Participants: Dick Duerksen (Host), Marty Phillips
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000672A
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00:15 HELLO. 00:16 I'M DICK DUERKSEN AND WELCOME TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:20 AND TODAY ON ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS OUR GUEST IS MARTY PHILLIPS FROM 00:24 NPRAXIS. 00:27 NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN DICK. 00:28 IT IS. 00:29 YOU KNOW I HAVE ONE BASIC QUESTION FOR YOU TODAY. 00:32 WHAT IS A HOME CHURCH? 00:34 EXCELLENT QUESTION. 00:36 A HOME CHURCH IS USUALLY THOUGHT OF WHERE CHURCH IS DONE AT HOME. 00:40 IN OUR PARTICULAR CONTEXT HOME CHURCH IS USUALLY THE PEOPLE OF THAT HOME, AND 00:45 OUTSIDE THE WESTERN CONTEXT THE HOME IS USUALLY LARGER. 00:49 THERE IS MOM AND DAD. 00:50 THERE'S KIDS. 00:51 THERE COULD BE AN AUNT AND UNCLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE. 00:53 THERE MIGHT BE SOME SERVANTS. 00:55 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FAMILY CHURCH IN MY HOUSE. 00:57 YES. 00:59 AND EVERYBODY JOINS? 01:01 EVERYBODY JOINS IN THE FAMILY. 01:03 IS THAT BECAUSE MOST OF THE CULTURES YOU'RE WORKING IN, IF DAD SAYS 01:07 THIS IS WHAT WE DO WE DO? 01:08 OR BECAUSE THERE IS A PERSONAL CONVICTION? 01:12 I WOULD SAY THERE'S A PERSONAL CONVICTION. 01:14 NOW THE UNDERSTANDING OF HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER IS MUCH HIGHER IN 01:22 CULTURES OUTSIDE THE WESTERN CULTURE SO IF IT'S GOOD FOR DAD IT'S GOOD FOR 01:27 ME. 01:28 AND SO THERE IS A PERSONAL CONVICTION BUT THOSE CONVICTIONS HAPPEN IN A 01:32 DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY DO IN OUR WESTERN SETTING. 01:34 SO LET'S SAY I'M CONVICTED BECAUSE I READ TEN BIBLE VERSES THAT SAID THIS. 01:40 OUTSIDE OF WESTERN CULTURE I MIGHT BE CONVICTED BECAUSE MY FRIENDS SAID 01:43 THE SABBATH WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. 01:45 OKAY. 01:46 SO IF THERE WAS A BLESSING IN IT FOR YOU I WANT TO DO IT. 01:48 IF MY DAD WAS BLESSED BY LEARNING TO KEEP THE SABBATH PROBABLY THE REST 01:53 OF THE FAMILY WANTS TO RECEIVE THE SAME BLESSING DAD DOES. 01:57 ARE MOSTLY THE MEN THE CONTACT INTO THAT HOUSE, INTO THAT HOME? 02:03 BY AND LARGE IT HAPPENS A LOT. 02:05 WE'VE TRIED NOT TO PREY ON THE WEAK NOR ON THE CHILDREN NOR ON ANY MEMBER 02:10 IN SOCIETY THAT IS SEEN AS WEAK. 02:12 WE TRY TO HIT AT THE HEAD FIRST AND I THINK THAT FOLLOWS BIBLICAL 02:16 PRINCIPLES. 02:17 IF YOU WIN THE TOP OF SOCIETY IT ALL FLOWS DOWN. 02:22 OKAY. 02:24 AND SO WHETHER THAT IS AT THE HOME LEVEL OR IF YOU TRY TO WORK FIRST WITH THE 02:28 TOP RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN THE NATION THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR POLICY AT LEAST 02:33 IN THE ORGANIZATION WE WORK WITH WHERE WE TRY TO REACH THE TOP FIRST 02:39 WHETHER IT'S DOWN AT THE FAMILY LEVEL OR WHATEVER AREA. 02:43 THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP A HOUSE CHURCH I WOULD THINK. 02:47 IT DOES A WHOLE LOT. 02:49 BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THAT LEADERSHIP AUTHORITY LEVEL WHICH WOULDN'T WORK QUITE 02:53 AS EASILY IN THE UNITED STATES. 02:55 WELL I WOULD SAY, I MEAN I'M NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED IN HOUSE CHURCH 02:58 IN THE U.S. 02:59 BUT I DO KNOW QUITE A BIT OF HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON 03:02 AUTHORITY BUT IT HAPPENS ON THE INFLUENCE LEVEL. 03:06 OKAY. 03:07 AND SO IT MIGHT BE A GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT GATHER TOGETHER. 03:13 IT MIGHT BE A COUPLE EXTENDED FAMILIES. 03:17 SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT GATHER FOR HOUSE CHURCH. 