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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000620A
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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:24 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:27 THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS TAKE YOU TO 00:31 CHINA. 00:33 NOW WHEN I THINK OF CHINA I THINK OF SOME GOOD FRIENDS. 00:36 A DOCTOR WHO I HAVE TRADED STAMPS WITH FOR YEARS. 00:42 A DOCTOR WHO DESPERATELY LOVES JESUS BUT CAN'T TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT IT. 00:47 WHEN I THINK OF CHINA I THINK OF HONG KONG AND VISITING THERE AND GOING 00:52 ACROSS ON THE FERRY AT NIGHT AND THOUSAND OF LITTLE PICTURES LIKE THAT 00:56 COME TO MY MIND. 00:58 BUT WITH US TOADY IS AUDREY FOLKENBERG WHO LIVES IN HONG KONG WITH 01:02 HER HUSBAND WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ADVENTIST WORK IN THAT PART OF THE 01:08 WORLD. 01:09 THAT MUST BE FUN. 01:11 IT'S EXCITING. 01:12 IT'S AN ADVENTURE. 01:13 I MEAN LIVING IN HONG KONG, OH YES, WELL THAT CAN HELP BUT BE FUN, IS A 01:16 FUN PLACE. 01:17 I HAVE TO TELL YOU THOUGH. 01:19 WE LIVED IN ASIA FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE AND IT WAS A GREAT ADVENTURE FOR ALL 01:24 THE RIGHT REASONS BECAUSE I HAD MY CHILDREN WITH ME AND IT WAS JUST FUN. 01:30 I ENJOY TRAVEL. 01:31 AND THEY DID TOO. 01:32 AND THEY DID. 01:34 WELL THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT THIS TIME AROUND IT'S MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE MY 01:37 CHILDREN ARE ALL HERE IN THE STATES. 01:39 THEY'VE GROWN UP, NO COMPLETELY. 01:41 MY YOUNGEST IS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE. 01:43 THEY NEVER ALWAYS GROW UP, OR GROW UP COMPLETELY. 01:45 YES, YES. 01:46 IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS PARENTS. 01:48 YES. 01:49 SO THAT'S BEEN MORE OF A SACRIFICE THIS TIME BUT THE WORLD IS SMALL. 02:00 IN FACT IT'S JUST A PLANE RIDE AWAY BETWEEN ONE PLACE AND THE OTHER. 02:04 IN 24 HOURS YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE. 02:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:08 SO I SAW THE MOST WONDERFUL LITTLE PROGRAM ON THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE 02:12 THIS WEEK. 02:14 IT WAS HOW POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS HAVE GROWN OVER THE YEARS. 02:20 LIFE BEFORE POWERPOINT. 02:22 YES. 02:24 AND IT WAS DRAWINGS AND THE CRAZY WAYS WE USED TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE. 02:27 YOU KNOW, WE'D DRAW AND DRAW HERE AND THEN POINT LITTLE ARROWS DOWN AND 02:30 AROUND. 02:31 JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND. 02:32 YOU BROUGHT A POWER POINT WITH YOU TODAY. 02:34 YES. 02:36 IT'S SIMPLE BUT I THINK IT JUST SHARES SOME INFORMATION. 02:39 YES. 02:40 AND YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY IT ON AN IPAD MADE IN CHINA. 02:43 YES. 02:45 SO IT'S BASICALLY THANKING GOSPEL OUTREACH FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO HELP 02:51 REACH THE UNREACHED IN CHINA. 02:52 GOOD. 02:53 WELL WALK US THROUGH THIS PLEASE. 02:55 OKAY. 02:56 SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST PICTURE HERE. 02:58 IT'S GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS IN MANY COUNTRIES BUT ONE OF THEM IS IN CHINA AND THAT'S OF 03:03 COURSE BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS FOCUSED ON REACHING THE UNREACHED IN 03:07 THE 10/40 WINDOW. 03:09 AND IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WE, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEFINE 10/40 03:13 WINDOW FOR ALL OF US. 03:14 OH THAT'S ON THE GLOBE. 03:15 THAT'S THE FAT PART OF THE GLOVE RIGHT. 