Participants: David Rose
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000502
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00:16 ANOTHER WARM GREETING TO ALL OF YOU DEAR FRIENDS WHO ARE A PART OF THE 00:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 00:25 REALLY THAT'S THE WAY WE THINK OF YOU. 00:27 WITHOUT YOU FOLKS THERE WOULD BE NO POINT IN US BEING HERE. 00:32 THERE WOULD BE NO GOSPEL OUTREACH ORGANIZATION THAT NEEDS TO BE OPERATED OUT 00:36 OF COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON. 00:37 IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NETWORK OF PEOPLE, THE FAMILY OF PEOPLE THE WORLD 00:42 AROUND WHO HAVE BECOME INSPIRED, EXCITED ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT MINISTRY. 00:51 REMEMBERING BRIEFLY, I RECALL FRANK STANYER. 00:57 I REMEMBER HIM AS THE FATHER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AND SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS 01:04 RESPONSE TO THE INSPIRATION GOD GAVE HIM, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN 01:08 THE INTERVENING 20 YEARS IS JUST REMARKABLE. 01:12 I WISH I HAD TIME TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH, BUT TODAY 01:18 WE'VE GOT EXCITING THINGS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 01:22 I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH MY FRIEND DWIGHT ROSE. 01:25 WELCOME DWIGHT. 01:27 HI DAN. 01:28 GLAD TO SEE YOU. 01:29 I JUST CANNOT RESIST DWIGHT LETTING THE FOLKS KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE 01:34 SOME KIND OF A SPECIAL CONNECTION. 01:37 I DIDN'T MEET HIM UNTIL A GOSPEL OUTREACH ENCOUNTER, BUT IN REALITY I KIND OF 01:45 KNEW WHO HE WAS BECAUSE HE AND I HAD A COMMON CONNECTION IN A WONDERFUL 01:53 YOUNG LADY AT THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHURCH. 01:57 YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I'M A PART-TIME ASSOCIATE PASTOR THERE. 02:01 ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AT LOMA LINDA IS DWIGHT ROSE'S DAUGHTER. 02:06 SHE IS SHAWNA LYNNE CAMPBELL. 02:10 SHE IS MINISTER FOR CHILDREN'S MINISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY CHURCH. 02:18 IF YOU SEE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHURCH ON TELEVISION AND THAT LOVELY 02:24 YOUNG LADY WHO OFTEN DOES THE CHILDREN'S FEATURE OR OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, SHE 02:28 IS DWIGHT ROSE'S DAUGHTER, SHANNA LYNNE CAMPBELL. 02:33 WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HER MINISTRY, AND I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY FOR HER 02:38 MINISTRY. 02:39 OH YES. 02:40 IT'S REALLY A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN HER LIFE, AND SHE JUST LOVES IT. 02:46 WELL WE LOVE HER I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 02:48 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR HER MINISTRY AND HER HUSBAND'S MINISTRY. 02:53 KIRK IS SUCH A MARVELOUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO OUR 03:00 CHURCH AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS THERE AS WELL. 03:04 HOW DO YOU STAY AWAY? 03:06 WELL, IT'S HARD. 03:07 IT'S REALLY NICE TO COME TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SPEND SOME TIME. 03:11 WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY TIME YOU'LL BE THERE. 03:15 YOU ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH DWIGHT. 03:18 I WILL JUST SAY INITIALLY THAT DWIGHT ROSE IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR GOSPEL 03:28 OUTREACH CANADA. 03:31 GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW. 03:32 WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN WE SAY GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA? 03:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF AFRICA, AND THAT'S A 03:46 PRETTY BIG TERRITORY. 