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WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH'S
PROGRAM ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS.
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MISSIONS. HAVE YOU EVER MADE
A BUCKET LIST OF ALL THE THINGS
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YOU WANT TO DO AND ALL THE
PLACES YOU WANT TO GO WHILE
YOU'RE ALIVE HERE ON EARTH?
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I HAVE.
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I'VE MADE A LOT OF THEM.
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AND FOR YEARS MY BUCKET
LIST INCLUDED THE GREAT WALL OF
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CHINA, THE ARMY UNDERGROUND YOU
KNOW THE TERRACOTTA SOLDIERS AND
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JUST CHINA. I WANTED TO GO.
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AUDREY FOLKENBERG IS HERE
WITH US TODAY AND YOU ARE THE
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REPRESENTATIVE FOR GOSPEL
OUTREACH ON THE COUNTRY OF CHINA
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RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
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LUCKY .
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SO YOU'VE BEEN
TO THE GREAT WALL?
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I HAVE.
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I'VE BEEN TO THE
GREAT WALL FORTUNATELY.
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HOW DID YOU FEEL?
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I FELT VERY SMALL
BECAUSE IT WAS SO GREAT.
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YOU COULD JUST LOOK OUT
AND IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON.
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AND ON AND ON.
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YES.
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THE FIRST TIME I WENT THERE
MY KIDS WERE LITTLE SO WAS THERE
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WITH THE KIDS DOING
MORE OF A TOURIST THING.
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SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN BACK TAKING
OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE WANTING TO
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GET TO KNOW CHINA.
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BUT IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
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AND WHEN YOU THINK THAT THERE
WERE THOUSANDS OF BODIES ALSO
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BURIED IN THAT
WALL AS THEY WORKED.
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YES, AS THEY WORKED.
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I MEAN PEOPLE LIVED, FOUR
GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES, WORKING
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ON THE SAME WALL. YES.
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JUST FARTHER DOWN,
FARTHER DOWN, FARTHER DOWN.
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THE ONE DAY THAT I WAS THERE
OR ONE DAY THAT I WAS THERE IT
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SNOWED. REALLY.
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I HAD DREAMED ABOUT THAT
POSSIBILITY OF TAKING PICTURES
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OF THE GREAT WALL WITH SNOW.
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FANTASTIC.
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AND WE WALKED, TWO OF US,
SEVERAL MILES JUST UP AND DOWN
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AND TALKING TO FRIENDS
AND IT JUST OVERWHELMED ME.
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YES.
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IT'S SO HUGE.
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IT IS HUGE.
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AND THE TERA COTTA SOLDIERS?
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FASCINATING, FASCINATING.
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THOUSANDS OF MAN-MADE
HUMAN-SIZED FIGURINES THAT WERE
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DISCOVERED BACK IN THE 1970S
THAT WERE BURIED BEFORE THE TIME
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OF CHRIST. AND ALL UNDERGROUND.
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ALL UNDERGROUND.
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WHY?
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WELL BECAUSE WHEN THE EMPEROR
WAS BURIED HE NEEDED TO HAVE HIS
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ENTOURAGE WITH HIM IN THE AFTER
LIFE AND SO THEY WERE BURIED
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UNDERGROUND. AND THEN IT
WAS SEALED FOR ALL THOSE YEARS.
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BUT THEY'RE ALL CLAY SOLDIERS.
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THEY'RE NOT REAL PEOPLE.
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NO, NO, NO.
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YES.
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SO HE COULD TAKE CLAY SOLDIERS
WITH HIM TO THE AFTER LIFE.
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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SO MUCH I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
WHY PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT THEY
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BELIEVE. AND AS YOU HAVE BEEN IN
AND OUT OF CHINA IN YOUR LIFE DO
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YOU WISH YOU KNEW THAT TOO?
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YES.
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IN FACT TO BE HONEST WITH
YOU DICK THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT
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CHINA THE MORE QUESTIONS I HAVE
BECAUSE IT'S THE OLDEST CULTURE
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT AS FAR
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AS THE HISTORY THAT GOES
BACK THE FURTHEST SO IT'S A
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FASCINATING PLACE. AND CHINA
HAS BEEN THROUGH SO SO MUCH THAT
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IT'S INTRIGUING. SO WHY DIDN'T
JESUS GO TO CHINA INSTEAD OF THE
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MEDITERRANIAN? I DON'T KNOW
THAT BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
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AND SOME DAY WE CAN ASK HIM.
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IT SAYS IN SCRIPTURE IN JOHN
THAT THE LIGHT THAT LIGHTETH
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EVERY MAN WHICH MEANS EVERY
HUMAN BEING IS LIT BY THE
PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THAT IN CHINA?
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WELL I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN
INDICATIONS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
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IS WORKING IS THAT OUR CHURCH
HAD TO GO UNDERGROUND AND AT
THAT TIME WE ONLY HAD ABOUT
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TWENTY THOUSAND MEMBERS.
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THAT WAS IN THE 1950S.
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AND COMING OUT WE HAD WELL OVER
200 THOUSAND AND NOW OVER 400
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THOUSAND MEMBERS IN CHINA.
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AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY
ADVENTIST SCHOOLS IN CHINA.
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WE'VE BEEN PERSECUTED.
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THERE HAVE BEEN RELIGIOUS
RESTRICTIONS BEYOND MOST OF OUR
IMAGINATION BUT YET
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GOD IS DOING
AMAZING AND MIGHTY THINGS.
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AND THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT
TIMES THE CHURCH GREW, HIS
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FAMILY GREW. IS IT
STILL BASICALLY UNDERGROUND?
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NO, NO.
