Participants: Dan Preas, Larry Dodds
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000408
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00:02 OPENING MUSIC
00:23 I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU AGAIN TO ANOTHER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" PROGRAM. 00:30 THIS IS THE STORY PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS STORIES THAT DO 00:36 NOT QUIT. 00:37 YOU KNOW THAT. 00:39 IF YOU HAVE BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THE NEWSLETTER ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:43 RIGHT NOW AT THE TOP, I AM GOING TO TELL YOU TO WATCH FOR THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER, 00:49 THE EMAIL ADDRESS, THE WEBSITE ALL OF THAT SO YOU CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 00:55 REQUEST YOUR OWN COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER. 00:57 AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT YET, 01:01 WHY DIDN'T WE GET THAT BEFORE? 01:03 AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT REMINDING YOU OF THAT. 01:06 ALSO, AS I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AROUND GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR A LITTLE WHILE AS I'VE TOLD 01:12 YOU, THIS IS A PART OF MY EXTENDED FAMILY AND EVERY TIME I COME HERE I GET TO HAVE 01:19 INTRODUCTIONS OR ASSOCIATION WITH KIND OF NEW FRIENDS OR FRIENDS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT 01:26 THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN WITH BEFORE. 01:27 AND SO I FIND A SPECIAL JOY RIGHT NOW TO INTRODUCE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 01:36 ON GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:38 WELL, ONE OF THEM MAYBE? 01:40 BUT NOT TOGETHER AND I SUGGESTED THEY COULD COME AS THE TEAM TODAY. 01:46 KIND OF SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT ME, I'M THE ONE WHO NEEDS IT THE MOST. 01:51 SO, MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU MY NEW FRIEND OF A LITTLE WHILE, DAN PREAS, 01:59 MR. PRESIDENT ( I TELL YOU) OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NEXT TO HIM IS A DIFFERENT MIND WHO I HAVE 02:08 BEEN IN ASSOCIATION WITH FOR A LOT OF YEARS, LARRY DODDS. 02:11 LARRY, GOOD TO HAVE YOU (THANK YOU) ON BOARD HERE AND LARRY IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOSPEL 02:18 OUTREACH BOARD FOR NOT QUITE A YEAR YET. 02:21 RIGHT. 02:23 AND DAN, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN PRESIDENT FOR QUITE A YEAR YET EITHER HAVE YOU? 02:26 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:28 AND SO, IT IS JUST A THRILL TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH YOU GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE STEPPED UP 02:33 TO IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLES IN GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I'M GOING TO ASK AN OBVIOUS 02:39 QUESTION OF EACH OF YOU. 02:41 I GET AROUND TO THIS USUALLY WITH ABOUT EVERYBODY I GET TO TALK TO. 02:49 DAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T NEED SOMETHING ELSE TO DO WHEN YOU JOINED GOSPEL OUTREACH. 02:57 THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT DOESN'T JUST TURN HEADS BUT TURNS 03:03 HEARTS AND YOU CAN'T KEEP FROM DOING IT. 03:07 TELL ME ABOUT THAT IN YOU. 03:10 O.K. 03:11 I CAN TELL YOU HOW I GOT HERE. 03:12 I WAS PART OF A MISSION TRIP TO INDIA AND GOT TO SEE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FIRST HAND. 03:19 THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY MADE AND THEN ONE DAY I WAS WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND DICK 03:23 MADSEN HAD SEEN ME AND HE CALLED UP AND HE SAYS WE WANT YOU TO COME DOWN, 03:26 WE NEED YOUR HELP. 03:28 SO, I CAME DOWN VISITED A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I CAME IN TO MAKE A DONATION IN DECEMBER 03:34 AND DICK SAID "DAN, I BOUGHT A DESK FOR YOU. 03:36 HERE IT IS, WHEN ARE YOU COMING IN?" 03:40 SO I KNEW AT THAT POINT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT DAN, 03:43 IT'S THE MOST EXCITING ORGANIZATION I HAVE EVER BEEN A PART OF. 03:46 WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS HERE, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. 