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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000594A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:18 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:23 BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR PRAYERS AND YOUR SUPPORT THAT ENABLES 00:27 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TO BE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW AND THAT WINDOW GOES ALL THE 00:31 WAY FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THROUGH THE MAJOR PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND INDIA 00:36 AND ENDS IN ASIA. 00:38 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A VERY LARGE COUNTRY IN THE 10/40 00:42 WINDOW AND THAT IS THE COUNTRY OF INDIA. 00:45 SO COME ON ALONG FOR THE RIDE. 00:47 MANZOOR MASSEY IS HERE WITH US AND WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:51 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING ME. 00:53 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE AND REMIND US YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF GOSPEL 00:58 OUTREACH FOR WHAT AREA IN INDIA? 01:00 ANDHRA PRADESH, SOUTHERN INDIA. 01:02 SOUTHERN INDIA WHERE THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. 01:06 WELL 50 PERCENT OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST'S IN SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION 01:10 WHICH IS COMPRISED OF INDIA, BHUTAN, SIKKIM, NEPAL. 01:15 IN ALL OF THAT AREA 50 PERCENT OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS LIVE IN MY 01:20 TERRITORY. 01:21 AND WHAT IS THE TOTAL POPULATION OF INDIA RIGHT NOW? 01:23 IT IS 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE. 01:28 BILLION PEOPLE. 01:29 AND I THINK WE WERE MENTIONING IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ON ANOTHER 01:33 PROGRAM THAT 60 PERCENT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 30. 01:41 ANY OF OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE 30? 01:42 WOW. 01:45 I DON'T KNOW VERY MANY VIEWERS WHO MAY BE UNDER 30. 01:49 AND 50 PERCENT UNDER THE AGE OF 15. 01:53 HUGE. 01:55 CAN YOU SEE HOW WE NEED NEW VIEWERS AND DEVELOPING NEW STRATEGIES FOR THAT 02:04 AUDIENCE THAT IS OUT THERE IN INDIA? 02:07 IT IS A HUGE HUGE CHALLENGE. 02:10 HISTORICALLY WE HAVE DONE THE SAME OLD THING FOR OLDER ADULTS, MOSTLY MEN, 02:19 AND ALL OUR STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PICK MEN FROM FAMILIES AND TRY 02:25 TO INTRODUCE THEM TO JESUS. 02:27 I TELL YOU, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE OUR STRATEGIES BECAUSE WE ARE 02:34 NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH THIS NEW INDIA, NEW COUNTRY. 02:39 AND THAT IS A GOOD TERM, THE NEW INDIA, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S CHANGING. 02:43 TECHNOLOGY AND JOBS AND ALL OF THAT. 02:45 MANY JOBS ARE BEING OUTSOURCED BUT MORE PEOPLE THOUGH TO LEARN ABOUT 02:51 JESUS. 02:52 THE NEW INDIA DOES NOT KNOW THE RECESSION. 02:56 WHERE EVER YOU GO PEOPLE ARE BUILDING, PEOPLE ARE JUST EXPANDING. 03:01 THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A RECESSION. 03:04 AND SO THEY ARE ON THE MOVE. 03:07 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THE HELP OF OUR VIEWERS WE WILL BE ON THE 03:16 MOVE. 03:18 SO REMIND US HOW MANY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IN YOUR 03:20 TERRITORY. 03:22 WE HAVE ABOUT 600, A LITTLE BIT OVER 600 WORKERS IN ANDHRA PRADESH. 03:26 IN ANDHRA PRADESH, AS I MENTIONED, 50 PERCENT OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 03:30 LIVE THERE. 03:31 WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 03:33 AND THAT PARTICULAR STATE IS THE HUNGRIEST STATE IN TERMS OF THE GOSPEL. 03:40 WHY IS THAT? 03:42 MOST RESPONSIVE. 03:43 WELL MORE CHRISTIANS THERE SO THE INFLUENCE HAS BEEN MUCH WIDER IN TERMS OF THE 03:49 RECEPTION. 03:51 SO WHAT ARE SOME NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH TO SPREAD THE 03:56 GOSPEL? 