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THE CHURCH IN CHINA
NOW IS VERY MUCH OPEN.
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WE HAVE MANY LEGAL
CHURCHES ALL ACROSS CHINA.
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THERE ARE STILL RESTRICTIONS AND
DIFFICULT TIMES MOST DEFINITELY.
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THE CHINA GOVERNMENT IS VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT RELIGION AND
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POLITICS AND SO WE ARE VERY
RESPECTFUL IN WHAT WE DO BUT
ALSO WE HAVE A MANDATE.
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YOU HAVE A
COMMITMENT TO TALK ABOUT JESUS.
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YES.
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AND THE GREAT GOD WHO
IS BRINGING A NEW LIFE.
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YES.
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AND TO DO THAT IN THE
CONTEXT OF A POLITICAL CULTURE.
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RIGHT.
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IT MUST BE REALLY
DIFFICULT SOME DAYS.
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IT IS.
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WE HAVE BEEN IN CHINA WHERE WE
WALK DOWN THE STREETS AND THERE
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ARE MCDONALDS AND KENTUCKY
FRIED CHICKENS AND YOU NAME IT.
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IT'S JUST A MODERN MODERN CITY.
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BUT YET ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GO
INTO CHURCH AND THEY'VE ASKED US
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NOT TO GO UP FRONT BECAUSE,
BECAUSE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SAID IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR A
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FOREIGNER TO GO UP FRONT.
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BUT YOU GO TO THE CHURCH.
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YES.
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AND OTHER PLACES WE
SPEAK UP FRONT, WE SHARE.
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WE JUST TRY TO BE VERY
RESPECTFUL OF THE LOCAL RULES
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BECAUSE ONE OF MY FAVORITE
SAYINGS IS THERE ARE MANY CHINAS
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IN CHINA. SO EVERY PLACE YOU
GO IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND WE
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JUST WORK WITH OUR LEADERS.
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MOST OF OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH AREA
COORDINATORS LIVE SOMEWHERE IN
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THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA AND
GO OCCASIONALLY TO WHERE THEIR
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GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE.
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WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
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I LIVE IN HONG KONG.
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I LIVE IN CHINA.
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YOU LIVE IN CHINA.
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I LIVE IN HONG KONG CHINA.
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WHY DID YOU
CHOOSE TO LIVE THERE?
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WELL I FOLLOWED,
WENT WITH MY HUSBAND.
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SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME
IS THAT, JUST DESCRIBE WHAT YOU
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REALLY DO. OKAY.
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WELL MY HUSBAND
AND I LIVE IN CHINA.
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WE LIVED IN ASIA FOR NINE YEARS
BEFORE BETWEEN MAINLAND CHINA
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HONG KONG AND TAIWAN.
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THEN WE CAME BACK TO
THE STATES FOR EIGHT YEARS.
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THIS TIME WE'VE GONE BACK AND
MY HUSBAND IS A UNION PRESIDENT.
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AND ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES
THAT I HAVE IS TO WORK WITH
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GOSPEL OUTREACH AND BEING THE
CHINESE REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND SO
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I HELP OVERSEE ALL THE GOSPEL
OUTREACH TEAMS THAT ARE IN
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CHINA. THAT MUST BE REALLY A
BLESSING TO BE THERE AND WORK
WITH THEM MUCH MORE
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DIRECTLY THAN SOME OF OUR
OTHER LEADERS ARE ABLE TO DO.
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YES, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A
PULSE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.
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THERE CAN BE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
BETWEEN US AND THE WORKERS.
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SO HOW DO YOU TRAIN
YOUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
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WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO
BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION.
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HOW DO YOU FIND GOSPEL
OUTREACH WORKERS IN CHINA?
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WELL THE UNION
IS ON THE OUTSIDE.
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IT'S IN HONG KONG SO IT'S CHINA,
IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE OF MAINLAND
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CHINA. YES I WAS GOING TO SAY,
HONG KONG, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S
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CHINA BUT IT'S NOT QUITE.
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RIGHT.
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WELL WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK WITH
SOME OF OUR MAIN CHURCHES IN
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CHINA AND THEY HELP US IDENTIFY
PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TRAINED
AND THEY HAVE WORKED WITH.
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OH, OKAY.
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SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE
WAY WE CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.
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AND THEN HOW DO YOU TRAIN
THEM AND WHAT DO YOU TEACH THEM?
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WELL A LOT OF THEM HAVE
BEEN TRAINED ALREADY IN THEIR
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CHURCHES. AND THEN HONESTLY FOR
ME TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM IS
USUALLY NOT AN OPTION
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BECAUSE I'M A FOREIGNER.
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I DON'T BLEND IN, I DON'T
HAVE THE RIGHT COLOR HAIR OR THE
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RIGHT SHAPED EYES. SO WHAT I DO
IS WORK THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE
THAT CONNECT WITH THEM AND DO
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THE TRAINING.
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WE PROVIDE MATERIALS.
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GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN
FANTASTIC AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU
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ANOTHER TIME, BUT WE HAVE
MATERIAL THAT IS PLACED IN THE
HAND OF EVERY TEAM AND GOSPEL
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OUTREACH HELPED PUT IT THERE.
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IT'S GLOW TRACTS, IT'S BIBLE
STUDY MATERIALS, HEALTH
INFORMATION, HOW TO
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HAVE A STRONG PRAYER LIFE.
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SIMPLE THINGS THAT ANYBODY
COULD REALLY SHARE WITH THEIR
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NEIGHBORS. YES.