04:11 WE ARE ALL FRIENDS, THERE IS NO BATTLING BACK AND FORTH, THERE ARE NO EGOS INVOLVED SO WE JUST 04:17 GET TO WORK TOGETHER AS FRIENDS. 04:18 BUT THE MISSION OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, THAT I'VE FOUND, 04:20 WAS IN EACH ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS HERE. 04:22 THAT IS, THEY ALL WANTED TO SEE JESUS CHRIST COMING SOON AND AS WE WORK TOGETHER, 04:24 LABOR TOGETHER EVERY DAY AND PRAY TOGETHER PARTICULARLY, 04:25 HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT COME TO FRUITION. 04:27 THAT IS WHY I COME HERE. 04:29 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT IS SO EXCITING TO HAVE DAN HERE AT THE HELM. 04:31 PEOPLE TALK TO ME, THEY TELL ME "THE PRESIDENT IS HERE EVERY DAY, 04:33 WE KNOW THIS ORGANIZATION IS UNDER GOOD LEADERSHIP AND GOOD CONTROL, GOOD HANDS". 04:35 SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ME AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE KIND OF AT A DISTANCE FROM 04:40 GOSPEL OUTREACH, NOT IN OUR HEARTS BUT PHYSICALLY OFTEN WE ARE A WAYS AWAY. 04:46 SO, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL YOU ARE HERE DAN, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PRAY FOR 04:50 YOU MAN, THAT GOD WILL USE YOU AS YOU THINK OF MORE 04:54 AND MORE WAYS OF EFFECTIVELY REACHING OUT. 04:58 THAT'S ONE THING WE ARE GOING TO DO ON THIS PROGRAM FOLKS, SO DON'T GO AWAY. 05:01 STAY WITH US. 05:02 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DRAMATIC, 05:05 DYNAMIC NEW PLANS THAT ARE UNDERWAY HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:10 LARRY, I USED TO LOOK FORWARD -MOST BOARD MEETINGS I DIDN'T LOOK FORWARD TO, 05:18 THE BOARD PART OF THE MEETING, SURE, BUT TO GET TO BE THERE WITH FRIENDS AND I GOT TO WARM 05:24 MY HAND IN YOURS MANY TIMES AND THE THINGS THAT I ENJOYED IS WHEN YOU'D TAKE THE LEADERSHIP 05:30 AND I'D SAY "THERE'S A THING I'M GOING TO SUPPORT". 05:32 LARRY IS LEADING THAT AND SO LARRY DODDS, NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BOARD AND 05:41 EVERYPLACE PEOPLE TELL ME WHAT A BLESSING YOU ARE HERE. 05:44 WHAT IS THERE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT TURNED YOUR HEAD? 05:49 YOU KNOW, LIKE DAN A COUPLE YEARS AGO I'D BEEN PLANNING ON RETIRING AND GOT A CALL 05:57 ACTUALLY THE NIGHT OF MY LAST DAY IN THE OFFICE FROM BOB RAWSON , 06:00 A BOARD MEMBER ON GOSPEL OUTREACH BOARD. 06:02 I HAPPENED TO BE AT SPAGHETTI FACTORY WITH MY FAMILY AND WE WERE KIND OF HAVING A LITTLE 06:07 CELEBRATION OF MY LAST DAY IN THE OFFICE AND GOT THIS CALL AND BOB SAID "WE'D LIKE TO HAVE 06:18 YOU ON THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BOARD WOULD YOU CONSIDER DOING IT? 06:22 WE ARE MEETING RIGHT NOW." 06:24 I SAID, BOB I'M WITH MY FAMILY COULD I CALL YOU AFTER I GET HOME? 06:29 SURE. 06:31 SO I CALLED HIM BACK AND I HAD BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE 06:36 OF JAMES CAMPBELL AND HIS TRIP TO INDIA AND THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR ROLE THAT HE PLAYS AND 06:41 I'D BECOME FRIENDS WITH JAMES THROUGH THE CARMICHAEL CHURCH IN SACRAMENTO AREA AND MADE 06:48 SOME CONTRIBUTIONS AND JUST WAS REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF USING INDIGENOUS WORKERS IN 06:59 THOSE COUNTRIES OVER THERE AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST SUPERB. 