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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000664A
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00:14 HELLO THERE, I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:19 NOW TODAY I WANT TO INTRODUCE A SPECIAL PERSON TO YOU, FRED WEBB AND WHEN 00:23 I SAY FRED WEBB WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU THINK OF? 00:26 THAT'S RIGHT ALMOST A SYNONYM HUH. 00:29 THE PHILLIPINES. 00:30 HOW MANY YEARS IN THE PHILLIPINES IN YOUR LIFE? 00:32 OH, I LIVED THERE FOR TWELVE AND I'VE BEEN-AH YES, IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS. 00:39 SO THAT'S HALF YOU LIFE. 00:40 AND I GO BACK AGAIN EVERY YEAR. 00:42 OF COURSE, YOU DO. 00:43 YOU GO BACK. 00:44 DO YOU FIND FRIENDS? 00:45 OH, I HAVE FRIENDS FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 00:47 FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 00:48 SO WHERE DO YOU STAY AT NIGHT? 00:49 DO YOU JUST FIND HOTELS? 00:50 I USUALLY STAY IN THE MISSION COMPOUNDS IN THE MISSION GUEST ROOMS. 00:55 SO YOU HAVE A HOME. 00:56 YES, EVERYWHERE YOU GO. 00:57 EVERYWHERE I GO I HAVE FRIENDS, HOME AND FAMILY. 01:00 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE THERE? 01:01 LAST UM, FEBRUARY-MARCH OF 2016. 01:06 OF 2016. 01:07 FEBRUARY, MARCH IS THAT A HOT TIME OR A COLD TIME BUT SINCE YOU ARE ON THE 01:10 EQUATOR IT DOESN'T MATTER DOES IT? 01:12 WELL, NO IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 01:13 IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE DRY SEASON SO IT MEANS THEY DON'T GET SO MUCH 01:16 RAIN BUT IT IS NOT AT THE END OF THE DRY SEASON WHEN IT GETS REAL HOT. 01:20 REALLY AND HUMID AND JUST- OH UNBEARABLE. 01:25 AT LEAST FOR MY LIFE. 01:27 YES. 01:28 YOU HAVE BROUGHT SOME SLIDES TODAY FROM YOUR TRIP. 01:29 I HAVE. 01:30 I WOULD LOVE TO JUST DIVE RIGHT INTO THEM. 01:32 O.K. 01:32 CAN WE DO THAT? 01:33 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 01:34 ALRIGHT. 01:35 FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FOUNDERS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:38 THE MAN SEATED THERE IS FRANK STANYER. 01:43 HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AND THE MAN STANDING THERE EDGAR PPANGALINUN IS THE 01:50 MAN WHO HELPED HIM FLESH IT OUT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. 01:53 NOW YOU'RE TALKING NOT JUST ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH IN THE PHILLIPINES YOU ARE 01:56 TALKING ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH.PERIOD. 01:58 O.K. 01:59 SO WHAT DID STANYER HAVE THAT MADE HIM THINK ABOUT THIS? 02:00 HE HAD BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER AND HE'D MARRIED A FILIPINO WIFE AND SO WAS 02:02 LIVING THERE IN PAMPANGA IN FLOI DE BLANCA AND HE MET EDGAR AND THEY GOT TO 02:04 TALKING AND JUST THE IDEA GREW AND THEY STARTED. 02:05 STARTED WITH ONE MAN THEY SENT UP TO NORTHERN LUZON TO START. 02:06 WHEN THEY SENT HIM UP THERE TO NORTHERN LUZON THEY SAID, GO AND DO WHAT? 02:08 TO AH, FORM A NEW CHURCH IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS NO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 02:10 PRESENCE. 02:11 TO JUST START FROM ZERO. 02:12 YES. 02:13 AND OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE REALLY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT TRAINING PEOPLE TO DO THAT 02:14 WELL. 02:15 WE HAVE. 02:16 MY GUESS IS THE FIRST GUY HAD A REAL CHALLENGE PULLING THAT OFF. 02:18 OH, I'M SURE BUT AND THE GENIUS OF THIS IS I THINK, IS THAT THE WORKER IS 02:20 REALLY ON HIS OWN BETWEEN HIM AND GOD AND IT IS A NATIONAL WHO KNOWS THE 02:22 LANGUAGE, WHO KNOWS THE CULTURE, AH, SO HE DOESN'T MAKE THE KIND OF MISTAKES 03:09 THAT I MADE. 03:11 HE MAKES A DIFFERENT KIND THAT ARE LOCAL MISTAKES. 03:13 YOU KNOW WHEN THESE PEOPLE GO UP OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTED TOTALLY BY 03:18 GOSPEL OUTREACH ARE THEY WORKING IN OTHER KINDS OF JOBS AT THE SAME TIME? 03:22 NO, THEY ARE TOTALLY WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 03:23 SO IT'S TOTALLY. 