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LISTENING TO YOU TALK I
FIND MYSELF BETWEEN THE ROLE OF
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TOURIST AND PASTOR AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW YOU FIT IN THERE
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
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ABILITY BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO GO
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INTO CHINA AND SAY, ALRIGHT
GOING TO HOLD AN EVANGELISTIC
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CAMPAIGN. NO.
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CHINA IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED
ON SHARING JESUS, OUR LEADERSHIP
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THERE. AND WHAT THE UNION DOES
IS WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FROM THE
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OUTSIDE. SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
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WHAT DO YOU PROVIDE?
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WELL WE PROVIDE
MATERIALS, TRACTS YES.
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WE PROVIDE BECAUSE OF GOSPEL
OUTREACH AND OTHER SUPPORTERS WE
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ARE ABLE TO HELP
PROVIDE A LIVELIHOOD.
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HELP TO PAY FOR
THEM TO GO PLACES.
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EVERY WEEK OR SO SOMETIMES MORE
SOMETIMES LESS I GET AN EMAIL IN
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MY BOX FROM YOU WHERE YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT THINGS YOU WANT ME
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TO PRAY FOR. YES.
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AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE FOCUS.
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AS I GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE
IT'S SOMETHING REALLY WONDERFUL
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HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY AND YOU
GIVE ME A SHORT STORY AND THEN
IT'S, PLEASE PRAY FOR.
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YES.
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WHAT DO YOU NEED
MOST TO DO YOUR WORK WELL?
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I FEEL THAT WHAT CHINA NEED TO
DO THE JOB WELL IS THE
OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY
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SPIRIT AND HEARTS
THAT ARE OPEN TO THAT.
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YOU KNOW WE HAVE CHALLENGES
IN CHINA JUST LIKE HERE IN THE
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UNITED STATES AND THAT IS
MATERIALISM, SECULARISM MEISM.
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ALL THE ISMS.
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BECAUSE CHINA AS YOU
KNOW IS A BOOMING ECONOMY.
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SO EITHER PEOPLE HAVE THE MONEY
AND THEY HAVE THE THINGS WHICH
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THEY FEEL NO NEED FOR CHRIST OR
THERE IS THAT POSSIBILITY OF
HAVING WHAT THEY WANT TO
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HAVE IN THEIR HANDS.
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THEIR RICE BOWLS ARE FULL AND
NOW THEY DON'T SENSE THE NEED
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FOR JESUS AS MUCH.
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SO CHINA IS THE LARGEST
UNREACHED AREA, IDENTIFIED
UNREACHED GROUP BUT YET
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IT'S SO MODERN IN MANY PLACES.
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AND THERE IS THAT HOPE OF
MATERIAL GAIN SO PEOPLE DON'T
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SENSE THEIR NEED. THAT'S A
HUGE CHALLENGE RIGHT THERE.
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SO ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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YOU KNOW GOSPEL OUTREACH
HELPS TO SEND TEAMS IN THERE.
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YOU PROVIDE FUNDING AND
NOW SLOWLY AS MONEY HAS COME IN
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PEOPLE ARE WORSHIPING THE
GOD MONEY, THE GOD OF MONEY.
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YES.
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SO GOD IS ATTACKING THAT THROUGH
CHURCHES, CONGREGATIONS THROUGH
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INDIVIDUALS IN MANY
DIFFERENT PARTS OF CHINA.
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WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THEY
GET TO GIVE TO THEIR NEIGHBORS?
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ONE THING THAT OUR TEAMS ARE
REALLY FOCUSING ON MANY OF THEM
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IS MEETING THE
NEEDS, THE FELT NEEDS.
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I'M HEARING THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN
AS I'M INTERVIEWING PEOPLE HERE
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AT GOSPEL OUTREACH.
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WE FIND WHAT IS THE
NEED OF THE LITTLE FAMILY.
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WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS IN CHAIN?
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WELL IN CHINA THE
FAMILY IS VERY MUCH DIVIDED.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF, THE
DIVORCE RATE IS GOING UP.
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THERE'S A LOT OF SQUABBLING.
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THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE
ON FAMILIES TO SURVIVE, IT'S
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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
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AND THEN THE DYNAMICS ARE VERY
DIFFERENT WITH THE ONE CHILD
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POLICY FOR ALL THOSE YEARS
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BROAD BASE
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FOR SUPPORT. SO
THAT IS A HUGE CHALLENGE.
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JUST THE FAMILY DYNAMICS.
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YOU KNOW THEY
DON'T HAVE THE HOPE.
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IF THEY FAIL IN THEIR CAREER OR
IN THEIR PROFESSION THEN WHERE
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DO THEY GO BECAUSE THEY ONLY
HAVE THIS ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND
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IT'S ALL ABOUT SUCCESS.
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DOES SOMEONE TELL THEM
WHAT THAT LIFE IS GOING TO BE?
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DOES THE GOVERNMENT SAY YOU LOOK
LIKE YOU OUGHT TO BE A NURSE?
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YOU KNOW I THINK IT
USED TO BE MORE THAT WAY.
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THEY BASICALLY PRESCRIBED WHAT
YOU WOULD DO WITH YOUR LIFE.
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BUT NOW THERE'S
MORE AND MORE FREEDOMS.
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PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR CHOICES.
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THEY CAN CHOOSE THE
CAREER THEY WANT TO GO IN.
00:11:41.56\00:11:43.80
NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF STRESSORS
AS FAR AS ACADEMICALLY PREPARING
00:11:43.83\00:11:47.40
THEMSELVES AND
GETTING QUALIFIED.
00:11:47.44\00:11:49.40
YES.