03:18 YES. 03:19 THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LIVE AND IT'S ALSO WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE 03:23 DON'T KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 03:24 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:25 IN THAT 10/40 WINDOW OF THE GLOBE WE HAVE 4.5 BILLION PEOPLE AND OF THAT 03:34 4.5 BILLION THAT LIVE IN THE 10/40 ZONE ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM LIVE IN 03:39 CHINA. 03:40 WOW, SO YOU REALLY DO HAVE A CHALLENGE. 03:42 YES. 03:43 WELL, AND IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH 03:46 BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THEIR MAIN AREAS OF FOCUS. 03:49 OKAY, SO BACK TO YOUR POWERPOINT. 03:51 OKAY, WELL CHINA IS A BIG PLACE. 03:53 YOU KNOW JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP YOU CAN SEE IT HAS 34 DIFFERENT 03:56 ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS. 03:58 AND THAT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO PROVINCES WHICH ARE 23. 04:02 WE HAVE 50 STATES. 04:04 THEY HAVE 23 PROVINCES. 04:06 FOUR MUNICIPALITIES, FIVE AUTONOMOUS REGIONS AND TWO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE 04:12 REGIONS WHICH BASICALLY IS A WAY OF SAYING THAT CHINA HAS DIFFERENT AREAS WHICH 04:17 ARE GOVERNED MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, MAYBE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIVILEGES. 04:21 LIKE I SAID THERE ARE MANY CHINAS IN CHINA. 04:23 OKAY SO THAT'S LIKE HAVING THE UNITED STATES WHERE GUAM IS NOT A STATE BUT 04:30 OVER HERE WE ALSO HAVE PUERTO RICO THAT IS NOT A STATE BUT IT'S GOT A 04:34 UNIQUE ADMINISTRATION RELATIONSHIP. 04:36 SAME KIND OF THING IN CHINA. 04:37 RIGHT. 04:38 AND THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHICH ARE LIKE TIBET WHICH IS PART OF CHINA BUT IT'S 04:41 RUN QUITE DIFFERENTLY WITH AN ALL NEW SET OF LAWS. 04:44 SO LET'S MOVE ON. 04:46 IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE 12 COLORED 04:51 AREAS. 04:52 IN THOSE AREAS ARE WHERE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TEAMS OF TWO WHICH GOSPEL OUTREACH 04:58 IS HELPING TO SUPPORT REACHING THE UNREACHED. 05:01 WHY DO YOU SEND TWO? 05:03 WELL WE JUST FEEL THAT THE CHALLENGE IS GREAT AND IT'S WORKED VERY WELL FOR 05:08 CHINA TO HAVE TEAMS OF TWO. 05:10 IT'S VERY BIBLICAL AND THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER, THEY ARE THERE FOR EACH 05:14 OTHER BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE IN VERY VERY RURAL AREAS. 05:18 SOME OF THEM ARE IN CITIES WHERE IT'S CONCRETE JUNGLES AND THEY'RE ALONG 05:22 AMONGST MILLIONS. 05:24 THEY ARE THE ONLY ADVENTISTS. 05:26 SO ARE YOU SENDING TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, COUPLES? 05:28 TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN, MARRIED COUPLES. 05:31 AND SO ALL OF THOSE. 05:32 YES ALL THE ABOVE. 05:34 DO THEY HAVE JOBS OTHER THAN BEING GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS SO ARE THEY TENT 05:38 MAKING? 05:39 AS A RULE NO, NO. 05:41 THEY ARE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF SLIP IN AND START BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND 05:47 CONNECTING IN THE COMMUNITY. 05:49 SO DURING THE DAY THEY'RE NOT MAKING IPADS AND AT NIGHT MAKING CONVERTS? 05:53 NO. 05:55 THERE WILL BE A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR 05:56 YOU KNOW, BUT BY AND LARGE THEY ARE ABLE TO FOCUS. 05:59 BUT IT'S RISKY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES. 06:03 THEY'RE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY ARE GUESTS AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE. 06:05 AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AS GUESTS OR WHAT THEY ARE DOING EVERY DAY AS GUESTS 06:07 IS THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY AROUND THEM TO MAKE FRIENDS. 