Participants: Manzoor Massey
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000467
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00:16 Welcome to "Adventures in Missions"
00:17 with Gospel Outreach. 00:18 I'm Julie Sanders Keymer. And do you know what? 00:21 There are all sorts of carpenters in India. 00:23 But do you know what? 00:24 They need tools and that's what 00:26 we're going to be sharing with you, 00:28 how you can help provide tools for the carpenters in India. 00:32 Manzoor Massey, you're here again on Gospel Outreach. 00:34 What a pleasure. Oh. Pleasure is mine. 00:37 And Manzoor, share with us 00:38 where your district is with Gospel Outreach. 00:40 My district is in Southern India. 00:42 It is in the Andhra Pradesh region. 00:45 And this is the largest city nearby would be Hyderabad. 00:49 How many people in Hyderabad? 00:51 Oh. Probably, millions. 00:53 Wow. Wow. 00:55 And the Andhra Pradesh state, 00:59 Hyderabad is in the Andhra Pradesh state. 01:01 And we are about 4 hours away by car 01:05 where we are gonna be locating a center. 01:09 And today, I'll be talking to you about establishing 01:12 a comprehensive gospel outreach training center. 01:15 Because we have gospel outreach workers there 01:17 but they need training. 01:18 Well, we have all together 1,200 workers in India 01:22 and about 800 of them are in Andhra Pradesh. 01:25 And so this training center that we are gonna be talking about 01:29 is like building-- providing tools to our carpenters. 01:34 Imagine having 1,200 workers and no tools. 01:39 And these workers are very dedicated, 01:42 they are awesome workers. 01:43 They are doing great job. 01:45 But they could do probably 10 times more, 01:48 if they had the adequate training. 01:50 So we are gonna be building their scales and their training. 01:54 And we have been searching for the land. 01:56 And we already have sculpted the land. 02:00 Good. And in fact, I would like to show you a video 02:03 of some of the things we've been discussing. 02:05 Well, here we are in Ibrahimpatnam, India. 02:09 It is in the state of Andhra Pradesh. 02:12 And with me are several distinguished church leaders. 02:17 And representing various aspects of the gospel ministry section. 02:22 And today behind us, 02:24 you see a very beautiful parcel of land. 02:28 And we are going to discuss the concept 02:33 of developing Gospel Outreach Training Center. 02:37 As you know we have nearly 1,200 workers 02:40 in Southern Asia division. 02:42 And in some areas more than 80% of the baptisms 02:47 are as a result of the efforts 02:49 of these dedicated Gospel Outreach workers. 02:53 But one thing we have realized over the years 02:55 that they are dedicated, 02:57 they are very enthusiastic young people, 02:59 most of them, under the age of 40. 03:02 However, they lack training. 03:04 And so, in order to strengthen their hands, 03:09 the group here has developed the idea 03:11 of-- of developing a state of the art training centre. 03:16 This training centre will be a Multifaceted Training Centre. 03:21 In addition to training Gospel Outreach workers for the future 03:27 as well as strengthening the skills and training 03:30 and the knowledge of those who are already in the field. 03:33 We will also have general training 03:35 for woman's ministry and for youth department, 03:41 for laity and many other groups from the church 03:47 so God's work can move forward. 03:50 More training we do, 03:52 the better we equip our people 03:54 the more effective they can be in the cause of God. 03:58 And so we are very, very delighted today 04:01 that this is the land that you'll see all around us 04:04 in the South Andhra section is going to be 04:09 one of our key partners in making this project a reality. 04:14 And brother Dan Arthur and his family 04:17 is -- is gonna be a-- one of the major contributors 04:21 along with many of our other friends and supporters. 04:24 And we want to thank you today for joining us gentleman. 04:31 And God bless our discussion and our plans 04:35 so that His work could really move forward. 04:39 We know He is coming soon. 04:41 And in India we are 1.2 billion people. 04:45 And half of them, more than half of them 04:48 are under the age of 30. 04:50 So we are in the concept-- we are in the process 04:53 of developing a multifaceted innovative ways 04:57 to reach out to those who have not heard yet 05:00 the word about our soon coming Savior Jesus Christ. 05:14 So Manzoor what are we doing-- seeing here on the video? 