03:58 ONE OF THE KEY THINGS I'M GOING TO MENTION IS THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP 04:03 PROGRAMS THAT WILL REACH THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 04:06 BECAUSE IF YOU FIND ONE PERSON IN THE FAMILY WHO BECOMES A SEVENTH-DAY 04:12 ADVENTIST AND THE REST OF THE MEMBERS CONTINUE THEIR OWN IDOL WORSHIP, THEY 04:17 CONTINUE OTHER PRACTICES, IT PUTS THAT PERSON AT SUCH A DISADVANTAGE. 04:23 SO MANY CHALLENGES HOW TO BE FAITHFUL. 04:27 SO WE NEED TO DEVELOP VERY CREATIVE APPROACHES TO REACH THE ENTIRE FAMILY. 04:34 THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY CHILDREN NOW UNDER THE AGE OF 15 AND YOUNG 04:40 FAMILIES WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE TOTAL 04:49 GOSPEL FOR THE FAMILY. 04:51 SO IT'S NOT JUST TARGETING AS YOU MENTIONED THE MAN IN THE FAMILY BUT IT'S 04:56 SAYING HEY WE HAVE PROGRAMS FOR KIDS AND LITERACY THINGS LIKE THAT. 05:00 MAYBE SOME CLASSES FOR MOM ABOUT SOME TRAINING FOR BEING A MOM AND THINGS 05:04 LIKE THAT. 05:05 ABSOLUTELY. 05:06 MOTHERS IN INDIA PLAY A VERY KEY ROLE. 05:09 OH YES. 05:10 IN SPITE OF WHAT PEOPLES PERCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN THE INDIAN MOTHER HOLDS THE 05:18 FAMILY TOGETHER. 05:19 MEN ARE AT WORK, THEY ARE VERY BUSY BUT IT'S THE WOMAN WHO PLAYS A VERY KEY 05:24 ROLE. 05:25 OH SURE. 05:27 I AM SUGGESTING THAT WE CAPITALIZE ON THE WOMAN POWER OK. 05:28 I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THAT WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO OUR WOMEN. 05:39 NOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID WELL WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE IF THEY ARE UNEDUCATED HOW 05:45 ARE THEY GOING TO HELP US. 05:47 WELL IMAGINE UNEDUCATED PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PEERS. 05:52 THEIR TARGET POPULATION THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SERVE IS ALSO UNEDUCATED. 05:58 AND THE GREATEST AND MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL IS 06:05 LOVING PEOPLE. 06:07 AND THE HOSPITALITY OF THESE UNEDUCATED PEOPLE AS WE CALL THEM, I WOULD LIKE 06:14 TO TURN THE PHRASE AROUND. 06:16 THEY ARE NOT UNEDUCATED, THEY ARE UNSCHOOLED. 06:19 THEY DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION. 06:23 SURE THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO READ BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE INVOLVED IN 06:26 LIFE. 06:28 THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO READ AND WRITE. 06:30 I WANT TO GIVE YOU A VERY FASCINATING EXAMPLE. 06:33 MY MOTHER SHE COULD NOT READ AND WRITE. 06:37 NOW ALL HER KIDS ARE DOING FINE BUT SHE COULD NOT READ AND WRITE. 06:43 YET WHEN MY OLDER SISTER VISITED HER SHE HAD THE BIBLE UNDER HER PILLOW. 06:51 OH SHE DID, YOUR MOTHER. 06:52 MY MOTHER. 06:53 AND SO MY SISTER ASKED HER NOW WAIT A MINUTE. 06:56 YOU CAN'T READ OR WRITE MOM HOW COME A BIBLE UNDER YOUR PILLOW. 07:00 HAND ME YOUR BIBLE. 07:02 I WANT TO GIVE AN ILLUSTRATION. 07:04 SO MY MOM OPENED THE BIBLE LIKE THIS AND SHE SAID WELL YOUR DAD EVERY DAY, 07:11 EVERY DAY YOUR DAD OPENS THE BIBLE RIGHT HERE AND HE READS IT TO ME. 07:17 AND SO WHEN HE IS GONE I OPEN THE BIBLE TO THE SAME PLACE AND I TELL JESUS IF 07:24 I COULD READ THIS IS WHAT I WOULD BE READING. 07:26 AND SINCE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO READ I DON'T NEED TO READ. 07:32 SO LET'S JUST TALK. 07:34 AND SHE SAID THEN I JUST PRAY AND TALK TO HIM. 07:37 BLESS HER HEART. 07:38 IF YOU CAN FIND THIS KIND OF A SIMPLE FAITH IN THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE 07:42 SCHOOLING DO YOU THINK THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING THROUGH THEM? 07:49 I KNOW HE IS. 07:50 SO WOMEN FOLKS, WE COULD TRAIN THEM HOW TO UTILIZE THE SKILLS AND TALENTS OF 08:02 THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN READ AND THEN THEY COULD LEAD OUT IN SONG SERVICE. 