03:24 100 PER CENT. 03:25 O.K. 03:26 IF THEY HAVE SIDELINES WE TEND FIND SOMEONE, DISCOURAGE THAT? 03:30 SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE. 03:31 REALLY? 03:33 NOW IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WE PUT PEOPLE IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CAREER 03:35 THAT IS SAFE TO HAVE IN THAT COUNTRY. 03:38 THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINES. 03:39 IN THE PHILIPPINES YOU CAN JUST GO OUT AND EVANGELIZE. 03:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:43 ALRIGHT. 03:44 SO TAKE ME THROUGH YOUR-WE MIGHT MEET SOME OPPOSITION BUT WE EVANGELIZE. 03:47 YES, WELL THAT'S TRUE. 03:49 O.K. 03:49 THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS THERE. 03:50 OH YES, YES. 03:52 THE NEXT PICTURE IS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE PAMPANGA AREA THERE 03:56 NEAR FLOI DE BLANCA AND YOU CAN SEE EDGAR IN THE BACK WITH THE YELLOW AND 04:02 OVER ON THE FAR LEFT OF THAT PICTURE IS HIS WIFE LINDA. 04:06 NOW BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE LEFT LUCRATIVE JOBS WITH THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT 04:11 TO WORK WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH AND TO LIVE ON THE SMALL STIPEND THAT WE 04:15 PAY. 04:15 UH HUH. 04:17 HE WAS A SOCIAL WORKER AND SHE WAS AN AUDITOR FOR THE MILITARY. 04:21 WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? 04:23 THEY WERE CONVICTED THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING FOR GOD. 04:25 NOW WHEN EDGAR FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH LINDA WAS 04:30 NOT EVEN A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST BUT SHE HAS-SO THAT WAS HIS FIRST GREAT 04:35 CHALLENGE. 04:35 YES. 04:37 CONVINCE YOUR WIFE TO COME ALONG THAT THIS IS REALLY A GOOD THING. 04:39 WELL, FRANK IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT FINALLY CONVINCED HER. 04:42 REALLY? 04:42 OH HOW FUN. 04:44 AND FRANK STILL LIVES THERE JUST WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THEIR HOUSE. 04:48 THEY ARE VERY CLOSE NEIGHBORS. 04:49 BUT THE REST IF THESE ARE-I COULD TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT EACH ONE BUT 04:52 WE DON'T HAVE TIME. 04:54 TELL ME THE STORY ABOUT THE LADY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE -RIGHT IN 04:56 THE MIDDLE IN THE FRONT. 04:57 THE BRIGHT COLOR? 04:58 YES. 04:59 O.K. 05:00 THAT'S ROSELLE MONTEBON. 05:01 SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE OLD LADY STANDING BESIDE HER. 05:05 SHE WAS THE FIRST OF THE FAMILY TO BECOME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 05:09 SHE GRADUATED FROM PHILIPPINE UNION COLLEGE NOW AUP- ADVENTIST 05:13 UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES BUT SHE HAD GRADUATED MID YEAR AND SO 05:18 SHE WANTED TO BE A SCHOOL TEACHER. 05:19 SO SHE SAID, WELL UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR LET ME GO UP AND WORK AS A 05:23 MISSIONARY. 05:26 SHE STILL IS WORKING. 05:26 SHE IS STILL THERE. 05:27 IT'S BEEN ABOUT 12-15 YEARS NOW. 05:29 MY, MY, MY, MY AND HER MOTHER? 05:33 HER MOTHER CAME AFTER SHE RETIRED. 05:35 ROSELLE SAID I GOT TO BE PART OF THIS TOO- RECRUITED HER MOTHER. 05:39 YES, YOU'VE GOT TO BE PART OF THIS. 05:40 MOM, IT'S TOO GOOD. 05:41 YES. 05:43 NOW THE FAMILY THERE THE PANGILINUM FAMILY IS REALLY INTO THIS THING OF 05:49 MISSIONS. 05:50 UH HUH. 05:51 THIS IS THEIR OLDER SON AND HIS WIFE AND HE HAS A VERY GOOD JOB WORKING WITH 05:55 AOL. 06:00 AMERICAN ON LINE-AMERICAN ON LINE- UH HUH, OK. 06:02 HE HAS A VERY GOOD JOB AND EARNS A GOOD BIT OF MONEY AND HE CHANNELS MUCH OF 06:07 THAT MONEY INTO THEIR WORK AND UM-SO HE'S A FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT MAKES A LOT 06:13 OF THE THINGS POSSIBLE. 06:14 RIGHT. 06:15 HE PROVIDES A VEHICLE FOR THEM. 06:16 WELL, THEY HAVE -THERE IS A VEHICLE THERE THAT BELONGS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH 06:19 BUT HE PROVIDES A VEHICLE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE. 06:22 OK. 06:23 SO KEEP GOING. 