike read a quote from Dwight L. Moody: \u201cIt\u2019s better to train ten people than to do the work of ten people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, 35 years after signing that \u201cone-year contract,\u201d Dr. Mike is still training future missionaries at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. His former students\u2014more than 200\u2014are serving today as gospel workers around the world\u2014including hostile and restricted nations where Christians are persecuted. One of his passions is helping students develop tools to learn language\u2014a key factor in long-term fruitful service on the mission field.<\/p>\n

Listen as Dr. Mike shares about his missionary calling, how he wrestled with the painful decision not to return to PNG, and how we can pray for missionaries currently serving around the world\u2014and for God to call forth more workers to go into ripe harvest fields, even in dangerous places.<\/p>\n

Read more about Dr. Mike Fullingim\u2019s mission work and legacy of teaching at Oklahoma Wesleyan University here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Mike Fullingim felt the specific call to mission service while hearing a sermon from Jeremiah 5:19: \u201c\u2026you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.\u201d But as he looks back, he can see that even as a young boy God was drawing his heart toward missions and people different from him. Twelve years after hearing that sermon, Mike and his family went as missionaries to Papua New Guinea. Dr. Mike and his wife, Barbara, served eight years on the field, with a break between terms for him to pursue further linguistics education. In 1987, Dr. Mike was finishing his PhD in linguistics and anthropology. After completing his doctoral program, offers for teaching jobs flooded in. But his heart was still in PNG. As he sought God\u2019s will, and considered his children\u2019s educational needs, Dr. Mike took a one-year teaching job at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. As he wrestled with what direction God was leading, Dr. Mike read a quote from Dwight L. Moody: \u201cIt\u2019s better to train ten people than to do the work of ten people.\u201d Today, 35 years after signing that \u201cone-year contract,\u201d Dr. Mike is still training future missionaries at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. His former students\u2014more than 200\u2014are serving today as gospel workers around the world\u2014including hostile and restricted nations where Christians are persecuted. One of his passions is helping students develop tools to learn language\u2014a key factor in long-term fruitful service on the mission field. Listen as Dr. Mike shares about his missionary calling, how he wrestled with the painful decision not to return to PNG, and how we can pray for missionaries currently serving around the world\u2014and for God to call forth more workers to go into ripe harvest fields, even in dangerous places. Read more about Dr. Mike Fullingim\u2019s mission work and legacy of teaching at Oklahoma Wesleyan University here. Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe to the podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nMISSIONS: \u201cThey Can\u2019t Kill Me Twice\u201d - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/missions-they-cant-kill-me-twice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MISSIONS: \u201cThey Can\u2019t Kill Me Twice\u201d - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Mike Fullingim felt the specific call to mission service while hearing a sermon from Jeremiah 5:19: \u201c\u2026you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.\u201d But as he looks back, he can see that even as a young boy God was drawing his heart toward missions and people different from him. 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