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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000593A
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00:16 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT BECAUSE YOU ARE TRAVELING 00:22 TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF INDIA. 00:25 AND I SAY WORLD OF INDIA BECAUSE INDIA HAS SO MANY FANTASTIC THINGS GOING ON 00:30 IN ITS COUNTRY. 00:31 IT IS ALMOST LIKE A WORLD. 00:32 AND WE HAVE OUR REGIONAL DIRECTOR MANZOOR MASSEY HERE WITH US. 00:35 DID I DESCRIBE INDIA WELL? 00:38 YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. 00:40 SO MANZOOR YOU HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN INDIA BECAUSE WHY. 00:46 WELL I WAS BORN THERE. 00:47 THAT'S ONE GOOD LINK I HAVE WITH INDIA AND JESUS IS COMING SOON. 00:55 VERY SOON. 00:56 AND INDIA HAS 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HEAR THAT. 01:01 ONE POINT TWO BILLION. 01:03 BILLION WITH A "B". 01:05 CAPITAL "B". 01:06 A THOUSAND MILLION MAKE A BILLION AND WE HAVE 1.2 BILLION. 01:11 BY 2020 INDIA WILL SURPASS THE POPULATION OF CHINA. 01:17 WOW. 01:18 AND THAT'S COMING UP SOON. 01:19 IT'S COMING SOON. 01:20 AND INDIA ESPECIALLY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW 01:24 ABOUT THE LIVING GOD BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY. 01:27 HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF GODS DO THEY HAVE IN HINDUISM? 01:30 AS MANY PEOPLE. 01:31 YES. 01:32 SERIOUSLY. 01:33 EVERYBODY HAS A GOD OF THEIR OWN UNDER THEIR TREE OR INSIDE THE HOUSE. 01:40 INDIA IS A MECCA FOR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS. 01:43 SO YOU'RE ON A MISSION TO HELP YOUR ORIGINAL HOME LAND LEARN MORE ABOUT 01:50 JESUS. 01:52 AND I'M INVITING PEOPLE TO JOIN ME TO SAVE THE WORLD ONE SOUL AT A TIME. 01:58 ABSOLUTELY AND THAT'S WHAT THE GREAT COMMISSION IS ALL ABOUT. 02:00 SO YOUR PARTICULAR AREA OF INDIA? 02:03 WE HAVE A MAP SO VIEWERS CAN SEE THAT SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE A PEEK AT THAT. 02:07 THIS IS INDIA AND MY PARTICULAR AREA IS THE SOUTHERN PART. 02:13 IT IS ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANDHRA PRADESH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE 02:21 FIRST STATES WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION. 02:27 WE HAVE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION 02:33 OR INDIA, WHICH IS MOSTLY INDIA, THEY LIVE IN MY TERRITORY. 02:38 IN YOUR TERRITORY. 02:39 AND WHAT COLOR SO THE VIEWERS CAN SEE. 02:41 THAT'S THE WHOLE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA? 02:44 YES. 02:45 OK SO KIND OF THAT PEACHY COLOR AND LIGHT GREEN AND ALL OF THAT. 02:47 RIGHT IN THAT AREA. 02:48 SO INDIA IS MADE UP INTO THESE STATES. 02:51 YES, THERE ARE 18 STATES AT THIS TIME ALMOST 19. 03:02 SO SHARE WITH US IS CHRISTIANITY GROWING? 03:06 ARE PEOPLE INTERESTED? 03:07 IS THERE A HUNGER FOR SOMETHING NEW? 03:09 DO THEY SAY WELL WE HAVE ALL THESE GODS AND HOW CAN I GO TO JUST ONE GOD. 03:21 I MEAN IS THAT A HARD CONCEPT FOR THEM. 03:23 LET ME EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT BY SHOWING SOME OF THE SLIDES. 03:25 PERFECT. 03:26 I HAVE SOME INFORMATION. 03:27 I'M CALLING IT FOR THIS PRESENTATION AS "NEW INDIA." 03:29 AND PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED IN THAT. 03:31 THE POPULATION OF INDIA IS 1.2 BILLION. 03:33 SIXTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 30. 03:35 SIXTY PERCENT. 03:36 SIXTY PERCENT AND FIFTY PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 15. 