Participants: Dan Preas, Larry Dodds
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000409
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00:00 WELCOME EVERYBODY.
00:24 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US FOR "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:29 AND IF YOU'VE BEEN A REGULAR VIEWER, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO AROUND HERE. 00:34 WE MAINLY TELL STORIES BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU SOME OF THE 00:40 BACK STORIES, SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES BEHIND THE STORIES AND I AM SO GRATEFUL AND PLEASED 00:48 TO HAVE TWO LEADERSHIP COLLEAGUES AT GOSPEL OUTREACH JOIN ME HERE TODAY. 00:53 DAN PREAS, GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESIDENT, WELCOME DAN AND LARRY DODDS, 00:58 GOSPEL OUTREACH BOARD CHAIRMAN. 01:00 THESE MEN COME HERE TO GOSPEL OUTREACH WITH A DEEP CONVICTION THAT THIS IS A MINISTRY THAT 01:10 THEY COULD CONSCIENTIOUSLY ASSOCIATE WITH BECAUSE IT IS HASTENING THE COMING OF JESUS. 01:16 AMEN. 01:17 A PART OF WHAT I WANTED THEM HERE FOR THIS PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR, 01:22 IS THAT THEY HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM CALLED " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" AND YOU MAYBE RECEIVED 01:32 ONE OF THESE BROCHURES YOURSELF IN YOUR MAIL AND TO TELL US WHAT IT MEANS TO "BE THE SPARK". 01:41 I RESPONDED TO THAT SO POSITIVELY WHEN I FIRST SAW IT IN THE MAIL AND WE WANT TO TALK 01:47 A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS, GENTLEMEN. 01:49 YOU FELLOWS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CONCEIVING OF THIS, EXPERIENCING THE MOVING OF THE 01:58 HOLY SPIRIT AS THIS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. 02:02 DAN, JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND AGAIN ABOUT " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" . 02:08 " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS "IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. 02:12 THE SPARK IN MY VIEW, REPRESENTS THE HOLY SPIRIT 02:16 AND WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO WITH " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" . 02:20 THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE 10/40 WINDOW THAT WE OPERATE IN. 02:25 THESE PEOPLE GROUPS HAVE LARGE PIECES OF POPULATION AND ONCE THE MESSAGE, 02:31 THE GOOD NEWS MESSAGE ABOUT JESUS, THE SALVATION MESSAGE OF JESUS HITS THEM AND THEY HAVE 02:36 HOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIFE, THAT SPARK ENTERS THEM AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU 02:42 HAVE A SPARK IN A LOT OF DRY WHEAT, RIGHT? 02:46 IT IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY AN INFERNO, AN INFERNO RIGHT! 02:50 SO IT CARRIES ACROSS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 02:53 OUR HOPE IS THAT " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS" IS TO ADD NEW WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WHO WILL 02:59 TAKE THAT GOSPEL MESSAGE TO THESE PEOPLE GROUPS. 03:03 CREATE SPARKS ALL AROUND THE 10/40 WINDOW SO THAT SOON JESUS CHRIST CAN COME. 03:07 WE BELIEVE THE HARVEST IS RIPE, THE WORKERS ARE FEW AND THIS SPARK, WE HOPE, 03:13 WILL EXPAND THOSE WORKERS. 03:15 THE ONES WE HAVE THERE RIGHT NOW ARE INCREDIBLY DEDICATED. 03:18 THE STORIES, THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IS EXCITING, INSPIRING 03:23 AND WE JUST WANT TO HELP IN SOME WAY TO EXPAND THAT. 03:27 BECAUSE I KNOW NEW VIEWERS JOIN US EVERY TIME WE GO TO AIR WITH AN "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 03:35 PROGRAM, BE A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTIVE 03:40 OR ANSWER THE 10/40 WINDOW THING A LITTLE MORE FOR US, DAN. 03:45 O.K. 03:46 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS AN AREA OF THE WORLD 10 DEGREES NORTH TO 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITIUDE THAT 03:53 CONTAINS 97 PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE NAME JESUS. 