00:11:49.44\00:11:50.81
SO YOU'VE GOT CITIES WITH
MANY MANY BUILDINGS AND LOTS OF
00:11:50.84\00:11:53.68
FACTORIES AND YOU'VE GOT
COUNTRYSIDE WHERE PEOPLE STILL
00:11:53.71\00:11:56.88
GROW APRICOTS. YES, BUT WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN CHINA IS WHAT WE
CALL THE GREATEST HUMAN
00:11:56.91\00:12:00.65
MIGRATION AS PEOPLE ARE MOVING
FROM RURAL SETTINGS INTO THE
00:12:00.68\00:12:05.69
CITY. SO YOU GO INTO THE CITIES
AND WE HAVE MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
00:12:05.72\00:12:10.46
PEOPLE.
00:12:10.49\00:12:11.46
I HAVE TO SAY
SOMETHING INTERESTING.
00:12:11.49\00:12:13.46
THE LARGEST CITY IN CHINA HAS
MORE PEOPLE IN IT THAN EVERY
SINGLE STATE IN THE
00:12:13.50\00:12:19.80
UNITED STATES
EXCEPT FOR CALIFORNIA.
00:12:19.83\00:12:21.87
REALLY.
00:12:21.90\00:12:22.87
REALLY.
00:12:22.90\00:12:23.87
YES, EVERY STATE.
00:12:23.91\00:12:24.87
WHERE IS THAT?
00:12:24.91\00:12:25.87
IS THAT BEIJING OR WHERE?
00:12:25.91\00:12:26.88
NO IT'S OUT IN CHONGQING YES.
00:12:26.91\00:12:27.88
OUT IN, NOW TELL
ME WHAT THAT MEANS?
00:12:27.91\00:12:31.08
GIVE ME A MENTAL PICTURE BECAUSE
I SEE BEIJING AND I SEE SHANGHAI
00:12:31.11\00:12:36.25
AND I SEE HONG KONG.
00:12:36.28\00:12:37.52
WHERE'S THAT?
00:12:37.55\00:12:38.45
WELL IT'S OUT TOWARDS
THE WEST A LITTLE BIT.
00:12:38.49\00:12:40.69
AND IT'S A MANUFACTURING
CITY, IT'S A MADE CITY.
00:12:40.72\00:12:43.89
YES.
00:12:43.93\00:12:45.73
IT'S A HUGE CITY AND IN THAT
CITY ON ANY GIVEN SABBATH WE
00:12:45.76\00:12:51.60
HAVE MAYBE 200 PEOPLE MEETING.
00:12:51.63\00:12:53.40
FROM A CITY OF 30 PLUS MILLION
PEOPLE WE ONLY HAVE A SMALL
00:12:53.44\00:12:58.27
GROUP OF ADVENTISTS.
00:12:58.31\00:12:59.64
AND WE HAVE TEENS NOW IN
THAT CITY THAT ARE FOCUSING ON
00:12:59.67\00:13:03.98
REACHING THE UNREACHED.
00:13:04.01\00:13:05.11
YOU KNOW MOST GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS GO IN ONE BY ONE.
00:13:05.15\00:13:07.75
BUT IN CHINA WE SEND
THEM IN, GROUP BY GROUP?
00:13:07.78\00:13:10.85
TWO BY TWO.
00:13:10.89\00:13:12.32
TWO BY TWO AND BY DOING THAT
THEY'RE ABLE TO HOLD HEARTS AND
00:13:12.35\00:13:18.16
MEET PEOPLE. THEY HAVE EACH
OTHER TO SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S
VERY VERY DIFFICULT WORK.
00:13:18.19\00:13:22.20
SO THEY HAVE EACH OTHER.
00:13:22.23\00:13:24.63
I WANT TO SHOW A QUICK
COMMERCIAL, SURE, AND THEN I
WANT TO COME BACK AND
00:13:24.67\00:13:27.27
SAY, ALRIGHT, WHAT IS THE
DIFFICULTY THAT THEY REALLY FACE
00:13:27.30\00:13:30.41
AS GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
00:13:30.44\00:13:32.51
OKAY.
00:13:32.54\00:13:33.51
TAKE A QUICK LOOK.
00:13:33.54\00:13:35.11
GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION
TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE
00:13:36.24\00:13:40.25
SIMPLE QUESTION.
00:13:40.28\00:13:41.32
WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
00:13:41.35\00:13:43.12
IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE,
HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS
00:13:43.15\00:13:47.29
JESUS WAITING FOR?
00:13:47.32\00:13:48.69
IN A WORLD FILLED WITH
EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND
NATURAL CALAMITIES,
00:13:48.72\00:13:53.16
WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
00:13:53.19\00:13:55.43
THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW
24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE
00:13:55.46\00:14:02.60
KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL
THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL
00:14:02.64\00:14:05.24
NATIONS AND THEN
SHALL THE END COME."
00:14:05.27\00:14:08.91
INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL
OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER
00:14:10.01\00:14:13.68
AND OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS
HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION
WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED
00:14:13.72\00:14:18.05
WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES.
00:14:18.09\00:14:19.75
GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN
INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN
00:14:19.79\00:14:24.89
ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS.
00:14:24.93\00:14:27.36
YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT.
00:14:27.40\00:14:28.86
IT'S AN ALL
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
00:14:28.90\00:14:31.00
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH
THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR
00:14:31.03\00:14:35.64
BIBLE WORKERS IN
UNREACHED TERRITORIES.
00:14:35.67\00:14:37.47
JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE FINAL
QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING
00:15:08.17\00:15:08.24
FOR? AUDREY
FOLKENBERG IS WITH US TODAY.
