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?OPENING MUSIC?
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WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES
IN MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL
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OUTREACH. I'M
JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER
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AND GLAD YOU HAVE JOINED
US. WELCOME TO PASTOR JOHN ASH.
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HELLO JULIE, GLAD TO BE HERE.
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WELL IT IS WONDERFUL TO
HAVE YOU HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN
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MISSIONS". JOHN, YOU ARE WITH
CHINESE UNION MISSION LOCATED
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WHERE? WELL WE ARE IN HONG KONG.
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WONDERFUL.
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HAVE YOU BEEN TO HONG KONG?
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I HAVE BEEN TO HONG
KONG, I ENJOY HONG KONG.
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GOOD.
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SO TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT.
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YOU ARE AT CHINESE UNION MISSION
BUT THEN YOU ALSO ARE WORKING
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WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH,
SO TELL US ABOUT THAT.
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RIGHT. WELL, I'M
RETIRED BUT I'M NOT TIRED.
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THIS IS GOOD.
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ACTUALLY, GOSPEL OUTREACH
HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH A NUMBER
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OF INITIATIVES AROUND
THE WORLD AND ALSO IN CHINA.
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WE'LL GET TO THAT BUT I AM
DEALING WITH MEDIA SO YOU CAN
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SAY I'M A MEDIA PERSON,
I'M A RADIO BROADCASTER AND A
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TELEVISION BROADCASTER BESIDES
TAKING CARE OF THE PROJECT OF
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TELEVISION. BUT YOU ALSO ARE
IN CHARGE ON BEHALF OF GOSPEL
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OUTREACH FOR ALL OF CHINA
WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS
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THERE. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
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THAT IS A HUGE A TERRITORY WHEN
WE SAY YES, YOU ARE THE PERSON
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FOR ALL OF CHINA.
YES, IT IS VERY, VERY BIG.
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IN FACT, WE COMPLAIN INTERNALLY
THAT WE HAVE FOUR REGIONAL
DIRECTORS AND YOU WILL SEE A
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LITTLE BIT LATER THAT THE CHURCH
IS NOT VERY SMALL IN CHINA.
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WELL, PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT.
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SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT RELIGION IN
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CHINA. YOU KNOW WE HEAR SO MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT CHINA AND
ALL OF THAT BUT CAN YOU GIVE US
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A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT
THE FEEL IS RIGHT NOW?
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OK, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING YOU GO
BACK TO 1949 GOVERNMENT CHANGES,
MOST OF THE CHRISTIANS LEFT THE
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH; THEN YOU COME
UP TO 1965 CULTURAL REVOLUTION
TECHNICALLY STOPPED IN 1976 BUT
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THE REFORMS OF THE CULTURAL
REVOLUTION 1978 ALMOST NO
CHRISTIANS INCLUDING ADVENTISTS.
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MOST OF THE ADVENTISTS LEFT THE
CHURCH BUT ALL CHURCHES
INCLUDING CATHOLIC CHURCH; IT
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WAS NOT CONVENIENT READ
"HEALTHY" TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
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SAD TO SAY, ALL CHURCHES
REALIZED WE HAD RAISED A
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GENERATION OF WHAT WE
CALL "RICE CHRISTIANS".
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT TERM?
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I HAVE NOT, EXPLAIN THAT.
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OK, THE CHURCHES IN THOSE DAYS
SUPPLIED FOOD, GOODIES, CLOTHES
AND SO PEOPLE CAME FOR THE FOOD,
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GOODS AND THE CLOTHES BUT NOT
FOR THE RELIGION ALTHOUGH THEY
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WENT TO CHURCH. BUT
THEY MISSED THE JESUS ASPECT.
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THEY ABSOLUTELY DID AND THEN OF
COURSE WHEN TIMES GOT ROUGH YOU
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KNOW, THEY SAID I'M
OUT OF HERE AND THEY LEFT.
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BUT HOW IS IT NOW, ARE PEOPLE
INTERESTED ARE THEY HUNGRY TO
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LEARN? CAN THEY
LEARN ABOUT LORD?