03:48 THERE ARE 54 COUNTRIES AND A COUPLE OF TERRITORIES. 03:55 THERE ARE MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE. 03:59 MANY, MANY, MANY OF THEM DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JESUS. 04:05 WHEN WE SAY RESPONSIBLE FOR AFRICA, THAT MEANS YOU'RE LEADERSHIP IN 04:13 CANADA TELLS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH STORY ACROSS CANADA FOR THE PURPOSE OF 04:19 ENCOURAGING BELIEVERS IN CANADA TO BE A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 04:24 THAT'S THE REASON WHEN WE PUT UP THE ADDRESS AND SO FORTH ON THE SCREEN, ALSO 04:30 THERE IS AN ADDRESS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA, AN EMAIL ADDRESS, ALL THE 04:36 INFORMATION. 04:37 IT IS TO YOU THAT ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS GET DIRECTED WITH RESPECT TO 04:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 04:45 YES, AND OUR TEAM. 04:46 WE DON'T HAVE A PHYSICAL OFFICE. 04:49 WE WORK OUT OF OUR HOMES BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE MARVELOUS THINGS ABOUT 04:55 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 04:56 THE OVERHEAD IS SO LOW THAT WE CAN SEND MOST OF THE DOLLAR TO THE FRONT 05:03 LINES WHERE IT BELONGS. 05:05 WE WANT TO REACH EVERY CHURCH IN CANADA AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT GOSPEL 05:14 OUTREACH AND HAVE THEM BECOME A SUPPORTER OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 05:17 THE WHOLE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORLD DESERVES TO KNOW THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH 05:23 CANADA IS VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT IN THE OPERATION OF GOSPEL 05:28 OUTREACH BECAUSE WITHOUT CANADA, THE WORK THAT IS DONE THROUGHOUT THE GOSPEL 05:33 OUTREACH WORLD COULDN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED. 05:35 SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DWIGHT. 05:38 I KNOW YOU ARE LEADING BASED UPON THE HISTORIC LEADING OF A NUMBER OF 05:44 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED DEVELOP THE WORK IN CANADA. 05:50 I AM AWARE THAT YOU ARE A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN 05:58 INVOLVED WITH MINISTRY IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR A NUMBER OF 06:02 YEARS. 06:03 YOU'RE A FOREIGN MISSIONARY. 06:04 YOU'VE BEEN A FOREIGN MISSIONARY SO TO SPEAK. 06:07 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A MISSIONARY. 06:10 I'M A TEACHER. 06:12 MY WIFE AND I ARE TEACHERS, SO WE WENT OVERSEAS TO LEBANON FIRST 06:21 OF ALL. 06:22 WE SPENT SEVEN YEARS THERE TEACHING IN OUR SCHOOLS. 06:26 THE LAST MISSION APPOINTMENT WAS IN EGYPT FOR TEN YEARS. 06:32 WE WERE PRINCIPAL OF NILE UNION ACADEMY. 06:36 THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 06:38 I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU COULD GET THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING IN A CORNER WITH 06:49 DWIGHT AND HIS WIFE THEY COULD TELL YOU WONDERFUL EXCITING MISSION STORIES 06:58 FROM THOSE 17 YEARS HE'S JUST MADE BRIEF REFERENCE TO AND TALK ABOUT NAMES 07:04 AND FACES AND PEOPLE AFTER WHOM YOUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WILL THEY. 07:12 THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 07:14 THESE HAVE BEEN THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE YEARS WE SPENT IN THE 07:21 MISSION FIELD. 07:22 BUT YOU'RE STILL IN THE MISSION FIELD. 07:24 WE'RE STILL IN A MISSION VIELD AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE PART OF GOSPEL 07:28 OUTREACH. 07:30 YOU KNOW DAN, AS MANY PEOPLE WATCH THIS PROGRAM I'M SURE THE AVERAGE 07:39 ADVENTIST IS WONDERING JUST WHICH MINISTRY DO I ADOPT. 