Adventures in Missions

People of Peace, Part 1

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00:00 [OPENING MUSIC].
00:14 WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH'S PROGRAM "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS"
00:18 AND TODAY MY GUEST IS SOMEONE WHO HELPS MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS
00:24 TRAINED TO DO THEIR JOB REALLY WELL.
00:27 MARTY PHILLIPS, WELCOME.
00:28 THANK YOU.
00:29 GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY.
00:30 THANK YOU.
00:31 IT IS FUN SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE WITH SOMEBODY WHOSE SPENT THEIR LIFE
00:33 TRYING TO HELP SMALL CHURCHES SUCCEED IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.
00:40 WHERE DID YOU START?
00:41 O.K.
00:42 WELL, UH WE BASICALLY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE STARTED OUT WE WORK IN
00:48 CLOSED COUNTRIES ACROSS THE 10/40 WINDOW.
00:52 CLOSED COUNTRY MEANS A PLACE WHERE CHRISTIANITY IS UNACCEPTABLE.
00:56 AND EVEN IN MANY OF THOSE COUNTRIES THERE ARE VERY HARD COUNTRIES TO GET
00:59 VISAS TO.
01:00 UH HUH.
01:01 SOME ARE MUCH EASIER BUT IN ALL OF THE PEOPLE GROUPS THAT WE WORK IN,
01:05 WHILE SOME OF THE COUNTRIES YOU CAN ENTER EASIER IT'S AGAINST THE
01:09 LAW OR THERE IS VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE TO SHARE CHRISTIANITY.
01:17 WHY ARE PEOPLE AFRAID OF CHRISTIANITY?
01:19 I WOULD SAY THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF JESUS BUT CHRISTIANITY IN THE MUSLIM
01:25 WORLD IS ASSOCIATED WITH CRUSADES; ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM;
01:31 ASSOCIATED WITH IMPERIAL EUROPE, YES, AND AMERICA TURNING A BLIND EYE TO
01:41 MANY INJUSTICES ACROSS THE REGION.
01:44 SO IT'S KIND OF A WORRY THAT WHATEVER FREEDOM WE HAVE NOW WOULD BE TAKEN
01:48 AWAY IF WE ALLOW CHRISTIANITY TO BECOME PART OF OUR COUNTRY.
01:53 YES, THERE I MEAN THERE'S MANY FEARS AND THERE'S FEARS THAT CHRISTIANITY
01:56 HAS BECOME NEOPAGANIZED AND SO, UH, WHEN THEY THINK OF CHRISTIANITY
01:58 MUSLIMS TEND TO THINK OF MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM WHERE YOU CAN'T PRAY DIRECTLY TO
02:00 GOD YOU GO THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY EITHER A PRIEST OR AN IMAGE OR AN
02:02 ICON AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.
02:04 THEN THERE'S A LOT OF RESISITANCE DUE TO BRITISH WALKING THEIR-BRITISH
02:07 GENERAL HIS HORSE INTO A MUSLIM MOSQUE OR FROM IN THE NAME OF THE CROSS, THE
02:32 CRUSADES WHERE THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS WERE KILLED IN THE
02:38 NAME OF CHRIST.
02:39 SO THERE ARE MANY RESISTANCES DUE TO THIS.
02:45 WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD REASON TO RESIST.
02:47 AND IN THEIR MINDS IT IS.
02:49 I MEAN SO DUE TO THESE TYPES OF MEDDLINGS MANY COUNTRIES ARE VERY
02:54 RESISTANT.
02:56 AND WHAT THEY RESIST IS MORE THAN JUST SAYING DON'T COME.
02:59 IT'S PURPOSEFULLY KEEPING YOU AWAY.
03:01 YES, I MEAN ITS MANY COUNTRIES DON'T EVEN WANT YOU TO COME LIKE SYRIA
03:05 BEFORE.
03:06 UH HUH.
03:07 AH, I'VE TRIED TO BE TO MANY OF THE COUNTRIES YOU ONLY GO IF THERE ARE TWO
03:11 REASONS: YOU TRY TO GET A VISA THEY SAY YOU'RE A CIA AGENT OR YOU'RE A
03:15 MISSIONARY NO ONE COMES IN AS A TOURIST TO OUR COUNTRY AND WE DON'T WANT
03:21 ANYONE UNLESS YOU COME AS A BUSINESS PERSON BUT IF YOU ARE NOT COMING TO DO
03:25 BIG, BIG BUSINESS THEN YOU ARE BASICALLY UNWELCOME.