00:15:09.00\00:15:10.41
AND YOU'VE HAD SOME, THERE'S
A THOUSAND HISTORY QUESTIONS I
00:15:10.44\00:15:13.44
WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU.
00:15:13.48\00:15:14.74
YES, AND PROBABLY I COULDN'T
ANSWER THEM ALL BUT I WOULD LOVE
00:15:14.78\00:15:16.54
TO. MY LITTLE TIME IN CHINA HAS
BEEN INCREDIBLY REWARDING AND
00:15:16.58\00:15:22.52
YET IT JUST SEEMS OVERWHELMING.
00:15:22.55\00:15:23.59
YES.
00:15:23.62\00:15:24.59
THERE ARE SO
MANY DIFFERENT CHINAS.
00:15:24.62\00:15:26.59
THERE ARE AND IT'S A FASCINATING
PLACE BUT THE FOCUS THAT GOSPEL
00:15:26.62\00:15:29.46
OUTREACH HAS IS
REACHING PEOPLE FOR JESUS.
00:15:29.49\00:15:32.59
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
ALL ABOUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
00:15:32.63\00:15:36.87
BUT YOU DO THAT BY DISCOVERING
BASIC NEEDS AND FINDING WAYS TO
00:15:36.90\00:15:40.07
COMPLETE THEM?
00:15:40.10\00:15:41.54
WE IDENTIFY UNREACHED AREAS
OF CHINA AND THEN WE MOVE IN AND
00:15:41.57\00:15:46.07
OUR TEAMS ARE ALL ABOUT TRYING
TO GET TO KNOW AND CONNECT,
00:15:46.11\00:15:49.48
BUILD FRIENDSHIPS. HELPING TO
IDENTIFY THE NEEDS AND THEN
BEING THERE FOR THE PEOPLE.
00:15:49.51\00:15:53.82
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT ONE
OF THE BEST WAYS TO UNDERSTAND
00:15:53.85\00:15:57.79
CHINA IS TO LOOK A
LITTLE BIT INTO THE HISTORY.
00:15:57.82\00:15:59.79
OKAY.
00:15:59.82\00:16:01.09
NOW THE FIRST ADVENTIST
MISSIONARY WENT IN TO CHINA IN
00:16:01.12\00:16:04.46
1888. HIS NAME IS ABRAM
LA RUE A FASCINATING STORY.
00:16:04.49\00:16:06.70
AND THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTED
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND I'D LIKE
00:16:06.73\00:16:10.63
TO SHOW THIS VIDEO THAT
BASICALLY CAPTURES THE HISTORY
OF WHERE OUR CHURCH BEGAN TO
00:16:10.67\00:16:16.34
WHERE IT IS NOW.
00:16:16.37\00:16:17.91
I WOULD LOVE THAT.
00:16:17.94\00:16:18.84
THANK YOU.
00:16:18.87\00:16:19.81
MUSIC.
00:16:19.84\00:16:27.12
WHEN WE SAY TO GROW GOD'S
KINGDOM WE MEAN TO EXPAND THE
00:16:27.15\00:16:32.19
PLAN OF SALVATION AMONG MILLIONS
OF CHINESE LIVING IN THE GREAT
00:16:32.85\00:16:35.79
CHINA REGION. THE ADVENTIST
MINISTRY IN CHINA BEGAN WITH LAY
MISSIONARY ABRAM LA RUE
00:16:35.82\00:16:41.56
127 YEARS AGO IN 1888.
00:16:42.10\00:16:45.07
THE FIRST
OFFICIAL MISSIONARY J.N.
00:16:45.10\00:16:48.40
ANDERSON WAS
SENT TO CHINA IN 1902.
00:16:48.44\00:16:51.64
IN 1906 NAG PIT KEH BECAME THE
FIRST ORDAINED CHINESE ADVENTIST
00:16:51.67\00:16:57.65
MINISTER. LATER ON PASTOR
---------------A BAPTIST
MINISTER JOINED THE
00:16:58.31\00:17:02.58
ADVENTIST MINISTRY.
00:17:02.62\00:17:04.12
FOR HALF A CENTURY ADVENTIST
LEADERS AND MEMBERS LIVED
00:17:04.15\00:17:09.82
THROUGH DIFFICULT HISTORICAL
PERIODS WITHSTANDING COUNTLESS
00:17:09.86\00:17:17.20
REGIME CHANGES, POLITICAL UNREST
AND BRUTAL MILITARY CONFLICTS
INCLUDING THE JAPANESE
00:17:17.23\00:17:20.17
INVASION AND A CIVIL WAR.
00:17:20.20\00:17:21.80
DESPITE THE UNSTABLE SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENT BY 1950 THE CHINA
00:17:21.84\00:17:26.51
DAVISON ALONG WITH ITS SEVEN
UNION CONFERENCES WAS
SUPERVISING 276 CHURCHES
00:17:26.54\00:17:32.21
AND 21 THOUSAND MEMBERS.
00:17:32.25\00:17:34.68
IT ALSO OPERATED MANY SCHOOL
RANGING FROM ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO
00:17:34.72\00:17:39.65
COLLEGE LEVEL, 13 HOSPITALS AND
SIGNS OF THE TIMES PUBLISHING
00:17:39.69\00:17:43.99
ASSOCIATION.
00:17:44.03\00:17:45.36
WITH THE BACKDROP OF THE ONGOING
KOREAN WAR THE ADVENTIST CHURCH
00:17:45.39\00:17:50.17
WENT THROUGH THE ACCUSATION
MOVEMENT DURING WHICH MANY
ORDINARY CITIZENS WERE
00:17:50.20\00:17:54.27
WRONGFULLY ACCUSED
OF BEING FOREIGN SPIES.