07:44 THERE ARE SO MANY MINISTRIES. 07:46 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IS LITERALLY BURSTING WITH MINISTRIES, AND I'M SURE 07:52 GOD IS VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 07:54 WELL, IT'S A PART OF OUR DNA TO RESPOND TO THE GOSPEL COMMISSION AND 08:01 EVERY POSSIBILITY THAT OCCURS TO US SOMEBODY SAYS"YES, LET'S DO THAT, 08:06 LET'S DO THAT." 08:07 SO WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF MINISTRIES. 08:10 SOME OF THEM ARE THESE BIG PUBLIC MINISTRIES LIKE TV AND RADIO AND MEDICAL 08:18 MINISTRIES, ADRA AND ALL OF THAT. 08:21 BUT MANY INDIVIDUAL ADVENTISTS ARE SEEING A NEED HERE, AN ORPHANAGE 08:29 THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT UP, SOME SCHOOLS, AND THEY ARE TAKING ON THESE 08:34 MINISTRIES. 08:35 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS JUST MOVING UPON THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE. 08:40 I THINK OF THAT TEXT IN JOEL 2:28 YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, YOUR 08:47 OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS. 08:50 THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH TODAY. 08:54 WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF MINISTRIES. 09:00 IN A SENSE IT'S SORT OF A PROBLEM TO CHURCH MEMBERS BECAUSE WHICH MINISTRY DO 09:05 I SUPPORT. 09:06 I CAN'T SUPPORT THEM ALL. 09:08 I UNDERSTAND. 09:09 THERE'S SUCH A NEED, AND THEY ARE ALL DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. 09:14 WHICH MINISTRY SHALL I SUPPORT. 09:17 SO WE COME RIGHT DOWN TO WHY SHOULD WE SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 09:21 THAT'S IT. 09:22 I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 09:29 MINISTRY IS QUITE UNIQUE, QUITE UNIQUE. 09:33 FIRST OF ALL THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT MOST MISSIONS ARE FOCUSED ON 09:43 LANDS THAT ARE ALREADY CHRISTIAN. 09:46 BUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THAT. 09:50 GOSPEL OUTREACH FOCUSES ON THE 10/40 WINDOW WHERE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY, 09:56 LIKE 97% OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE. 10:02 THIS IS THE AREA OF ISLAM, THIS IS THE AREA OF HINDUISM, OF BUDDHISM AND 10:06 ALL KINDS OF RELIGIONS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO CHRISTIANITY. 10:10 MANY, MANY POPULATIONS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME JESUS. 10:18 YES. 10:20 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN, I THINK, VERY WELL TARGETED IN FOCUSING ON 10:28 THAT AREA. 10:29 THAT'S ONE GOOD THING TO KEEP IN MIND. 10:31 AND THE POPULATION IN THAT SO CALLED 10/40 WINDOW FROM CHINA ON ONE SIDE TO 10:44 WEST AFRICA ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVE IN 10:51 THAT 10/40 WINDOW. 10:52 YES, OVER FOUR BILLION PEOPLE AND 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD THE 10:59 NAME OF JESUS. 11:00 IMAGINE, IT'S NOT 2.8 MILLION, ITS 2.8 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE NOT PERSONALLY 11:05 HEARD THE STORY OF JESUS AND KNOW WHAT JESUS IS ALL ABOUT. 11:11 WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THAT. 11:14 THE GOSPEL COMMISSION SAYS THIS GOSPEL SHALL BE PREACHED, THEN SHALL THE 11:20 END COME. 11:21 I KNOW THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD TAKE ISSUE WITH ME, BUT I THINK THAT SAYS THAT 11:28 UNTIL JESUS IS INTRODUCED IN ALL THE WORLD, HE CAN'T COME. 11:34 HE'S NOT GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS. 11:39 SO THOSE OF US WHO DO HAVE THE INSPIRING CALL ON OUR LIVES TO TAKE JESUS TO THE 11:48 WORLD. 11:49 WE NEED MANY, MANY MORE EVANGELISTS OUT THERE. 11:52 BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A GOOD START. 