07:03 THEN I GOT MORE INTERESTED, STARTED READING THE NEWSLETTER AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO 07:08 WHEN BOB TALKED TO ME I FINALLY SAID, "BOB, I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT, 07:13 BUT I AM INTERESTED AS I RETIRE IN STAYING CONNECTED PARTICULARLY WITH MISSION WORK 07:20 AND CHURCH WORK AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT." 07:24 HE SAID, GOOD THEN THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD BE THE BOARD CHAIR. 07:29 I SAID, "THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY". 07:32 I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES BUT AS WE TALKED I DECIDED THE LORD WAS 07:39 LEADING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH AND BOY, 07:44 I'LL TELL YOU SINCE THEN I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I WAS HONORED TO BE ASKED AND TO BE INVOLVED. 07:52 WORKING WITH THESE FOLKS IS JUST TREMENDOUS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS UNBELIEVABLE. 07:59 WELL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW LARRY THAT YOU ARE A GREAT BLESSING TO THE ORGANIZATION. 08:05 AMEN. 08:06 GOD IS USING YOU IN A REMARKABLE WAY AND IT WAS, I THINK, 08:10 IT WAS NO SMALL DIVINE INTERVENTION THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO 08:15 MOVE TO COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON: THE HEADQUARTERS TOWN FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 08:21 SO, THE LORD HAS INDEED BEEN LEADING IN GOSPEL OUTREACH FROM THE BEGINNING. 08:26 I OFTEN SAY IF THERE WAS EVER A MIRACLE ORGANIZATION, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS IT. 08:33 AMEN. 08:34 BECAUSE IN A SHORT 20 YEARS FROM ONE $50 CONTRIBUTION PER MONTH AND ONE GOSPEL OUTREACH 08:44 WORKER IN SOME REMOTE CORNER TO NOW, IS IT 2200 WORKERS NOW OR? 08:51 SOMEWHERE IN THAT VICINITY, YES, IN ABOUT 50 COUNTRIES, GETTING CLOSE. 08:56 VERY CLOSE, YES. 08:57 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 08:58 THAT'S A MIRACLE STORY IN ITSELF AND WHAT I REALLY URGED OUR FOLKS HERE TO DO AT THIS 09:09 MOMENT TO VISIT WITH YOU GENTLEMEN IS BECAUSE OF YOUR NEW INITIATIVE. 09:15 YOU TALK ABOUT FINDING NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH MORE LIVES AND WHEN I 09:23 RECEIVED THROUGH THE MAIL AND MANY OF YOU FOLKS RECEIVED THROUGH THE MAIL " ONE MILLION 09:30 FOR JESUS" , THIS LITTLE BROCHURE. 09:32 THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND THERE WAS KIND OF A MASTER COPY OF IT, 09:38 THIS LARGER VERSION THAT INCLUDES MORE DETAIL. 09:44 I CALLED YOU DAN, ON THE TELEPHONE AND I SAID WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. 09:48 NOT ONLY IS IT AN INSPIRING CONCEPT BUT THE DESIGN OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, LARRY, 09:58 I THINK THIS IS AS HANDSOME IF I CAN USE THAT MORE KIND OF A CRUDE TERM, 10:04 PIECE OF LITERATURE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS EVER PRODUCED IN ALL THE TWENTY YEARS. 10:08 IT IS SUPERB. 10:10 AND IT'S A STORY THAT DESERVES MORE FOCUS AND MORE EXPLANATION. 10:15 I UNDERSTAND GOSPEL OUTREACH SO MUCH BETTER EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE, 10:22 FROM THIS BROCHURE AND SO THAT'S THE REASON I WANTED YOU GENTLEMEN TO BE HERE SO WE 10:28 COULD TALK ABOUT THIS. 10:30 SO, EITHER OF YOU WHERE DID THE " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" CONCEPT ORIGINATE. 10:37 HOW DID IT COME? 10:38 THIS IS EXCITING, VERY EXCITING. 10:41 LARRY YOU JUMP IN ANY TIME YOU WOULD LIKE BUT SACRAMENTO, AT AN ASI CONVENTION SEVERAL OF US 10:49 WERE GATHERED THERE. 10:51 A CONVERSATION CAME UP, BRUCE FJARLI WAS THERE AND AT THAT TIME ADRA HAD JUST GIVEN A 10:57 MILLION DOLLARS TO MARANATHA FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. 