03:27 IT'S NOT COUNTRIES WHERE YOUR TYPICAL MISSIONARY CAN GO LIKE MANY
03:31 MISSIONARIES HAVE COME TO AFRICA OR TO LATIN AMERICA OR TO SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES
03:37 TO A BIG PORTION OF THERE'S MAYBE 45 COUNTRIES WHERE YOU'RE NOT WELCOME
03:44 TO COME UNLESS YOU COME AS A QUICK TOURIST IN SOME OF THEM AND THEN LEAVE.
03:48 MANY OF THEM DON'T WANT TOURISTS AT ALL SOME OF THEM WILL ONLY WANT YOU IF
03:52 YOU COME AS A BUSINESS PERSON.
03:53 RIGHT, IF YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU WORK FOR A PETROLEUM COMPANY
03:56 -SURE, NO PROBLEM.
03:57 COME IN.
03:57 EXACTLY.
03:58 OTHERWISE YOU'RE BASICALLY NOT WELCOME.
04:01 SO YOU HAVE STARTED A PETROLEUM COMPANY, I UNDERSTAND.
04:04 WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF IT WERE THAT EASY?
04:07 IT WOULD BE.
04:09 IT WOULD BE AND WE HAVE DONE BUSINESS AS PART OF OUR MISSION AND,BUT WHAT
04:11 WE SPECIALIZE UNLIKE AH, MOST MISSION ORGANIZATIONS THAT SEND A WESTERN
04:13 MISSIONARY, WE FIND SOMEONE IN THAT COUNTRY WHO HAS BECOME A FOLLOWER
04:15 OF CHRIST AND THEN WE TRAIN THAT PERSON TO START A MOVEMENT TOWARDS CHRIST.
04:17 THAT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH.
04:19 VERY MUCH SO.
04:19 COMMITTED TO EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
04:34 EXACTLY.
04:36 SO WHAT IS YOUR ROLE WORKING WITH N -PRAXIS WHICH IS REALLY A WORD
04:42 THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU, WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU TO TEACH OTHERS.
04:47 WELL, N-PRAXIS REALLY PRAXIS IS A MISSION TERM WHICH MEANS TO IMPLEMENT
04:54 MISSION EXPERIMENT.
04:57 AH, YOU EVALUATE IT.
04:59 YOU COME BACK, YOU REFINE IT AND ITS AN ONGOING PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
05:04 WE WANTED TO MAKE IT SOUND INTERESTING, CUTE LIKE iPhone OR SOMETHING.
05:09 SURE AND WE PUT AN "N" BEFORE PRAXIS.
05:11 NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY WHAT DO WE DO?
05:15 WE SET UP A SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE TRAINERS OF TRAINERS.
05:18 WE HAVE A NONHEIRARCHAL ORGANIZED SYSTEM WHERE WE WILL HAVE NATIONAL LEADERS
05:23 AND AS HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT EXPANDS YOU WILL GET SEVERAL LEVELS.
05:29 SO I HOUSE CHURCH PLANTS ANOTHER HOUSE CHURCH AND ANOTHER AND SOON YOU HAVE
05:33 SEVERAL LAYERS AND THEN YOU HAVE TRAINING OF TRAINERS OF HOUSE CHURCH
05:38 LEADERS.
05:39 SO HOW DOES THAT INTEGRATE THEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH?
05:43 WELL, GOSPEL OUTREACH IS ONE OF GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN GOALS HAS BEEN TO
05:48 REACH THE UNREACHED.
05:50 UH HUH.
05:51 AND SO WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS BETWEEN N-PRAXIS AND EVEN
05:56 BEFORE WE WERE AN ORGANIZED ORGANIZATION WITH UNDERGROUND HOUSE
06:00 CHURCHES.
06:01 O.K.
06:02 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN FUNDING WORKERS.
06:04 FUNDING AND IN OUR CASE GOSPEL OUTREACH FUNDS SOMEWHERE AROUND 150 OR SO
06:11 TRAINERS OF TRAINERS THERE BESIDES TITHES AND SO FORTH N-PRAXIS AND OTHER
06:17 DONATIONS HAS A NETWORK WELL OVER 300-320 TRAINERS OF TRAINERS ACROSS AROUND
06:23 27 COUNTRIES.