11:56 THEN ANOTHER GOOD THING THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES THAT I'M SO PROUD OF IS 12:02 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH FOCUSES WITHIN THOSE VAST GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, IT 12:09 FOCUSES ON THE NEW UNENTERED AREAS. 12:12 FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WORKS WITH THE CHURCH. 12:14 YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT FRONT DOOR, BACK DOOR. 12:18 THEY COME IN THE FRONT DOOR, THEY STAY FOR A MONTH OR TWO AND THEIR OUT 12:31 THE BACK DOOR BEFORE YOU CAN TURN AROUND TWICE. 12:35 BUT WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THERE IS A WORKER THERE FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO 12:41 NOT ONLY BRING THE PERSON INTO THE TRUTH AND TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS BUT THEN 12:47 TO STAY BY AND NURTURE THEM WITHIN THE CHURCH, WITHIN THEIR CHRISTIAN 12:51 EXPERIENCE AND SEE SOME CHRISTIAN GROWTH TAKE PLACE. 12:55 I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. 12:59 I'M GLAD YOU EMPHASIZED THAT DWIGHT BECAUSE HISTORICALLY IT HAS 13:06 POSSIBLY BEEN THAT SOMEBODY COMES AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL EXCITING 13:13 PROGRAM AND PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED AND THEY COME WITH WOW AND THEY KIND OF 13:20 LEAVE WITH WOW AND THEN THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME WITH THIS PRESENTATION 13:25 WITH ALL THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR AND WHATEVER, LEAVE TOWN. 13:29 BUT YOU'RE EMPHASIZING THAT A PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH DIVINE GENIUS IS 13:38 BUILDING COMMUNITY. 13:41 AND THAT CAN'T BE DONE IN THREE WEEKS. 13:43 IT TAKES THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND THAT'S THE DESIGN OF THE GOSPEL 13:48 OUTREACH APPROACH. 13:49 AS YOU SAY, IT'S A DIVINE DESIGN. 13:53 THIS HAS BEEN GOD'S WILL. 13:58 PERHAPS THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M INTERESTED IN GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THAT 14:04 THE BEST PERSON TO USE AS THE PREACHER IS A NATIONAL WORKER, AN INDIGENOUS 14:15 WORKER. 14:16 IT'S GREAT FOR ME TO GO OVER TO EGYPT BUT I WAS THERE TEN YEARS AND I 14:22 NEVER WAS ABLE TO PREACH OR GIVE A BIBLE STUDY IN ARABIC. 14:27 IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE TRANSLATED. 14:31 SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY "OH, THIS IS A FOREIGN RELIGION. 14:35 LOOK IT'S COMING TO US FROM AMERICA. 14:38 IT'S COMING TO US FROM ENGLAND. 14:40 IT'S COMING TO US FROM THE WEST. 14:42 THIS IS NOT OUR RELIGION. 14:44 LET'S STICK WITH OUR RELIGION." 14:46 BUT WHEN NATIONALS TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE WITHIN 14:53 THEIR OWN CULTURE THAT TAKES AWAY THAT ARGUMENT. 14:55 NATIONALS ARE ABLE TO DO A WORK THAT EXPATRIATES CANNOT DO. 15:00 YOU KNOW THERE IS SOME NEED FOR EXPATRIATE WORKERS IN MISSION WORK, 15:14 BUT IN MOST CASES THE INDIGENOUS WORKER IS THE ONE. 15:20 THIS IS WHAT FRANK STANYER SAW WHEN HE WORKED IN THE PHILIPPINES THOSE MANY 15:26 YEARS AGO. 15:28 THERE ARE GOOD FILIPINOS WHO KNOW THE BIBLE JUST AS WELL AS I KNOW IT. 15:34 WHY CAN'T THEY REACH THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 15:37 THEY KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE IT BETTER THAN I KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE 15:40 IT TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 15:41 THAT'S RIGH, THAT'S RIGHT. 15:43 THEY CAN WALK INTO A VILLAGE AND TALK TO THE VILLAGE ELDERS AND GET THE 15:47 PERMISSION TO PREACH. 15:50 YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE VILLAGE ENDS UP BECOMING ADVENTIST. 