03:39 WOW. 03:41 SO IT IS A VERY VERY YOUNG NATION. 03:44 WHEREVER YOU GO PEOPLE ARE WALKING WITH THEIR CELL PHONES. 03:47 AND INDIA IS REALLY A CAPITAL SO TO SPEAK FOR SOCIAL MEDIA. 03:53 MANY OF THE LARGE CORPORATIONS THEY HAVE THEIR OUTSOURCING WITH 03:58 INDIA. 03:59 WELL YES, CALL CENTERS. 04:00 YOU CALL AN AIRLINE AND THEY ARE IN INDIA. 04:02 YOU CALL COMPUTER SUPPORT AND THEY ARE IN INDIA. 04:05 IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST GROWING ECONOMY OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. 04:08 PLUS THERE'S CHINA. 04:11 AND THE LARGEST FILM INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD, BOLLYWOOD, AHEAD EVEN OF 04:15 HOLLYWOOD. 04:16 YES, BOLLYWOOD. 04:18 AND THE WORLD SOCIAL MEDIA CENTER, NEW GOVERNMENT INTERESTINGLY VERY VERY 04:25 DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT THAN WE HAD FOR DECADES, AND THE FADING GRIP OF 04:30 RELIGION. 04:30 NOW WHY IS IT THE WORLD SOCIAL MEDIA CENTER? 04:33 WHY DO YOU SAY THAT, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? 04:35 THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF ALL THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES IN SOFTWARE 04:41 ENGINEERING. 04:42 EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES WE HAVE LITERALLY PROBABLY OVER 50 THOUSAND, 100 04:49 THOUSAND IN SOME AREAS PEOPLE FROM INDIA WHO ARE RUNNING THE SOFTWARE 04:54 COMPANIES. 04:55 AND SO MUCH OUTSOURCING IS TAKING PLACE WITH INDIA. 04:59 WELL BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH AND ALSO PROBABLY WAGES ARE A LOT 05:07 LOWER THAN HERE. 05:08 A LOT LESS. 05:09 YOU COULD PAY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, MAYBE NOT EVEN A THOUSAND, MAYBE EIGHT 05:14 HUNDRED FOR THE WHOLE MONTH FOR AN ENGINEER, COMPUTER ENGINEER. 05:18 FOR A COMPUTER ENGINEER. 05:20 AND HERE YOU WILL PAY $90.00 AN HOUR OR MORE PLUS BENEFITS. 05:25 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 05:26 SO ECONOMICALLY IT'S VERY VERY LUCERATIVE FOR THE SOFTWARE COMPANIES HERE. 05:31 AND ALSO THE EXPANSION OF SECULARISM, RAPIDLY EXPANDING MIDDLE CLASS, 05:37 GREATER CHALLENGES WITH AFFLUENCE. 05:40 THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE HERE, INDIA IS GOING THROUGH THAT. 05:43 AND EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEAKENING TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS 05:49 CONTROL. 05:50 NOW WHY DO YOU SAY THE WEAKENING TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS CONTROL? 05:52 WHY IS THAT? 05:53 WELL ANYTIME WE BECOME A GLOBAL VILLAGE YOU ARE LOOKING AT HOW THE OTHER 06:00 WORLD LIVES AND HOW THE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE. 06:03 AND SO THE WHOLE COUNTRY ALMOST BECOMES LIKE ONE GLOBAL VILLAGE. 06:09 AND SO THERE IS NO LONGER THE OLD FAMILY TRADITIONS. 06:16 I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE TRADITIONS. 06:18 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:19 IN THE OLDEN DAYS IF YOU WERE A CARPENTER YOUR SON WOULD BE A CARPENTER. 06:23 YOU PASS IT ON GENERATION TO GENERATION. 06:25 THAT'S RIGHT. 06:26 AND NOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 06:27 AND SO THE WHOLE THING IS JUST CHANGING RAPIDLY. 06:30 THE IMPLICATION FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH I WANTED TO MENTION, AS INDIA IS 06:35 CHANGING FAMILY AND POPULATION GROUPS, APPROACHES NEED TO BE 06:43 IMPLEMENTED AND SOCIAL MEDIA BASED APPROACHES. 06:46 MASS MOBILIZATION. 06:48 WE CAN NO LONGER JUST PICK AND CHOOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE FAMILIES TO SHARE 06:55 THE MESSAGE. 