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OH, ABSOLUTELY. WHAT HAPPENS
JULIE IS THIS: CHINA IS AN
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ATHEISTIC COUNTRY. THEY HAVE
MADE PROVISION FOR RELIGION SO
RELIGION IS GUARANTEED BY THE
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CONSTITUTION. OH. O.K.
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BUT BEING ATHEISTIC COUNTRY THEY
HAVE CREATED A HUGE VACUUM SO
YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WILL BE A
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LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
SAID, IS THERE MEANING?
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WHERE IS MEANING?
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LIFE WITHOUT MEANING IS
KIND OF HOPELESS, YOU SEE.
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RIGHT.
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SO, IT HAS CREATED A VERY GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRISTIANITY.
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NOW, IN RECENT YEARS I STARTED
IN CHINESE MINISTRY 42 YEARS
AGO, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO
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BUT MOST RECENTLY IN CHINA,
DIRECTLY IN CHINA IN 1987,
THAT'S ABOUT 25 YEARS.
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SURE AND YOU HAVE
PROBABLY SEEN A BIG DIFFERENCE.
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OH ABSOLUTELY.
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NOW THINGS WERE VERY TIGHT,
LET'S SAY IN 1987, OF COURSE.
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TIGHT MEANING WHAT?
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MEANING THAT RELIGION
IS EXTREMELY CONTROLLED.
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TODAY, THERE IS FREEDOM
AND FLEXIBILITY WITH CONTROL.
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AH, THAT IS
NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY.
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THAT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
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SO WE SAY IN CHINESE "YOU NEED
TO KNOW THE RULES OF THE GAME".
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ONCE YOU KNOW THE RULES OF THE
GAME, IT DOESN'T WORK SO BADLY.
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THEN YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAY?
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THEN YOU KNOW
HOW TO PLAY, EXACTLY.
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SO, AT THIS POINT THERE ARE
QUITE A BIT, IN FACT, MAYBE I
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SHOULD START BY JUST
SAYING ONE THING HERE.
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TAKE US ON A LITTLE TRIP.
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OK. NOW WHAT DO YOU NOTICE HERE?
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I NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE AND THE COLOR RED AND I
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LOVE BOTH. OK.
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NOW IN THIS PICTURE,
THIS IS A SUPERMARKET.
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O.K.
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SO YOU ARE IN A BIG SUPERMARKET
BUT YOU'VE GOT A 100% ANSWER:
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PEOPLE. ANOTHER PICTURE HERE,
THIS IS IN A TRAIN STATION
WAITING TO GET TICKETS.
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NOW HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BE IN ONE OF THOSE LINES?
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THAT'S BUSY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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ONE OF THE VIRTUES OF EARLY
CHINA WAS NOT WAITING WELL IN
LINE AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE
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THESE HUGE LINES AND SO
LITERALLY I HAVE HAD PEOPLE
CLIMBING UP MY BACK TRYING TO
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GET A TICKET AND OF COURSE,
AND YOU ARE TALL, AND I'M TALL.
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IT IS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING.
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PEOPLE-- NOW IF YOU NOTICE THIS
NUMBER IS THAT A NUMBER THAT YOU
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READ VERY EASILY? A BILLION? NO?
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CAN YOU COUNT
THOSE ON YOUR FINGERS?
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THAT IS AMAZING, NO I PERSONALLY
CAN'T BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
COMMAS AND A LOT OF ZEROS AND WE
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DON'T NORMALLY SEE
ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.
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YOUR CALCULATOR BY THE WAY
PROBABLY WON'T HANDLE A NUMBER
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LIKE THIS. CORRECT.
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SO 1.4 BILLION
THAT IS A BIG "B".
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THAT'S A BIG "B".
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RIGHT.
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THAT IS LOTS OF PEOPLE IN CHINA.
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RIGHT SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE,
HUGE CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IS
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COMMISSIONED AS THE REMNANT
CHURCH TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO
THE WHOLE WORLD AND HERE IS 1.4
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BILLION PEOPLE, THE BIGGEST
COUNTRY, MOST POPULATED COUNTRY
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IN THE WORLD, AND HOW
ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT?