15:54 WE EXPATRIATES ARE NOT ABLE TO DO AMAZING THINGS LIKE THAT. 15:58 YOU KNOW, YOU REMIND ME THAT THE HISTORY OF MISSIONS HAS BEEN 16:10 PRIMARILY, WE WESTERNERS WHO HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE DIVINE PROCLAMATION OF 16:22 THE GOSPEL IN THE TERRITORY OF THE WEST WHERE THERE WAS FREEDOM OF 16:29 THOUGHT AND RELIGION, FAITH, WHATEVER. 16:32 WE HAVE EXPORTED TO OTHER COUNTRIES, AND GOD HAS BLESSED IN REMARKABLE 16:37 WAYS. 16:38 SO MUCH OF GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY IS IN INDIA NOW. 16:43 I HAVE HAD THE BLESSING OF KNOWING LOTS OF THOSE EARLY MISSIONARIES TO 16:50 INDIA AND THE REMARKABLE WORK THEY DID. 16:53 BUT THEY WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH TEN 16:57 PEOPLE, SO TO SPEAK. 16:59 WHEREAS TODAY WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH APPROACH THESE INDIGENOUS WORKERS, 17:01 IT'S JUST A NEIGHBOR WHO IS VISITING THE NEIGHBORS AND THERE IS AN ACCEPTANCE 17:13 LIKE WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED. 17:15 IN FACT I HAD THE SAD OCCASION TO MINISTER TO A COUPLE OF OLD-TIME 17:24 MISSIONARIES TO INDIA. 17:28 THEY REMEMBERED THEIR EARLY DAYS IN INDIA. 17:35 THEY KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH NOW. 17:38 I REMEMBER ONE DEAR MAN PAST 90 YEARS OF AGE LYING ON HIS BED WHERE HE DIED 17:46 NOT TOO LONG AFTER, SHAKING HIS HEAD. 17:50 HE SAID "I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT PRAISE THE LORD." 17:55 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE MINISTRY OF THE 21ST CENTURY. 18:00 I BELIEVE IT'S A DIVINE DESIGN. 18:05 AND YOU KNOW DAN, ANOTHER ASPECT THAT REALLY ATTRACTED ME TO GOSPEL 18:09 OUTREACH WAS THE FACT THAT THE OVERHEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS SO LOW. 18:17 NONE OF THE WORKERS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IN DEVELOPING IN WESTERN 18:19 LANDS, NONE OF THEM GET A SALARY. 18:21 NOT EVEN THE PRESIDENT GETS A SALARY. 18:33 YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL HAPPY TO WORK AS VOLUNTEERS. 18:38 WE SAY GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS NO EMPLOYEES. 18:45 IT'S AMAZING AND NO RETIREMENT PLAN. 18:49 THE MONEY THAT A PERSON GIVES TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 90 PLUS PERCENT OF IT GETS 18:57 TO THE ACTUAL TARGET PLACE. 19:00 THE ONLY PERSON THAT GETS A SALARY IS THE GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELIST IN THE 19:06 FIELD. 19:08 I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. 19:09 THE REASON THEY DON'T GET 100 PERCENT TO GO THERE IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME 19:16 LIGHTS ON HERE AND WE'VE GOT SOME CAMERAS RUNNING HERE AND WE'VE GOT OTHER 19:22 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TELLING THE STORY, BUT IT'S STILL MINIMAL IN 19:28 COMPARISON TO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WHOLE DOLLAR. 19:32 LET'S FACE IT, GOSPEL OUTREACH REALIZES THAT ONCE A YEAR THEY NEED TO 19:39 SEND OVER TO THESE FIELDS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO CHECK ON EVERYTHING TO 19:45 MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL SO THAT THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL, 19:52 AND THAT COSTS JUST US A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S STILL A VERY SMALL AMOUNT. 19:57 THE OVERHEAD COST FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH IS VERY, VERY LOW. 20:02 IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS A REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO GO FOR 20:07 ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES, BUT THOSE WORKERS OVER THERE NEED TO KNOW THAT 20:13 THEY ARE A PART OF A WORLD ORGANIZATION THAT IS PRAYING FOR THEM, THAT IS 20:16 SUPPORTING THEM AND THAT IS ENCOURAGING THEM. 20:18 REGIONAL DIRECTORS GO AND DO TRAINING TO HELP IN WHATEVER WAY THEY CAN. 20:25 YES, IT'S WONDERFUL. 