03:58 SO, THIS PLAN, THIS 3 YEAR PLAN IS AIMED AT TOUCHING THAT AREA OF THE WORLD. 04:04 IT'S A 7.5 MILLION DOLLAR GOD SIZED PLAN. 04:09 THAT WAY EXCEEDS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH CURRENT BUDGET. 04:12 WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 2000 WORKERS IN THE AREA. 04:15 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER 1226 WORKERS INTO THAT AREA OF THE COUNTRY. 04:22 IN FACT, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO ADD THEM AS NEWS OF THIS PROGRAM HAS LEAKED OUT; 04:28 PEOPLE HAVE CALLED IN TO MAKE PLEDGES TO SUPPORT WORKERS IN THOSE AREAS. 04:32 IT IS AIMED AT GOING RIGHT THERE TO THE 10/40 WINDOW. 04:35 HUGE OPPORTUNITITIES. 04:37 I HOPE YOU FOLKS VIEWING CAUGHT THE PRECISION WITH WHICH GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS. 04:44 DAN JUST SAID 1226, IT'S NOT 1220, 25, 30 ABOUT IT IS 1226 MORE WORKERS BECAUSE THOSE ARE 04:59 THE KINDS OF REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME TO YOU THAT TOTAL UP TO THAT. 05:06 LARRY, WE TALKED IN OUR EARLIER PROGRAM ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MISSION DOLLAR AND LO AND 05:14 BEHOLD THERE ARE THESE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW MOST OF WHOM HAVE NEVER 05:21 HEARD THE NAME JESUS AND THERE MAYBE SOME EXPLANATION FOR THAT IN THE AMOUNT OF MISSION 05:28 INVESTMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 05:31 UNPACK THAT FOR US. 05:34 NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF CHURCHES, NOT JUST THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT SEND 05:38 MISSIONARIES INTO THIS PART OF THE WORLD. 05:42 WE THROUGH RESEARCH AND READING DETERMINED THAT OF ALL OF THE MISSION OFFERINGS THAT ARE 05:49 GATHERED ACROSS THE PROTESTANT DENOMINATION ONLY ABOUT THREE PER CENT GO INTO AN AREA OF THE 05:58 WORLD WHERE 97 PER CENT OF THE WORLDS POPULATION HAS NEVER HEARD OF JESUS. 06:04 WE WANT TO BE PART OF CHANGING THAT PERCENTAGE AND PUTTING SOME EMPHASIS IN AN AREA WHERE ALL 06:11 THESE PEOPLE LIVE AND NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE LOVE OF JESUS AND THE FUTURE OF SALVATION. 06:17 YOU KNOW, I'VE MAYBE PICKED UP SOMEPLACE, IS IT TRUE THAT THE VALUE OF THAT DOLLAR, 06:27 OUR MEANS OF EXCHANGE, GOES FARTHER THERE? 06:32 SOMEBODY TOLD ME FOR $6, IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT? 06:36 YES. 06:38 FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A PIZZA, RIGHT, A PERSON COMES TO THE LORD AND JOINS OUR CHURCH 06:44 FOR LESS THAN $6. 06:46 THEREFORE, WE HAVE BEEN LIMITED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD WHERE 06:55 THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO SO MUCH FARTHER. 06:59 RIGHT NOW THAT IS TRUE. 07:01 IN A LOT OF THOSE AREAS OF THE WORLD TODAY, THE DOLLAR IS STARTING TO GO LESS AND LESS AS 07:07 THE ECONOMIES BEGIN TO CHANGE IN MORE DEVELOPMENT IN SOME OF THOSE COUNTRIES OUR MONEY IN THE 07:13 FUTURE WON'T GO AS FAR AS IT WILL TODAY. 07:16 THAT'S WHY WE THINK IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE STEP FORWARD, DO WHAT WE CAN TODAY WHEN OUR 07:21 DOLLAR WILL WORK FOR US BETTER. 07:23 WHAT LARRY HAS DONE IS JUST UNDERSCORED A NOTE OF URGENCY, THAT'S RIGHT, ABOUT THIS. 07:28 WHILE WE ARE ON VALUES AND SO FORTH, I'VE HEARD IT SAID SO MANY TIMES AND I'VE HEARD YOU 07:36 SAY IT DAN, THAT EVERYBODY WHO WORKS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A VOLUNTEER. 07:42 LARRY, YOU IN AN EARLIER CONVERSATION, YOU WANTED TO UNDERSCORE JUST WHAT THAT MEANS 07:50 BY WAY OF THE DOLLAR THAT COMES TO YOU HERE. 07:53 YES. 07:55 I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WHEN I FIRST BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH OF THE 07:59 VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT THEIR TIME IN HERE. 08:02 DAN IS HERE EVERY MORNING OF THE WEEK. 08:04 KEVIN, WADE A LOT OF THESE FOLKS COME IN, DICK AND ITS INSPIRING TO SEE THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT 08:14 AND DEDICATION AND THEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ONE OF THE DONORS DOLLARS GOES TOWARDS 08:21 SUPPORT OF A U.S. 08:23 WORKER IT IS JUST PHENOMENAL AND THE LORD IS REALLY TRULY BLESSING THEIR EFFORTS. 