06:57 WE NEED TO HAVE FAMILY BASED APPROACHES OTHERWISE WE CREATE SUCH A CONFUSION 07:01 WITHIN THE FAMILY. 07:02 IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE A FACEBOOK IN INDIA BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER COUNTRIES 07:07 HAVE THEIR OWN FACE BOOK. 07:09 BUT IS THERE A FACEBOOK JUST FOR INDIA OR DO THEY USE REGULAR FACEBOOK FOR 07:16 SOCIAL NETWORKING? 07:17 NO, THEY HAVE REGULAR FACEBOOK BUT THERE WILL BE INDIAN AND-----WHO HAVE 07:21 STARTED THEIR OWN FACEBOOK. 07:23 SO WHY IS THE GENERATION, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE. 07:30 IS THE OLDER GENERATION I MEAN ARE WE BECAUSE OF THE BABY BOOM AND ALL OF THAT. 07:38 HAS THAT BEEN AFFECTED IN INDIA? 07:40 WHY IS THIS? 07:41 NO I THINK IT'S THE POPULATION GROWTH AND POPULATION GROWTH IS 07:46 ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. 07:48 WE THOUGHT PERHAPS INDIA WAS GOING TO BE CURBING DOWN THE POPULATION GROWTH 07:53 BUT IT SEEMS LIKE INDIA IS JUST-PEOPLE ARE HAVING CHILDREN. 07:58 PEOPLE ARE HAVING CHILDREN. 08:00 IT MAY ALSO BE PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT. 08:03 EVEN THOUGH INDIA IS THE LARGEST ECONOMY, ONE OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIES IN 08:08 THE WORLD, TRADITIONAL LIFESTYLE IN THE VILLAGES IS STILL THE SAME AND SO 08:16 PROCREATION SOMETIMES IS THE ONLY RECREATION IN MANY PLACES. 08:21 YES, SURE. 08:22 SO THIS REALLY IS A NEW INDIA. 08:24 IT IS A NEW INDIA. 08:25 THIS IS A NEW INDIA COMPARED TO YOU KNOW YOUR GENERATION. 08:29 NOW YOU'RE MAKING ME LOOK OLD. 08:31 NO, NO AND I'M GOING TO SAY EVEN PROBABLY MY GENERATION IN INDIA. 08:35 THERE YOU GO. 08:36 BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THIS, HOW IT'S CHANGING EVEN FROM YOUR 08:41 PERSPECTIVE OF YOU KNOW GOING BACK AFTER LIVING HERE IN AMERICA. 08:44 YES AND WHEN I VISIT MY VILLAGE FOR EXAMPLE I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. 08:49 THE WHOLE GENERATION HAS CHANGED AND I WILL ALWAYS TAKE MY BROTHER WITH ME 08:54 WHEN I'M VISITING MY VILLAGE BECAUSE HE WILL LINK ME WITH THE PREVIOUS 09:01 GENERATION AND THEN HE WILL SAY WELL THIS IS SO 'N SOS GRANDCHILD, SO 'N 09:06 SOS SON WHATEVER. 09:07 THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. 09:11 SO THIS IS GOING TO CALL FOR A VERY VERY NEW APPROACH. 09:14 I WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR SLIDES. 09:17 I AM PROPOSING SPECIALIZED APPROACHES NOW FOR THE GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE 09:24 I'M FINDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME METHODOLOGY FOR SO LONG. 09:31 BASICALLY OUR MESSAGES HAVE BEEN AIMED AT ADULT MALE THROUGH ADULT MALES 09:40 AND I THINK THOSE APPROACHES ARE NO LONGER TO BE APPROPRIATE OR 09:44 EFFECTIVE I SHOULD SAY. 09:45 WE NEED TO CONTINUE THOSE BUT THE EFFECTIVENESS WILL BE WANING. 09:49 SO WE ARE PROPOSING IN MY AREA YOUTH TO YOUTH. 09:56 GOOD. 09:57 BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS SO DIVERSE AND YOUNG NOW, YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO 10:01 CONNECT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. 10:03 THEN WOMEN TO WOMEN. 10:05 MOST OF OUR CHURCHES ARE POPULATED BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 10:11 AND YET OUR APPROACH HAS NOT DIFFERED. 10:13 WE STILL HAVE HAD THE SAME OLD APPROACHES. 10:15 AND THEN BUSINESS PERSON TO BUSINESS PERSON. 10:19 BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I CALL PEER EDUCATION. 