20:27 YOU KNOW, IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THAT SINCE GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN IN THE 20:32 EARLY 1990S OVER A MILLION SOULS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE LORD INTO THE 20:40 ADVENTIST CHURCH BY GOSPEL OUTREACH EVANGELISTS. 20:42 THAT'S AMAZING. 20:46 WHAT ANY MINISTRY CAN SAY ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT. 20:54 DO YOU KNOW DWIGHT THE LATEST FIGURES? 20:57 I DIDN'T ASK ANYBODY ELSE. 21:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH STARTED WITH ONE WORKER IN 1993, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME 21:07 CORRECTLY. 21:09 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING WAS FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH TO SUPPORT 21:14 THAT ONE WORKER. 21:15 HOW MANY WORKERS, ABOUT, ARE THERE IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK NOW. 21:21 THERE ARE ABOUT TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED. 21:25 AND IN HOW MANY COUNTRIES? 21:27 THERE WAS ONE COUNTRY IN THE BEGINNING. 21:29 NOW WERE IN ABOUT FIFTY COUNTRIES. 21:34 FOLKS, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU GET TO BE A PART OF THAT KIND OF IMPORTANT, 21:41 EVEN DRAMATIC GROWTH OF THE OUTREACH OF THE GOSPEL HERE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 21:47 THANK YOU. 21:48 RIGHT NOW YOU SEE ALL THE INFORMATION AGAIN ON THE SCREEN. 21:52 I WANT TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY TO JOT THAT DOWN AND PARTICULARLY 21:57 NOTICE GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA. 21:59 THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO BE AIRED ACROSS CANADA SO WE WANT YOU FOLKS, ALL OF YOU 22:04 TO KNOW THAT THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 22:09 ARE THERE OTHER THINGS YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH? 22:11 I'M VERY PLEASED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 22:25 CANADA TEAM. 22:26 DO YOU HAVE WORKERS IN ALL FIFTY FOUR COUNTRIES THEN? 22:28 NO WE DON'T. 22:29 WE'RE ONLY WORKING IN ABOUT FOURTEEN COUNTRIES SO FAR. 22:33 SO THERE'S A HUGE CHALLENGE. 22:35 THERE'S A HUGE CHALLENGE. 22:37 WE NEED WORKERS. 22:38 WE NEED TO GET INTO ALL KINDS OF NEW COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT HEARD. 22:45 THERE ARE MANY DARK AREAS IN AFRICA THAT HAVE BEEN UNREACHED. 22:51 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA HAS 132 OF THE TWENTY TWO HUNDRED WORKERS, THEY ARE 22:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH CANADA WORKERS, BUT WE NEED THOUSANDS MORE. 23:09 I'VE HEARD FROM INDIA FOR EXAMPLE AND OTHER AREAS THAT THE AVERAGE SUPPORT 23:16 FOR AN INDIGENOUS WORKER IS ABOUT $150.00. 23:22 IS THAT FIGURE IN AFRICA AS WELL? 23:24 IN AFRICA WE FEEL IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THAT. 23:30 IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT A WORKER IN AFRICA IT'S $170.00. 23:35 I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT SOME OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS CANNOT THINK OF 23:41 THAT. 23:42 THAT IS TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THEM, SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GIVE 23:49 WHAT THEY CAN. 23:50 EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. 23:52 IF THEY ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ADOPT A WORKER, THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED A 23:58 WORKER, THEY WILL RECEIVE HIS INFORMATION, HIS NAME, HIS WORK, A PICTURE AND 24:05 STORIES ABOUT HIM EVERY QUARTER. 24:08 THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT DWIGHT. 