06:24 THIS ONE BEHIND HIM THERE IS ABRAND NEW ONE THAT HE JUST BOUGHT. 06:27 HE JUST SAID, HERE USE THIS. 06:28 O.K. 06:29 THIS IS AT THE VILLAGE OF KARETAS. 06:32 YOU NOTICE THE WORD MABUHAY THERE, RIGHT, THAT'S A GREETING LIKE 06:35 ALOHA IS IN HAWAII. 06:37 O.K. 06:39 BUT THIS IS A VILLAGE THAT THEY JUST BEGAN HAD AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES. 06:40 AH, ROSELLE HERE HAS FOUND A LADY WHO HAD AT ONE TIME BEEN A SEVENTH DAY 06:42 ADVENTIST BUT HAD GIVEN IT UP AND SHE HAS NOW COME BACK AND HAS BEEN 06:44 REBAPTIZED. 06:45 AWESOME. 06:47 THIS IS ANOTHER FAMILY THEY HAVE BEEN STUDYING WITH HER SO THEY HAVE THE 06:48 YOUNG AND THE OLD. 06:48 UH HUH. 06:49 THEY ALL HAVE COME IN. 06:50 THAT OPEN SPACE THERE WAS WHERE THEY MADE A PAVILION. 06:52 THEY PUT UP SOME BAMBOO STAKES AND PULLED A TARP OVER THE TOP AND THAT WAS 07:09 WHERE THEY HAD THEIR EVANGELISTIC MEETING. 07:17 THEY DO A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF THING. 07:18 PUBLIC EVANGELISM. 07:19 PUBLIC EVANGELISM AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE BIG DIFFERENCE? 07:21 THAT'S WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN? 07:22 IT WORKS IN THE PHILIPPINES. 07:25 WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN THE CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES? 07:28 I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE BUT I -THEY'RE CONVINCED I 07:34 BELIEVE, THAT THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A SEVENTH DAY 07:40 ADVENTIST UNDERSTANDING THE SABBATH, UM BECAUSE MOST FILIPINOS ARE 07:46 CHRISTIANS. 07:47 THE NEW FOCUS OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IS TOWARDS NONCHRISTIANS AND WE'RE 07:52 JUST IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING IN THAT. 07:55 SO IT'S THE SABBATH THAT BRINGS IN MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MANY FORMER 08:02 PASTORS OF OTHER CHURCHES. 08:04 WHO ARE VERY EAGER THEN TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE, RIGHT, 08:07 SHEPHERDED FOR YEARS. 08:09 AND MANY OF THEM BRING THEIR WHOLE CHURCH WITH THEM. 08:10 WOW. 08:12 OK BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES. 08:13 THIS THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 08:16 HIS NAME IS JIMMY EVANHILIO. 08:20 THE EVANGELIST. 08:21 THE EVANGELIST, JIMMY THE EVANGELIST. 08:23 OH MY. 08:23 I THINK HE IS WELL NAMED. 08:25 I'LL BET. 08:26 AND THE MAN THAT HE IS WITH THERE IS ONE THAT IS PLANNING FOR BAPTISM. 08:29 HE IS NEARLY BLIND. 08:31 HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED LEGALLY BLIND BUT HE'S BEEN ENLIGHTENED BY THE 08:37 GOSPEL AND WANTS TO GIVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST. 08:40 AWESOME. 08:42 THIS FAMILY IS A MUSLIM FAMILY THAT HAVE SHOWN INTEREST AND ARE TAKING 08:48 BIBLE STUDIES AND OF COURSE, WE PRAY FOR THEIR DECISION. 08:51 UH HUH. 08:53 THIS IS A CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN ERECTED THERE. 08:58 OH MY, I LOVE IT. 09:00 THEY USUALLY HAVE A CONCRETE FLOOR AND A CONCRETE LITTLE SHORT WALL 09:04 AROUND THE OUTSIDE BUT THEN THE REST OF IT THERE IS BAMBOO-BUILT FROM 09:08 BAMBOO. 09:10 WELL, OTHERWISE YOU ARE GOING TO ROAST IN THE BUILDING OF ALL CONCRETE. 09:12 THAT'S RIGHT. 09:14 ALTHOUGH SOME ARE ALL CONCRETE BUT THEY DO HAVE LARGE WINDOWS. 09:18 OK, BECAUSE IT JUST GETS SO HOT AND HUMID. 09:20 OH YES, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S QUITE OF AIR FLOWING THROUGH THAT. 09:24 AH, LOOK AT THAT. 09:24 I LOVE THE BRIGHTNESS OF IT. 09:27 SO IT'S SIMPLE BUT IT'S A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND WORSHIP AND OF COURSE, 09:32 EVERY CHURCH HAS TO HAVE A CR. 09:34 A CR? 09:35 YES, WHICH MEANS? 09:37 COMFORT ROOM- THAT'S EXCELLENT. 09:40 WE WOULD CALL IT A RESTROOM. 09:41 YES. 09:42 BUT EVERY CHURCH HAS TO HAVE A CR. 09:45 DOES THAT CHURCH ALSO HAVE SOME FACILITIES THAT SHOW A SPECIAL INTEREST IN 09:52 CHILDREN? 