05:18 Well, this is the training that we conducted this past February. 05:22 We had 600 workers who came in for training 05:28 and this is how we were housing them 05:31 and giving them water in very, very temporary make shift 05:37 types of arrangement when we go and do the training. 05:41 And imagine 600 people on a campus. 05:47 And we--we had make shift baiting area, 05:52 make shift places where we serve them water and dinning area. 05:57 So it was-- it was quite a challenge that I tell you. 06:02 I remember the last-- 06:07 last activity we were having was the Sabbath service. 06:11 So when I was about to preach, 06:15 all of a sudden it started rain 06:17 and I said, "Well, you know, we're gonna pray 06:19 and rain may just go away." 06:21 Well, that wasn't God's will that day. 06:24 And so all of a sudden, the tent collapsed. 06:28 And you will see it in a video I think, they're gonna see it. 06:31 Oh, just the way that the water coming down. 06:32 The way the water. 06:34 And it was amazing to see 06:36 all the Gospel Outreach workers, 600 of them. 06:39 They picked up these chairs that they were sitting on 06:42 and like an umbrella 06:44 and they walked two blocks away to a cafeteria. 06:47 And so they settled down in a cafeteria 06:49 and that's where we had our church service eventually. 06:52 And here what you see in the video, 06:55 we generally conclude our training 06:58 by having a dedication service. 07:00 Oh, beautiful. 07:01 So with the candle light and we tell everybody 07:04 that you are the candle that God is asking you 07:07 to shine all over the--all over the places wherever you are. 07:12 They take that back with you. Yes. 07:14 And imagine you know seeing 600 people dressed in white 07:19 and carrying these candles, it was so inspiring. 07:23 I just wish I could just stay with them. 07:26 It was so, so beautiful. 07:29 And they are just doing marvelous work 07:34 under so many difficult circumstances. 07:37 Most of these people have bicycles. 07:39 And imagine riding bicycle for, 07:42 you know, 10, 15, 20 miles a day one way. 07:47 One way. Yes. 07:48 And then when the heat in the summer time, 07:51 the heat gets to be over 100 degrees 07:54 and still these folks work, work, work. 07:58 And you will feel that all your excusive are to disappear, 08:03 when you see the work 08:04 of these dedicated Christian young people. 08:07 And this is the tent we are talking about. 08:09 We generally rent a large tent, 08:12 because to house 600 people, we have no facility. 08:15 And so when you have no facility, 08:18 we get a tent by once in a while when the weather goes back. 08:22 Like here you find, it is the rainy 08:24 and our tent has collapsed. 08:26 All tents came down. That's right. 08:28 But by having a training centre that would 08:30 then have a location for the meetings 08:32 and people to stay and all of that. 08:35 Yes, and actually this is gonna be 08:37 revolutionizing our work in Southern Asia division. 08:41 And the concept is not just to have 08:45 the--the Gospel Outreach workers trained. 08:48 But the concept is to expand so that everybody 08:52 all the laity in that area is also trained. 08:56 So many of our members in our churches 09:00 are women and youth. 09:03 And youth have not been tapped it all their resources. 09:09 India has 1.2 billion people, 60 % under the age of 30. 09:14 Okay, say those number again so we can really count. 09:16 1.2 billion. Wow. 09:18 So that would be like more than three times 09:23 the population of the United States. 09:26 And yet the area is three times smaller geographically. 09:32 And so we have the population about 60% 09:36 almost 60% is under the age of 30. 09:40 Which means let's say young nation as a population 09:44 that we can only reach through young people and women? 09:48 The outreach to women can be most effective 09:52 when done through women. 09:54 And so they have a department 09:55 of woman's ministry at the division. 09:59 And we are hoping that these women, 10:02 they will be trained. 10:03 And when women are trained, rightly equipped, 10:08 they are the most powerful force. 10:10 Watch out. You better watch out. 10:14 The Lord is empowering. 10:16 Because of the cultural issues it is not possible for women-- 10:20 for men to do effective outreach to women. 10:24 And in India men don't shake hand with the women. 10:27 They don't? Not-- 10:28 Maybe in high educated circles 10:30 but in villages, no, you don't do that, you don't touch. 