11:00 HE WAS LOOKING AT US AND HE SAID "YOU KNOW GOSPEL OUTREACH NEEDS A MILLION DOLLARS". 11:06 HE SAID TO ME, HE SAID YOU KNOW THE MONEY IS THERE IT IS NEVER AN ISSUE. 11:12 IT'S ABOUT GODS WORK. 11:13 YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK. 11:15 AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT ALL THE WAY HOME ON THE PLANE. 11:18 I COULDN'T REST, I COULDN'T SLEEP, 11:20 CAME INTO THE OFFICE AND I HAD A BIG PLAN AND IT WAS BIG. 11:25 WE WERE GOING TO ASK FOR $500,000 AND WE WERE GOING TO ADD A FEW GOSPEL OUTREACH 11:29 WORKERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. 11:31 KEVIN WAITE, WHO ALSO IS A VOLUNTEER AND A BOARD MEMBER HERE, 11:35 LOOKED AT ME AND SAID "WELL, WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO ASK FOR A MILLION?" 11:40 THAT MADE SENSE TO US. 11:41 LET'S ASK FOR A MILLION. 11:43 THIS WAS RIGHT AT THE TIME OF OUR BOARD MEETING AND SO ALL OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS WERE 11:47 GATHERED AND WE STARTED TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE IDEAS. 11:51 THEY STARTED THINKING AND THEY HAD BEEN TALKING WITH THE DIVISIONS AND THE MISSIONS IN 11:57 THE 10/40 WINDOW AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN I STARTED TO RECEIVE PILES OF EMAILS AND AS I 12:05 PRINTED THEM IT TURNED INTO LARGER PILES OF PAPER ON DETAILED PLANS THAT WERE VOTED 12:12 AND APPROVED BY THE DIVISIONS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, FOR THE MOST PART. 12:17 NOW THESE PLANS WEREN'T JUST ONE PAGE PLANS, THEY WERE PICTURES, THEY WERE DRAWINGS, 12:25 THEY WERE DETAILED TRAINING PLANS, IT WAS A POWERFUL THING. 12:30 AS WE PUT THOSE TOGETHER IT BECAME EVIDENT 12:33 TO US THAT THIS PLAN WAS GOING TO TAKE FOUR PARTS. 12:37 IT WAS GOING TO TAKE WORKERS, IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TRAINING OF WORKERS, 12:43 IT WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE INVOLVED AND IT WAS 12:47 GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF DONORS NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT HAVEN'T HEARD OF WHAT WE REALLY 12:53 DO HERE, TO MAKE THIS PLAN COME TOGETHER AND WORK AND WHEN WE WERE FINISHED IT WAS A $7.5 12:59 MILLION THREE YEAR PROJECT WAY BIGGER THAN US, IT WAS A GOD SIZED PLAN BUT WE SAT BACK AND 13:06 LOOKED AND SAID BOY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JESUS WANTS TO DO. 13:10 BECAUSE HE WANTS TO COME AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE I COULD 13:15 SEE A PLAN FROM A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD HASTEN THE RETURN OF JESUS. 13:21 WELL, MY WIFE CAN TESTIFY TO YOU THAT WHEN WE OPENED THE MAIL AT HOME AND SAW THIS 13:27 BROCHURE I HAD IT MY HANDS AND I KEPT EXCLAIMING TO HER WOW, THIS IS, 13:37 THIS IS WONDERFUL AND WHO OF US WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ON BOARD 13:42 WITH THE KIND OF VISION THIS REPRESENTS. 13:44 AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PILE OF RESPONSES THAT YOU GOT IN, AND SO FORTH, 13:50 THAT JUST SAYS SO PROFOUNDLY AND ELOQUENTLY TO ME THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MOVING ALL OVER 13:58 IN THE WORLD FIELD. 14:00 YOU WERE GOING TO SAY, LARRY. 14:01 WELL I WAS DAN, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DEVELOPMENT HERE OF THIS BROCHURE AND THE PLAN IS 14:09 ABSOLUTELY GOD DRIVEN. 