10:22 I USED TO DO THAT EVEN WHEN I WAS WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC 10:26 HEALTH. 10:27 THE PEER EDUCATION IS ALWAYS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR, 10:35 TO TRANSFER THE INFORMATION THROUGH PEERS. 10:39 WELL BECAUSE YOU'RE INTERACTING AT WORK AND YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE, 10:41 ABSOLUTELY. 10:43 AND SO I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE TO GO OVER, IMPLICATIONS FOR GOSPEL 10:48 OUTREACH. 10:49 NEW APPROACHES WILL NEED TO BE SERVICE BASED MINISTRIES. 10:54 MEANING, GIVE AN EXAMPLE THERE. 10:55 YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE JESUS. 10:57 JESUS DID NOT ALWAYS SAY WELL LET ME GIVE YOU A BIBLE STUDY BEFORE WE CAN 11:02 YOU KNOW INTRODUCE YOU TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 11:06 HE WENT WHERE PEOPLE WERE. 11:09 YES. 11:10 AND HE MET THEIR FELT NEEDS, ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT'S 11:15 HOW HE PROCEEDED. 11:17 AND SO SERVICE BASED MINISTRY, MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH PROTECTION TYPES OF 11:23 PROGRAMS. 11:24 COMING TO JESUS MUST CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOUT A BELIEVER. 11:29 THEY SHOULD BE MORE EDUCATED, THEY SHOULD LIVE HEALTHIER, THEY SHOULD BE 11:34 STUDENTS OF THE BIBLE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BETTER ECONOMIC HEALTH AND SO 11:40 THEN PRAYER AND HEALING. 11:43 INDIA IS A VERY SPIRITUAL COUNTRY. 11:45 AS WE GO WE SHOULD HAVE THE ENTIRE VILLAGE AS OUR PARISH. 11:51 NOT JUST A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BECAUSE GOD IS NOT COPY RIGHTED, I LIKE 11:57 THAT EXPRESSION, BY CHRISTIANS. 11:59 SO GOD IS FOR EVERYBODY. 12:01 SO WE NEED TO HAVE PRAYER AND HEALING AND YOU GO TO OUR HINDU BROTHERS AND 12:06 SISTERS AND MUSLIMS ANYWHERE AND THEY WON'T DENY PRAYER. 12:10 IT'S ALWAYS SURE, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY. 12:14 AND THEN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING. 12:16 THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP ECONOMIC BASE FOR THE CHURCH. 12:21 TEACHING OUR PEOPLE TO HAVE A JOB. 12:25 SO WE START ADULT LITERACY, TAILORING CENTER, HEALTH EDUCATION 12:30 AND THESE AREAS WILL DEVELOP THE SKILLS FOR OUR BELIEVERS SO WE ARE ABLE 12:37 THEN DEVELOP THEIR ECONOMIC HEALTH. 12:41 AND THE TAILORING, THAT IS JUST THAT. 12:43 THAT IS TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO TAYLOR CLOTHES AND DO ALTERATIONS AND THINGS 12:47 LIKE THAT RIGHT. 12:48 WELL MANY TIMES YOU KNOW GIRLS DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL. 12:52 AND NOW THEY ARE OLD AND THEY NEED TO GET MARRIED. 12:55 IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A SKILL THEY WILL HAVE A HARD TIME TO GET A GOOD 13:00 HUSBAND. 13:02 AND IF THEY DO GET A HUSBAND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE PAY A HEAVY DOWRY IN 13:07 THIS AREA. 13:09 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BELIEVERS ARE REALLY EQUIPPED 13:14 ECONOMICALLY AND THEY HAVE A TRADE. 13:19 AND THIS IS THE WHOLE PERSON. 13:20 THIS IS THE WHOLE TOTAL PERSON MINISTRY. 13:24 I THINK MY SLIDE, I DON'T NEED TO STAY ON THAT SLIDE ANYMORE BUT I WANT TO 13:30 SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE TO BECOME PEOPLE CENTERED IN OUR MINISTRY. 13:38 NOT DOCTRINE CENTERED. 13:42 WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL PERSON. 