06:09 YES. 06:10 THEY HAVE MOVED IN AND THEY ARE LIVING, THEY ARE GETTING TO KNOW THEIR 06:20 COMMUNITIES. 06:23 DISCIPLESHIP EVANGELISM. 06:25 YES THAT'S RIGHT. 06:26 AND IN ALL OF CHINA WE HAVE, LET ME TELL YOU, WE HAVE 217 TEAMS. 06:32 YOU'RE ON A POWER POINT POSITION AGAIN SO SHOW US YOUR NUMBERS. 06:35 LET ME SEE. 06:36 OKAY. 06:37 WE HAVE 217 TEAMS. 06:38 WE WEREN'T QUITE HERE TO THIS YET BUT WE HAVE 253 WORSHIP PLACES. 06:42 SO FAR UP TO THIS POINT IN CHINA WE'VE HAD 939 BAPTISMS. 06:48 BY THE WAY THOSE WORSHIP PLACES ARE HOUSE CHURCHES. 06:50 PROBABLY WHERE THESE TEAMS, THESE GOSPEL WORKING TEAMS HAVE GONE 06:56 AND NOW THEY'RE INVITING PEOPLE OVER TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES. 06:59 AND THEN THEY'RE HAVING SABBATH SERVICES. 07:02 HOW ARE YOU INVOLVED IN MINISTRY THEN? 07:04 WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH? 07:06 WELL I WORK AT THE UNION IN HONG KONG, YES THE UNION OFFICE. 07:11 WE GET REPORTS. 07:13 WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FUNDED PROPERLY. 07:15 WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GIVEN MATERIALS FOR TOOLS, TOOLS IN THEIR TOOL KITS. 07:22 I ALSO WORK IN DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS A NEW DEPARTMENT AT THE UNION THAT HELPS 07:29 RAISE FUND. 07:29 SO THAT YOU CAN DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 07:32 YES. 07:33 AND MY JOB AS I SEE IT IN DEVELOPMENT IS TO TELL THE STORY. 07:35 TELL THE STORY, ASK PEOPLE TO PRAY AND AS GOD IMPRESSES PEOPLE TO GIVE 07:41 THEY WILL. 07:42 OKAY, I WANT TO COME TO A PRACTICAL GOSPEL OUTREACH IDEA. 07:45 YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE FRIENDS. 07:46 YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT SO WHAT TOOLS ARE WE ABLE TO USE? 07:51 CHINESE ARE VERY MUCH INTO HEALTH. 07:53 YES. 07:54 SO DO YOU TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND TEACH HEALTH. 07:57 SURE. 07:58 LET ME JUST SHOW YOU, TALKING ABOUT TOOLS, OUR TOOL KIT. 08:01 OKAY. 08:02 AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE WORKERS HAVE, ALL OF 08:05 THE TEAMS HAVE. 08:07 THESE ARE GLOW CARDS. 08:08 NOW IN MY WORLD THESE ARE GLOW TRACTS? 08:12 YES. 08:13 BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. 08:14 THIS IS ONLY A CARD. 08:15 EXACTLY. 08:16 WELL, BUT IT'S GOT WRITING AND IT'S ALL IN CHINESE AND THEY TALK ABOUT JOY 08:22 AND PEACE. 08:23 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE, ABOUT WHERE YOU GO WHEN YOU DIE. 08:27 SO THESE ARE SIMPLY TRANSLATIONS OF WHAT I KNOW AS GLOW TRACTS. 08:30 EXACTLY, THESE ARE. 08:31 AND THEN WE HAVE THESE RIGHT HERE THAT WERE CREATED BY AN INDIVIDUAL 08:35 IN OUR OFFICE. 08:37 IN FACT SOMEBODY WHO SPENT 15 YEARS IN A LABOR CAMP, A CHINESE GENTLEMAN. 08:40 OH MY LANDS. 08:41 AND HE HAS CREATED THESE AND THEY ARE VERY VERY PARTICULAR TO WHAT THE 08:45 CHINESE ARE GOING THROUGH. 08:47 YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 08:51 AND IN CHINESE THE NUMBER FOR 10 LOOKS LIKE A CROSS. 08:55 SO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER 10, 10 COMMANDMENTS THAT BY GOD'S GRACE WE ARE SEEN AS 09:03 PERFECT THROUGH THE CROSS, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 09:06 ANYWAY. 09:07 PRETTY COOL. 09:08 YES. 09:10 AND ALL OF THESE, SOME ON HEALTH, SOME ON HOW TO BREAK ADDICTIONS. 09:14 WE HAVE CHALLENGES IN CHINA WITH A LOT OF SMOKING AND DRINKING AND 09:18 DRUGS SO THESE ARE ALL ABOUT THAT. 09:20 SO THESE ARE PRACTICAL THINGS THAT IF I'M A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, MY 09:24 WIFE AND I, WE CAN GIVE THESE TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 09:28 AND GIVING THEM STARTS A CONVERSATION. 09:30 YES. 09:31 AND THOUGH THEY MAY BE WORKING 16 HOURS A DAY THERE'S STILL TIME TO JUST 09:34 TALK. 09:36 YES, AND I HAVE A STORY OF A GENTLEMAN WHO RECEIVED ONE OF THESE BROCHURES, 09:41 ONE OF THESE TRACTS. 