10:34 And so--but women can go and talk to other women. 10:38 It is so effective method to reach. 10:43 And we are training our workers 10:46 and we will be training them more in a consistent way 10:49 when the training centre is developed. 10:51 So you have the land, now you are working on 10:55 getting the building, the funding and all of that. 10:57 That's right and developing the curriculum 11:00 and forming the partnerships. 11:02 We have many other agencies that are doing some training 11:07 but it is not comprehensive and it's not consistent 11:11 and the resources are limited. 11:13 And we believe that working together 11:15 in pulling our resources, our talents and skills. 11:18 We could develop a more comprehensive training concept 11:22 and which will meet the need of our Gospel Outreach workers. 11:25 So what was it like for you--you said, 11:27 how much you enjoyed it? 11:28 What was it like for you to see the brothers there 11:31 as they were getting ready and the sisters 11:33 before they were getting ready to home? 11:35 Now that they felt trained, were they energized, 11:37 were they more in fire for the lord? 11:39 Well, to tell you how excited the group was 11:42 and how excited I was, you know, 11:44 I was greatly humbled and embarrassed as well, 11:48 because they all wanted to take pictures with me. 11:50 And then I said, "No, we're not gonna do that way 11:53 but we will take pictures with their groups. 11:56 So we have each conference delegates 12:00 then came together and we took pictures with them." 12:02 They were really-- they were excited. 12:05 They actually believe you, when you say something. 12:08 And that's a refreshing change. Yeah. 12:10 And one person asked me, 12:12 he said, "Why do you do this every year?" 12:14 I said, "You probably are the only ones who believe me. 12:17 When I speak in the United States, 12:18 they already know everything. 12:20 But here-- Oh, we act like we do. 12:22 Yeah. Yeah. 12:23 Well, we have lot of resources here 12:25 and people know, know a lot more. 12:28 Well, we take it for granted, Manzoor. 12:29 We take it for granted, 12:31 because we can go and download it on the internet 12:33 or find out or go to a class or whatever. 12:35 So they were energized to go back to their places 12:38 and share the love of the Lord. 12:40 Yes, they have set goals 12:41 and as I mentioned few years ago, a couple of years ago, 12:44 they had 53,000 baptisms in one year. 12:47 Oh, isn't that fantastic. 12:48 So the hunger for Jesus is phenomenal. It's huge. 12:53 And we want to train our people 12:56 that they will be able to link better with the communities 13:00 and be able to meet the communities felt needs. 13:03 Build these service bridges that people could walk over 13:07 and come and ask you more about Jesus. 13:09 Well, and that's what we ask you 13:11 as the viewers here of Adventures in Missions 13:14 and as a person who donates to Gospel Outreach. 13:17 We want to thank you for what you have given 13:19 and we do want to ask you to give more, 13:21 if you are able to do that and as you've heard about 13:24 the training centre in India that is so exciting-- 13:27 great place for these people to be trained, 13:30 these Gospel Outreach workers 13:31 and what an opportunity for them. 13:32 But they do need a place to meet, 13:34 they do need a place that they are safe 13:36 and not having a tent collapse on them. 13:38 But we ask you to give of what you can. 13:40 You can go online to goaim.org. 13:44 And we also have our wonderful Adopt-A-Worker program. 13:47 And we'd like to share some more information with you about that. 13:50 Gospel Outreach began a mission 20 years ago 13:53 by asking one simple question. 13:55 In a world filled with famine, hunger and starvation, 13:59 what is Jesus waiting for? 14:02 In a world filled with earthquakes, 14:03 hurricanes and natural calamities, 14:06 what is Jesus waiting for? 14:08 The gospel tells us in Matthew 24:14, 14:12 "And this gospel of the kingdom 14:13 shall be preached in all the world 14:15 for a witness unto all nations, 14:17 and then shall the end come." 14:22 Inspired by those words, Gospel Outreach began 14:24 with one worker and over the past 20 years, 14:27 it's grown into an organization 14:29 with 2, 200 workers in 40 plus countries. 14:33 Gospel Outreach is an independent 14:35 Seventh-day Adventist lay ministry 14:37 run entirely by volunteers. 