03:21 SO LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER YOU TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE OF A PERSON OF 03:26 PEACE IN A COMMUNITY, IN A HOME, IN A BIG SOCIETY, IN A TRIBE. 03:28 HOW DO YOU DISCOVER WHO THOSE ARE? 03:29 THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION DICK AND I WOULD SAY A LOT OF THAT IS A GOD 03:31 THING BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY EXAMPLE SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS. 03:32 FIRST OF ALL USUALLY A PERSON OF PEACE WE HAVE FOUND THAT HE'S A GENEROUS 03:46 PERSON. 03:50 OKAY. 03:53 HE'S A PERSON THAT IF A MISSIONARY GOES, MANY TIMES THEY DIDN'T KNOW 03:57 QUITE WHAT TO CALL HIM, HE WILL GIVE PROTECTION, HE WILL GO AROUND TO HELP YOU 03:59 FIND A HOUSE TO LIVE IN. 04:00 HE WILL DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. 04:01 SO A PERSON OF PEACE IN THIS SETTING IS USUALLY RECOGNIZED QUITE QUICKLY. 04:08 LET'S SAY IN OUR CONTEXT A MUSLIM OR WE'VE SEEN IT IN HINDU CONTEXT AS WELL AS 04:18 OTHERS. 04:19 IT'S THAT PERSON WHO IS VERY FRIENDLY, WHO IS GENEROUS, WHO OFFERS 04:22 PROTECTION. 04:23 BUT WE'VE FOUND SOME THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT. 04:28 PEOPLE OF PEACE ALSO ARE VERY TIED TO LAND AND PEOPLE. 04:31 TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS. 04:33 THEY LOVE THEIR LAND AND THEY LOVE THEIR PEOPLE. 04:37 AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IN EASTERN CONTEXT. 04:41 OKAY. 04:42 FOR EXAMPLE IF THERE IS TIME OF WAR. 04:43 I'VE BEEN A FEW PLACES THAT WERE IN THE MIDST OF WAR TIME. 04:47 MOST EVERYONE LEAVES AND I FOUND ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE'S THIS PERSON WHO HAS 04:52 PLENTY OF MONEY TO FLEE THE COUNTRY OR EVEN LEAVE THE TOWN AND HE SAYS I'M 04:55 NOT LEAVING. 04:56 THIS IS MY LAND, THIS IS MY PEOPLE. 04:58 THERE'S A BUNCH OF WIDOWS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO LEAVE AND THE POOR AND I'M 05:02 STAYING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROTECTED EVEN DURING WAR TIME. 05:04 AND HE HAS NO NEED TO STAY UNLESS HE HAS THIS ALMOST GOD-GIVEN GIFT OF BEING 05:11 ATTACHED. 05:13 AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT MOST MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD START WITH PEOPLE 05:17 WHO ARE TIED DEEPLY TO LAND. 05:20 THIS IS THE LAND OF MY ANCESTORS, THIS IS THE LAND WHERE MY PEOPLE LIVE, 05:25 AND YOU HAVE A DEEP CALLING FOR YOUR PEOPLE WHATEVER SIZE THAT PEOPLE 05:30 MIGHT BE. 05:33 SO YOU FIND A PERSON LIKE THAT. 05:35 YES. 05:36 AND THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT SABBATH, JESUS, THE PLAN OF SALVATION. 05:42 HOW DO YOU KEEP FROM WESTERNIZING THEIR HOME AND THEIR BELIEFS IN THEIR 05:48 COUNTRY. 05:49 SO THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION. 05:50 FIRST OF ALL YOU LET THE BIBLE SPEAK FOR ITSELF AND LET THE STORIES OF THE 05:58 BIBLE SPEAK FOR ITSELF. 06:00 AND SO YOU LET THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME AND BUILD. 06:03 AND SO MUCH HAS TO DO WITH THE PERSON WHO BRINGS THE MESSAGE. 06:08 IF HE'S BRINGING A MESSAGE OF BUILDING GOD'S KINGDOM IN THAT COMMUNITY IT LOOKS 06:14 VERY DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE COMING TRYING TO ESTABLISH A 1960S VERSION 06:18 OF AN ADVENTIST OR BAPTIST CHURCH WHICH MANY MISSIONARIES TEND TO DO. 06:23 AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT COMING TO ESTABLISH PEOPLE TO COME AND WORSHIP IN A 06:29 BUILDING THAT HAS LITURGY AND HAS ALL KINDS OF FORMS AND SYSTEMS AND HYMNS, IF 06:36 YOU JUST ESTABLISH WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GODLY FAMILY IN MY HOME IN MY 06:41 COUNTRY AND IN MY PEOPLE IN MY LANGUAGE IT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT. 06:46 SO THE VERY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DOES IT CHANGE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY 06:50 FAMILY, MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY COMMUNITY, MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 06:56 SO WHAT I SEE IS THE GOSPEL COMES IN, IT NOW STARTS SPEAKING. 