09:54 AH, NOT YET BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USUALLY DO AND 09:59 PARTICULARLY, AH, ROSELLE AND HER MOTHER ROSITA ARE BOTH VERY, VERY GOOD AT 10:06 WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE EVANGELISTIC SERIES 10:10 HERE. 10:11 SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHILDREN INVOLVED. 10:13 IT ALWAYS BEWILDERS ME THAT WE WILL BUILD A REALLY NICE BUILDING FOR 10:17 THE ADULTS AND THEN THE CHILDREN MEET UNDER A TREE SOMEPLACE AND IT'S NO BIG 10:20 DEAL. 10:21 YES. 10:22 SOMEHOW THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE. 10:24 THAT'S NOT ONLY THE FUTURE IT IS NOW. 10:26 IT IS NOW, I KNOW. 10:28 I KNOW. 10:28 PUT THEM IN A GOOD CHURCH. 10:30 BUT NOT ALL OF OUR CHURCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE PRIMITIVE. 10:33 THIS ONE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ONE I'VE SEEN AMONG OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 10:37 WORKERS. 10:38 LOOKS NICE. 10:39 IT'S A VERY, VERY NICE CHURCH AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE. 10:43 THESE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE UP FRONT ARE LEARNING HOW TO LEAD OUT BECAUSE THAT'S A 10:50 PART OF THE THING IS TEACHINGTHEM TO BE INDEPENDENT BECAUSE AFTER 10:53 FIVE YEARS OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS MOVE OUT AND ITS'-WHAT DO YOU MEAN 10:58 BY MOVE OUT? 10:59 THEY TURN THE CHURCH OVER TO AH, THE CONFERENCE OR MISSION TO SUPERVISE AND 11:04 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS NO LONGER INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR ONE. 11:08 DOES THAT ASSUME THAT BY THEN THAT CHURCH IS RAISING AND GIVING ENOUGH 11:11 TITHE THAT THEY CAN AFFORD THEIR OWN PASTOR? 11:13 OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 11:14 IT MEANS THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND EVEN IF THEIR DISTRICT 11:19 PASTOR ONLY VISITS THEM ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR. 11:22 REALLY? 11:23 THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED TO LEAD OUT IN THEIR OWN WORSHIP SERVICES AND TO 11:27 STAND ALONE. 11:28 SO SOMEBODY IS TEACHING LEADERS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO ACTUALLY PASTOR THOSE 11:34 CONGREGATIONS. 11:35 YES, THAT'S PART OF THE JOB OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 11:38 AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. 11:39 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING AND IT IS WORKING. 11:42 WHEN WE BRING ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN AND HAVE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE THIS, 11:46 FOR INSTANCE, WHO ARE LEARNING TO LEAD OUT IN WORSHIP, WHO IS TEACHING? 11:50 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 11:52 WHO TEACHES THEM? 11:53 WELL MOST OF THEM ARE GRADUATES OF THEOLOGY. 11:59 O.K. 12:00 AH, IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY GRADUATES OF 12:04 THEOLOGY IN THIS GROUP THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW BUT IN MOST OF THE AREAS, 12:08 YES THEY ARE GRADUATES OF THEOLOGY. 12:10 AND SO THESE KIDS HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN LOOK UP TO WHO IS HELPING 12:14 THEM LEARN THE BASIC DICTION OF SEQUENCE OF EVENTS, HOW YOU WORSHIP, 12:21 HOW YOU PRAISE AND MANY TIMES THEY ARE ACTUALLY JUST LEADING ON THEIR OWN 12:27 THEN. 12:27 RIGHT, RIGHT. 12:28 WOW. 12:30 LOVE IT. 12:30 THIS IS A GROUP FROM A VISITING CHURCH. 12:32 THIS HAPPENED TO BE A FELLOWSHIP DAY WHERE SEVERAL CHURCHES GET 12:35 TOGETHER. 12:36 SEVERAL OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH CHURCHES HAVE BEEN RAISED UP. 12:39 O.K. 12:40 SO YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GOSPEL OUTREACH LEADERS. 12:42 ARE THOSE TWO MEN IN FRONT GOSPEL OUTREACH TYPE LEADERS? 12:44 O.K. 12:46 THE ONE IN THE PURPLE AND THE BLUE SHIRT ON THE NEAR SIDE THERE IS EDGAR 12:49 PANGILINUM. 12:50 O.K. 12:51 SO THESE ARE THE LEADERS WHO ARE DOING THE TEACHING? 12:55 AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT THERE IN THE PINK IS ALSO A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER. 12:58 O.K. 12:59 SO I WANT TO STOP FOR JUST A MINUTE. 