14:10 AMEN. 14:12 WE JUST BELIEVE THAT AS THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS ON PEOPLE'S HEARTS THEY ARE GOING TO WANT 14:19 TO BE PART OF THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT, PROGRAM IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:26 I JUST KNOW THAT GOD IS BEHIND IT AND IS WORKING IN A TREMENDOUS WAY TO TOUCH 14:32 PEOPLE'S LIVES, BOTH ON THE DONOR SIDE AS WELL AS WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD. 14:38 YES. 14:39 WE'VE MADE MANY REFERENCES OVER THE FEW YEARS HERE TO THE 10/40 WINDOW AND I THINK GENERALLY 14:50 MANY OF OUR VIEWERS ARE AT LEAST CONVERSANT, SOMEWHAT, WITH THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:56 BUT, IN THIS BROCHURE YOU MAKE THAT EVEN CLEARER, IT SEEMS TO ME. 15:05 SO, IT'S ON PAGE 4 IN THE BROCHURE. 15:09 TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DAN, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TRANSLATE-10/40 WINDOW WELL 15:15 THAT'S A GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSE ACROSS THERE. 15:18 TELL US. 15:20 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS MADE UP OF AN AREA 10 DEGREES NORTH TO 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE. 15:26 IT ENCOMPASSES COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA, THE PHILIPPINES, THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTS OF CHINA, 15:34 NORTH AFRICA THERE ARE 55-60 COUNTRIES IN THAT AREA OF THE WORLD. 15:40 THIS IS AN AREA OF THE WORLD THAT CONTAINS 2.76 BILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE YET TO HEAR THE 15:49 NAME JESUS. 15:51 NOW THAT IS A LARGE NUMBER, RIGHT? 15:53 THERE'S ONLY A LITTLE OVER 2.8 BILLION IN THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT HAVEN'T HEARD OF JESUS. 16:02 SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS 97 PER CENT, IF WE WANT JESUS TO COME AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE GOSPEL 16:07 HAS TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD, TO EVERY PEOPLE, EVERY TONGUE, EVERY LANGUAGE, 16:13 97 PERCENT OF THEM LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 16:18 AND THE APPEAL OF THE HEART OF JESUS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, RIGHT, 16:26 COMMISSIONS US TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO COME TO REPENTANCE. 16:32 THAT'S RIGHT. 16:34 YOU KNOW THE AWESOME THING ABOUT THIS IS NOT ONLY DO 2.76 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE THERE WHO 16:41 HAVEN'T HEARD OF JESUS BUT THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF THEM THAT ARE RIPE FOR THE HARVEST 16:45 RIGHT NOW. 16:47 THEY'VE HEARD THROUGH THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WORKING 16:52 IN VARIOUS VILLAGES AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY MORE THAN ONE SOURCE, 16:56 BY RON WATTS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION THAT HIS HARVEST IS SO 17:01 RIPE THAT IF WE DON'T GET THERE SOON, IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF THE TREE. 17:05 YOU KNOW I THINK DAN; ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WAS THE PLANS 17:12 THAT CAME IN FROM THOSE REGIONS. 17:17 THOSE ARE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH THE CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THOSE 17:22 DIVISIONS AND BEEN APPROVED, THEY ARE READY TO BE SUPPORTED AND FUNDED AND READY TO GO. 17:28 LARRY, TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 17:30 SEE, THIS IS ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL THING 17:33 ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS A SUPPORTING MINISTRY. 17:36 RIGHT. 17:38 OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT WE JUST DON'T SHOOT OFF SOMEPLACE 17:42 AND HOPE IT WILL LAND. 17:44 THERE IS A PLAN, EXPLAIN THAT. 17:45 EXACTLY AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT INTRIGUED ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AS I BECAME 17:50 ACQUAINTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS THE PLAN OF GOSPEL OUTREACH TO WORK THROUGH THE CHURCH 17:56 ORGANIZATIONS. 