06:25 TRAINERS OF TRAINERS- YES- I WANT TO WORK ON THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE, YES.
06:29 LET'S ASSUME THAT GOSPEL, THAT WE HAVE FOUND ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BEING
06:35 FUNDED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH IN A COUNTRY WHERE CHRISTIANITY IS JUST NOT
06:40 ACCEPTED.
06:41 WHAT DOES THAT PERSON DO EVERYDAY?
06:44 WELL, HE GOES ABOUT HIS REGULAR JOB.
06:46 ALMOST ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOME SORT OF INCOME.
06:50 SOME SORT OF A CAREER?
06:51 A BUSINESS CAREER?
06:52 SOMETHING.
06:53 MAKING POTTERY AND SELLING IT ON THE STREET?
06:55 IN A POOR COUNTRY LIKE IN WEST AFRICA, YOU MIGHT HAVE A GUY WHO MAKES
07:00 CHARCOAL, YES.
07:01 IN ANOTHER COUNTRY YOU MIGHT HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEER WHO'S IN CHARGE
07:02 OF BUYING AND SELLING ELECTRICITY ACROSS NATIONS.
07:04 O.K.
07:05 YOU MIGHT HAVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY A MAN WHO IS THE HEAD OF A TRIBE AND RULES
07:07 AN AREA THE SIZE OF TEXAS OR NEW MEXICO.
07:08 BUT IS A N-PRAXIS TRAINER OF TRAINERS.
07:09 IS N-PRAXIS SO THEN WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH FUNDS WE THEN HELP FUND HIS TRAVEL
07:11 AND HIS EXTRA EXPENSES.
07:12 O.K.
07:13 FOR HIM TO NOW RUN A NETWORK.
07:14 NO ONE IN THE N-PRAXIS NETWORK IS PAID TO RUN A HOUSE CHURCH.
07:16 ONCE YOU HAVE-OR UNLESS HE'S MOVED TO A NEW AREA TO START WORK BUT MOST
07:17 HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 15-25 HOUSE CHURCHES BEFORE THEY EVER RECEIVE A
07:22 STIPEND.
07:23 SO NOW THEIR STIPEND IS TO COVER THEIR EXTRA EXPENSES OF TRAVEL, OF FOOD, OF
07:27 VISITATION TO THEIR NETWORK OF HOUSE CHURCHES.
07:32 WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO TEACH?
07:58 WELL, THEY WILL-THE BIBLE?
08:01 THIS IS THE VERY FOUNDATION AND SO- SO YOU'RE NOT TEACHING HOW TO
08:06 AS MUCH AS ,I MEAN THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT TEACHING HOW TO RUN A HOUSE CHURCH,
08:10 MORE THEY ARE TEACHING-OK THERE'S TWO THINGS THERE'S THE PEOPLE AT THE
08:16 LEVEL OF THE HOUSE CHURCH THEY ITS ALL THE WAY OF THE TRAINING LEVEL AS WELL
08:21 BECAUSE IN SOME COUNTRIES WE'RE AT SIX LEVELS OF TRAINERS.
08:25 O.K.
08:26 WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE 5-6,000 HOUSE CHURCHES IN A
08:30 COUNTRY THERE WILL BE FIVE OR SIX LEVELS OF TRAINERS.
08:33 O.K INTERESTING.
08:34 SO BASICALLY ON A SABBATH PEOPLE WILL COME TOGETHER INSTEAD OF HAVING A BIG
08:38 LONG SERMON THERE WILL BE A READING OF A CHAPTER OR TWO OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE
08:42 GOSPELS OR THEY'LL READ THROUGH THE BIBLE.
08:45 THEN THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION.
08:46 HOW DO WE SEE GOD WORKING IN THIS PASSAGE?
08:50 WHAT IS THERE FOR ME TO LEARN FROM WHAT GOD IS TELLING ME?
08:54 WHAT IS IT, HOW CAN I IMPLEMENT THIS WEEK WHAT I HAVE LEARNED?
08:58 WHAT CAN I SHARE?