14:40 Gospel Outreach works with the organized church 14:42 to sponsor Bible workers in the 10/40 Window. 14:46 Now what exactly is the 10/40 Window? 14:50 The 10/40 Window is a region of the eastern hemisphere 14:53 located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator. 14:57 What makes this region special? 14:59 97% of all the people in the world 15:02 who'd never heard the name of Jesus live here. 15:06 Now how exactly does Gospel Outreach work 15:08 to reach these people? 15:10 We do this by working with the church as it places 15:13 trained indigenous workers in new territories, 15:16 sending out disciples just as Jesus did. 15:19 When a Bible worker sponsored by Gospel Outreach 15:22 enters a new village, 15:23 it's estimated that in the first year, 15:25 an additional 300 individuals will be baptized 15:29 and commit their lives to Christ. 15:31 Individuals who have never heard 15:33 the amazing story of God's love 15:35 are getting to meet Jesus for the first time. 15:38 Now how can you help? 15:40 Bible workers rely on sponsorships to support them 15:43 and their families 15:44 as they share the unconditional love of God. 15:48 This is why Gospel Outreach is introducing 15:50 our Adopt-A-Worker program, 15:52 together with the church we identify new workers 15:56 and areas that need to be reached. 15:57 That is why it's our goal to introduce 15:59 a million new people to Jesus in the next three years. 16:03 All that is remaining for this work to begin 16:05 is your financial help. 16:08 In return, we will keep you updated on the exciting 16:11 progress of your worker 16:13 sending you stories and pictures of the lives 16:15 changed by your donations. 16:17 There are three ways you can get involved. 16:20 You can be a prayer partner for Gospel Outreach 16:22 by praying for our Bible workers. 16:25 Second, become an ambassador for our Adopt-A-Worker program 16:28 by telling their family and friends about 16:30 how they can make a difference too. 16:32 And finally, sponsor a Bible worker. 16:35 Call or visit the website today. 16:38 So now that you know a bit about Gospel Outreach 16:41 and now that you know what Jesus is waiting for, 16:43 the final question is what are you waiting for? 16:50 And what are you waiting for 16:51 you have heard of the need you have seen the need. 16:53 And our prayer is that you will be able to help 16:56 with Gospel Outreach work here 16:58 as brothers and sister in the 10/40 window 17:01 and specifically in India. 17:02 Well, we are here talking with Manzoor 17:04 are sharing the love of the Lord Jesus Christ 17:06 with people in the villages in the market place 17:08 wherever they can find someone to share 17:10 and they are doing that. 17:12 Well, Manzoor, we're talking about the training centre 17:14 that is going to be built in your area of India 17:17 and what will the impact 17:20 of this beyond the work for the Lord in India? 17:24 Well, I would like to first summarize the-- 17:28 what will be included in the training centre. 17:32 The first thing we will do is to develop pastoral care concept. 17:37 Our-- there is a specific skills 17:41 that our workers need in the area of pastoral care. 17:44 And the second one will be how to give Bible studies. 17:48 When you were talking to people of different religions 17:51 and different cultural backgrounds, 17:54 you never contradict what they already know, 17:58 you don't criticize their religions, 17:59 and you don't criticize their current practices. 18:02 and we show them how-- 18:04 and what is the good acceptable art of giving a Bible study, 18:08 how can lead people to Jesus through the word of God. 18:11 Yes, 'cause we have to be respectful. 18:12 We have to be respectful. 18:14 Then we talk to them about listening skills, 18:18 sometime we talk and we are only learning 18:23 when we're not talking, 18:25 when we're talking, we're not learning. 18:27 And so we teach our people how to listen and learn 18:31 because as they visit people, they need to listen, 18:34 they can understand their needs, 18:36 they can understand their difficulties and challenges 18:39 and then the next thing we teach them is 18:42 how to meet some of those needs 18:44 so they could really make their lives better. 18:49 And if you work on improving people's lives, 18:54 then you're gonna gain acceptance into their heart. 18:58 And coming to Jesus must change everything about a human being. 19:02 It's true. 19:04 They should become more educated 19:06 about their personal health, about their family life, and... 19:11 Jobs. About their job and everything. 