17:57 OUR ROLE AND GOAL HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO HELP PROVIDE THE FUNDING, 18:03 HELP DO SOME TRAINING, HELP PROVIDE SOME EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT BUT WORK DIRECTLY 18:09 WITH THE DIVISIONS OR UNIONS AS APPROPRIATE WITHIN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OR WITHIN THOSE 18:14 AREAS. 18:15 HOW IS GOSPEL OUTREACH, I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT HOW IS GOSPEL OUTREACH GENERALLY 18:20 RECEIVED WHEN YOU GO AND KNOCK ON A DIVISION DOOR OR UNION DOOR HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT IT? 18:28 WE HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE. 18:30 WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM TO SUPPORT " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" 18:33 THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT REAL SOON. 18:34 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME BROCHURES; WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION. 18:39 IT'S GOING ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, IT'S A SABBATH SCHOOL RELATED PROGRAM. 18:43 ADOPT A WORKER FOR AN AVERAGE OF $150 A MONTH. 18:47 IT COSTS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $70 AND $377 TO SUPPORT A WORKER DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF THE 18:53 COUNTRY THEY ARE IN. 18:55 SO, WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING INTO SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES AND WE INVITED AS A START, 18:59 SINCE WE ARE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC UNION AND THE UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE, 19:03 WE INVITED MAX TORKELSEN AND BOB FOLKENBERG INTO GOSPEL OUTREACH, 19:07 PRESIDENTS OF NORTH PACIFIC UNION AND UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE. 19:11 OK. 19:13 I'M GOING TO BE, EXCUSE THE TERM, BUT KIND OF THE "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE" HERE A LITTLE BIT. 19:17 I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN UNEASINESS IN THE MINDS OF SOME WITH THE LIKES OF A "GOSPEL 19:25 OUTREACH" TO COME AND SAY "LOOK THERE IS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR REACHING BEYOND AND YES, 19:32 BLESS YOU, PRAISE THE LORD 19:34 BUT WHAT WILL THAT DO TO OUR LOCAL PROGRAMS OUR CONFERENCE, WHATEVER? 19:40 SURE. 19:41 HOW DO YOU? 19:42 AS WE TALKED WITH MAX AND WITH BOB, WE HAVE THAT SENSITIVITY AS WELL 19:56 AND UNDERSTAND IT IS A REAL SENSITIVITY. 20:05 BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND THE EFFORT OF THE 20:09 SABBATH SCHOOL ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM BECAUSE BOB IN PARTICULAR, 20:12 HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT IN THE OVERSEAS WORK WHEN GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WERE THERE SO 20:16 HE KNOWS THE BACKGROUND AND THE WORK AND WAS VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE. 20:19 MAX HAS BEEN IN CHURCH LEADERSHIP A LONG TIME, 20:21 UNDERSTANDS THAT AS PEOPLE GIVE, THEY GIVE. 20:23 SORT OF LIKE IF WE WANT THEM TO DO MORE, WE HAVE TO DO SOME 20:27 AND THEN WE ARE BLESSED AND WE CAN DO MORE. 20:30 YOU KNOW THE MONEY COMES IN AND IT FLOATS ALL BOATS HIGHER. 20:36 AND IT'S A COMMON CONCLUSION THAT THE WORK IS NOT GOING TO BE FINISHED ANYWHERE UNTIL IT 20:46 IS FINISHED EVERYWHERE. 20:47 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:48 AMEN. 20:49 GOOD POINT. 20:51 AND SO OUR RESPONSIBILITY HERE IN THE NORTHWEST DOESN'T END WITH OUR GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY. 20:56 YES. 20:58 IT REACHES BEYOND AND ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS THAT I AM REMINDED OF WHEN I COME TO 21:05 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH GATHERINGS FOR MEETINGS AND WHATEVER, 21:10 WE SUDDENLY REALIZE WE ARE A PART OF EACH OTHER. 