09:42 HE WAS TRADITIONAL. 09:44 HE WAS ALL ABOUT HIS FAMILY, HE WAS ABOUT PRAYING TO HIS ANCESTORS, 09:49 HE WOULD BURN MONEY BECAUSE WHEN YOU BURN MONEY IT WOULD GO UP, THE 09:54 MONEY WOULD GO UP IN SMOKE TO YOUR ANCESTORS. 09:57 HE WOULD BURN LITTLE FAKE HOUSES. 10:00 ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE THAT WAY IT BURNS AND THE SMOKE GOES UP AND SO YOUR 10:04 RELATIVES WILL NOW HAVE A HOUSE IN THE AFTERLIFE. 10:06 YES. 10:07 HE GOT A TRACT AND WHEN HE RECEIVED IT HE LAUGHED. 10:12 WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? 10:14 SOMETHING ABOUT GOD IS LOVE? 10:16 AND HE SAID WHAT IS GOING ON. 10:18 AND THEY TRIED TO EXPLAIN JUST READ THIS IT'S ABOUT GOD'S LOVE. 10:23 HE WENT HOME AND THERE WAS A PHONE NUMBER. 10:26 HE CALLED THE GOSPEL WORKERS AND SAID WHAT IS THIS ABOUT. 10:31 THEY SAID WELL WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO JESUS. 10:34 SO HE CAME TO CHURCH AND THAT DAY, THAT WHOLE DAY, HE DIDN'T DRINK ANY OF HIS 10:39 ALCOHOL OR SMOKE AND HE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC. 10:43 AND HE SAID LOOK AT ME I'M DOING GREAT TODAY. 10:45 I'VE BEEN CURED. 10:47 AND THEY SAID YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN ADDICTION. 10:50 YOU WILL HAVE SOME ROUGH TIMES. 10:52 AND HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM. 10:54 AND THEN HE WENT HOME AND HE STRUGGLED. 10:56 AND THE ROUGH TIMES BEGAN REALLY HARD. 10:58 YES. 10:59 AND THEY PRAYED WITH HIM AND THEY BEGAN TO HAVE BIBLE STUDIES WITH HIM. 11:03 AND HE QUIT HIS ADDICTIONS AND NOW HIS IS IN LOVE WITH JESUS AND EVERYWHERE 11:07 HE GOES HE GIVES AWAY THE TRACTS. 11:10 HE IS NOW SHARING JESUS. 11:11 AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE LIFE IS TOUCHED AND IT GOES ON AND ON. 11:16 AND IT JUST GROWS, IT GROWS. 11:17 IT'S LIKE THE DOMINO THEORY. 11:19 YOU KNOW YOU GET ONE, THERE'S SOMETHING, I JUST GOT TO TALK ABOUT IT. 11:22 YES, YES. 11:23 AND THIS IS A, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE MAYBE HEARD ABOUT UNITED PRAYER. 11:28 THIS IS A BOOKLET ALL ABOUT PRAYER BECAUSE WE WANT OUR TEAMS TO BE 11:33 EQUIPPED WITH PRAYER. 11:34 WE HAVE NEW BEGINNINGS POWER POINT DVDS, WE HAVE BOOKS ON HEALTH AND HOW TO 11:38 DO SIMPLE HEALTH LECTURES, SIMPLE BIBLE STUDIES. 11:41 SO THESE, I'M JUST GOING TO GRAB ALL YOUR TOOLS. 11:43 LOOK AT THIS. 11:45 SO THESE ARE ALL TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE IN CHINESE THAT ACTUALLY ENHANCE THE 11:50 ABILITY OF A GOSPEL WORKER TO DO EVERYTHING. 11:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 11:54 AND WHEN WE RECEIVE REPORTS FROM OUR GOSPEL WORKERS THEY'LL SAY THANK 11:57 YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THESE BIBLE LESSON STUDY GUIDES. 12:01 MANAGING MY HEALTH AND LEARNING TO EAT WELL. 12:04 YES, YES. 12:05 AND THIS IS LIKE MARK FINLEY'S BOOK. 12:07 SO WHEN YOU GIVE THEM A BOOK LIKE THIS, MARK FINLEY'S BOOK "LET'S STUDY 12:11 TOGETHER," YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM AN AMAZING TOOL. 12:15 AN AMAZING GIFT. 12:17 NOW THIS IS A VOICE OF PROPHECY BOOK THAT TALKS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHY 12:23 AND WHERE GOD FITS INTO OUR LIFE. 12:25 YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 12:26 HOW DO YOU FUND ALL OF THIS? 12:27 WELL SOME OF IT COMES THROUGH GOSPEL OUTREACH, THROUGH THE DONATIONS. 12:29 ALRIGHT. 12:31 SO STOP RIGHT THERE FOR JUST A MOMENT AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN 12:34 GET INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THIS MATERIAL IS IN THE HANDS 12:42 OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN CHINA. 12:43 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 12:49 QUESTION. 