19:13 And so that's one of the ways 19:15 that we're asking them to build the service bridge. 19:19 We also teach them to do adult literacy. 19:22 Because if people can read and write, 19:24 they could become co-workers with you 19:28 and that could significantly 19:30 expand your ministry to other areas. 19:34 And there are a lot of illiterate people? 19:36 Oh, lots of people who could learn how to read and write. 19:40 And this almost opens somebody's eyes. 19:44 And then we teach them how to connect people 19:47 to existing resources 19:49 to enhance their personal life and their family life. 19:54 There are many resources available in the community 19:57 but our people are not educated 19:59 and they don't always think about them. 20:02 But our Gospel Outreach workers can connect them. 20:06 If there are resources available for healthcare, 20:08 they should be able to connect them for that. 20:10 And if there are jobs available, 20:13 they should be able to connect our people to the jobs. 20:17 And when you connect somebody to the job, 20:19 oh, I tell you, you have gained them for life. True. 20:22 And so then we also teach them public speaking, 20:26 how to be a better speaker. 20:30 And sometime that skill is lacking. 20:36 So speaking and writing are very, very important two skills. 20:40 Everybody ought to know how to speak, how to write, 20:44 because communication is the key to transfer information 20:48 from you to the other people. 20:50 And another very important concept that really should go 20:55 as number one that is how to love people. 20:58 A huge. 20:59 The ministry of Jesus is a love ministry. 21:01 And if you genuinely love people then you begin to serve them. 21:07 Once you serve them, 21:09 they want to fellowship with you. 21:11 They want to know what you have that they don't have. 21:13 That's right and so these are some of the skills. 21:17 And we will also teach them how to coordinate activities 21:21 with other service organizations. 21:24 For example, the rotary club. Huge. 21:26 Rotary Club does so many things in the community. 21:29 Yeah, it sure does. 21:30 And how can we interact with local rotary clubs 21:33 and other service organizations and this will help them become 21:40 part and parcel of the community. 21:42 And you know what it is, Manzoor. It's communication. 21:45 It's communication. It's community. 21:47 It's the love that you're saying that comes from the bible 21:50 and it's sharing that with other people. 21:52 Absolutely. It's huge. 21:53 And there are multitudes 21:55 and multitudes in the value of decision. 21:57 The potential is unlimited, you know. 22:02 Think about so many brothers and sisters out there 22:05 who don't know the Father, you know. 22:07 Oh, yes. It's mind boggling. 22:09 Mind boggling. Mind boggling. 22:10 But what a great idea to have a training center 22:13 and to have a place where people can come 22:14 and learn and be energized? 22:16 I'm sure for the Gospel Outreach workers to be there 22:18 and to interact with their-- you know, 22:20 their fellow Gospel Outreach workers to then go and say, 22:23 "Hey, what's going on in your area 22:25 and maybe I can try that in mine." 22:26 So the training will be manifested one. 22:29 The existing workers will come there, month at a time. 22:32 They will learn something, go back in practice, 22:35 then they come back, you know, they'll come six times. 22:38 And then the new workers will come six months straight 22:41 and they will learn the skills we have taught the other people. 22:45 And then the department heads from the division unions, 22:48 they can bring in their constituents. 22:50 For example, youth department 22:51 can bring all the young people there. Sure. 22:53 And train them region by region. Sure. 22:56 And woman's ministry can bring all the women 22:59 and teach them how to interact within their own community. 23:03 And there'll be another one that's called laity building, 23:06 the leadership building among laity. 23:09 And that's big. 23:10 Oh, laity is the key to spreading God's word. 23:13 That's big. Now sometime people say, 23:14 "Well, you know they're not educated so how can they help?" 23:19 But listen, their target population is the people 23:22 who are not educated and they do communicate. 23:25 And they do work with them. Yes. 23:27 So what we teach them, 23:29 they can share with the people within their own circle. 