08:33 AND THE PERCENTAGES I'VE HEARD ARE THAT IF I SEND A DOLLAR TO GOSPEL OUTREACH, WHICH I DO, 08:41 98 CENTS OUT OF THAT DOLLAR GOES TO SUPPORT THE WORK IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 08:45 THE TWO PER CENT KEEPS THE LIGHTS RUNNING HERE. 08:54 SURE. 08:56 THAT EVEN TAKES CARE OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH HERE. 09:01 CORRECT. 09:02 I HAVE TO SAY FROM A LITTLE OF MY BACKGROUND, WHAT A MIRACLE PROCESS THIS IS. 09:09 YES. 09:11 BECAUSE I'VE WORKED ON PROGRAMS WHERE A SINGLE PROGRAM HAS COST WHAT THIS STUDIO COSTS. 09:21 CORRECT. 09:23 AND HERE WE GET TO USE IT OVER AND OVER AND EVERY PERSON BEHIND CAMERAS, 09:27 BACK IN THE CONTROL ROOM, EVERY DETAIL THAT GOES ON WITH PRODUCING THIS PROGRAM IS BY 09:33 VOLUNTEERS WHOM GOD HAS BLESSED WITH INTELLIGENCE 09:37 AND AVAILABILITY AND WILLINGNESS AND" CALLED". 09:40 AMEN. 09:41 THAT'S IMPORTANT. 09:43 I THINK EVERY PERSON WILL TESTIFY 09:46 THEY ARE NOT HERE JUST BECAUSE THEY NEED SOMETHING TO DO. 09:50 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:51 THEY ARE HERE RESPONDING TO THE CALL. 09:53 AMEN. 09:54 WELL, I WANT TO BREAK RIGHT NOW AND GO TO WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO 10:01 BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:02 IT IS ALL RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. 10:05 YOU SEE THE ADDRESS AND THERE IS SOMEBODY, IF YOU TELEPHONE HERE A VOLUNTEER IS GOING TO ANSWER 10:11 THE TELEPHONE "GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH HOW CAN I HELP YOU?" 10:16 AND THEY WILL DIRECT YOU TO SOMEBODY WHO MAY HAVE OTHER ANSWERS THAT YOU MAY BE 10:20 INQUIRING ABOUT. 10:21 ANYWAY, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 10:24 YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA AND WELL, 10:29 WE WON'T TAKE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA BECAUSE GOSPEL 10:35 OUTREACH MINISTRY IN AFRICA 10:38 IS A MISSION THAT IS SUPPORTED 10:40 BY OUR CANADIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS UP THERE. 10:42 YES. 10:43 WORK THAT I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH BEFORE. 10:44 O.K. 10:46 I WANT TO GET BACK TO "BE THE SPARK", " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS " THIS BEAUTIFUL, 10:59 BEAUTIFUL LOGO THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND I JUST HOPE DAN, THAT THIS LOGO IS GOING TO 11:07 BECOME AS IMPORTANT AS THE "GO " LOGO FOR THE COMMUNICATION THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH ALL OF US. 11:15 WHEN WE SEE THAT, AH, WE KNOW WHO THAT IS. 11:17 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:19 LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE ENVISIONED. 11:26 YOU TOLD ME IN ANOTHER VISIT THAT YOU GOT STACKS OF RESPONSES AS SOON AS YOU SUGGESTED TO 11:33 SOMEBODY THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE " ONE MILLION FOR JESUS " 11:37 THEY WANT TO GET ON BOARD. 11:38 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:39 EXCITED ABOUT GETTING ON BOARD. 11:42 ALL THROUGH THE 10/40 WINDOW THE HARVEST IS SO RIPE THAT THE CHURCH THERE GETS EXCITED WHEN 11:49 THEY HAVE THAT FEELING THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE DONE AND THAT THEY CAN WORK SIDE BY 11:55 SIDE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, GOSPEL OUTREACH, 11:59 THAT WILL PROVIDE WHAT IS NEEDED AT THE TIME AND TO GO INTO THOSE VILLAGES. 12:05 DAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN VILLAGES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 12:08 THEY ARE NOT LIKE WALKING THROUGH AMERICA. 