09:00 THERE WILL BE THE QUESTIONS ASKED ALSO IN THAT GROUP MEETING THAT
09:03 DAY.
09:03 WHAT HAVE I DONE THIS LAST WEEK?
09:07 DO I HAVE SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS?
09:09 DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY THERE WILL BE A TIME OF PRAYER AND THEN A TIME TO
09:13 STRATEGIZE HOW CAN WE EXPAND OUR HOUSE CHURCH?
09:16 MOST OF OUR HOUSE CHURCHES ARE BASED AROUND AN EXTENDED FAMILY.
09:19 MUCH LIKE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SO IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER TOWN
09:23 WHO HAVE BEEN PULLED IN.
09:25 IT'S MOM, DAD, KIDS, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, UNCLES AND AUNTIES AND
09:28 MAYBE ONE NEIGHBOR WHO IS NOW BEING TRAINED TO START ONE IN HIS HOME.
09:31 I'M GOING TO STOP YOU FOR JUST A MINUTE, MARTY.
09:35 YES.
09:36 MARTY PHILLIPS IS WITH US TODAY AND WE'RE DISCUSSING THE CHALLENGE OF WORKING
09:39 IN N-PRAXIS TOGETHER WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH SO THAT WE CAN TRAIN TRAINERS AND
09:43 TRAIN TRAINERS AND I MEAN SOMETIMES UP TO SIX LEVELS OF THOSE.
09:47 YES.
09:48 IN COUNTRIES WHERE IT IS NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE OR SAFE OR ACCEPTED TO BE A
09:53 CHRISTIAN.
09:54 WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOMETHING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH THAT WILL
09:57 ABSOLUTELY CHANGE YOUR WORLD?
09:59 ADOPT ONE OF THESE TRAINERS.
10:03 ADOPT ONE OF OUR WORKERS.
10:06 HERE'S A FILM THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND.
10:10 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE
10:15 QUESTION.
10:15 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
10:17 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS
10:22 WAITING FOR?
10:24 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES,
10:28 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR?
10:31 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
10:36 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN
10:41 SHALL THE END COME."
10:44 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE
10:49 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40
10:54 PLUS COUNTRIES.
10:56 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN
10:59 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS.
11:01 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY.
11:03 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
11:06 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN
11:11 UNREACHED TERRITORIES.
11:12 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH
11:18 OVERSEAS MISSIONS?
11:20 ABSOLUTELY NOT.
11:21 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS
11:26 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING.
11:30 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO
11:34 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40
11:38 WINDOW.
11:40 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW?
11:43 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN
11:47 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
11:50 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL?
11:53 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER
11:56 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE.
11:59 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE?
12:04 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS
12:08 IN NEW TERRITORIES.
12:10 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID.
12:13 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN.
12:16 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH
12:20 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.
12:24 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE
12:28 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER.
12:30 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO
12:34 THE WORK OF PRABIR.
12:36 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN
12:39 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH.
12:41 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE
12:45 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH.
12:48 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
12:52 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA.
12:56 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW
13:00 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS
13:09 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST.
13:11 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO
13:13 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
13:17 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP?
13:22 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR
13:25 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD.
13:29 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER
13:33 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED
13:38 TO BE REACHED.
13:40 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN
13:45 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE.
13:50 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
13:54 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A
13:59 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
14:03 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP.
14:08 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH.
14:11 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR
14:16 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK
14:20 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR.
14:24 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER
14:28 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS.
14:34 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE
14:37 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL
14:41 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS.
14:44 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM"
14:47 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO.
14:52 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER.
14:55 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY.
14:58 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT
15:02 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
15:06 WAIT NO MORE.
15:14 WE NEED YOU NOW AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH
15:18 SO CLOSELY REALLY THEY DEPEND UPON YOUR PARTICIPATION TO GOSPEL
15:24 OUTREACH JUST LIKE WE DO.
15:27 MARTY, BACK TO YOU.
15:28 YES.
15:30 I HAVE A BIG QUESTION ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
15:32 YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR LIFE TRYING TO GET AROUND RULES THAT SAY YOU CAN'T BE
15:37 THERE.
15:39 HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHILE STILL BEING A CHRISTIAN COMMITTED TO HONESTY AND
15:43 FAIRNESS?
15:43 O.K.