12:50 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 12:52 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS 12:55 WAITING FOR? 12:57 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 13:00 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:03 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:08 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 13:13 SHALL THE END COME." 13:16 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 13:22 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED 13:26 WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES. 13:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 13:33 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 13:35 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT. 13:37 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 13:39 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 13:45 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 13:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 13:50 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 13:54 WINDOW. 13:55 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 13:58 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:03 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 14:05 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 14:08 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE 14:15 NAME OF JESUS LIVE HERE. 14:17 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 14:19 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 14:23 IN NEW TERRITORIES, SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 14:28 THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU 14:31 CAN GET INVOLVED. 14:38 FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR 14:40 OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:42 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING 14:45 YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 14:47 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 14:49 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 14:52 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 14:56 JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 15:06 AUDREY YOU GET TO GO ALONG AND FAN THE 15:08 FIRE DON'T YOU. 15:09 YES. 15:10 EVERYDAY. 15:12 WELL LET ME SHOW YOU THAT LAST POWER POINT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. 15:14 OKAY. 15:15 AND BASICALLY IT'S A RECAP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BASED ON THE REPORTS WE'RE 15:19 GETTING FROM THE TEAM WE HAVE IN CHINA THAT ARE IN UNREACHED AREAS. 15:24 WORSHIP PLACES, THEY'RE MEETING IN IN-HOUSE CHURCHES. 15:27 AND MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE NOW. 15:29 BUT DOES THAT REALLY REPRESENT THE SABBATH ATTENDANCE. 15:35 IS THAT THE BELIEVERS IN CHINA OR WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S A PART OF THEM? 15:38 OH NO, NO, NO. 15:40 THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CHINA IS WELL OVER 400 THOUSAND. 15:45 WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE AND LET'S GO BACK TO IT AGAIN, IS THE 4000 THAT 15:51 ARE MEETING IN THE HOUSE CHURCHES OF PIONEER WORKERS, OF GOSPEL 15:55 OUTREACH TEAMS. 15:56 OKAY. 15:58 SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT HOW THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH PIONEER TEAMS ARE 16:00 IMPACTING CHINA. 16:01 OKAY, I'M WITH YOU NOW. 16:03 AND ONE THING OF COURSE, IT'S ALL ABOUT PRAYER. 16:07 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK OF CHINA THERE ARE MANY, MANY INCONSISTENCIES. 16:12 IN FACT THE ONLY CONSISTENT THING IN CHINA IS THAT IT'S INCONSISTENT. 16:17 BUT ONE THING, THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. 16:20 ONE THING I SAY ABOUT CHINA IS THERE'S A LOT OF BIG GOING ON. 16:24 IT'S A BIG COUNTRY WITH A BIG POPULATION. 