12:10 THESE PEOPLE, A LOT OF THEM CAN'T READ, THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME TRYING TO GET ENOUGH 12:15 FOOD TO EAT FOR THE DAY BUT WHEN THEY WALK IN AND SEE JESUS CHRIST FOR THE FIRST TIME 12:20 SOMETHING CHANGES IN THEIR LIFE AND THEY HAVE HOPE, RENEWED HOPE. 12:24 OUR CHURCH, OUR SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN THAT REGION WAS SO EXCITED THEY STARTED 12:30 WORKING WITH OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS. 12:32 WE HAVE SEVENTEEN REGIONAL DIRECTORS THAT SPLIT UP THE 10/40 WINDOW WHO VISIT ONCE A 12:38 YEAR IN THAT AREA TO CHECK AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. 12:41 WELL THEY WORK WITH THE CHURCH AND THROUGH THAT GROUP OF MEETINGS THE CHURCH VOTED TO 12:48 SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, PROJECTS AND TRAINING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 12:55 IS IT TRUE THAT THERE ARE VILLAGES WHERE THE ONLY CHRISTIAN, 13:04 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PRESENCE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENCE? 13:08 YES. 13:09 YES, THAT'S TRUE. 13:10 THEREFORE IF I WAS ONE OF THE SO CALLED "OFFICIAL CHURCH LEADERS" I WOULD SAY "GOD BLESS YOU, 13:20 MAY YOUR TRIBE INCREASE" BECAUSE THAT IS-- SO GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A SUPPORTING MINISTRY OF THE 13:30 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND DELIBERATELY ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND THE REACH OF THE MESSAGE 13:37 THAT GOD HAD ENTRUSTED TO US. 13:39 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:40 WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, UNITED JUST LIKE JESUS TOLD US IN THE BOOK OF ACTS. 13:44 ALL RIGHT. 13:46 WORKERS: THE PLAN INCLUDES WORKERS, TRAINING AND PROJECTS. 13:51 TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT. 13:52 O.K. 13:53 LET ME JUST START WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT. 13:57 O.K. 13:58 WORKERS IS THE CORE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:04 THAT IS WHAT OUR HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT WE DO VERY, VERY WELL IS WORKING WITH THE 14:11 WORKERS, SUPPORTING THEM, WORKING THROUGH THE CHURCH TO GET WORKERS PLACED, 14:15 DO THE TRAINING, DO THE EVALUATION, TRY AND MOVE THEM INTO NEW AREAS AFTER A 3-5 YEAR 14:21 COMMITMENT PERIOD AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MADE GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:25 RECEIVE THE BLESSING THAT THE LORD HAS. 14:27 THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN HERE ARE THE MINOR PORTION OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND 14:34 IN SOME CASES IT IS EXTENDING US JUST A LITTLE BIT. 14:37 SOMETIMES BECAUSE A DONOR HAS SPECIFICALLY SAID I WANT TO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR PROJECT. 14:44 BUT NORMALLY, WE WORK--RAISE FUNDS, 14:49 RECEIVE DONATIONS TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORKERS IN THOSE AREAS. 14:54 NOW, LET ME GO BACK TO THE 3-5 YEAR THING THAT YOU REFERRED TO THERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS 15:01 AGAIN IS A VERY SPECIAL ASSOCIATION WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH IN THAT AREA. 15:06 RIGHT. 15:07 WE'RE NOT GOING THERE AND WE CONTINUE TO START FOREVER. 15:16 IT'S INTENDED THAT SOMETHING HAS STARTED AND BECOMES A PART OF IT, SO WE SUPPORT 3-5 YEARS. 15:24 YES. 15:25 NEW WORKERS THAT ARE BROUGHT ON HAVE AN AGREEMENT 15:29 WHERE FOR 3-5 YEARS GOSPEL OUTREACH WILL SUPPORT THEM. 15:34 DURING THAT TIME A CHURCH WILL BE FORMED IN THAT VILLAGE. 15:37 THE TITHES AND OFFERINGS FROM THAT CHURCH GO DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE ORGANIZED CHURCH SO 15:43 THAT AFTER THAT 3-5 YEAR PERIOD A PASTOR CAN COME AND NURTURE THAT VILLAGE AND THE GOSPEL 15:51 OUTREACH WORKER CAN GO INTO A NEW AREA. 15:53 WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE ON THE GO. 15:56 WE DON'T WANT TO BECOME THE EXISTING CHURCH THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO WORK 15:59 SO CLOSELY WITH THE CHURCH. 