13:01 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING TODAY. 13:04 I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO ACTUALLY ADOPT ONE OF THOSE WORKERS. 13:08 MAYBE NOT ONE OF THESE TWO MEN, BUT SOMEBODY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT A 13:12 WORKER AND MAKE WHAT GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING SOMETHING YOU ARE ACTIVELY 13:17 PART OF EVERY SINGLE DAY. 13:18 TO UNDERSTAND, WATCH THIS. 13:23 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 13:27 QUESTION. 13:28 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:29 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION WHAT IS JESUS 13:34 WAITING FOR? 13:36 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 13:40 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 13:43 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14, "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 13:48 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALLTHE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 13:53 SHALL THE END COME." 13:56 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS, GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER, AND OVER THE 14:01 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH 2200 WORKERS IN 40 14:07 PLUS COUNTRIES. 14:08 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 14:12 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 14:13 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECTLY. 14:16 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 14:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 14:23 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 14:24 NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY THE CHURCH IS ALREADY DOING WITH 14:30 OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 14:32 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 14:33 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION JUST AS LARGE A PART IS 14:38 STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 14:42 GOSPEL OUTREACH MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 14:46 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 14:50 WINDOW. 14:52 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 14:55 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 14:59 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 15:02 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 15:05 NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER 15:08 HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS, LIVE HERE. 15:11 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 15:16 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 15:21 IN NEW TERRITORIES. 15:22 SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 15:25 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBIN. 15:28 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP; HIS CHURCH 15:32 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUA TO SHARE THE GOSPEL. 15:36 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 15:40 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 15:42 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 15:46 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 15:48 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAVE BEEN 15:51 WORSHIPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 15:53 RECENTLY, A NEW MEMBER NAMED ERISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 15:58 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 16:00 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 16:04 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 16:08 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 16:12 VILLAGE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 16:21 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 16:23 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 16:25 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 16:29 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 16:34 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 16:37 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 16:41 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER 16:45 PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH, WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED 16:50 TO BE REACHED. 