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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000662A
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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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