13:45 THE FAITH OF JESUS, THE BIBLE BASED FAITH LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE FAMILY, THE 13:53 ENTIRE PERSON, IMPROVES THEIR LIFE. 13:58 THAT'S HOW JESUS DID IT. 13:59 ABSOLUTELY AND WE SEE THE STORIES SO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT OF 14:05 JESUS AS THE WHOLE PERSON, IT'S THE WHOLE FAMILY, IT'S ALL OF THAT. 14:08 AND IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THE NEW INDIA AND 14:12 WAYS THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS MEETING PEOPLES NEEDS IN INDIA WE WOULD LIKE TO 14:17 ASK YOU TO JOIN IN AND GET INVOLVED AND HERE'S HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. 14:20 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 14:24 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 14:26 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 14:28 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 14:31 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 14:33 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 14:35 MY HEAD HURTS. 14:36 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 14:38 I GIVE UP. 14:39 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 14:41 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:43 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:45 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 14:49 WHERE? 14:50 ALL THE WORLD. 14:51 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 14:53 YOU CAN PRAY. 14:55 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 15:00 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 15:04 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 15:07 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND MEANING. 15:10 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 15:12 BE THE SPARK. 15:13 LIGHT THE FIRE. 15:15 FINISH THE WORK. 15:18 FINISH THE WORK. 15:20 BE THE SPARK. 15:23 I JUST LOVE THOSE KIDS, BE THE SPARK, FINISH THE WORK AND THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL 15:27 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 15:28 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL 15:31 OUTREACH. 15:33 MANZOOR MASSEY IS SHARING WITH US ABOUT INDIA AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW 15:36 INDIA MANZOOR BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE 15:40 FROM TECHNOLOGY TO CALL CENTERS TO MORE KIDS AND THE POPULATION IS 1.2 15:48 BILLION PEOPLE. 15:49 THAT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND. 15:52 AND JUST THINK ABOUT HALF OF THEM UNDER THE AGE OF 15. 15:57 HALF OF THEM. 15:58 THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND. 16:00 AND THE KIDS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO SCHOOL. 16:02 YES UP TO A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IS FREE. 16:04 BUT HOW MANY VILLAGES ARE THERE? 16:06 WE HAVE 600 THOUSAND VILLAGES IN INDIA. 16:10 SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND, 600 THOUSAND VILLAGES. 16:13 AND SO YOU CAN JUST SEE THE CHALLENGES THE GOVERNMENT HAS, CHALLENGES 16:20 ANYBODY WOULD HAVE IN SPITE OF ALL THE TECHNOLOGY WHEN YOU HAVE 16:24 600 THOUSAND VILLAGES. 16:26 MONITORING ALL THOSE KIDS MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL AND ALL OF THAT. 16:30 YES. 16:31 SO WE'VE TALKED ALL ABOUT THAT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW INDIA, WE'VE 16:33 TALKED ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW THAT'S COMING INTO INDIA BUT 16:36 WHAT'S THE SPIRITUAL CLIMATE OF INDIA? 16:38 WHAT ARE YOU FINDING? 16:40 I'M FINDING THAT INDIA HAS BECOME EVEN MORE SPIRITUAL. 16:45 MORE SPIRITUAL. 16:46 MORE SPIRITUAL IN SPITE OF ALL THE AFFLUENCE. 