23:32 So there is no barrier to using anybody's skills whatsoever. 23:39 They're educated, they'll reach the educated, 23:41 they're young, and they'll reach the young people. 23:43 They're women, they'll reach the women. 23:44 And if they know nothing, 23:47 they will go ahead to reach those people who are illiterate. 23:51 And you put the Holy Spirit all in that and wow. 23:54 Absolutely, not by might, 23:56 not by power, but by my spirit says God. 23:59 Absolutely. 24:00 It's God's work and God is going to do it. 24:03 In Jeremiah, He says, 24:04 "Your ear will hear the voice behind you, 24:08 'This is the way, walk in it.'" 24:10 We can do that. 24:12 Manzoor, I'd like to have you look at the camera 24:14 and I'd like to ask you to appeal to our viewers 24:17 for the need of this training center. 24:20 Well, I am so excited about it and it is such an awesome, 24:26 awesome concept that we are part of such a big family, 24:30 the Seventh-day Adventist family and the Christian family 24:34 that is all around the world. 24:36 We are all in this together. We are all homesick for heaven. 24:41 We want to see Jesus come soon. 24:43 And there are so many brothers and sisters 24:46 who still don't know the Father. 24:48 And Father is standing there with arms stretched. 24:51 He is longing to hug and embrace 24:54 and welcome all of our brothers and sisters 24:57 from around the world. 24:58 And so whenever we have opportunity, 25:01 we want to participate, some must pray honestly 25:05 and make it in matter of prayer that God will remove 25:09 all the barriers from the path of our Gospel Outreach workers, 25:14 because many of them are working under 25:16 trying circumstances and under hard shapes, 25:19 under persecution and that your prayers will keep them safe. 25:24 And many must go, because if you can take off 25:27 from your work and go for a week, 25:30 two weeks, a month, two months, you would be sharing your life 25:35 and come back so energized 25:38 that your own spiritual climate will be so, 25:42 so wonderfully changed. 25:44 And some must give and those of us who can afford, 25:48 we must contribute to this work and it doesn't matter how much. 25:54 God is looking for a happy giver, 25:57 a cheerful giver as the Bible says. 25:59 And I suggest people do their family budget, 26:04 their personal budget in four steps. 26:07 The first one you write down everything 26:09 that you spent your money on last month 26:12 and then you take you take a red pen and red line 26:15 everything that you could have lived without. 26:18 I tell you, you will find lots of things 26:21 that we could have lived without. 26:22 Then you take a blue pen and go over the list 26:26 that's remaining and blue line everything 26:29 that you could have waited for, and then the third time, 26:33 you take a yellow pen and you take a look at that list again 26:41 and again go through what can you still 26:45 postpone for little while, 26:47 because you don't have to have it right now. 26:49 And I tell you then whatever is left 26:51 that is your really budget. 26:53 And you differentiate between your needs and your wants, 26:57 and this will actually tell you what your needs are. 27:00 If we are need driven, God has promised us 27:04 He will meet our needs. 27:05 And He will do that, He will do that. 27:07 Well, thank you so much 27:08 for sharing about the training center. 27:10 And we thank you for watching "Adventures in Missions" 27:12 and on behalf of Gospel Outreach, 27:14 I'm Julie Sanders Keymer and may the Lord bless you. 27:17 I need to spread the gospel here at home. 27:20 Where is the 10/40 Window anyway? 27:23 Those people live too far away. 27:26 Someone else can tell them about Jesus. 27:28 Maybe they could just watch TV. 27:32 Nearly three billion people to reach, my head hurt. 27:37 There's nothing I can do. 27:39 I give up. What's the point of trying? 27:42 I can't make a difference. 27:44 Actually, you can make a difference. 27:47 And Jesus asked you to go to all the world. 27:51 Where? All of the world. 27:54 How can I go, I have commitments? 27:57 You can pray. 27:59 You can volunteer your talents. 28:05 You can tell others. 28:07 You can give money to sponsor Bible workers. 28:10 Millions of people are searching for hope and meaning. 28:13 But they won't find it without you. 28:15 Be the spark. 28:16 Light the fire. Finish the work. 28:19 Finish the work. Be the spark! |
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