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MAYBE THAT IS THE
QUESTION YOU ARE GOING TO ASK?
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WELL ABSOLUTELY.
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OK, SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE
HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE AND THEY
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ARE INTERESTED IN RELIGION
ALSO TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
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I MUST TELL YOU THAT THE
CHALLENGE FOR THE CHURCH IS THAT
CHINA IS NO LONGER SO COMMUNIST
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OR SOCIALISTIC MAYBE, O.K,
SOCIALISTIC AS IT WAS AND THAT
IS A GOOD THING, YES, SO
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CAPITALISM, DARE I SAY THAT, IS
ALIVE AND WELL AND EVERYBODY IS
TRYING TO MAKE A BUCK, MAKE A
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DOLLAR HERE AND SO THAT RUNS
COUNTER TO SPREADING THE GOSPEL.
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NOW, I WANT TO SHOW YOU ONE
MORE PICTURE HERE, PLEASE DO.
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THIS IS THE CURRENT SITUATION
OF THE ADVENTIST BELIEVERS IN
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CHINA. SO 4371 CONGREGATIONS; OK
4371 CONGREGATIONS WITH 41,492
WOO THAT'S A BIG NUMBER OF
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SO 4371 CONGREGATIONS; OK 4371
CONGREGATIONS WITH 41,492 WOO
THAT'S A BIG NUMBER OF
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BELIEVERS AND
THIS WAS LAST YEAR.
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SO 400,000.
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OK NOW THIS IS THE NUMBER OF
BELIEVERS IN CHINA BUT THE
CHURCH DOESN'T OPERATE THE WAY
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OK NOW THIS IS THE NUMBER OF
BELIEVERS IN CHINA BUT THE
CHURCH DOESN'T OPERATE THE WAY
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THE CHURCH OPERATES
ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND.
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NOW YOU'VE BEEN IN CHINA,
YES I HAVE, AND SO YOU HAVE
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EXPERIENCED IT. SO
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?
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OK, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT
THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLS CHURCH.
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NOW, WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF ADVENTISM AND I
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DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE
THAT MUCH TIME TO EXPLAIN IT.
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LET'S JUST TALK
ABOUT THE GLOBAL ADVENTISM.
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BUT AT LEAST THE GOVERNMENT
CONTROLS THINGS AND YET THIS
CONTROL HAS LOOSENED UP.
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WHAT WE SAY IN CHINA IS
THAT THERE IS MORE FREEDOM,
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MORE FLEXIBILITY AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE WITH CONTROL.
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BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A
DEPARTMENT IN CHINA, THE THREE
SELF THAT GOVERNS CHURCHES,
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RIGHT THREE SELF, WE CALL IT THE
TWO ORGANIZATIONS: THREE SELF
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AND CCC AND THEY CONTROL ALL
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY FOR THE WHOLE
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COUNTRY. RIGHT.
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BUT NOWADAYS, AS LONG AS YOU
DON'T BECOME POLITICALLY
ORIENTED AND YOU FOLLOW THINGS
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THE WAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED
TO FOLLOW, YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE
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FREEDOM. WELL THAT'S A GOOD
THING FOR OUR BELIEVERS THERE.
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HEY, LISTEN IN 1987 THERE WAS NO
EVANGELISM BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
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DO IT, RIGHT. YES.
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YOU KNOW PASTOR DANIEL CHOW, HE
HAS IN RECENT YEARS, HE IS MY
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, SO IN RECENT
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YEARS, EVEN MONTHS HE HAS
ACTUALLY HELD EVANGELISTIC
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SERIES IN
CHINA. PRAISE THE LORD.
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WE COULD NEVER DO THAT BEFORE.
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SO THE GOVERNMENT HAS
LOOSENED BECAUSE THEY ARE WHAT?
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THEY ARE REALIZING THAT
PEOPLE NEED RELIGION OR THAT?
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ACTUALLY YOU WILL BE SURPRISED
AT THIS; THE GOVERNMENT
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NOW RECOGNIZES THAT CHRISTIANITY
MAKES GOOD CITIZENS.