16:50 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS ANY AFFLUENT COUNTRY GENERALLY BASIS IT'S 16:57 HAPPINESS AND JOY, ALL THAT STUFF IN LIFE, ON POSITION, POWER, 17:05 POPULARITY, PRIVILEGES. 17:08 AND THEY VERY SOON FIND OUT THEY DON'T WORK. 17:12 THEY DON'T WORK. 17:14 ONCE YOUR BILLS ARE PAID MONEY DOESN'T BRING HAPPINESS AND WE COULD 17:18 HAVE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA WRITTEN ON THAT. 17:21 A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY HERE WHO HAVE DEPENDED ON ECONOMIC 17:28 STRENGTH TO FIND MEANING FOR THEIR LIFE AND IT DOESN'T WORK. 17:32 AND INDIA IS NOW FINDING OUT THAT ALL THIS MONEY AND THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS 17:38 STILL NOT FILLING THAT GAP THE BIG VOID IN HUMAN HEARTS. 17:44 THAT CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH JESUS CHRIST. 17:49 AMEN, PREACH IT. 17:51 AND SO YOU FIND THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF FROM THE TRADITIONAL 18:00 HOLD THAT THE RELIGION HAD. 18:05 AND WHY IS THAT? 18:06 IS THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING SOME WESTERN INFLUENCE IN BUSINESS, 18:09 THAT THEY ARE MEETING OTHER CHRISTIANS OR WHAT? 18:12 WELL NOT ENOUGH CHRISTIANS. 18:14 YOU KNOW IN A POPULATION OF 1.2 BILLION WE HAVE ONLY 2.3 PERCENT 18:18 CHRISTIANS. 18:20 BUT WHAT THEY ARE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH IS THE DISSATISFACTION IN THEIR 18:29 OWN HEART. 18:30 THEY ARE SEEING, LOOK AT THE YOUTH IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD. 18:34 AND THEN THEY ARE TRYING TO SEE, WELL THEIR NOT HAPPY. 18:40 THE WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE NOT FINDING THAT HAPPINESS IN ALL THE AFFLUENCE THEY 18:44 HAVE. 18:45 AND SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME CYCLE. 18:48 IT IS A CYCLE. 18:49 A GENERATION COMES AND STARTS TO FEEL EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE ECONOMIC 18:54 GROWTH. 18:56 THEN WHEN THEY REACH A CERTAIN STAGE THEY FIND, OH OH, IT DID NOT DO WHAT 19:01 WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. 19:02 AND I THINK THIS IS IN A SENSE BRINGING IN SECULARISM. 19:07 AND WHEN YOU HAVE SECULARISM YOU HAVE TWO PHENOMENA. 19:12 YOU ARE IN DANGER OF TOTALLY TURNING YOUR BACK ON RELIGION OR YOU ARE IN 19:20 DANGER OF SAYING I REALLY NEED SPIRITUAL VALUES. 19:24 IT CAN OFTEN TIMES BE THE EXTREME. 19:27 IT CAN BE. 19:28 AND I THINK INDIA RIGHT NOW IS IN THIS HUNGER STAGE AND IT IS STILL NEW 19:35 TO THIS BIG AFFLUENCE SO IT IS IN A HUNGER STAGE AND WE HAVE SUCH HUNGER 19:43 FOR THE GOSPEL. 19:44 LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE. 19:46 I MET WITH 350 NON-ADVENTIST PASTORS. 19:53 THEY HAVE 60 THOUSAND MEMBERS THEY WANT TO BRING IN TO THE SEVENTH-DAY 19:57 ADVENTIST FAMILY. 19:59 REALLY. 20:00 YES. 20:01 AND I'M PUTTING A LITTLE HOLD ON IT. 20:03 I'M SAYING WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE PASTORS BECAUSE THEY'RE 20:07 GOING TO BE ASKING FOR A JOB. 20:08 WELL SURE. 20:09 BECAUSE THEY HAVE THESE CHURCHES THAT THEY ARE BRINGING IN. 20:11 SO WE ARE STUDYING IT TO SEE WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING WITH THE PASTORS. 20:16 BUT THIS IS A GREAT PROBLEM. 20:17 OH IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM BUT IT HAS NO SOLUTION BECAUSE IF WE ASK THEM YOU 20:24 CAN CONTINUE YOUR OWN CHURCHES BUT JUST PREACH THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE. 20:28 WELL THEN OUR OTHER PASTORS COULD SAY, HUM WE CAN DO THE SAME. 20:34 SO IT IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE NEED TO STUDY VERY CAREFULLY. 