21:13 AMEN. 21:14 SURE. 21:15 THIS IS A UNITED MINISTRY. 21:16 AMEN. 21:17 NOW WE'VE SPENT A LITTLE TIME TALKING ABOUT MONEY HERE AND SUPPORT 21:22 AND IN THE BROCHURE YOU HAVE A GRAPHIC THAT TO ME SPEAKS VOLUMES. 21:31 I'D LIKE YOU DAN, TO TELL US ABOUT THAT $100 BILL THAT YOU PICTURE IN THE BROCHURE. 21:37 OK. 21:39 WHAT DAN IS TALKING TO US ABOUT IS THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL MISSION OFFERING 21:46 THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO TELL THOSE 2.76 BILLION PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 21:54 AND IT IS THE SIZE; EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? 21:59 IT IS THE EAGLE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THAT HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL THE EAGLES HEAD, 22:04 YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, GOOD, IT'S THE EAGLES HEAD THAT REPRESENTS THE 22:09 AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT OF THAT HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL GIVEN SPECIFICALLY TO MISSIONS THAT 22:15 GOES TO THAT AREA OF THE WORLD. 22:17 EVEN THOUGH 97 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT JESUS LIVE THERE. 22:23 AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE NIGGARDLY OR RESTRICTIVE OR SELFISH ABOUT IT, 22:30 WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS KNOWN THAT. 22:31 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:33 SO A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TO ALSO INFORM OUR OWN FAMILY ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE 22:40 MISSION DOLLARS. 22:42 WE'RE NOT "SHAME ON ANYBODY" THAT'S JUST A REALITY. 22:44 YOU KNOW WHEN BOB AND MAX HEARD ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE SOMEWHAT 22:50 ACQUAINTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH, THEY HAVE A GENERAL IDEA BUT WHEN YOU REALLY GET 22:54 INTO THE NUTS AND THE BOLTS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE, 22:57 I THINK THEY REALIZED SOMETHING POWERFUL. 22:58 MAX INVITED US TO HIS PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL TO SHARE WITH ALL THE PRESIDENTS IN THE 23:04 NORTH PACIFIC UNION, SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, 23:08 TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO THE GREAT NEED IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 23:12 WOW. 23:14 WELL FOLKS, YOU ARE MORE IN THE KNOW ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AS A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM THAN 23:20 YOU'VE BEEN BEFORE AND IT WAS MY PARTICULAR REQUEST THAT WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS. 23:26 AGAIN RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO HAVE YOU GIVE YOUR ATTENTION TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE 23:32 SCREEN RELATIVE TO THE ADDRESS, THE PHONE NUMBER, THE EMAIL ADDRESS, THE WEBSITE. 23:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA, ALL OF THAT SO YOU CAN SAY I WANT TO KNOW MORE. 23:43 I WANT TO BE IN TOUCH. 23:44 I WANT MORE INFORMATION. 23:46 REQUEST THE NEWSLETTER, WHATEVER AND I JUST PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL MOVE ON YOU TO 23:52 FIND WAYS TO SHARE YOUR RESOURCES, YOUR HEART WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THIS REGARD. 24:00 NOW GENTLEMEN, WE'VE KIND OF JUST OPENED TWO PAGES OF THIS BROCHURE 24:08 IN CONSIDERING THE WHOLE DREAM. 24:11 IT'S MORE THAN A DREAM, ITS' A VISION. 24:15 IT IS A VISION AN INSPIRED OPPORTUNITY FOR REACHING THE WORLD FOR JESUS. 24:21 GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD AND THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES THAT PART OF THE WORLD WHERE SO MANY 24:29 PEOPLE ARE LIVING THAT HAVE NOT YET HEARD THE GOSPEL. 