24:10 THROUGHOUT THESE PROGRAMS THAT I GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SEASON I'VE TRIED 24:16 TO UNDERSCORE THIS GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM. 24:23 WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED, RECOGNIZING THAT AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY 24:30 MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE THE SUPPORT OR THE ADOPTION OF A WORKER 24:35 THEMSELVES, I'VE SAID DO IT AS A SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS. 24:39 DO IT WITH THE NEIGHBORS. 24:40 OR IF YOU ARE OF AGES LIKE I AM AND YOU'VE GOT CHILDREN WHY NOT MAKE IT A 24:47 LARGER FAMILY UNDERTAKING. 24:50 THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS IS, AS YOU HAVE JUST MADE REFERENCE, WHEN YOU 24:58 AND I'M SPEAKING TO YOU FOLKS WHO ARE A PART OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY 25:01 THERE IN TELEVISION, IF YOU ADOPT A WORKER YOU'LL KNOW THAT WORKERS NAME AND 25:07 YOU WILL EVEN AT SOME POINT GET TO SEE THAT WORKER'S PICTURE AND YOU 25:12 WILL GET VIA EMAIL PREFERABLY I THINK, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET 25:18 FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR WORKER IN THAT PARTICULAR 25:25 FIELD. 25:26 YOU WILL HAVE SPECIFIC OCCASION TO PRAY FOR YOUR WORKER AND THE WORK THAT 25:32 SHE OR HE MAY BE DOING THERE. 25:35 SOME FINAL WORDS? 25:36 HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACH THIS EXPANDING WORLD? 25:46 DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD EXPANDS BY ABOUT 80 25:53 MILLION PEOPLE. 25:55 THAT'S MORE THAN TWO CANADA'S, MORE THAN TWO NEW CANADA'S ARE FORMED 26:03 EVERY YEAR. 26:04 THAT'S THE NET GAIN. 26:05 THAT'S AFTER THE DEATHS ARE SUBTRACTED. 26:07 EIGHTY MILLION NEW PEOPLE. 26:15 HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT? 26:17 WE NEED A GOSPEL OUTREACH EXPLOSION. 26:19 WE NEED A GOSPEL OUTREACH EXPLOSION. 26:21 I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE ONE OF OUR LEADERS DWIGHT. 26:29 YOU ARE LEADING THE CHARGE. 26:31 AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU FOLKS WHO JOIN US IN THESE PROGRAMS THAT 26:37 YOU ARE RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR LEADERS ARE PROVIDING FOR 26:41 US. 26:42 THANK YOU DWIGHT FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 26:44 GOD BLESS YOU, YOUR FAMILY. 26:47 AND GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR SABBATH SCHOOL CLASSES, 26:51 WHOMEVER YOUR ASSOCIATION IS IN THE GOSPEL OUTREACH FAMILY. 26:57 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 27:07 [CLOSING MUSIC] I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 27:18 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 27:22 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 27:24 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 27:27 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 27:31 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 27:34 MY HEAD HURTS. 27:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 27:38 I GIVE UP. 27:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 27:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 27:45 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 27:51 WHERE? 27:52 ALL THE WORLD. 27:53 HOW CAN I GO? 27:54 I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 27:55 YOU CAN PRAY. 27:57 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 28:02 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 28:06 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 28:09 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 28:12 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 28:14 BE THE SPARK. 28:15 LIGHT THE FIRE. 28:22 FINISH THE WORK. |
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