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WELL, PRAISE THE LORD AT LEAST
THEY HAVE GOTTEN THAT PART.
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RIGHT.
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NOW OBVIOUSLY, PART OF THE
PROBLEM IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE
SOME OFF SHOOTS OR WILD VERSIONS
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OF CHRISTIANITY BUT AT THE
PRESENT TIME, THE GOVERNMENT
RECOGNIZES THIS AND IF YOU
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DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH
POLITICAL THINGS THEN IT IS JUST
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O.K. NOW THERE IS A TERM THAT WE
HEAR CALLED "MOTHER CHURCHES"
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN?
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A MOTHER CHURCH WE DIDN'T CREATE
THIS BECAUSE PART OF THE THREE
SELF CHURCHES, YOU CANNOT
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GET INVOLVED WITH
INTERNAL CHINESE AFFAIRS.
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SELF SUPPORTING, SELF GOVERNING,
SELF PROMULGATING WHICH MEANS
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THAT YOU CANNOT OUTSIDE CHURCHES
CANNOT GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.
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BUT ORGANICALLY, NATURALLY I
DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS, THIS IS A
HOLY SPIRIT THING IT IS JUST
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OUT OF MY CONTROL AND OUT OF
ANYBODY'S CONTROL CHURCHES
BECAME STRONGER AND STRONGER.
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THEY STARTED SPREADING
THE GOSPEL AND EVENTUALLY
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THEY HAD - WHAT DO
YOU KNOW ABOUT MOTHERS?
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WELL, THAT THEY BECOME
MOTHERS AND THEY HAVE CHILDREN.
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O.K.
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THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED IN CHINA.
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MOTHER, BIG CHURCHES
BECAME MOTHER CHURCHES THEY
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HAD DAUGHTER CHURCHES
AND SOME OF THEM QUITE A FEW.
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I THINK OF ONE CHURCH IN
NORTHERN CHINA THAT HAS MORE
THAN 80 DAUGHTER CHURCHES.
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I MEAN THAT'S
BIGGER THAN A CONFERENCE.
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SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT WHEN
PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND THEY
FILL THE MOTHER CHURCH AND THEY
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GET SO EXCITED THEN YOU'VE GOT
THIS OTHER CHURCH THAT STARTED,
THIS OTHER CHURCH, THIS OTHER
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CHURCH, RIGHT, SO THEY GO BACK
TO THEIR AREAS AND SO THERE ARE
SATELLITE CHURCHES IF YOU WILL.
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YES, BUT REMEMBER THE
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, THE WORLD
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SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS ZERO
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CONTROL ABOUT
WHAT GOES ON IN CHINA.
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WE CALL IT THE UNORGANIZED
TERRITORIES BECAUSE OF THAT, WE
CAN HAVE NO CONTROL, NO
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AUTHORITY BUT THESE
MOTHER CHURCHES SORT OF IN THEIR
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OWN ENVIRONMENT
BECOME LIKE CONFERENCES.
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SURE.
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SO THEY TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.
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ISN'T THAT INTERESTING SEE IT
IS A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT THAN IN
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THE WESTERN PART OF HOW WE DEAL
WITH CHURCHES AND THINGS LIKE
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THAT. RIGHT.
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WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH WE
ARE GOING TO ASK OUR VIEWERS IT
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IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.
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IF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT
YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT CHINA AND
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WE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU A
LITTLE BIT MORE AND SHARE WITH
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YOU ABOUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS WORKING IN CHINA THAT
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PASTOR ASH IS GOING TO BE
WORKING WITH, WE WILL SHARE THAT
WITH YOU BUT WE ALSO WANT TO
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GIVE YOU SOME WAYS FOR YOU TO
RESPOND WHETHER THAT BE THAT YOU
PRAY FOR THE WORKERS IN CHINA,
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YOU PRAY FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT
ARE GOING ON THERE, THE
BELIEVERS THERE BUT WE ALSO WANT
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TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL
SUPPORT HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH
BECAUSE THAT ENABLES WORKERS
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THEN TO GO OUT AND SPREAD
THE WORD OF THE LORD WITH OTHER
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PEOPLE. SO, THERE ARE
SOME WAYS TO CONTACT US:
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AND DON'T FORGET IF YOU
DON'T RECEIVE OUR ADVENTURES
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IN MISSIONS NEWSLETTER PLEASE
ASK US, PLEASE CALL AND ASK US.