16:00 VERY GOOD. 16:02 THAT'S WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THAT FORM THESE VILLAGES RETAIN THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND 16:08 CHILDREN COMING INTO THE VILLAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND SOMEONE 16:14 COMES IN AFTERWARDS. 16:16 NOW, IS IT TRUE ALSO THAT SOME OF THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MAY BE HIRED AS THE PASTOR FOR 16:24 THAT CONTINUING MINISTRY? 16:25 YES, MANY, MANY TIMES THAT HAPPENS AND THAT'S A GOOD THINIG FOR EVERYONE,SURE, 16:30 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE VILLAGE, THEY KNOW WHATS GOING ON AND SO THEY ARE HIRED BY THE CHURCH. 16:33 AS GOSPEL OUTREACH MOVES ON THEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL WORKERS TO EXTEND EVEN FARTHER. 16:41 RIGHT. 16:42 IT FREES UP OUR BUDGET. 16:45 IT'S A MINOR PART OF IT, LOOKS LIKE ON THE BROCHURE HERE BUT TRAINING; 16:50 WE JUST DON'T SAY "ANYBODY WANTS TO GO, FINE". 16:54 THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD THAT IS INVESTED IN PREPARATION. 16:59 YES. 17:01 THE WAY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE DIVISIONS THERE IS THE DIVISIONS HIRE THE WORKER AND 17:06 THE DIVISIONS TRAIN THE WORKER BUT WE HAVE FOUND WITH SUCH A LARGE PROJECT LIKE THIS WE WANT 17:12 ENSURE THE TRAINING GETS DONE, RIGHT UP FRONT, RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE SO AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 17:18 EVANGELISM, WE HAD THEM UP AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. 17:21 WE TALKED TO THEM EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS, WE SAW THE TYPES OF THINGS THEY OFFERED AND 17:25 WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER WITH THEM. 17:27 WE CAN SEND THESE WORKERS THERE TO GET THAT TRAINING FOR A FEW MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME, 17:32 BECOME CONVERSANT IN WHAT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST MESSAGE IS 17:36 AND FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT SHARING WITH OTHERS. 17:39 AND THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS, AS YOU EXPLAINED EARLIER, I THINK, RETURN TO THE REGION ON AN 17:46 ANNUAL BASIS AND THEY KIND OF HAVE THE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM THERE DON'T THEY? 17:52 YES. 17:54 MANZOOR MASSEY, ONE OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS, JUST CAME BACK AND HE HAD A HUGE 17:57 UNDERTAKING IN INDIA WHERE MANY OF OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS WERE THERE. 18:02 YOUTH, WOMEN AND PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THAT AREA CONGREGATED FOR TRAINING AND FOR ENCOURAGING ONE 18:10 ANOTHER AND ITS SOMETHING POWERFUL THAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE DIRECTORS GO INTO THOSE 18:16 COUNTRIES AND INTERACT WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, INTERACT WITH THE CHURCH TO MAKE 18:21 SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING TO PLAN, THAT THE TRAINING IS GOING WELL 18:26 AND TO JUST SEE THE NEW CONVERTED SOULS. 18:28 YOU KNOW, IN ANDHRA PRADESH ALONE 49,000 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED LAST YEAR. 18:36 IN CHECKING THE 1226 THAT YOU MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, HOW DO YOU ARRIVE AT 107 FOR HERE AND 18:43 42 FOR THERE? 18:45 HOW DO YOU ARRIVE AT THOSE KINDS OF DISTRIBUTIONS? 18:50 I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE STACK OF PAPERWORK THAT CAME IN FROM THE FIELD. 18:55 BUT THE CHURCH HAS VOTED. 18:58 THEY CAME UP WITH THE NUMBERS THAT THEY NEED IN THE AREA FOR GOING INTO VARIOUS VILLAGES THAT 19:04 HAVE NEVER BEEN ENTERED BEFORE THAT ARE RIPE FOR THE HARVEST. 