06:59 YOU KNOW I WAS AN ANGRY PERSON, I WAS CHEATING ON MY WIFE OR WHATEVER. 07:03 I'VE BEEN IN THESE HOUSE CHURCHES AND I'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY MOVED OF THE 07:08 LEVEL OF OPENNESS. 07:09 STUFF WE WOULD NEVER SHARE EVEN WITH OUR OWN FAMILIES. 07:13 MANY TIMES YOU'LL SEE THE HUSBAND SAYING YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING. 07:18 I'VE BEEN TRAVELING OUT AND I TURN INTO THE HOTEL AND IT'S LIKE MOST HOTELS 07:22 AROUND THE WORLD. 07:23 THERE'S ALL KINDS A WIDE GAMUT OF STUFF. 07:25 I'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD THREE WEEKS AND I HAVE A TEMPTATION. 07:29 I'M ASKING MY WIFE AND MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY TO PRAY FOR ME. 07:32 AWESOME. 07:33 AND SO THESE ARE TYPES OF THINGS. 07:35 WE SEE THE GOSPEL BECOME VERY VERY REAL IN THESE HOUSE CHURCHES. 07:42 PEOPLE BECOME VERY OPEN WITH EACH OTHER. 07:45 AND SO YOU DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF STUFF AND SO YOU READ THERE LET'S SAY A 07:48 SECTION OF THE BOOK OF MATTHEW. 07:50 AND SO THE FAMILY NOW START AND YOU ALWAYS ARE TRYING TO INVITE PEOPLE 07:54 WHO WILL TAKE THIS NOW TO THEIR HOME AS WELL SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO 07:59 IS INTERESTED OR A COUSIN. 08:01 AND SO THEY'RE NOW BROUGHT INTO THIS SHARING EXPERIENCE. 08:04 SO DO YOU IN YOUR WORK GET TO VISIT, ATTEND AND BE PART OF SOME OF THESE? 08:10 I'M VERY CAREFUL NOT TO. 08:11 WHY. 08:13 BECAUSE I MEAN I DID IN THE BEGINNING TO TRAIN THE NATIONAL LEADERS. 08:16 BUT MOST OF THE COUNTRIES I WORK IN ARE VERY CLOSED COUNTRIES WHERE IT'S A BIG 08:22 QUESTION WHY IS A FOREIGNER IN THAT COUNTRY. 08:25 WHY IS A FOREIGNER VISITING HERE. 08:27 SO I'LL VISIT JUST ONE OF LIKE THE HOME OF THE NATIONAL LEADER AND STUFF 08:32 JUST FOR PROTECTION REASONS. 08:33 BUT WE TRUST THE HOLY SPIRIT. 08:36 SO WHAT DO YOU DO ON SABBATH THEN? 08:39 I ACTUALLY GO TO A CHURCH, BIG CHURCH IN COLLEGEDALE AREA BUT WHEN I TRAVEL I'M 08:45 SUPPORTING THIS. 08:47 YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE LOCAL BUT YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY ATTENDING IN 08:50 THOSE LOCAL HOUSE CHURCHES. 08:51 I'M NOT ATTENDING IN THOSE LOCAL ONES. 08:54 JUST FOR SECURITY ISSUES BECAUSE THE ONES WE DO ARE IN BASICALLY CLOSED 08:59 COUNTRIES. 08:59 YES. 09:01 SO YOU'RE NOT ATTENDING BUT YOU ARE ACTIVELY TRAINING THOSE WHO ARE 09:06 TRAINING THE LEADERS OF THE HOUSE CHURCHES. 09:08 YES. 09:09 WHEN DO YOU DO THAT? 09:13 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND SO THE LEVEL OF WHAT I 09:19 DO NOW IS HELP MENTOR BIG LEADERS OF LARGE HOUSE CHURCH NETWORKS. 09:26 LARGE HOUSE CHURCH CONGLOMERATES, NETWORKS. 09:28 OKAY. 09:30 NETWORKS OF HOUSE CHURCHES AND SO I BASICALLY WORK WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE 09:35 GROWN IN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS. 09:38 SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH HAVE INFLUENCE ON BIG REGIONAL OR 09:47 NATIONAL LEVELS OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOUSE CHURCH. 09:49 FOR EXAMPLE HERE ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO I HAD A CALL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE WHO 09:56 RUNS A MASSIVE HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT BUT HE ALSO PLAYS A PRETTY 10:01 SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HIS AREA WHERE HE LIVES AND HIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT 10:08 HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAS INVADE BY A NEIGHBORING TRIBE. 