08:09 THEY COULD LEAD OUT IN LOVING PEOPLE AND HUGGING PEOPLE AND I TELL YOU IT'S 08:15 A MARVELOUS NEW WAY TO EXPAND THE GOSPEL. 08:20 AND I'M ENCOURAGING IN MY AREA THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE WORSHIP IN DIFFERENT 08:25 HOMES EVERY EVENING IN THE COMMUNITY. 08:29 AND THEY CAN TAKE THE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THEM. 08:31 THE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN TELL A STORY, THEY READ THE BIBLE AND THEY CAN LEAD 08:36 OUT IN THE MUSIC. 08:38 SO THEY WILL HAVE WORSHIP IN DIFFERENT HOMES EVERY EVENING BUT ON FRIDAY 08:43 NIGHT AND SABBATH THEY WILL BRING EVERYBODY TO CHURCH. 08:47 OH TO THE CHURCH, OK. 08:49 SO THIS IS HOW THEY CAN BE INVITING PEOPLE. 08:54 THEY CAN BE THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE. 08:57 AND I'VE SHARED WITH YOU SOME OTHER VERY CREATIVE WAYS FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS 09:04 TO EXPAND THEIR OUTREACH. 09:06 BUT IT'S ONE PERSON BY ONE PERSON AND IT'S ONE PERSON IN THE MARKET SHARING WITH 09:11 ANOTHER WOMAN AND BEING KIND TO THAT WOMAN AND HAVING A CONVERSATION AND 09:15 SEEING THAT PERSON THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY. 09:18 AND WHEN THE LORD GIVES THE HOOK AND THEN TAKING ON TO IT IN A 09:22 COMMUNICATION WAY OF HAVING A CONVERSATION THAT PERSON CAN THEN SHARE AND 09:30 SO YOU'RE RIGHT MANZOOR. 09:31 WELL THESE WOMEN MEET EACH OTHER EVERY DAY, MANY TIMES A DAY. 09:35 AND SO THEY WILL, IN THE VILLAGES THEY WILL BORROW RICE FROM EACH OTHER, THEY 09:40 WILL BORROW FLOUR, SALT, WHATEVER. 09:42 THIS IS HOW THEIR FRIENDSHIPS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED. 09:47 SO THEY HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE THEM TO THE FEET OF JESUS. 09:54 I THINK WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS BIG POWER HOUSE FOR 10:00 GOD THAT WE HAVE BEEN NEGLECTING. 10:03 SO I DON'T WANT TO NEGLECT IT. 10:06 NO, NO, NO, NO. 10:08 SO THOSE ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES OF SPREADING THE GOSPEL IN OUR NEW 10:12 INDIA AS WE'RE TERMING IT HERE. 10:14 BECAUSE IT IS A NEW PLACE, IT'S A NEW CHANGE, IT'S A NEW GENERATION AND ALL OF 10:19 THAT. 10:20 AND IT'S TAKING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT GOD GIVES AND THEN GROWING 10:24 THOSE. 10:25 WELL I WANT TO ASK MY VIEWERS WE NEED TO REALLY GET BEHIND GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:33 BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND OUR WORK MUCH FASTER THAN WE HAVE 10:40 ANTICIPATED BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING SOON. 10:44 AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT WE 10:50 NEED TO REACH. 10:51 AND HERE IS ANOTHER METHOD THAT I AM SUGGESTING TO MY GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 10:55 I ASK THEM THAT THEY SHOULD DO WHAT WE CALL ASSESSMENT, GENEALOGICAL 11:03 ASSESSMENT OF THEIR MEMBERS. 11:05 SO LET'S SAY THEY HAVE TEN MEMBERS. 11:08 SO I WILL ASK THEM TO FIND OUT THE NAMES OF ALL THE MEMBERS, NAMES OF ALL 11:17 THEIR CHILDREN AND IF THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE OF MARRIAGE AGE WHERE ARE 11:25 THEY GETTING MARRIED. 11:26 WHICH VILLAGES ARE THEY GETTING INTO. 11:29 SO THEN IF IT'S A BOY HE HAS BROUGHT HIM A GIRL FROM ANOTHER VILLAGE. 11:38 SO YOU TAKE THE BOY WITH YOU, TAKE THE NEW BRIDE WITH YOU AND AS THE PASTOR 11:45 YOU GO TO THAT VILLAGE AND THE NEW BRIDE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HER 11:51 FAMILY AND SHE IS GOING TO SAY THIS IS OUR PASTOR AND HE HAS COME HERE TO BLESS 11:57 THE FAMILY. 11:59 BEAUTIFUL. 12:00 AND THEN ONCE YOU ARE INTRODUCED YOU GO THERE ON YOUR OWN AND SAY YOU KNOW 12:05 I WAS IN THE AREA AND I WANTED TO JUST BLESS THE HOME. 12:09 YOU DO THAT TWO TIMES THEN YOU START PRAYING WITH THEM, SHARE THE STORIES 12:14 ABOUT JESUS WITH THEM. 12:16 ASK WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. 12:17 EXACTLY. 