19:08 THOSE CAME IN TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE SIMPLY TOOK THEIR REQUESTS AND PUT THEM INTO " ONE 19:14 MILLION FOR JESUS ". 19:15 LARRY AS BOARD CHAIRMAN AND YOU MEET TWICE A YEAR DO YOU? 19:22 WE MEET TWICE A YEAR AND THEN THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 19:24 THAT CAN MEET MORE OFTEN IF NEED BE. 19:26 O.K. 19:28 PRESIDENT DAN COMES ALONG AND SAYS, CHAIRMAN LARRY WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR 1226 WORKERS WHAT'S 19:39 ON YOUR AGENDA WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS KIND OF INFORMATON. 19:43 YOU KNOW LAST YEAR, OR LAST OCTOBER WHEN WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WORK OUT THESE 19:51 REQUESTS AND THE NUMBERS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIES FOR THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS WITH OUR 19:58 BOARD AND THE BOARD WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE, VERY INSPIRED BOARD, THE LORD IS BLESSING AND GAVE 20:05 SUPPORT FOR, YES LETS MOVE AHEAD AND MAKE THE VISION VISIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY, 20:13 THE COMMUNITY OF OUR DONORS, NEW DONORS. 20:16 YOU KNOW WE ARE NOT, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH WE PUT THE 20:25 INFORMATION OUT THERE AND IF THE HOLY SPIRIT TOUCHES A HEART THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ARE CALLED 20:33 TO BE INVOLVED IN, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HOPING. 20:37 NOW, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS AND I HAVE A LITTLE, 20:41 AND WHEN WE COME TO NEW INITIATIVES, DISCOVER NEW NEEDS AND SO FORTH, 20:44 WE BEGIN LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE AND SAY, "WELL, WHEN THIS THING CAN TURN AROUND OR SOME 21:00 OTHER DRAMATIC INTERVENTION HAPPENS THEN WE CAN VOTE THIS". 21:05 I GET THE SENSE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOESN'T WORK JUST THAT WAY. 21:09 CAN YOU ADDRESS THIS ONE? 21:12 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE. 21:14 I'LL ADD TO IT. 21:15 THIS IS A POWERFUL THING. 21:17 I HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS. 21:20 WE DON'T SPEND MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN BUSINESS, RIGHT? 21:23 WE PLAN VERY CAREFULLY. 21:25 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH THIS PLAN IS A GOD SIZED PLAN. 21:29 IT IS ONE THAT WE CAN'T SEE THROUGH AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WE KNOW THAT GOD IS BLESSING 21:34 US AMONGST OURSELVES. 21:35 HERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE. 21:39 WHEN WE ARE IN HEAVEN AND WE ALL BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON, 21:43 AND WE ARE ALL GATHERED AROUND THE TREE AROUND THE RIVER, WHEREVER IT IS WE ARE GOING TO 21:47 MEET AS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH LITTLE GANG COMES TOGETHER, WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT " ONE MILLION FOR 21:53 JESUS " WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SAY THAT PROJECT WAS TOO BIG. 21:59 WE ARE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT IT AND SAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER. 22:06 SO, GOSPEL OUTREACH VOTES INITIATIVES BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT GOD HAS LED, 22:19 TAKE ME FROM THERE: ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THAT THE PROOF THAT GOD IS LEADING IS THAT THE MONEY 22:28 DOES COME IN. 22:30 WE DON'T KNOW THE PROPER TIMING. 22:33 WE KNOW THAT WE ARE READY TO PROCEED, TO GROW; 22:38 THE LORD IS THE ONE THAT HELPS SET THE AGENDA. 22:41 WE WANT TO FOLLOW HIM. 22:42 WE DON'T WANT TO PRESUME THAT OUR IDEAS ARE THE IDEAS THAT THE LORD WANTS TO BLESS. 22:49 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE GOD'S PLANS AND HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED. 22:55 SO WHEN THE MONEY, WHEN GOD TOUCHES A HEART AND THE MONEY COMES IN, 23:00 THEN WE INITIATE AND DEVELOP AND PUSH THOSE PLANS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED. 23:07 I HAVE USED THE TERM I THINK, 23:09 WITH YOU BROTHERS BEFORE THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A MIRACLE MINISTRY. 