00:17:54.30\00:17:57.27
IN 1951 THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT
CONFISCATED ALL CHURCH ENTITIES.
00:17:57.31\00:18:02.88
IN 1958 CHINA ENTERED A PERIOD
CALLED THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD.
00:18:02.91\00:18:08.45
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WERE
ANNEXED IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE
00:18:08.48\00:18:13.29
DENOMINATIONS. STARTING IN 1966
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION WHICH
LASTED TEN YEARS INFLICTED
00:18:13.32\00:18:18.99
ANOTHER ROUND OF
DESTRUCTION TO ALL RELIGIONS.
00:18:19.03\00:18:21.86
BIBLES WERE TORCHED IN PUBLIC.
00:18:21.90\00:18:24.63
CHURCHES WERE CONVERTED TO
FACTORIES, SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE
00:18:24.67\00:18:29.70
CENTERS. MANY CHRISTIAN
MINISTERS AND ORGANIZATION STAFF
WERE SENT TO LABOR CAMPS
00:18:29.74\00:18:33.78
FOR RE-EDUCATION.
00:18:33.81\00:18:35.24
SOME WERE THROWN IN JAIL.
00:18:35.28\00:18:37.05
IT WAS THE DARKEST CHAPTER
IN THE CHRISTIAN IN CHINA.
00:18:37.08\00:18:41.25
EVEN DURING THE MOST DIFFICULT
TIMES THE LORD WAS WITH HIS
00:18:41.28\00:18:47.12
FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS.
00:18:47.16\00:18:48.76
MANY ADVENTISTS SUFFERED FOR
THEIR FAITH BUT THEIR
PERSEVERANCE KEPT THE
00:18:48.79\00:18:52.86
CHURCH ALIVE.
00:18:52.89\00:18:54.36
WHEN CHINA ENTERED A NEW ERA THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES SPRANG LIKE
00:18:54.36\00:18:59.53
BAMBOO SHOOTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:18:59.57\00:19:01.47
TODAY IN 2015 THE MEMBERSHIP
OF THE CHINESE ADVENTIST CHURCH
00:19:01.50\00:19:08.41
REACH 410 THOUSAND.
00:19:08.44\00:19:09.91
THE NUMBER OF CHURCHES AND
MEETING PLACES IS BETWEEN FOUR
00:19:09.94\00:19:13.75
AND FIVE THOUSAND. MORE THAN
THREE MILLION BOOKS OF SPIRIT
AND PROPHECY HAVE BEEN PRINTED
00:19:13.78\00:19:18.15
AND DISTRIBUTED.
00:19:18.19\00:19:20.19
FROM 1958 TO 1966 THE ADVENTIST
CHURCH HAS GONE THROUGH A GREAT
00:19:20.22\00:19:26.09
TEST. IN SHANGHAI WHERE THE
CHINA DIVISION OFFICE WAS
LOCATED MORE THAN 20
00:19:26.93\00:19:30.47
MINISTER, ELDERS AND DEACONS,
MINISTRY DIRECTORS AND LAY
00:19:30.50\00:19:35.74
PERSONS WERE SENT TO
LABOR CAMPS FOR REEDUCATION.
00:19:35.77\00:19:38.47
NONE OF THEM
BETRAYED THEIR FAITH.
00:19:38.51\00:19:40.78
THEY WENT STRAIGHT BACK TO
THE BUSINESS OF GROWING GOD'S
00:19:40.81\00:19:44.71
KINGDOM WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED.
00:19:44.75\00:19:46.45
YEARS LATER THEY WERE EXONERATED
BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
00:19:46.48\00:19:49.55
YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD OF SOME OF THEM.
00:19:49.58\00:19:52.05
------------, -----------,
-----------, ------------, AND
00:19:52.72\00:19:54.32
ROBERT WONG. THERE WERE MANY
DEDICATED ADVENTISTS LIVING IN
OTHER PLACES AS WELL.
00:19:54.36\00:19:58.83
WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO
BECAME MARTYRS FOR THE KINGDOM
00:19:58.86\00:20:15.51
INCLUDING -----------.
00:20:15.54\00:20:16.18
CURRENTLY THERE ARE SEVERAL
CITIES AND REGIONS IN CHINA
00:20:16.95\00:20:23.79
WHICH BOASTED HAVING MORE THAN
ONE THOUSAND ADVENTISTS
WORSHIPPING ON ANY GIVEN
00:20:23.82\00:20:29.46
SABBATH.
00:20:29.49\00:20:30.96
THE CITIES OF WOSHI, WHEN
CHO, SHEN YOUNG, CHE ON AND THE
00:20:30.99\00:20:36.53
REGIONS AROUND DA GUSHON, GO
JUL, NORTHERN GUAN DO PROVINCE
ARE PROMINENT LOCATIONS.
00:20:37.10\00:20:42.77
THE CHURCHES AT THESE
LOCATIONS STARTED SMALL.
00:20:43.44\00:20:46.68
THEIR DEVELOPMENT TESTIFIES
TO GOD'S GLORY AND POWER.
00:20:46.71\00:20:50.78
ALL THE CHURCH LEADERS LED WITH
GOOD EXAMPLES OF TRUE DEDICATION
00:20:50.81\00:20:55.78
AND SACRIFICE. THE CONGREGATIONS
RESPONDED WITH FAITHFUL
00:20:55.82\00:21:00.86
WITNESSING. FROM A FEW TO
SEVERAL THOUSAND THEY STEADILY
GROW GOD'S KINGDOM.