12:18 IN THE SAME WAY, IF YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER OF YOUR CHURCH MEMBER WHO IS 12:25 MARRIED TO ANOTHER VILLAGE WELL YOU GO WITH THE FATHER TO VISIT THE 12:30 DAUGHTER AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO THERE AND HE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO 12:36 THE NEW FAMILY AND SAY THIS IS OUR PASTOR I JUST ASKED HIM TO COME AND 12:41 BLESS OUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR HOME. 12:44 SO THIS WAY YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY EXPAND YOUR OUTREACH TO AS MANY 12:51 VILLAGES AS YOU WANT BECAUSE THEY GET MARRIED IN MANY VILLAGES. 12:54 OH SURE. 12:56 VERY RARELY IN INDIA DO PEOPLE MARRY IN THE SAME VILLAGE BECAUSE EVERYBODY 13:00 IS KIND OF RELATED AND YOU DON'T MARRY AMONG YOUR RELATIVES. 13:04 AND SO YOU ALWAYS GO TO THE NEXT VILLAGE. 13:08 THIS IS THE STRATEGY THAT I AM TEACHING TO MY PEOPLE. 13:13 SPREAD THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD. 13:15 THAT'S RIGHT. 13:17 AND I AM GOING TO ASK OUR VIEWERS TO PLEASE GET BEHIND OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 13:23 WORKERS. 13:25 ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO ESTABLISH A TAILORING CENTER IN 13:32 EVERY VILLAGE AND A LITERACY CENTER IN EVERY VILLAGE. 13:38 ALL OUR CHURCHES WE WANT THEM TO BECOME LITERACY CENTERS. 13:43 BECAUSE WHEN WE TEACH OUR BELIEVERS HOW TO READ AND WRITE THEY COULD READ THE 13:48 BIBLE THEN THEY CAN SHARE WITH THEIR FELLOW VILLAGE FOLKS AND THEY CAN BECOME 13:54 COWORKERS WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 13:57 ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 13:58 AND LET'S GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. 14:04 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 14:08 QUESTION. 14:10 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 14:11 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS 14:16 WAITING FOR? 14:18 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 14:22 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 14:25 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 14:29 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 14:34 SHALL THE END COME." 14:38 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 14:42 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED 14:47 WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES. 14:49 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 14:54 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 14:56 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT. 14:57 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 15:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 15:04 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 15:06 NOW YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORK THE CHURCH IS ALREADY 15:11 DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 15:13 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 15:15 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION. 15:18 JUST AS LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING 15:22 THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 15:24 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 15:28 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 15:32 WINDOW. 15:34 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 15:37 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 15:41 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 15:43 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 15:47 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE 15:52 NAME OF JESUS LIVE HERE. 15:54 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 15:58 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 16:02 IN NEW TERRITORIES, SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 16:08 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBEN. 16:10 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP HIS CHURCH 16:14 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THIS SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUAH TO SHARE THE 16:18 GOSPEL. 