16:28 THERE ARE BIG NUMBERS OF BAGS OF RICE AND NOODLES HERE AND THERE. 16:33 AND THERE IS ALSO A BIG CHALLENGE TO REACH THE UNREACHED. 16:38 SO THE PRAYERS WE PRAY ARE BIG PRAYERS WE PRAY FOR CHINA. 16:41 THEY NEED TO BE, YES. 16:43 AND THERE'S GOVERNMENT RESISTANCE IN CHINA. 16:45 THERE'S PERSECUTION, THERE'S WIDE SPREAD SECULARISM, THERE ARE 16:50 MINORITY GROUPS THAT ARE TOTALLY UNIQUE IN REACHING. 16:55 SO CHINA IS A BIG BIG CHALLENGE AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS AND 17:01 SUPPORT FOR KINGDOM GROWTH. 17:02 THIS IS NOTHING THAT CAN, YOUR MINISTRY CAN'T BE DONE ONE WAY. 17:07 IS THAT ONE REASON YOU HAVE SUCH A VARIETY OF HANDOUTS? 17:11 YES AND WE'RE STUDYING ON NEW WAYS TO REACH THE SECULAR MIND BECAUSE CHINA 17:17 IS SO CHINA BUT YET IT'S SO WESTERN, IT'S SO PROGRESSIVE. 17:21 SO WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE AND WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR THAT TOO ON 17:25 HOW WE CAN EQUIP PEOPLE TO REACH JESUS. 17:29 SO ONE OF THE THINGS I READ LAST WEEK IS THAT APPLE SOLD MORE I PHONES 17:35 IN CHINA THAN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN THE LAST MONTH. 17:39 BRAND NEW ONES. 17:39 WE COULD DO A WHOLE PROGRAM MAYBE NEXT TIME. 17:42 JUST ON I PHONES? 17:43 ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE'RE REACHING PEOPLE. 17:45 HOE ARE YOU ABLE TO USE THE BRAND NEW PHONES THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE AND 17:49 ARE BUYING? 17:50 HOW DO YOU USE THOSE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL? 17:53 OH THERE ARE DOWNLOADS. 17:54 WE HAVE I POD CASTS. 17:57 YOU HAVE POD CASTS, YOU APPS AND ALL KINDS OF WAYS WHERE PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY 18:03 BE PART OF THE GOSPEL WITH THAT NEW MACHINE THEY GOT. 18:06 YES. 18:07 WE HAVE SATELLITE TV AND WE HAVE 24/7 RADIO STATION. 18:12 A LOT OF THIS. 18:13 BUT IT COMES OUT OF HONG KONG RIGHT? 18:15 YES. 18:15 DO THEY HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THAT IN ------. 18:18 MAYBE. 18:19 YOU NEVER KNOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS ARE BLOCKED. 18:21 I'VE BEEN IN CHINA AND I'VE TRIED TO LOOK THINGS UP AND THEY'RE BLOCKED AND 18:24 OTHER TIMES THEY'RE NOT. 18:26 INTERESTING CHALLENGES. 18:28 BACK TO YOUR POWER POINT. 18:29 OH NO, I WANT TO GO TO THAT HOUSE. 18:31 YES, THIS IS A SMALL CHURCH WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME TOGETHER AND PRAYED. 18:35 YOU LOOK AT THAT PICTURE AND YOU SEE HOW SIMPLE IT IS. 18:41 YES. 18:42 AND THE SACRIFICES THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING. 18:46 LIKE WHAT? 18:48 WHEN THEY MAKE A SACRIFICE I AM TALKING THEY WILL SELL ALL THEIR PROPERTY. 18:53 SOMETIMES THEY WILL SELL THEIR SHEEP. 18:56 EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO HAVE MONEY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL, TO BUILD A CHURCH, 19:01 TO REFURBISH A HOUSE CHURCH, TO BUILD AN APARTMENT FLAT AND THEN 19:04 KNOCK OUT THE WALLS SO IT CAN BE A BIGGER CHURCH. 19:08 YES. 19:09 REALLY. 19:10 SO THERE'S A LOT OF, SO SACRIFICE REALLY MEANS SACRIFICE HERE. 19:12 YES, YES. 19:14 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TWO CARS INSTEAD OF THREE. 19:16 RIGHT. 19:18 NOW ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AGAIN IN CHINA IS MATERIALISM AND SECULARISM 19:23 SO YOU HAVE THE FULL GAMUT BUT MOST OF OUR MEMBERS ARE VERY VERY POOR. 19:30 AND THEY ARE JUST THRILLED WHEN THEY GET ANY SUPPORT AT ALL. 19:37 AND WHEN THEY CAN GIVE THEMSELVES. 19:39 AND THEY GIVE. 19:40 I HAVE TO TELL YOU A STORY. 19:42 I JUST TOOK A GROUP OF SINGERS, AN OCTET FROM UPPER COLUMBIA ACADEMY AND 19:48 THEY WERE ABLE TO VISIT AND SING IN MANY CHURCHES IN CHINA. 19:52 THE FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED IN YEARS AND YEARS THAT A GROUP FROM 19:56 THE WEST COMES IN. 19:57 ONE OF THE CHURCHES WE WENT TO WAS VERY VERY, IT WAS A VERY VERY POOR 20:03 CHURCH. 