23:15 AMEN. 23:17 THE STORIES, THERE ARE MANY STORIES, ABOUT THE MIRACLES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN CONNECTION WITH 23:25 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BEFORE YOUR TIME WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THE VERY SECURING OF THIS BUILDING, 23:32 THAT WAS A MIRACLE, FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW HAS HEADQUARTERS, AND THE STUDIO AND ALL THE REST 23:43 IS ONE MIRACLE AFTER ANOTHER. 23:46 AMEN. 23:48 WE ARE AT A POINT IN HISTORY WHEN WE SHOULD NOT DOUBT THAT GOD'S ARM IS LONG ENOUGH TO 23:58 REACH TO ANY KIND OF CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE WILLING UNDER HIS GRACE AND HIS POWER TO PICK UP. 24:07 AMEN. 24:08 IF YOU HAD ONLY A MINUTE DAN, TO SAY SOMETHING TO OUR VIEWERS, FROM YOUR HEART, 24:18 YOU ARE HERE DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AND YOU TAKE CALLS AND YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AND YOU HEAR AND 24:24 YOU READ EMAILS AND WHATEVER, IF YOU HAD ONE MINUTE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO DONORS, 24:29 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? 24:30 AND THERE'S YOUR CAMERA. 24:32 I WOULD SAY THIS, THESE DONORS ARE JUST LIKE I WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. 24:36 AND I REMEMBER SEEING A MAN HUNCHED WALKING AS I CAME HOME FROM WORK AND A VOICE CAME TO ME 24:43 AND IT SAID THIS, "DAN DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE THAT OLD BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME 24:49 AND I'VE GOT A MISSION FOR YOU". 24:50 YOU KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MISSION WAS, BUT STEP BY STEP HE TOOK ME ALONG THE PATH UNTIL I 24:55 ARRIVED HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND I HAVE SEEN WHAT CAN BE DONE AT THIS PLACE. 25:01 NOW IS THE TIME, NOT TO SIT ON THE FENCE ANY LONGER. 25:05 WE BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON THE GIFT THAT YOU GIVE TODAY 25:10 GOES A LONG WAYS IN SHARING THE GOSPEL. 25:13 FOR LESS THAN $6 A SOUL COMES TO CHRIST. 25:16 THERE ARE PEOPLE GROUPS THAT NEED TO BE TOUCHED, THEY ARE RIPE FOR THE HARVEST AND JESUS 25:21 WILL POUR OUT A BLESSING NOT JUST YOUR OWN GIFT BUT ON THE GIVER AS WELL. 25:26 AS I VOLUNTEER HERE GOD HAS BLESSED ME SO IMMENSELY. 25:30 I'VE ALWAYS COME TO WHAT I CALLED "A WALL" AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OVER THAT 25:34 WALL UNTIL FINALLY I GOT INVOLVED IN SERVICE AND THROUGH SERVING THAT'S WHERE THE 25:40 BLESSINGS COME. 25:42 THANK YOU, THANK YOU DAN. 25:44 CERTAINLY, THAT TESTIMONEY WILL RESONATE IN YOUR OWN HEART AND LIFE. 25:56 A SENTENCE OR TWO LARRY, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE FOLKS FROM YOUR POSITION AS 26:01 CHAIRMAN OF THIS BOARD. 26:03 IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS BOTH AT THE BOARD 26:08 LEVEL AND AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND AT THE WORKER GROUP THAT IS IN THIS AREA OF THE WORLD AND I 26:17 THINK THAT THE BLESSING FOR ME IS THAT ASSOCIATION. 26:22 THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE VIEWING THIS ADDERES PARTICULAR SEGMENT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART 26:28 OF THAT TEAM AND IT IS DEFINITELY A BROAD TEAM, BUT WE NEED TO BE A BIGGER TEAM TO MEET 26:36 THE BIG CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE. 26:38 THANK YOU DAN PREAS, THANK YOU LARRY DODDS, AND THANK YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE; 26:45 GOD WILL BLESS YOU AS YOU UNITE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH TO REACH ANOTHER SOUL 26:52 WHO NEEDS TO KNOW WHO JESUS IS. 27:00 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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