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THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT GOSPEL
OUTREACH WE HAVE ALL VOLUNTEERS
HERE AND WE ARE WORKING IN
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50 NATIONS WITH
A HUNDRED MISSIONS.
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THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
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THAT IS.
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WE ARE HERE VISITING WITH JOHN
ASH AND YOU ARE THE GOSPEL
OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR CHINA AND
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SO WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT MOTHER CHURCHES.
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SO WE ARE TALKING A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT EVANGELISM IN CHINA, HOW
THAT HAS CHANGED, THE MOTHER
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CHURCHES AND ALL
THESE DAUGHTER CHURCHES.
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THE DAUGHTER CHURCHES THEN
NEED TO HAVE SOME OTHER WAYS OF
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EVANGELISM. WELL, OBVIOUSLY
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS THERE
ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
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THE CHURCH USED TO BE OLD
BUT NOW YOU ARE GETTING LOTS OF
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YOUNG PEOPLE. THIS IS GREAT.
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AND THEY ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED,
EXTREMELY HIGHLY EDUCATED AND
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THEY ARE GOING-IT'S CHALLENGING
TOO, THEY ARE GOING TO THE
OLDER, THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH
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AND SAYING WE WANT TO GET
INVOLVED BUT (CAN WE SAY IT THIS
WAY) WE ARE ON A DIFFERENT WAVE
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LENGTH. IT'S O.K.
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WE WANT TO SHARE AND SO SOME OF
THESE OLDER PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
SOME OF THEM HAVE JAUNDICED EYE
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OF COURSE, AND THEY SAY WELL,
I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT IT BUT
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SOME OF THEM
ARE JUST SAYING O.K.
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AND THEY ALMOST GIVE THEM A
BLANK CHECK AND SAY GO FOR IT.
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GOOD.
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SO THESE ARE TECHNOLOGICALLY
LITERATE YOUNG PEOPLE.
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SO COMPUTERS, INTERNET, VIDEO
AND SO THEY ARE BRIGHT AND THEY
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ARE COMMITTED. SO NOW THE TRICK
IS TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER IN A
PACKAGE TO HELP THE MOTHER
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CHURCHES AND THE DAUGHTER
CHURCHES BECOME EFFECTIVE IN
THEIR OWN MINISTRY.
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SO CHINA IS BECOMING
MORE "WIRED" IF YOU WILL WITH
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MORE PEOPLE ON THE
INTERNET THINGS LIKE THAT.
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RIGHT.
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CORRECT?
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RIGHT SO THAT IS THE REASON
FOR THE INTERNET MINISTRY AND
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EVANGELISM? O.K.
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RIGHT AND ACTUALLY THIS IS
HOW GOSPEL OUTREACH FIRST GOT IN
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WITH IT. I MUST SAY THAT EARLY
ON GOSPEL OUTREACH ACTUALLY SENT
CHURCH PLANTERS IN THERE AND
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THEN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
REALLY GOT HOT AND I JUST HEARD
THIS THE OTHER DAY, I LOVE IT,
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IT SAYS " WIN THE
WINABLE WHEN THEY ARE WINABLE".
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THAT'S PERFECT AND
HOPEFULLY THAT IS TODAY.
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SO AT THAT TIME, THIS OTHER PART
OF THE WORLD WAS HOT SO THEY
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SAID, WELL YOU GUYS TAKE CARE
OF YOUR OWN WORKERS AND WE DID.