16:20 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 16:23 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 16:24 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 16:28 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 16:30 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAD BEEN 16:34 WORSHIPPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 16:36 RECENTLY A NEW MEMBER NAMED ARISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 16:40 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 16:42 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 16:46 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 16:50 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 16:54 VILLAGE IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 16:59 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 17:03 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 17:08 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 17:10 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 17:14 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 17:20 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 17:24 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR ADOPT A WORKER 17:28 PROGRAM. 17:29 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE 17:33 REACHED. 17:42 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 17:45 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10 THOUSAND NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 17:47 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 17:51 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD. 17:52 THAT IS WHY IT'S OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 17:55 NEXT THREE YEARS. 17:57 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 18:02 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS A 18:05 MONTH. 18:06 FOR SOME THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 18:10 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 18:15 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 18:18 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 18:23 SENDING YOU STORIES AND PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 18:28 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU 18:32 CAN GET INVOLVED. 18:33 FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR 18:37 OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 18:39 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING 18:43 YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 18:47 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 18:50 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 18:52 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 18:56 JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 19:07 AND WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 19:09 THE TIME IS NOW, THE TIME IS NOW FOR ALL OF US TO GET INVOLVED AND WE'RE 19:12 GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US AT ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS ON GOSPEL 19:16 OUTREACH. 19:17 AND MANZOOR MASSEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIA AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME 19:20 WAYS TO SHARE JESUS WITH THE LOCAL VILLAGES IN INDIA BUT WHAT ARE SOME 19:25 TIPS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE AT HOME. 19:27 I THINK THAT'S A VERY VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT ACTIVE HERE YOU 19:32 WON'T BE DOING MUCH OVERSEAS. 19:33 SO I SUGGEST TO ALL CHURCH PASTORS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY THEY SHOULD DIVIDE 19:39 THEIR CONGREGATION INTO CELLS OF SIX AND THAT CELL MEETS EVERY WEEK. 19:46 THEY PRAY TOGETHER, THEY PLAN TOGETHER AND THEY SERVE TWO FAMILIES. 19:51 ONE WITHIN THE CHURCH AND ONE OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. 19:56 THEY DO THAT FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. 