20:37 WE HAVE AN INVITATION FROM ONE THOUSAND VILLAGES TO COME AND SHARE THE WORD OF 20:43 GOD. 20:44 WOW, PRAISE THE LORD. 20:46 WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS SO I WOULD SAY TO ALL OF OUR VIEWERS, GOSPEL 20:54 OUTREACH IS THE BEST INVESTMENT WE CAN MAKE. 20:57 TWO PERCENT OVERHEAD. 20:59 CAN ANY ORGANIZATION GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATION REALLY BRAGG 21:06 ABOUT IT. 21:08 WE, UNDER GOD'S GUIDANCE, CAN PROUDLY SAY TWO PERCENT OVERHEAD. 21:14 I MEAN THIS IS UNHEARD OF. 21:16 SO OUR VIEWERS INVESTMENT IS DIRECTLY PUT TO WORK TO HAVE THESE WORKERS GO AND 21:24 SAVE SOULS. 21:25 AND THOSE ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 21:27 THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE CULTURE, THEY KNOW THE 21:31 TRADITIONS AND ALL OF THAT. 21:32 HOW MANY GOSPEL WORKERS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR REGION? 21:35 WELL IN MY REGION WE HAVE ABOUT 600 WORKERS. 21:38 AND LAST YEAR WE BAPTIZED ABOUT 21 THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS. 21:47 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE DO NEED MORE WORKERS THERE. 21:51 WELL WITH 600 THOUSAND VILLAGES IN INDIA I TELL YOU I'M ASKING OUR ENTIRE 21:58 POPULATION, SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST POPULATION ANYWHERE THAT THEY NEED TO 22:03 BECOME PARTNERS WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 22:06 BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. 22:08 OH MY. 22:09 THE OPPORTUNITY IS ENDLESS AND TOGETHER WITH THE LORD AND GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 22:14 PARTNERING WITH OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEN WOW. 22:17 THE SKY'S THE LIMITS. 22:18 IT'S THE LORDS. 22:19 WELL I WANT TO MAKE A BIG PITCH HERE. 22:22 PLEASE DO MANZOOR. 22:23 I GO EVERY YEAR AND I TAKE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH ME ALWAYS. 22:28 SOME OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE HEARD THOSE STORIES WHERE I HAVE INTERVIEWED THE 22:40 PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE WITH ME. 22:41 I TELL YOU PEOPLE WHO WENT WITH ME PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY JUST 22:47 CAME BACK LIKE DYNAMITE, EXCITED THAT WOW, THIS IS OUR CHURCH. 22:55 IT WILL DO WONDERS FOR THE LOCAL CHURCHES IF THE PEOPLE FROM HERE WERE TO 23:01 ACCOMPANY ME OR ANY OTHER GOSPEL OUTREACH DIRECTOR TO THE OVERSEAS FIELD. 23:07 YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY WILL COME BACK AND ELECTRIFY YOUR OWN CHURCH. 23:12 THE SECOND THING IF OUR VIEWERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING GOSPEL 23:18 OUTREACH THEY DON'T WANT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH TO DIE WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER 23:25 ABLE TO. 23:27 SO WE NEED TO PASS THIS TORCH ON TO YOUNGER PEOPLE AND PARTICULAR INDIA BEING 23:33 SUCH A YOUNG COUNTRY OUR YOUTH BEING INTRODUCED TO THIS METHOD IT WILL BE 23:40 AWESOME. 