10:16 OKAY. 10:18 AND THEY ATTACKED THE LET'S SAY THE CAPITAL OF THEIR TRIBAL ANCESTRAL 10:24 LAND AND THERE HAD BEEN MAJOR PILLAGING, MAJOR THEFT. 10:30 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN SUVS HAD BEEN STOLEN AND TAKEN AND MAYBE ABOUT 10:37 EIGHT TO 10 THOUSAND ACRES WERE ANNEXED OF THE NATIONAL LEADER THAT I 10:41 WORK WITH. 10:42 AND HE SAID I HAVE 50 SUB TRIBAL LEADERS IN MY HOME WAITING JUST FOR THE 10:50 COMMAND. 10:51 THEY'RE PRESSURING ME VERY HARD THAT WE--AND HE HAS THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY TO 10:56 RAISE A MILITIA AND TO DO A COUNTER ATTACK. 11:00 AND HE SAID WHAT DO I DO MARTY? 11:06 I HAD BEEN SITTING IN CHURCH AND I STEPPED OUT OF CHURCH AND FOR THE NEXT 11:10 TWO HOURS WE DISCUSSED WHAT TO DO. 11:13 AND HE WOULD BE SEEN AS A COWARD PROBABLY IF HE DIDN'T ATTACK. 11:19 WHAT DOES HE DO IN THIS SITUATION. 11:22 HE HAS ALL THESE MEN SAYING, HE HAS GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES TELLING 11:26 HIM YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY. 11:28 WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THE WEAPONS YOU NEED. 11:31 GO GET 'EM. 11:32 GO GET 'EM. 11:33 SO FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS WHILE HE HAD 50 PEOPLE WAITING IN HIS LIVING ROOM 11:37 FOR A COMMAND WHAT DO WE DO. 11:43 DO WE RAISE OUR ARMY OR DO WE NOT. 11:45 AND TWO HOURS LATER AFTER TALKING ABOUT WHAT JESUS WOULD DO HE WENT WITH HIS 11:52 SHOULDERS BACK AND SAID GENTLEMEN DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE A BACK AND FORTH 11:58 OF REVENGE AND KILLING AND MORE KILLING. 12:01 AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEIR GREAT ANCESTOR HAD DEALT WITH ISSUES. 12:07 AND SO HIS GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER--THEIR COUNTRY HAD BEEN INVADED BY THE 12:11 OTTOMAN ARMY AND THEIR GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN OF PEACE AND HE SAID GOD WILL 12:20 PROTECT US AND SO THEY SAID WE WILL LINE UP AS AN ARMY AND THEN WE WILL 12:27 RETREAT INTO THE FOREST AND THEN WE WILL WAIT TO SEE GOD'S MIGHTY POWER. 12:32 AND SO THEY DID AND THEY RETREATED IN THE FOREST. 12:35 THEY WERE VISIBLE AS AN ARMY? 12:37 THEY WERE VISIBLE AS AN ARMY. 12:38 THEY RETREATED INTO THE FOREST. 12:40 THE OTTOMANS CHASED THEM INTO THE FOREST AND THEN HE KNELT DOWN AND PRAYED 12:45 IN FRONT OF ALL HIS PEOPLE AND THE HORNETS CAME PAST THEM. 12:49 THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF HORNETS AND STUNG UP ALL THE SOLDIERS THAT HAD 12:55 CHASED THEM IN AND THEY LEFT. 12:58 AND THEY WERE SO BADLY HURT BY THE HORNETS THAT THEY PICKED UP AND LEFT 13:02 OUT OF THEIR TRIBAL HOMELAND. 13:04 AND THIS IS A BIG AREA. 13:06 LOVE IT. 13:07 SO HE REMINDED THEM OF THIS STORY OF HOW GOD HAD PROTECTED THEM IN THE 13:11 PAST. 13:13 THAT HE WAS EVEN WILLING, SINCE ABOUT MAYBE 8 TO 10 THOUSAND OF HIS OWN LAND 13:17 HAD BEEN ANNEXED, HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE THAT UP. 13:20 BUT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD GO ON A RAMPAGE. 13:24 THEY WERE PROBABLY BETTER PREPARED STRONGER THAN THE OTHER GROUP AND COULD HAVE 13:30 PROBABLY RETALIATED WITHOUT MUCH LOSS OF LIFE BUT THEY ALL LISTENED TO 13:36 HIM AND AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF SPEAKING WITH THEM THEY PICKED UP THEIR BAGS 13:40 WENT BACK TO THEIR VEHICLES AND RETURNED HOME. 13:44 AND DUE TO THAT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS HE WAS ELECTED AT NATIONAL LEVEL TO BE 13:50 THE PEACE NEGOTIATOR BETWEEN ALL THE TRIBES IN THEIR NATION. 