19:58 WITHIN SIX MONTHS THE FAMILY THAT YOU HAVE ADOPTED FROM WITHIN THE 20:03 CHURCH IS GOING TO BECOME CENTRAL, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY OH MY CHURCH LOVES ME. 20:10 SO YOU WILL HAVE PREVENTED BACKSLIDING AND LUKE WARMNESS. 20:13 AND THE FAMILY THAT YOU ADOPT FROM OUTSIDE THEY WILL START FELLOWSHIPPING 20:20 WITH YOU. 20:21 YOU CAN LITERALLY DOUBLE YOUR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP ALMOST EVERY YEAR. 20:26 THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S BEING CONNECTED, INTERESTED AND GETTING 20:30 PEOPLE INVOLVED. 20:31 WELL YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE COALS HERE BURNING OTHERWISE THOSE COALS WILL 20:35 EVENTUALLY DIE. 20:36 THAT'S GOOD. 20:37 THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 20:38 SO YOU RECENTLY WENT ON A TRIP TO SEE YOUR DIRECTORS AND ALL OF YOUR GOSPEL 20:42 OUTREACH WORKSES AND WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES TO LOOK AT. 20:45 YES, I WANT TO SHOW SOME OF THE PICTURES VERY QUICKLY. 20:49 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME BUT HERE ONE BILLION PEOPLE IN INDIA. 20:56 IT IS A VERY MIND BOGGLING FIGURE. 21:00 WE HAVE A BIG WORK. 21:03 OUR WORK IS CUT OUT TO SHARE JESUS. 21:06 THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE EAST-CENTRAL INDIA UNION AND HIS WIFE. 21:11 WHAT IS HIS NAME? 21:13 IT'S DOCTOR WILSON. 21:14 HIS FIRST NAME IS MEASAPOGU BUT I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO STRUGGLE 21:19 PRONOUNCING IT. 21:20 SO DR. WILSON IS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER. 21:24 IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH HIM. 21:26 HIS WIFE IS THE DIRECTOR FOR CHILDREN'S MINISTRY. 21:31 THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION. 21:37 THEY WERE WELCOMING ME. 21:38 I TELL YOU THEY ARE SO GRACIOUS. 21:40 ABSOLUTELY. 21:42 HERE IS OUR WORKERS TRAINING, THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR OUR WORKERS. 21:49 WE HAD ABOUT 550 OF THEM WHO CAME TOGETHER. 21:53 THIS IS THE SECRETARY OF THE UNION. 21:58 HE GAVE ONE OF THE MOST STIRRING APPEALS TO OUR WORKERS ON FAITHFULNESS 22:04 AND DEVELOPING A TITHE AND OFFERING BASED LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE CHURCH. 22:11 A VERY VERY PASSIONATE APPEAL AND WORKERS WERE SO DELIGHTED. 22:17 HERE YOU FIND THE WORKERS WHO ARE SO HAPPY TO TAKE NOTES ON EVERYTHING AND 22:23 THEY WALK AROUND YOU SAYING I MISSED THAT POINT COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT 22:27 IT. 22:28 BLESS THEIR HEARTS. 22:29 AND I TELL YOU THIS MAKES YOU FEEL IT IS WORTH YOUR GOING THERE. 22:34 HERE YOU FIND SOME MORE PASTORS. 22:37 YOU CAN SEE A VERY LARGE CROSS THERE. 22:39 OUR BIGGEST FOCUS ALSO IS ON CHILDREN. 22:44 CHILDREN ARE ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE. 22:49 WE ARE DEVELOPING FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH, GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO WILL 22:55 WORK WITH SCHOOLS WHERE THE YOUTH ARE THERE AND WHAT AN EVANGELISTIC 23:00 OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. 23:02 THESE CHILDREN GO HOME. 23:04 WHEN THEY GO HOME THEY TELL THE STORIES INSTEAD OF US. 23:07 THEY BECOME OUR AMBASSADORS. 23:10 AND I TELL YOU THEY REMEMBER WHATEVER YOU TELL THEM. 23:13 HOW MANY STUDENTS AT THAT SCHOOL? 23:15 AT THAT SCHOOL WE HAVE 750 CHILDREN HALF OF THEM ORPHANS. 23:19 THEY LONG FOR A PERSONAL TOUCH. 23:21 WE HAD 31 BAPTISMS WHEN I WAS THERE. 23:26 THESE ARE THE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATES. 23:28 IT IS AMAZING WHAT GOD IS DOING. 23:30 PRAISE THE LORD. 23:36 I COME BACK JUST SO ENTHUSIASTIC AND I TELL PEOPLE AND THEY MAY OR MAY 23:43 NOT BELIEVE ME ALWAYS I LITERALLY I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK. 23:47 I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING OVER THERE. 23:50 AND RIGHT NOW I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A TEAM FOR 2016. 