00:21:00.89\00:21:04.63
BUT THAT ON THE GOOD GROUND
OBEY, WHICH IN AN HONEST AND
00:21:04.66\00:21:10.30
GOOD HEART HAVING HEARD THE WORD
KEEP IT AND BRING FORTH FRUIT
00:21:10.33\00:21:15.20
WITH PATIENCE. JESUS RIGHTFULLY
DESCRIBED HOW HIS KINGDOM GROWS.
00:21:15.24\00:21:19.87
FROM THE ERA OF EAST ASIA
ASSOCIATION TO TODAY'S CHINESE
00:21:19.91\00:21:25.48
UNION MISSION EVERY OUTREACH
METHOD, LITERATURE EVANGELISM,
RADIO BROADCASTING,
00:21:25.51\00:21:30.22
DISCIPLE TRAINING, INTERNET AND
TV MINISTRY, CORRESPONDENT BIBLE
00:21:30.25\00:21:33.82
SCHOOLS, GRIGGS UNIVERSITY ASIA,
EXCHANGES AND VISITS HAVE BEEN
00:21:33.86\00:21:42.26
USED TO SERVE THE SEEDS
AND TO NURTURE THE HEARTS.
00:21:42.30\00:21:45.97
WITHOUT--------WE SEE THAT THE
SEED HAS GROWN AND BORN FRUIT IN
00:21:46.00\00:21:50.34
CHINA. WHAT ARE THE WORDS THAT
YOU REALLY WANT ME TO USE WHEN I
00:22:09.02\00:22:12.96
PRAY FOR CHINA? THERE ARE SO
MANY BIBLE VERSES TO CLAIM BUT I
00:22:12.99\00:22:17.73
WOULD FOCUS THOSE SPECIFICALLY
ON KINGDOM GROWTH, KINGDOM
00:22:17.77\00:22:21.70
GROWTH. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
00:22:21.74\00:22:22.57
KINGDOM GROWTH IS
GROWING GOD'S KINGDOM.
00:22:22.60\00:22:24.71
YOU KNOW CHINA FOR MANY YEARS
WAS CALLED THE MIDDLE KINGDOM.
00:22:24.74\00:22:27.74
RIGHT.
00:22:27.78\00:22:29.14
BUT IT'S GOD'S KINGDOM AND
WE NEED GOD'S KINGDOM TO GROW.
00:22:29.18\00:22:32.58
IN THE POPULATION THERE IS
STAGGERING BUT WE KNOW THAT
EVERY PERSON NEEDS TO
00:22:32.61\00:22:37.69
LEARN OF JESUS TO HEAR HIS NAME.
00:22:39.99\00:22:41.96
OKAY, IN THE EARLY DAYS WHEN
LA RUE AND THE OTHERS WENT INTO
00:22:41.99\00:22:47.03
CHINA IT WAS LIKE THE CHRISTIAN
RELIGION THEY BROUGHT WAS
00:22:49.53\00:22:52.53
WONDERFUL. THEY BROUGHT
MEDICINE, THEY BROUGHT CARE,
THEY BROUGHT EDUCATION.
00:22:52.57\00:22:55.37
THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED.
00:22:55.40\00:22:57.34
NOT ALWAYS.
00:22:57.37\00:22:58.74
YES THERE WERE DIFFICULT
TIMES BECAUSE PRIOR TO THEM
00:22:58.77\00:23:01.74
HISTORICALLY THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME THINGS THAT CHRISTIANS HAVE
DONE THAT PUT A VERY, THAT WERE
00:23:01.78\00:23:06.65
VERY CRUEL, VERY CRUEL.
00:23:06.68\00:23:07.65
YES.
00:23:07.68\00:23:09.18
BUT IT WAS, THEY WERE VERY
EFFECTIVE IN GETTING INTO CHINA
AND THEN SENDING OUT
00:23:09.22\00:23:13.42
THE MESSAGE PRIMARILY THROUGH
LITERATURE THROUGH PUBLISHING.
00:23:13.46\00:23:15.92
YES.
00:23:15.96\00:23:17.43
WHICH WAS WELL RECEIVED BECAUSE
PEOPLE WOULD READ AND THEY WOULD
00:23:17.46\00:23:19.56
SAY WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE.
00:23:19.59\00:23:20.56
I WANT TO KNOW MORE OF THIS.
00:23:20.60\00:23:21.80
BUT THEN IT CAME TO A SITUATION
WHERE WE HAD TO GO UNDERGROUND.
00:23:21.83\00:23:26.33
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:23:26.37\00:23:27.70
IN 1949 COMMUNISM CAME IN AND WE
HAD HOSPITALS, WE HAD SCHOOLS,
00:23:27.74\00:23:31.81
WE HAD CHURCHES, WE HAD
CONFERENCE OFFICES, DIVISION
00:23:31.84\00:23:34.51
OFFICES. GONE.
00:23:34.54\00:23:35.51
ALL OF THEM WERE TAKEN AWAY.
00:23:35.54\00:23:36.51
GONE, OVERNIGHT.
00:23:36.54\00:23:37.81
YES.
00:23:37.85\00:23:38.81
AND THE CHURCH GREW.
00:23:38.85\00:23:41.08
THE CHURCH GREW THROUGH THOSE
DIFFICULT TIMES BECAUSE FAITHFUL
00:23:41.12\00:23:45.89
PEOPLE HAD A PASSION
FOR SHARING THEIR HOPE.
00:23:45.92\00:23:48.59
THEY WEREN'T
GOING TO LET IT GO AWAY.
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.59
NO, NO.