20:04 AT THE END OF THE TRIP THERE WAS AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF MONEY. 20:08 AT THE END OF THE TRIP THERE WAS AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THE UCA 20:11 GROUP, NOW THIS IS EVEN HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A MISSION TRIP 20:15 THAT HAS MORE MONEY THAN THEY NEEDED? 20:17 WELL I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE I HELPED PLAN THAT WE COULD TAKE SOME LOCAL 20:21 TRANSPORTATION AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A TOUR GUIDE I WAS WITH 20:24 THEM. 20:25 ANYWAY AT THE END OF THE TRIP THERE WAS THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS EXTRA. 20:28 AND THE UCA GROUP CHOSE TO GIVE THAT TO THAT VERY VERY NEEDY CHURCH. 20:34 WE GOT A LETTER BACK THAT SAID WE THANK YOU FOR THE MONEY BUT WE KNOW OF A 20:40 CHURCH THAT NEEDS IT EVEN MORE. 20:42 SO THEY PAID IT FORWARD. 20:45 REALLY. 20:46 YOU TALK ABOUT SACRIFICE. 20:47 MY LANDS. 20:48 AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE VALUES ARE. 20:50 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:51 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE SACRIFICING AND THIS IS WHAT'S 20:56 HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THIS. 20:57 PEOPLE ARE BEING BAPTIZED ONE LIFE AT A TIME AND COMING TO KNOW JESUS. 21:02 AND THAT'S LEGAL. 21:03 IN CHURCHES THEY WILL ALLOW SPECIFIED SABBATHS FOR BAPTISMS. 21:10 FOR BAPTISMS? 21:11 YES. 21:12 THIS ONE IS ONE THAT PEOPLE WENT OUT ON THEIR OWN AND, IN A LAKE IN AN 21:16 OCEAN AND JUST SAY, HEY GOD I'M YOURS. 21:19 AND SO I KNOW THAT WE H AVE A FEW MORE MINUTES TOGETHER BUT ONE THING I 21:24 WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSCORE IS HOW MUCH CHINA IS BENEFITING 21:29 BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 21:33 AND THAT ALL HAPPENS BECAUSE OF DONORS, PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS 21:37 PROGRAM. 21:38 WATCHING THIS PROGRAM TODAY SO THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. 21:41 YOU KNOW IN CHINESE WE SAY, -------- AND THAT MEANS THANK YOU. 21:45 AND THEN I WANT TO ADD -------------I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND COPY THAT 21:48 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WILL MEAN SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IF I SAY 21:50 IT. 21:51 WELL LET ME JUST SAY IT. 21:52 I'LL SAY IT DIRECTLY TO OUR PEOPLE WATCHING. 21:54 -----------------. 21:55 I JUST SAID THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU. 21:57 OH AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. 21:59 AND I REALLY FEEL THAT AS PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING GOSPEL OUTREACH THEY ARE 22:01 GETTING A BLESSING BUT THEY WILL NEVER KNOW THE DIFFERENCE THEY ARE MAKING 22:03 UNTIL HEAVEN. 22:04 UNTIL HEAVEN AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION. 22:06 ABSOLUTELY. 22:07 THERE ARE GOING TO BE SCORES OF PEOPLE, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF 22:28 PEOPLE FROM THE 10/40 WINDOW IN HEAVEN AND GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS 22:34 ARE GOING TO BE THANKED. 22:35 AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPECIAL DAY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOSPEL 22:37 OUTREACH CHOIR THAT'S GOING TO SING HALLELUJAH. 22:41 YES. 22:42 SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU, WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 22:44 I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME WORDS AND YOU TELL ME A STORY TO GO WITH THE WORD. 22:47 OKAY. 22:48 HOPE. 22:49 HOPE. 22:51 THERE IS A CITY IN SOUTHERN CHINA IN A PROVINCE WHERE THERE ARE 22:57 ABOUT 40 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE PROVINCE ONLY ABOUT 800 ADVENTISTS IN THE 23:04 WHOLE PROVINCE AND IN THIS CITY THERE WAS ONE MAN WHO WAITED AND WAITED FOR 23:12 SOMEBODY TO COME THROUGH THAT BELIEVED WHAT HE BELIEVED AND TO BAPTIZE. 