23:41 WOW, THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE AND THAT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE BECAUSE IN 23:44 SALES WE TALK ABOUT KEEPING THE SALES FUNNEL FULL AND THAT'S THE SAME 23:48 THING WE NEED TO DO HERE. 23:50 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL AGES TO GET INVOLVED AND 23:55 LIKE YOU SAID I HAVE TALKED WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE ON A 23:58 TRIP WITH MANZOOR AND IT IS LIFE CHANGING FOR THEM AND IT'S SO NEAT TO SEE 24:01 THE KIDS. 24:03 THEY ARE JUST SO EXCITED THESE TEENAGERS JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE MET OTHER 24:06 CHRISTIANS AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE CHRISTIANS TO SEE THE SPARK THAT JESUS HAS 24:10 PUT IN THEM AND THEY HAVE COME BACK AND IT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING. 24:14 THIS YEAR I WENT BY MYSELF AND I HAD THE HARDEST TIME TO EXPLAIN WHY MY TEENAGE 24:23 GROUP WAS NOT WITH ME. 24:24 OH BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL WONDERING WHERE THEY WERE? 24:27 YES, THEY WERE ALL ASKING NOW WHY DIDN'T THEY COME. 24:29 WHAT HAPPENED? 24:30 THEY ARE SO ANXIOUS. 24:36 THE YOUTH THAT WENT WITH ME THEY CONDUCTED THE WEEK OF PRAYER AND THEY WOULD 24:40 GO TO THE DORMS AND HANG OUT WITH THESE YOUNGSTERS AND I TELL YOU, THESE KIDS 24:45 WILL JUST LOVE THEM AND HUG THEM AND THEY WILL SAY WE WANT TO BE LIKE YOU. 24:50 I TELL YOU THE INFLUENCE THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND IT IS ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS. 24:56 WELL AND I THINK THAT JUST IN THE BIBLE HOW JESUS WOULD GO FROM VILLAGE TO 25:00 VILLAGE YOU CAN SEE JUST IN THE LIVES THAT WERE CHANGED AS WE READ IN THE 25:04 BIBLE AND THAT'S WHAT CAN BE THE SAME IN INDIA. 25:08 WELL TO CHANGE OUR OWN LIVES WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED. 25:12 WE MUST HAVE A JOURNEY WITH JESUS WHERE WE ARE DOING WHAT HE USED TO DO. 25:19 AND THIS IS HOW WE PRACTICE HOW WE ARE GOING TO LIVE IN HEAVEN. 25:24 YOU KNOW HE CAN GET THIS WORK DONE THROUGH ANGELS. 25:27 ANGELS WILL DO IT WITH MUCH GREATER SPEED WITH LOTS OF JOY AND WITH GREAT 25:34 DELIGHT BUT GOD HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO 25:40 PRACTICE HOW WE ARE GOING TO LIVE IN HEAVEN. 25:45 BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY DAYS HERE ON THIS EARTH AND ARE WE GOING TO 25:50 TAKE THE GREAT COMMISSION AND ARE WE GOING TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE AND EVERY 25:54 DAY NO MATTER IF IT'S OUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR TALKING TO THEM ABOUT JESUS OR 25:58 BEING THE SPARK LIKE THE KIDS SAID IN THE BUMPER THERE ABOUT BEING THE 26:02 SPARK AND SHARING JESUS WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT'S JUST HUGE. 26:06 IT'S JUST HUGE. 26:07 WELL I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING 26:11 HERE WITH US AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:13 YOU'VE SHARED WITH OUR VIEWERS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND GET INVOLVED HERE 26:17 AT GOSPEL OUTREACH SO WE CAN HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS GOING TO 26:21 THESE VILLAGES. 26:22 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 26:23 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE FOR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 26:26 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WE INVITE YOU TO GO TO OUR WEB SITE GOAIM.ORG AND 26:31 YOU CAN DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS. 26:33 YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL, YOU CAN DO A MONTHLY SPONSORSHIP, YOU CAN PAY 26:37 BY YOUR CREDIT CARD AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE 26:41 YOU THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE CHANGING LIVES IN INDIA. 26:45 FOR ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND 26:48 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 26:49 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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