00:23:50.63\00:23:52.09
SO EVEN THOUGH THE DEVIL, AND I
WANT TO JUST PUT HIM IN PART OF
00:23:52.13\00:23:55.26
THIS, SO THE DEVIL COMES ALONG
AND SAYS WE JUST GOT TO
OBLITERATE THE ADVENTIST CHURCH
00:23:55.30\00:23:59.13
IN CHINA.
00:23:59.17\00:24:00.20
AND THEY SUCCEEDED.
00:24:00.24\00:24:02.57
NO, THE CHURCH WENT UNDERGROUND.
00:24:02.60\00:24:04.57
BUT THE BUILDINGS WERE GONE.
00:24:04.61\00:24:05.97
YES, ON THE SURFACE IT
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GONE.
00:24:06.01\00:24:08.41
THE ORGANIZATION WAS GONE.
00:24:08.44\00:24:09.41
YES.
00:24:09.44\00:24:10.31
THE ADVENTISTS WERE
OVER, DONE, FINISHED.
00:24:10.35\00:24:12.41
AND YET THE CHURCH IS GROWING
MORE NOW THAN IT HAD BEFORE.
00:24:12.45\00:24:14.75
YES.
00:24:14.78\00:24:16.22
AND THEN RECENTLY THE GOVERNMENT
SAYS YES, IT'S OKAY, WE CAN HAVE
00:24:16.25\00:24:20.46
CHURCHES AGAIN.
00:24:20.49\00:24:21.72
YOU CAN ACTUALLY
HAVE AN ORGANIZATION.
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.73
HOW IS THE CHURCH DOING?
00:24:23.76\00:24:24.73
IS IT GROWING FASTER?
00:24:24.76\00:24:25.86
NO ACTUALLY THE CHURCH
GROWTH RATE HAS SLOWED IN CHINA.
00:24:25.89\00:24:29.46
AS WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THERE
IS MORE MONEY, MORE MATERIALISM,
00:24:29.50\00:24:34.87
MORE SECULARISM.
00:24:34.90\00:24:35.87
SO THE DEVIL HAS
FOUND A BETTER WAY.
00:24:35.90\00:24:37.87
YES.
00:24:37.91\00:24:39.14
THE SAME WAY THAT HE HAS USED IN
AMERICA AND WESTERN COUNTRIES.
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RIGHT.
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AND ACTUALLY THE CHURCH IN
CHINA ISN'T AN ORGANIZED CHURCH.
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THE GOVERNMENT WANTS
EVERY CHURCH TO BE ON IT'S OWN.
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BUT THE UNION FROM
HONG KONG IS SUPPORTIVE.
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SO IT'S A LOOSELY CONNECTED
COLLECTION OF BELIEVERS.
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YES.
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THAT'S THE
KINGDOM OF GOD IN CHINA.
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THAT'S THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN
CHINA BUT THAT LOOSELY CONNECTED
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GROUP OF BELIEVES IS SENDING OUT
TEAMS INTO UNREACHED AREAS IF
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CHINA. AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S
A CHURCH IN A CITY OF FIVE
MILLION THAT HAVE MAYBE A
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HUNDRED WORSHIPPING ON SABBATH
DOES NOT MEAN IT'S REACHED.
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SO THEY ARE SENDING OUT TO
OTHER QUARTERS OF THE TOWN.
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YES, ABSOLUTELY.
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YOU CAN LOOK AT A GIANT
APARTMENT BUILDING IN BEIJING
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AND YOU CAN SAY THERE ARE
TWO ADVENTISTS IN THAT APARTMENT
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BUILDING, MAYBE. BUT IF THEY ARE
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HOW ARE
THEY SPENDING THEIR TIME?
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THEY ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
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THEY ARE GETTING TO
KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS.
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THEY'RE PASSING OUT LITERATURE.
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THEY'RE INVITING
THEM TO THEIR HOME.
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THEY'RE SHARING
THE LOVE OF JESUS.
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FULL TIME.
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FULL TIME.
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THAT'S WHAT THEIR DOING.
00:25:51.28\00:25:52.45
AND THAT HAS A POSSIBILITY OF
TOTAL TRANSFORMATION IN CHINA.
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YES.
00:25:54.55\00:25:55.52
AND IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
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ONE BUILDING AT A TIME.
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YES.
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OR THE FLOOR OF
ONE BUILDING AT A TIME.
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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ONE LIFE AT A TIME BUT I AM
CONVICTED THAT THE FUNDING THAT
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COMES IN FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH
AND THE EFFORTS OF THESE GOSPEL
WORKING TEAMS IS NOT
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ENOUGH.
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IT TAKES THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND THAT'S WHY PRAYER IS
00:26:14.24\00:26:19.74
SO IMPORTANT. OKAY, SO YOU BRING
ME BACK AGAIN TO THE EMAILS THAT
I GET FROM YOU EVERY WEEK.
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DICK, PRAY FOR THE ---------,
PRAY FOR THE WORK, PRAY FOR THE
00:26:22.88\00:26:27.72
GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS.
00:26:27.75\00:26:28.72
YES.
00:26:28.75\00:26:30.42
THAT ASSUMES, WHAT THAT REALLY
ASSUMES IS THAT YOU'RE NEEDED IN
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CHINA. THAT'S RIGHT.
00:26:34.99\00:26:36.59
IT'S NOT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH
WORKERS, IT'S NOT AUDREY AND
00:26:36.62\00:26:41.60
BOB, IT'S YOU PRAYING FOR
SPECIFIC HOLY SPIRIT POWER ON
SPECIFIC FLOORS IN LITTLE OR
00:26:41.63\00:26:46.70
GIANT APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
00:26:48.77\00:26:49.74
[CLOSING MUSIC]
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