15:44 FIRST OF ALL.
15:45 NOBODY HAS EVER ASKED YOU THAT BEFORE, I KNOW.
15:48 YES.
15:49 FIRST OF ALL, WE TAKE A BIG -IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US AS I WAS STARTING TO
15:53 SAY BEFORE BECAUSE WE DON'T SEND MISSIONARIES TO THESE COUNTRIES.
15:57 UH HUH.
15:59 WE DON'T SEND A MISSIONARY TO SYRIA OR MISSIONARY TO SOMALIA.
16:02 WE FIND SOMEONE ALREADY-WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS A KEY TO
16:06 STARTING MOVEMENTS.
16:08 IF YOU WANT TO SEE A REAL MOVEMENT FOR JESUS, YOU NEED TO FIND A PERSON OF
16:11 PEACE.
16:12 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT SENDING THE APOSTLES-THEY WERE SENT OUT TWO BY TWO
16:16 TO FIND A PERSON OF PEACE, STAY IN HIS HOUSE.
16:18 IT'S A PERSON AND IF YOU SEE WHAT THE JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF A PERSON
16:22 OF PEACE WAS OR A MAN OF PEACE HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ALREADY A PERSON OF
16:26 INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
16:28 HE WAS GENEROUS AND HE WAS HOSPITABLE.
16:30 UH HUH.
16:31 AND SO IF SOMEONE COMES HE SAYS, DON'T SLEEP IN THE LOCAL SYNAGOGUE WHICH WAS
16:36 THE TRADITION, COME SLEEP AT MY HOUSE AND SO HE TAKES YOU TO HIS HOUSE.
16:40 HE NOW WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND IF HE ACCEPTS THE GOSPEL THEN
16:44 ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HAS A VERY LARGE NETWORK BECAUSE USUALLY A PERSON OF PEACE
16:48 ACT AS PROBLEM SOLVERS IN TRADITIONAL MIDDLE EASTERN SOCIETY.
16:54 A PERSON OF PEACE?
16:56 YES.
16:58 NOW THAT'S NOT THE NORMAL THING THAT YOU HEAR SOMEONE LOOKING FOR.
17:00 IT'S NOT BUT WHAT- THEY WANT SOMEBODY WITH -A PERSON OF POWER, A PERSON
17:04 OF MONEY, A PERSON OF GREAT INFLUENCE.
17:07 NOW PEOPLE OF PEACE TEND TO HAVE SOCIAL NETWORKS THAT TRUST THEM AND
17:13 ACTUALLY IT IS QUITE INTERESTING WHEN YOU GO BACK TO EARLY ADVENTISM
17:17 BEFORE WE GOT INTO THE BIG EVANGELISTIC TENT MEETINGS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN
17:22 PROMOTED BY OUR EARLY FOUNDERS WAS WHEN THE FIRST MISSIONARY ARRIVES
17:27 TO THE TOWN ASK WHO IS THE MOST RESPECTED AND TRUSTED PERSON IN THE TOWN.
17:33 HE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THE MOST RELIGIOUS.
17:35 YOU GO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THAT PERSON.
17:37 OH YOU KNOW, FARMER JONES DOWN THERE WHEN TWO PEOPLE FIGHT WE GOT DOWN AND HE
17:41 RESOLVES IT.
17:42 EVERYONE RESPECTS FARMER JONES.
17:43 YOU GO DOWN TO SHARE WITH HIM.
17:46 HE'S ALREADY A RECEPTIVE PERSON.
17:48 HE LEARNS THE GOSPEL.
17:49 HE BECOMES THE FACE OF THE MESSAGE IN THAT TOWN NOT YOU.
17:54 YOU ARE STILL DOING THAT?
17:55 AND WE ARE STILL IMPLEMENTING AND THIS WAS OLD WALDENSIAN STYLE
17:59 MISSION, THAT'S TRUE, THAT WE HAD STARTED AS ADVENTISTS AND WHEN WE
18:03 WENT INTO TENT MEETINGS WE FORGOT ABOUT THIS FORM OF EVANGELISM.
18:06 SO WE HAVE PICKED THIS UP BY FORCE IN COUNTRIES WHERE YOU CAN'T GO WITH
18:11 YOUR BIG TENT MEETING OR GO AS OPEN MISSIONARY BUT A VERY QUIET MISSION YOU
18:16 FIND ONE PERSON WHO IS ALREADY BEEN RECEPTIVE TO THE GOSPEL.