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IT WAS A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT WE
DID AND NOW AFTER SOME YEARS,
GOSPEL OUTREACH CAME ALONG AND
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SAID INTERNET MINISTRY AND RIGHT
THEN INTERNET MINISTRY WAS
HEATING UP AND WE DIDN'T KNOW
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MUCH ABOUT IT BUT WE HAD A
BROTHER IN CHINA THAT WAS
INTERESTED AND WE SAID, YOU GO
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FOR IT, AND THIS IS WHAT GOSPEL
OUTREACH SAID, WE WILL SUPPORT
THIS AND DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
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ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS TOO; THEY ACTUALLY
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TRAINED MORE THAN A
THOUSAND INTERNET MINISTERS.
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WONDERFUL.
00:19:12.13\00:19:13.86
NOW NOT ALL OF THEM BECAME
TOTALLY IMMERSED BUT THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE WITH A BACKGROUND OF
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INTERNET MINISTRY AND
UNDERSTANDING THESE THINGS NOW
GO BACK TO THEIR CHURCHES.
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ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
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WHAT A BLESSING HOW
THE LORD HAS USED THAT.
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OH, THAT IS WONDERFUL.
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ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY, YOU WERE
IN CHINA I DON'T WANT TO STEAL
YOUR THUNDER BECAUSE MAYBE
00:19:32.90\00:19:38.43
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE
LATER ON BUT WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST
00:19:38.43\00:19:42.13
IMPRESSION AS YOU
SAW THESE YOUNG PEOPLE?
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IT IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE THEM
SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE LORD
HAS DONE IN THEIR LIFE THAT THEY
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WANT TO SHARE AND I THINK THAT
THAT IS WHAT MAKES ALL OF US
WHEN WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD
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HAS DONE, WHEN WE HAVE GOOD
NEWS WE WANT TO SHARE IT RIGHT?
00:19:59.23\00:20:01.83
OH, ABSOLUTELY! THAT
IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
00:20:01.83\00:20:03.83
NOW ACTUALLY JULIE, HOW THIS
WORKS WITH THE MOTHER CHURCH IS
THIS: MOTHER CHURCHES HAVE THESE
00:20:03.83\00:20:06.83
COMMITTED YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WILL
BECOME INTERNET MINISTERS OR
00:20:06.83\00:20:14.76
I SAY DIGITAL MINISTERS
AND THEY WILL FOLLOWUP.
00:20:14.76\00:20:19.03
THEY HAVE THE SYSTEM - WE
USED TO BE CENTRALIZED IN OUR
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FOLLOWUP, THAT'S NOT
GOING TO WORK IN CHINA.
00:20:23.33\00:20:25.10
CHINA IS DECENTRALIZED SO ONE
OF THE "ADOPT A WORKER" HAVE YOU
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HEARD OF THAT? I HAVE AND WE ARE
PROMOTING IT QUITE HEAVILY HERE
AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:20:32.66\00:20:35.83
SURE WE ARE, SO WE ARE GOING TO
IDENTIFY THESE, WE ARE ACTUALLY
CREATING A JOB DESCRIPTION RIGHT
00:20:35.83\00:20:43.96
NOW AND WE WILL IDENTIFY THESE
AND WE WILL, WHOEVER ADOPTS
THESE WORKERS, REAL NAME, REAL
00:20:43.96\00:20:52.03
FACE THEY WILL ACTUALLY MONTH BY
MONTH BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY
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ARE DOING. WONDERFUL.
00:20:58.36\00:21:00.13
THAT IS EXCITING NOW IT IS VERY
EXCITING AND WE CERTAINLY NEED
TO BE PRAYING FOR THAT.
00:21:00.13\00:21:03.60
NOW YOU ALSO HAVE A VIDEO
THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US.
00:21:03.60\00:21:06.66
RIGHT AND WE DON'T
HAVE TOO MUCH TIME LEFT.
00:21:06.66\00:21:09.30
LET'S GO FOR IT RIGHT NOW.
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O.K.
00:21:10.43\00:21:11.50
?INTRO VIDEO MUSIC?
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?INTRO VIDEO MUSIC?
00:21:21.53\00:22:22.43
TODAY THE LOCAL AND WORLDWIDE
CHURCH MUST WORK CLOSELY WITH
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MEDIA. IT IS A BASIC
TOOL FOR GOSPEL PREACHING.