16:52 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 16:56 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10,000 NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 17:02 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 17:06 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A 17:11 MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 17:15 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 17:20 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS $150 A MONTH. 17:23 FOR SOME, THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 17:28 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 17:32 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 17:36 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 17:40 SENDING YOU STORIES, PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 17:46 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" THERE ARE THREE 17:49 WAYS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED: FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL 17:54 OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 17:57 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR "ADOPT-A-WORKER PROGRAM" 18:00 BY TELLING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 18:04 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 18:07 CALL OR VISIT THE WEBSITE TODAY. 18:10 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH, AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 18:14 JESUS IS WAITING FOR, THE FINAL QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 18:25 SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 18:27 WE REALLY NEED YOU AND YOU CAN A FEW DOLLARS FROM HERE AND THERE AND THEN 18:32 GET A COUPLE OF YOUR FAMILY FRIENDS FROM ACROSS THE STREET MAYBE OR DOWN 18:36 THE STREET AND EASILY SUPPORT A GOSPEL WORKER. 18:39 DID YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT VIDEO? 18:42 I DID THERE WAS ONE SECTION THERE TAKEN FROM THE VERY AREA THAT WE'VE 18:46 JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 18:47 THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT-RIGHT. 18:48 FRED TAKE US BACK TO THAT VERY AREA. 18:50 O.K. 18:51 INSIDE THAT CHURCH WE HAD A LARGE GROUP THAT DAY PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE 18:55 HAD -IT WAS A FELLOWSHIP DAY. 18:56 IT WAS SEVERAL CHURCHES COMING TOGETHER. 18:58 NICE. 18:58 THIS IS THE AUDIENCE INSIDE. 19:00 THIS IS THE AUDIENCE OUTSIDE. 19:01 THERE IS ALWAYS A GROUP OUTSIDE. 19:03 WELL, THERE WASN'T ROOM INSIDE. 19:05 HOW SPECIAL. 19:06 AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN A BIT AGO, THERE THEY ARE. 19:08 YES, THERE IS A SABBATH SCHOOL ROOM BUT IT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE 19:11 CHILDREN. 19:12 BUT LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE CHAIRS. 19:13 SOMEBODY HAS BOUGHT THEM SMALL CHAIRS, THAT'S GOOD. 19:15 RIGHT. 19:16 AND THERE IS A SPECIAL ROOM IN THE BACK OF THIS CHURCH FOR THE CHILDREN. 19:18 AWESOME. 19:19 AH, SOMEBODY FILLED IT UP WITH STORAGE MATERIALS. 19:25 THEY BUILT A SEPARATE STORAGE ROOM SO THEY COULD BRING IT BACK TO BE A 19:28 CHILDRENS' ROOM. 19:29 GO KIDS. 19:30 THIS IS AN AEATA GIRL. 19:32 SHE IS A COLLEGE STUDENT HOLDING SOMEONE ELSE'S BABY BUT THE AEATA'S ARE 19:37 AN INTERESTING PEOPLE. 19:39 THIS IS THE VERY FIRST MAN OF THE AEATA TRIBE TO BECOME A SEVENTH DAY 19:44 ADVENTIST. 19:45 HE WAS GIVING HIS TESTIMONY THAT DAY. 19:47 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT HE WAS TELLING US HOW HE'D BECAME A SEVENTH DAY 19:52 ADVENTIST. 19:53 YOU CAN FEEL IT TOO BEING TOUCHING. 19:54 OH YES. 19:55 NO QUESTION. 19:56 AND THIS IS A- ANOTHER STUDENT THAT IS LEADING OUT IN SERVICES THERE. 