18:20 HE ALREADY HAS A LARGE NETWORK OF INFLUENCE BECAUSE HE HAS ALREADY
18:24 BEEN RECEPTIVE TO LIVING LIKE HE KNOWS.
18:26 PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS.
18:28 WHEN HE ACCEPTS THE GOSPEL TRUTH THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS NOT QUESTIONED VERY
18:33 MUCH IN A CLOSED COUNTRY OR IN A COUNTRY WHERE TO FOLLOW CHRIST IS
18:37 DANGEROUS.
18:38 WELL, HE'S A RESPECTED PERSON WE DON'T WANT TO QUESTION HIM TOO MUCH AND
18:41 HE STARTS QUIETLY SHARING AND IT JUST FLOWS HIS EXISTING SOCIAL NETWORKS.
18:46 DOES THAT NETWORK REQUIRE TRUTH OR RELATIONSHIPS?
18:55 BOTH.
18:56 I WOULD SAY THE FOLLOWING, THE GOSPEL IS ABOUT TRANSFORMED RELATIONSHIPS.
19:01 PRETTY MUCH THAT WAY.
19:04 UP AND ACROSS.
19:05 THAT'S RIGHT AND SO WHEN THE GOSPEL COMES IN IT IS ABOUT TRUTH BUT IT'S
19:11 LEARNING TO LIVE THAT TRUTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
19:13 SO TAKE THAT REALITY COMPARE IT WITH THE STORY OF PETER BEING ASKED TO GO
19:19 TO CORNELIUS' HOUSE.
19:21 SO THIS IS TYPICAL OF WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN OUR CASE.
19:24 CORNELIUS IS A PERSON OF PEACE.
19:26 HE IS A PERSON OF SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE BUT WHAT MAKES HIM IMPORTANT-
19:30 HE IS A PERSON WHO THE BIBLE CALLS A GOD FEARER.
19:33 UH HUH AND A GOD FEARER WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED THE GOD
19:37 OF THE JEWS BUT DIDN'T FOLLOW MOSAIC LAW ESPECIALLY REGARDING
19:41 CIRCUMCISION AND OTHER LAWS BUT THEY WOULD KEEP THE SABBATH.
19:45 THEY WOULD JOIN AT THE LOCAL SYNAGOGUE EVEN VERY CONSERATIVE SYNAGOGUES
19:51 MIGHT NOT LET HIM ENTER BUT THEY WOULD HIM SIT IN THE BACK AND LISTEN AND
19:56 PARTICIPATE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
19:59 THEY MIGHT NOT GO TO HIS HOUSE DUE TO PREJUDICE OF HIM BUT CORNELIUS WE SEE
20:05 THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE- THEY'LL HAVE A DREAM OR VISION OF JESUS.
20:08 WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
20:11 MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH HAS HAPPENED THROUGH
20:14 PEOPLE-THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE LIKE CORNELIUS, PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE, WHO
20:19 HAVE HAD POWERFUL DREAMS OF JESUS.
20:21 THEY GO AND SEARCH WHO CAN ANSWER MY ANSWERS OF THE DREAM I HAD.
20:26 AND THE PERSON THEY FIND IS THE PETER PERSON.
20:30 THE PETER PERSON WHO IS REALLY A N-PRAXIS TEACHER WHO MAY WELL BE FUNDED BY
20:38 GOSPEL OUTREACH.
20:39 EXACTLY.
20:40 HOW DO WE FIND THAT PERSON?
20:42 WELL, THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS HELPED US FIND.
20:44 WE HAVE FOUND-WE HAVE A WHOLE NETWORK NOW ACROSS MAYBE HALF THE MUSLIM
20:51 WORLD.
20:53 THERE'S MAYBE 45 OR 50 VERY CLOSED COUNTRIES AND ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WE
20:56 WORK AT THIS POINT.
20:57 AND IT HAS HAPPENED BY DIVINE APPOINTMENTS.
21:00 IT HAS HAPPENED THAT MAYBE ONE OF THEM HAVE TRAVELED TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, BECOME
21:06 A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST THEN THEY ARE TAUGHT HOW NOT TO BURN THEIR BRIDGES.