00:22:27.00\00:22:29.80
THE GOSPEL MUST EXTEND PAST
THE CHURCHES BOUNDARIES SO MORE
00:22:29.80\00:22:33.00
PEOPLE WILL JOIN
HEAVEN ON EARTH, THE CHURCH.
00:22:33.00\00:22:37.46
TODAY, THE CHINESE INTERNET
POPULATION EXCEEDS 500 MILLION
00:22:37.46\00:22:41.63
PERSONS. TWO HUNDRED MILLION
PEOPLE REGULARLY LOG INTO
VARIOUS CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA
00:22:41.63\00:22:47.76
PLATFORMS. COMPARE ALL OF THIS
WITH THE MINISCULE 400,000
ADVENTIST CHURCH MEMBERS.
00:22:47.76\00:22:51.93
CONCLUSION: MEDIA IS AN
INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR THE
00:22:51.93\00:22:58.43
CHURCH TO USE. TODAY OUR MEDIA
WORK INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
PUBLISHING: EACH YEAR OVER
00:22:58.43\00:23:04.30
300,000 PAMPHLETS, SMALL
BOOKS AND FLYERS ARE PUBLISHED.
00:23:04.30\00:23:08.36
STILL A VERY SMALL NUMBER.
00:23:08.36\00:23:11.96
BROADCAST: GOSPEL RADIO
HAS BEEN ON THE AIR SINCE 1987.
00:23:11.96\00:23:16.46
CURRENTLY, VOICE OF HOPE CHINESE
IS ON 19 FREQUENCIES AIRING 24
00:23:16.46\00:23:22.80
HOURS DAILY. EACH YEAR THOUSANDS
OF HOURS OF RADIO PROGRAMS ARE
00:23:22.80\00:23:26.90
PRODUCED. ON AVERAGE 500 LETTERS
AND EMAILS ARE RECEIVED EACH
00:23:26.90\00:23:31.73
MONTH. LAST YEAR OVER 600 PEOPLE
ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST BY MEANS
00:23:31.73\00:23:36.06
OF RADIO BROADCAST AND
BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE LESSONS.
00:23:36.06\00:23:40.60
TELEVISION: SINCE JULY OF 2011
SATELLITE TV HAS COVERED ALL
00:23:40.60\00:23:46.96
OF CHINA 24/7 WITH
GOSPEL PROGRAMMING.
00:23:46.96\00:23:49.83
EACH YEAR 350 HOURS OF
TV PROGRAMS ARE PRODUCED.
00:23:49.83\00:23:54.03
INTERNET MINISTRY: PUBLICATIONS,
RADIO BROADCASTS AND TV
00:23:54.03\00:24:00.46
ARE AVAILABLE
SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE INTERNET.
00:24:00.46\00:24:02.90
CURRENTLY, THE CHINESE UNION
MISSION HAS THREE INTERNET
WEBSITE ACCESS POINTS AND MANY
00:24:02.90\00:24:08.56
LOCAL ADVENTIST CHURCHES
ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN WEBSITES.
00:24:08.56\00:24:11.36
THE GOSPEL IS
AVAILABLE TO THE MASSES.
00:24:11.36\00:24:15.20
WITH THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS IN
CHINA, HALF OF THE COUNTRIES
POPULATION RESIDES IN
00:24:15.20\00:24:19.70
METROPOLITAN AREAS BUT THE
MULTIPLICATION OF MEDIA TOOLS
AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS HAS
00:24:19.70\00:24:25.83
UNFORTUNATELY, DIMINISHED THE
HUMAN INTERRELATIONSHIP ELEMENT.
00:24:25.83\00:24:29.96
SO, LOCAL CHURCHES WILL BE
BEGINNING TO USE MEDIA AS A
WINDOW TO REACH THE OUTSIDE
00:24:29.96\00:24:34.03
WORLD BOTH FAR AND NEAR.
00:24:34.03\00:24:36.10
AS THEY EMBARK ON INTERNET
MISSIONARY WORK, THEY ARE
EQUIPPING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO
00:24:36.10\00:24:41.30
USE THE INTERNET AS A
PREACHING AND SHARING TOOL.