20:03 NOT ONLY WAS THE CHURCH BEAUTIFUL, THEY HAD BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. 20:08 UH HUH. 20:09 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WENT TO THE HOME OF THE MAYOR WHO IS IN THE TSHIRT THERE 20:15 AND HIS WIFE AND THIS IS EDGAR AND LINDA PANGALINUM WITH HIM AND WE WERE THERE 20:19 FOR A BAPTISM. 20:21 WOW. 20:22 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL RESORT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT IS. 20:24 WHAT A NICE PLACE TO DO A BAPTISM. 20:26 AND SO HERE THEY ARE PRAYING WITH THE CANDIDATES AND THE BAPTISM 20:31 WAS DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. 20:33 HE WOULD BRING IN FOUR OR FIVE CANDIDATES AT A TIME -HAVE ONE PRAYER AND THEN 20:38 BAPTISM THEM BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. 20:39 YES. 20:40 MY LANDS. 20:42 BUT HE HAD THIRTY-TWO PEOPLE TO BAPTIZE THAT DAY SO HE HAD TO DO IT 20:48 QUICKLY. 20:50 THIS IS THE PRAYER AFTER THE BAPTISM AND THEN THEY LINED UP FOR A PICTURE OF 20:53 THE GROUP WITH SOME OF THE REST OF US WITH THEM. 20:56 THAT'S SO NICE. 20:57 THE AEATA PEOPLE ARE NOT VERY BIG. 21:00 I'M NOT QUITE SIX FEET AND IS THAT A FULL GROWN MAN? 21:04 THAT'S A FULL GROWN MAN, HE'S PROBABLY FORTY YEARS OLD. 21:07 OK, BUT HE IS ONE OF THE SMALLER ONES BUT I'VE NOT SEEN ANY THAT WOULD COME 21:14 UP TO MY SHOULDER. 21:16 AND THIS IS BASICALLY A TRIBE FROM UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. 21:18 YES, IT IS A TRIBAL GROUP AND THEY ARE AT ONE TIME THEY WERE CALLED NEGRITOS 21:24 BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S-YOU'VE GOT A MUCH BETTER NAME FOR THEM NOW. 21:27 THAT'S NOT A POLITICALLY CORRECT WORD AND SO NOW THEY ARE CALLED AEATA. 21:32 AEATAS AND THAT'S THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE'S MISSION. 21:36 THIS IS MOUNTAIN PROVINCE'S MISSION WITH THE OFFICERS OF THAT 21:39 MISSION STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR OFFICE. 21:41 THIS IS JOSE BUDAIYAO STANDING IN FRONT OF A CHURCH THAT IS UNDER 21:48 CONSTRUCTION. 21:50 THE CHURCH WILL ACTUALLY BE AT THE LEVEL OF THE TOP OF THOSE PILLARS AND THE 21:53 SABBATH SCHOOL ROOMS FOR THE CHILDREN WILL BE DOWNSTAIRS. 21:56 GOOD FOR THEM. 21:57 THERE IS NO WATER THERE. 21:59 EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE HAVE WATER TRUCKED IN. 22:02 AND SO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEY HAD TO HAVE SOME WATER TANKS. 22:06 NOW WE ARE UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MISSION. 22:09 THIS IS IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF ALLILUM AND THIS IS A LAMB SHELTER THAT 22:15 CURRENTLY THEY ARE USING FOR A CHURCH. 22:17 THE CHURCH WILL BE BUILT BESIDE THAT WHERE YOU SEE THIS PILE OF MATERIALS. 22:21 UH HUH. 22:22 THAT'S A PILE OF HOPE. 22:24 RIGHT. 22:25 THE PASTOR HERE IS OR NOT THE PASTOR BUT THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS A 22:29 FORMER PASTOR OF ANOTHER CHURCH THAT CHALLENGED AN ADVENTIST PASTOR TO A 22:33 DEBATE ON THE SABBATH. 22:35 AND HE LOST. 22:35 HE LOST. 22:36 BUT HE WON. 22:37 THAT'S RIGHT. 22:38 AND HIS CHURCH CAME ALONG? 22:39 AH, NO I DON'T THINK SO BUT HE DID BECOME A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND IS 22:44 DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. 22:45 OH, I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND INTERVIEW HIM ABOUT HIS LIFE. 22:48 BUT YOU SEE HERE THEY LOOK FOR THE CHILDREN AS WELL. 22:51 THEY LOOK FOR THE CHILDREN, LOVE IT. 22:54 SCHEDULE FOR THE SERVICES AND HERE IS THE SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 22:56 MISSION WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER THERE. 22:58 THAT'S THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE? 22:59 YES, IN THE PINK SHIRT? 23:01 RIGHT. 23:02 SO THE WORK IS GOING WELL THERE. 23:12 THERE ARE -THERE'S- WHAT DOES WELL MEANTO YOU? 23:16 PEOPLE ACCEPTING JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOUR. 23:19 EVERY DAY. 23:20 EVERY DAY. 23:21 BECAUSE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS HAVE MADE FRIENDS? 