23:55 IT WILL BE FROM MARCH 18 TO MARCH 31 AND I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THOSE WHO 24:01 CAN GO AND THOSE WHO CANNOT GO SPONSOR YOUR CHILD, YOUR GRANDCHILD, 24:08 YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOUR FRIEND. 24:11 AND IF NOT YOU SUPPORT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 24:14 I TELL YOU THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS YOU CAN MAKE TO BE ON GOD'S 24:19 SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM. 24:21 BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE BUT LET'S RECAP IT AGAIN. 24:24 WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS RIGHT NOW IN YOUR AREA? 24:27 I WOULD SAY WE NEED MORE WORKERS. 24:30 WE HAVE AN INVITATION FROM ONE THOUSAND VILLAGES TO COME AND SHARE THE LOVE OF 24:35 GOD WITH US BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS. 24:38 SO BY GETTING MORE WORKERS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 24:41 WELL THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET INTO TWO OR THREE MORE 24:46 VILLAGES. 24:47 EACH WORKER IS ASSIGNED ABOUT THREE VILLAGES. 24:49 THREE VILLAGES. 24:50 SO GOSPEL OUTREACH IN INDIA HAS ABOUT 16 HUNDRED WORKERS. 24:54 WE ARE IN 48 HUNDRED VILLAGES OR EVEN MORE. 24:57 SO WHAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A VILLAGE? 25:00 I KNOW THEY VARY. 25:01 USUALLY BETWEEN TWO TO THREE THOUSAND IN EACH VILLAGE. 25:05 AND THERE ARE 600 THOUSAND VILLAGES IN INDIA. 25:07 THAT'S A MIND BOGGLING THING. 25:08 BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS WE CAN MAKE. 25:14 AND ALSO INTRODUCE THIS MISSION TO YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT 25:21 THIS TO DIE WHEN YOU MOVE ON YOU SEE. 25:24 SO IT'S THROUGH GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH BECAUSE BY GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:29 THEN WE CAN HAVE MORE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:32 WHAT ABOUT PRAYER? 25:33 OH MY. 25:34 WE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO PRAY EVERY DAY. 25:37 NOT JUST ONCE IN A WHILE BUT GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY FOR OUR WORKERS. 25:42 MANY OF THEM ARE FACING TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES. 25:46 MOST OF OUR WORKERS EITHER WALK ON FOOT OR THEY HAVE BICYCLES. 25:50 IMAGINE IN THE SUMMER TIME WHEN THE HEAT IS OVER 100 DEGREES AND THEY ARE 25:55 WALKING TO THE VILLAGES AND GIVING BIBLE STUDIES AND TALKING TO PEOPLE. 26:00 IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SELF-SACRIFICING MISSIONS YOU COULD BE INVOLVED 26:04 WITH. 26:05 ABSOLUTELY. 26:07 SO PRAYER AND GIVING TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 26:11 THE PRAYER PART SOMETIMES WE, AT LEAST FOR ME, LET'S PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN 26:44 INDIA BUT WHAT I HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING ON IS THERE'S GOT TO BE A WOMAN 27:03 WHO IS MY AGE AND MAYBE SHE HAS SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON 27:14 IN HER HEART THAT I HAVE GOING ON IN MY HEART AND SO I REALLY THINK ABOUT 27:25 THAT PARTICULAR PERSON. 27:27 I DON'T KNOW HER NAME BUT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME THINGS IN COMMON AND SO THAT'S 27:38 SOMETHING THAT'S HELPED ME HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TIE IN. 27:46 SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO DO. 27:53 WELL MANZOOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 27:58 ON BEHALF OF ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH YOU'VE HEARD 28:06 ABOUT THE NEEDS IN INDIA. 28:09 THE NEW INDIA. 28:11 IT'S EXCITING AND FOLKS, PEOPLE IN INDIA NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 28:19 AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THROUGH YOU CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 28:26 YOUR PRAYERS THAT THE LORD'S WORK WILL BE DONE IN INDIA. |
Revised 2015-12-04