00:24:41.30\00:24:45.13
THERE ARE MORE THAN 4000
ADVENTIST CONGREGATIONS IN CHINA
00:24:45.13\00:24:48.93
AND THE 37 MOTHER CHURCHES
OVERSEE A LARGE SHARE OF THEM.
00:24:48.93\00:24:52.93
THE EXPANSION OF MISSION WORK
THROUGHOUT CHINA BESIDES SENDING
GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS ALSO
00:24:52.93\00:24:58.20
REQUIRES A CONTINUAL
MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT.
00:24:58.20\00:25:04.50
BY 2015, THE CHINESE
UNION MISSION WILL BE ABLE
00:25:04.50\00:25:07.26
TO CELEBRATE THESE
MILESTONES IN MEDIA MINISTRY.
00:25:07.26\00:25:10.53
TWENTY FOUR MOTHER CHURCHES WILL
HAVE DEVELOPED WEBSITES; TEN
MEDIA PRODUCTION TEAMS WILL HAVE
00:25:10.53\00:25:15.53
COME INTO EXISTENCE; 1050 HOURS
OF RADIO PROGRAMMING AND 1825
HOURS OF TV PROGRAMMING WILL
00:25:15.53\00:25:23.56
HAVE BEEN PRODUCED; 1.5 MILLION
COPIES OF VARIOUS PAMPHLETS AND
SMALL BOOKS WILL HAVE BEEN
00:25:23.56\00:25:28.76
PUBLISHED AND 20 MILLION PEOPLE
ON THE INTERNET WILL HAVE COME
00:25:28.76\00:25:33.00
INTO CONTACT WITH
SOME ASPECT OF ADVENTISM.
00:25:33.00\00:25:35.53
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE MORE THAN
ONE MILLION SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTISTS BY 2015.
00:25:35.53\00:25:41.13
WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR
SUPPORT FOR OUR MEDIA MINISTRY
00:25:41.13\00:25:52.26
DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR SHARING THAT VIDEO.
00:25:52.26\00:25:54.06
HOW EXCITING!
00:25:54.06\00:25:55.26
IT IS!
00:25:55.26\00:25:57.03
SO "ADOPT A WORKER" FOR THE 1.4
BILLION AND WE HAVE TO KEEP
THINKING ABOUT THAT BUT 1.4
00:25:57.03\00:26:02.10
BILLION PEOPLE OF CHINA
INTERNET EVANGELISM WITH THE
00:26:02.10\00:26:05.10
GOSPEL OUTREACH
"ADOPT A WORKER" PROGRAM.
00:26:05.10\00:26:07.33
RIGHT AND SO YOU WILL HAVE A
REAL PERSON, A REAL NAME WITH
WHAT HE DOES EVERY MONTH, THE
00:26:07.33\00:26:14.73
CONTACTS HE MAKES, THE BIBLE
STUDIES AND EVERYTHING AND ALL
00:26:14.73\00:26:19.30
THAT IS NECESSARY IS
FOR YOU TO ADOPT A WORKER.
00:26:19.30\00:26:23.96
YOU CAN CALL GOSPEL OUTREACH
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
00:26:23.96\00:26:27.93
OUR NUMBER HERE IS
509-525-2951 AND IN CANADA IT IS
00:26:27.93\00:26:37.26
250-545-2212. I JUST CAN'T
KEEP FROM THINKING ABOUT THE 1.4
00:26:37.26\00:26:42.63
BILLION PEOPLE. THAT'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ALL
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GOOD
00:26:42.63\00:26:46.40
LORD. ABSOLUTELY.
00:26:46.40\00:26:48.36
WELL JOHN ASH, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH CHINA
00:26:48.36\00:26:50.53
UNION MISSION AND
WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:26:50.53\00:26:52.23
BLESSINGS TO YOU AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE
00:26:52.23\00:26:55.40
ON "ADVENTURES IN
MISSIONS" WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:26:55.40\00:26:57.60
I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER.
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?CLOSING MUSIC?
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