21:11 UH HUH.
21:13 AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE WORKING WITH MY WIFE WITH A GENTLEMAN HERE IN THIS
21:16 COUNTRY.
21:18 HE COMES FROM ONE OF THE MOST CLOSED COUNTRIES IN THE MUSLIM WORLD.
21:21 HE HAD BECOME AN EXTRACTED CHRISTIAN WHO HIS FAMILY REJECTED HIM.
21:27 WE SAID, LOOK BROTHER, WHAT IF YOU RE-ESTABLISHED FRIENDSHIP WITH YOUR
21:30 FAMILY?
21:32 TELL THEM I'M VERY SORRY BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS THAT HAD ORIGINALLY MET
21:35 HIM WHO WEREN'T ADVENTISTS ASKED HIM TO CHANGE HIS NAME.
21:38 THEY ASKED HIM TO BURN HIS BRIDGES WITH HIS FAMILY.
21:40 THEY ASKED HIM NOW THAT YOU'VE BECOME A CHRISTIAN YOU NEED TO EAT PORK,
21:42 DRINK WINE ETC. TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
21:48 THINGS THAT WE AS ADVENTISTS COULDN'T AGREE TO AND SO WE HELPED HIM
21:54 REBUILD HIS CONNECTION WITH HIS FAMILY.
21:56 HIS FAMILY ARE JUST OVERJOYED.
21:58 THIS FAMILY -THIS MAN HAPPENS TO COME FROM ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
22:03 FAMILIES IN HIS NATION.
22:04 IT'D BE LIKE IN THIS COUNTRY SAYING LIKE THE KENNEDY FAMILY OR
22:07 SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
22:09 VERY POWERFUL FAMILY AND ALREADY WITHIN ONE DAY OF HIM ESTABLISHING A
22:15 RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY THE PRESIDENT OF HIS NATION CALLS TO
22:18 CONGRATULATE HIM THAT HE HAS RE-ESTABLISHED, WOW, FRIENDSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY
22:24 SO WE HAVE FOUND THIS THAT GOD CALLS WITH THOSE FIRST DREAMS AND VISIONS THE
22:29 ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED, THEY ARE PEOPLE OF SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE.
22:33 A PERSON OF DEEP PEACE.
22:34 PEOPLE THAT HE'S RECOGNIZED, SO MUCH RECOGNIZED EVEN THOUGH HE
22:38 HAD BEEN ESTRANGED FOR 27 YEARS THIS IS A PERSON WE TRUST AND WHEN HE CAME
22:42 BACK, EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATION CALLS TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR
22:46 MAKING PEACE WITH THE FAMILY.
22:48 SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A BASIC QUESTION THAT -DEFINE FOR ME PEACE, A
22:56 PERSON OF PEACE.
22:58 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE?
23:00 THESE PEOPLE OF PEACE THEY ARE -IT'S HARD FOR US TO SEE IN OUR SOCIETY BUT IN
23:07 EASTERN SOCIETIES THERE'S A LOT PUT INTO LET'S SAY IF TWO PEOPLE HAVE A WRECK
23:12 UH HUH, AND YOU CAN'T AGREE WHOSE FAULT IT IS.
23:16 YOU GO TO SOMEBODY YOU TRUST.
23:18 YOU GO TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST AND SO THEN NOW THE TWO WHO COME AND PUT THEIR
23:23 CASE - THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT THE OFFICIAL JUDGE OF
23:27 THE COURT, THEY TRUST HIM THAT HE WILL - SAY EVEN IF HE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND, YOU
23:32 JUST COME AND YOU KNOW THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO LIE AND HE'S NOT GOING TO BE
23:35 IMPARTIAL AND HE WILL SAY, THIS YOU DO THIS, DO THIS, PAY HIM THAT AND THEY WILL
23:40 TRUST HIS JUDGMENT.
23:41 THEY WILL GO DO IT AND PEOPLE ARE CONTENT.
23:42 AND PEOPLE ARE CONTENT AND IF YOU RESOLVE IT THIS WAY IN MANY COUNTRIES OF THE
23:47 WORLD, IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES, THEN YOU DON'T CARRY POINTS ON YOUR LEGAL
23:51 SYSTEM.
23:51 THAT'S NOT A BAD DEAL.