23:23 THEY'VE MADE FRIENDS AND THEY ANSWERED THE TRUTH QUESTIONS. 23:25 RIGHT. 23:27 UM, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW PEOPLE GET THE IDEA THAT TO BECOME A SEVENTH DAY 23:29 ADVENTIST YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE SABBATH AND DON'T EAT PORK. 23:38 RIGHT. 23:39 IF YOU DO THOSE TWO, YOU ARE AN ADVENTIST. 23:41 THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING THERE. 23:43 THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING. 23:45 OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS TRY TO AH, BRING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE 23:50 PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING BIGGER. 23:56 THERE'S ONE REASON TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND THAT IS TO LOVE JESUS. 24:01 AND THE SALVATION THAT COMES FROM HIM. 24:02 SALVATION COMES ONLY FROM HIM AND THAT'S -THE GOOD WORK THAT WE TRY TO DO 24:05 COME AS A RESULT OF LOVING JESUS NOT THE CAUSE FOR SALVATION BUT THE RESULT 24:17 OF IT. 24:18 AND IF A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE TEACHING THAT WHAT RESPONSE DO THEY GET 24:21 FROM THE LOCAL PEOPLE? 24:23 IN MANY PLACES IT IS A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE. 24:25 THERE ARE PLACES HOWEVER, WHERE THE PEOPLE TEND TO REJECT AND TO PERSECUTE IN 24:35 SOME WAYS BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY ARE ACCEPTED WELL. 24:42 WHY WOULD ANYBODY PERSECUTE A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST? 24:45 BECAUSE WELL, I GUESS WE ARE STEALING THEIR SHEEP. 24:49 O.K. 24:52 WHAT IS THERE THOUGH ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST THAT MAKES US BE A POINT 24:59 OF THEIR BARBS AND THEIR HATRED? 25:02 SATAN IS ALWAYS ON THE ATTACK AND HE WILL ATTACK ANYONE WHO IS DOING WHAT 25:08 GOD WANTS THEM TO DO, IS DOING GOD'S MESSAGE, IS CARRYING OUT THE GREAT 25:11 GOSPEL COMMISSION. 25:13 AND YOU HAVE FOUND THAT ACROSS THE PHILIPPINES. 25:15 OH YES. 25:16 SOMETIMES THE ATTACK IS QUITE VICIOUS. 25:19 SOMETIMES IT IS A LITTLE MORESUBTLE. 25:22 WHEN YOU ARE IN A TRIBE LIKE THE TRIBE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS THAT YOU DON'T 25:27 UNDERSTAND THEIR LANGUAGE AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOURS VERY 25:30 WELL. 25:31 THAT'S RIGHT. 25:32 HOW IS THE GREAT CONTROVERSY PLAYING OUT IN THEIR TINY LITTLE 25:37 COMMUNITIES? 25:38 OH, IN MOST OF THESE-EXCUSE ME, IN MOST OF THESE PLACES THEY ARE 25:44 ANIMISTS. 25:46 THEY HAVE SPIRIT-THEY WORSHIP THE SPIRITS. 25:48 THEY WORSHIP THE LOGICAL THINGS FOR SOMEBODY WHO NEVER KNOWS ABOUT JESUS. 25:50 RIGHT. 25:51 I WORSHIP THE SUN BECAUSE IT COMES UP, THE MOON BECAUSE IT IS THERE AND 25:53 CHANGES REGULARLY. 25:54 I WORSHIP THE RAIN BECAUSE IT MAKES THE PLANTS GROW. 25:57 AND THE RIVER, YES, YOU JUST GO DOWN THAT LIST. 25:59 AND THE ROCKS, YES. 26:00 THESE ARE ALL MIRACLES GOING ON AROUND ME AND THEIR ANCESTORS. 26:02 AND SO THEY LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND THEY WORSHIP THOSE AND THEN ALL OF A 26:03 SUDDEN A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER COMES IN AND SAYS LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT 26:06 JESUS. 26:06 YES. 26:07 WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR FAITH IN THEIR EYES? 26:09 WELL, THEY WHEN THEY FIND SOMEONE THAT LOVES THEM INSPITE OF WHAT THEY DO 26:20 AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING. 26:22 I LOVE THAT ANSWER THAT IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT 26:23 SOMEBODY LOVES THEM DESPITE WHAT THEY MAY DO. 26:37 GOD'S LOVE COMES TO US NOT BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE BUT BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS AND 26:43 HE IS UNCHANGEABLE. 26:45 OUR ACTIVITY OUR BEHAVIOR DOESN'T CHANGE HOW MUCH HE LOVES US. 26:49 HE LOVES US BECAUSE HE JUST WANTS US TO COME HOME. 26:53 THIS IS GOSPEL OUTREACH "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 26:58 çCLOSING MUSIC]. |
Revised 2017-01-25