24:33 IN THIS LITTLE BROCHURE AND IN THIS LARGER VERSION OF THE SAME, 24:38 AGAIN THE LOGO IS JUST REMARKABLE AND I WAS GRABBED, LARRY AS I OPENED THE ENVELOPE 24:47 AND FOUND THIS "BE THE SPARK". 24:50 I'M SURE THAT TRANSLATES INTO EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY CAN HELP IN IGNITING THIS FLAME OF 24:59 TRUTH AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING WHO JESUS 25:04 IS AND WHAT HE IS LIKE. 25:07 DAN, I KNOW THAT THE FOLKS WHO VOLUNTEER HERE AND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TO PUT 25:12 THIS TOGETHER THEY KNOW THEY ARE APPRECIATED BUT I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THIS INSPIRED 25:21 WORK AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR CONNECTION WITH GOD AND WHAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER. 25:26 WELL, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED HIS NAME EARLIER BUT A MEMBER OF 25:34 THE STAFF HERE, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, ANOTHER WHOSE HEART IS, IS UNRESERVEDLY COMMITTED TO 25:42 THIS MINISTRY IS KEVIN WAITE WHOSE GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN HIM IN GRAPHICS AND DESIGN IS APPLIED 25:54 TO THE OUTREACH MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 25:56 AMEN. 25:58 SO, YES A BIG THANK YOU TO KEVIN AND AS WE ARE TAPING TODAY IN THE SPRING OF 2012 26:06 THERE IS A HEAVY BURDEN ON KEVIN'S HEART AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY SO THIS REMINDS 26:15 ME TO REQUEST ALL OF YOU TO PRAY FOR THE WORKERS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:21 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US DURING THIS INSPIRING HALF HOUR. 26:26 IT WENT PRETTY QUICKLY DIDN'T IT LARRY? 26:28 AFTER ALL. 26:29 IT DID AND OF COURSE. 26:31 AND I AM BLESSED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING HERE TO BE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 26:38 SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FAITHFUL SUPPORT. 26:43 IN FACT, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IN THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH STUDIO DOING THIS. 26:48 AMEN. 26:50 BY THE WAY, THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY OF PRODUCING THESE PROGRAMS IS WHAT HAS BEEN DEVISED WITHIN 26:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:55 SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. 27:02 BE PRAYING FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I'LL BE HERE NEXT TIME. 27:06 BYE NOW. 27:18 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:21 WHERE IS THE 10-40 WINDOW ANYWAY. 27:24 THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:27 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:30 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH, MY HEAD HURTS. 27:38 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, I GIVE UP. 27:42 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:44 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFERENCE. 27:46 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DEFFERENCE. 27:48 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:52 WHERE? 27:53 ALL THE WORLD. 27:55 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:57 YOU CAN PRAY. 28:01 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:05 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:08 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:11 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:14 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:16 BE THE SPARK. 28:18 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:19 FINISH THE WORK. 28:20 FINISH THE WORK. |
Revised 2015-02-06