23:53 AND SO IF YOU CAN RESOLVE IT IN A FRIENDLY MANNER, THEN IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO
23:56 THROUGH THE OFFICIAL COURT SYSTEM.
23:58 I HAVE A FEELING THEN IF I WERE TO LISTEN IN ON YOUR PRAYERS EVERYDAY I WOULD
24:03 HEAR YOU PRAYING THAT GOD WILL SEND YOU MORE PERSONS OF PEACE.
24:09 ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHAT WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL SEND US INTO CONTACT WITH A PERSON
24:14 OF PEACE AND ALSO TO OUR NETWORK.
24:16 NOW THIS ONE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A MAN WHO LIVES IN THE UNITED
24:20 STATES, CURRENTLY.
24:21 HE IS JUST ABOUT TO MOVE BACK TO HIS COUNTRY AND HE WILL PROBABLY END UP WITH
24:25 A VERY HIGH POSITION IN HIS NATION.
24:27 HE'S ALREADY BEEN PROMISED.
24:29 SO NOW, IN TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN THINKING WELL HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO
24:33 THIS.
24:35 FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR 15
24:38 YEARS.
24:39 HE WAS A PERSON OF PEACE.
24:40 WHEN I MET HIM HE WAS COWERINGFEAR FOR HIS LIFE.
24:46 FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, HE WENT FROM BEING A PERSON OF FEAR TO LEADING HIS
24:50 TRIBE.
24:51 WITHIN FOUR YEARS HE BECAME THE TRIBAL ELDER.
24:54 THIRTY-TWO SUBTRIBAL LEADERS PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO HIS HOUSE.
25:00 AH, HIS GRANDFATHERS HAD RULED THE AREA THE SIZE OF TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO
25:04 COMBINED WITHIN A MUCH BIGGER COUNTRY.
25:10 AND TODAY, 320 APPROXIMATELY TRIBAL ELDERS HAVE PLEDGED
25:14 ALLEGIANCE TO HIS HOUSE.
25:16 LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO, AH HIS NATIONAL PARLIAMENT INVITED HIM TO BE -TO JOIN
25:22 THEIR PARLIAMENT WITHOUT HIM HAVING TO--.
25:24 HE'S A PERSON OF PEACE.
25:26 HE'S A PERSON OF PEACE.
25:28 HE WAS ASKED- HE WAS ALSO TEACHING?
25:31 AND HE'S TEACHING.
25:31 HE HAS A MASSIVE NETWORK OF FOLLOWERS.
25:34 MASSIVE NETWORK OF FOLLOWERS.
25:38 WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A SHADOW MIRACLE HAPPENING IN MANY PARTS OF
25:44 THE WORLD WHERE WE WOULD THINK NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
25:47 GOD'S GOSPEL IS BOILING UP THROUGH.
25:49 WELL SEE WHAT I SEE IS ON THE NEWS WE SEE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO 0.2% OF THE
25:55 MUSLIM WORLD.
25:56 OK.
25:57 THE AVERAGE MUSLIM IS SOMEONE LIKE YOU AND I WHO WANTS TO LIVE THEIR LIFE.
26:01 HE WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO BE GOOD KIDS.
26:03 HE WANTS TO HAVE FUN ON THE WEEKEND WITH HIS FAMILY.
26:07 THIS IS THE AVERAGE MUSLIM FAMILY.
26:09 THE AND WHAT I SEE ON THE MEDIA IS A SMOKE SCREEN.
26:14 SATAN IS TRYING TO PUT FEAR INTO THE HEARTS ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE THEY
26:19 SEE JUST ABOUT WORSE NEWS ABOUT US THAN WE SEE ABOUT THEM.
26:23 SO EACH ONE OF US HAS THIS MASSIVE SMOKE SCREEN AND IT'S FOR TRUE BELIEVERS IN
26:29 GOD THAT WE WON'T WORK TOGETHER HAND IN HAND AND GROW FROM EACH OTHER.
26:34 AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF N-PRAXIS AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKING TOGETHER
26:39 TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, TO GROW TOGETHER AND WELL, TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD FOR
27:12 JESUS.THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" AND BY THE WAY,
27:53 DON'T STOP LISTENING UNTIL YOU HAVE GONE TO YOUR CHECKBOOK AND ADOPT A


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