23:17 THIS MAN HAD HOPE AND SOME MISSIONARIES CAME IN. 23:23 FOUND HIM? 23:24 OR HE FOUND THEM OR GOD FOUND THEM TOGETHER. 23:26 SOME CHINESE WORKERS CAME IN TO THIS UNREACHED CITY AND THEY CONNECTED AND NOW 23:32 THIS MAN HIS HOPE HAS BEEN FULFILLED. 23:36 AND NOW IN THAT CITY THERE IS A SMALL CHURCH AND THE HOPE THAT HE RECEIVED NOW 23:46 HE IS GIVING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE. 23:48 HOPE. 23:49 THERE YOU HAVE IT. 23:50 RESILIENCY. 23:51 RESILIENCY. 23:53 CHINA TO ME IS ALL ABOUT RESILIENCY WHETHER IT'S WITH THE CHRISTIAN REALM 24:00 OR IN GENERAL. 24:01 THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO SO MUCH. 24:03 AND I LOOK AT WHAT OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH. 24:05 SOME OF THEM REMEMBER SOME VERY VERY DIFFICULT TIMES THAT YOU AND I WILL NEVER 24:10 EXPERIENCE. 24:11 BUT THEY ARE RESILIENT. 24:12 THEY DIDN'T CAVE IN, THEY STOOD STRONG AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO SHARE THE 24:18 GOSPEL. 24:19 IN MY STUDY AT HOME ON THE BOTTOM SHELF OF MY SPECIAL BOOK SHELF IS THE ORIGINAL 24:28 MANUSCRIPT FOR BOB WONG'S BOOK ABOUT LIFE IN PRISON AND HOPE. 24:34 WOW. 24:35 YOU KNOW HIM. 24:36 GIVE ME ONE MINUTE ON BOB WONG YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS IN THE OFFICE AND 24:44 ROBERT WONG IS SITTING THERE YOU KNOW THAT HE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO 24:48 SHARE. 24:50 AND WHEN HE DOES EVERYBODY LISTENS. 24:53 BECAUSE HE IS AN AMAZING STUDENT OF THE BIBLE. 24:57 HE HAS LIVED HIS FAITH. 25:00 WHAT HE SAYS IS PROFOUND. 25:01 HE JUST HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT. 25:07 HE IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH IT ALL. 25:10 SIXTEEN YEARS I THINK IT IS IN PRISON. 25:12 YES. 25:13 AND YET NOW FREE TO TALK ABOUT HIS GOD. 25:16 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU AND IT'S PERSONAL BUT RECENTLY HIS WIFE PASSED AWAY. 25:24 THAT WAS VERY VERY HARD ON HIM. 25:25 IT WAS HARD FOR EVERY BODY. 25:27 BUT HE IS MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER BECAUSE WE HAS MORE OF A REASON THAN EVER 25:33 TO GO HOME. 25:34 AND THAT TAKES ME TO MY THIRD WORD, LOVE. 25:37 LOVE. 25:39 WOW, I COULD SAY A LOT ABOUT LOVE BUT I FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE IN CHINA SO 25:48 MANY OF THEM HAVE NEVER HEARD, THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS. 25:53 AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS. 25:58 AND WHAT A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY IT IS FOR ME FOR YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN 26:04 GIVING THAT LOVE TO PEOPLE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER KNOW OF THAT LOVE. 26:11 AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE THE CARRIERS OF THAT LOVE TO PEOPLE 26:17 THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NEVER KNOW IT. 26:20 AND I HEAR STORIES AND REPORTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN OF PEOPLE FOR THE 26:25 FIRST TIME WHO REALIZE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, THE 26:31 GRACE THAT COMES WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS. 26:34 IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S LIFE CHANGING. 26:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH, I THINK THERE YOU HAVE THE BEST DEFINITION I'VE HEARD OF 26:42 WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH DOES. 26:45 WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HELP INFECT THE WORLD WITH LOVE. |
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