13:54 OH MY. 13:56 SO THESE ARE TYPES OF THINGS. 13:57 NOW THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ON AN EVERY DAY BASIS BUT IT DOES 14:01 HAPPEN. 14:01 IT DOES HAPPEN. 14:03 AND SO THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH HAVE BIG ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. 14:06 AND THAT'S LIKE A BIG BIG ISSUE. 14:07 BUT I DEAL WITH THEM HOW DO YOU BE A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST IN WHATEVER WALK OF 14:12 LIFE THAT GOD HAS PUT YOU IN. 14:15 OKAY HOLD ON FOR JUST A SECOND. 14:17 YOU'VE HEARD THE CONVERSATION. 14:20 THE KEY TO WHAT YOU DO MARTY IS THAT IT'S NOT YOU THAT'S DOING THE CONTACT 14:25 MOST OF THE TIME IT'S YOU TO ANOTHER WHO IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER, VERY 14:31 LIKELY EMPLOYED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH TO BE A LEADER, A TEACHER WHO TRAINS OTHERS 14:36 WHO TRAINS OTHERS WHO TRAINS OTHERS. 14:39 FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY YOU CAN SPONSOR ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS, A GOSPEL 14:45 OUTREACH TEACHER IN A COUNTRY LIKE MARTY HAS BEEN DESCRIBING. 14:48 LISTEN TO THIS. 14:52 GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN A MISSION TWENTY YEARS AGO BY ASKING ONE SIMPLE 14:56 QUESTION. 14:57 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 14:59 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH FAMINE, HUNGER AND STARVATION, WHAT IS JESUS 15:03 WAITING FOR? 15:04 IN A WORLD FILLED WITH EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES AND NATURAL CALAMITIES, 15:05 WHAT IS JESUS WAITING FOR? 15:07 THE GOSPEL TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:14 "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 15:08 SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS AND THEN 15:10 SHALL THE END COME." 15:26 INSPIRED BY THOSE WORDS GOSPEL OUTREACH BEGAN WITH ONE WORKER AND OVER THE 15:30 PAST TWENTY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO AN ORGANIZATION WITH TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED 15:35 WORKERS IN FORTY PLUS COUNTRIES. 15:37 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS AN INDEPENDENT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST LAY MINISTRY RUN 15:41 ENTIRELY BY VOLUNTEERS. 15:42 YES, YOU HEARD THAT CORRECT. 15:45 IT'S AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. 15:47 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZED CHURCH TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS IN 15:52 UNREACHED TERRITORIES. 15:54 NOW YOU MIGHT ASK DOESN'T THIS TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORK THE CHURCH IS ALREADY 15:59 DOING WITH OVERSEAS MISSIONS? 16:01 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 16:03 DIRECT SPONSORSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE EQUATION. 16:06 JUST AS LARGE A PART IS STAYING INVOLVED IN THE WORK THE CHURCH IS DOING 16:10 THROUGH MISSIONS OFFERING. 16:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH'S MAIN DESIRE IS TO RAISE FUNDS WHICH ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO 16:16 THE CHURCH TO PAY BIBLE WORKERS WHO HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 16:20 WINDOW. 16:21 NOW WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 10/40 WINDOW? 16:25 THE 10/40 WINDOW IS A REGION OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE LOCATED BETWEEN 16:29 10 AND 40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 16:31 WHAT MAKES THIS REGION SPECIAL? 16:34 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE 16:38 NAME OF JESUS LIVE HERE. 16:41 NOW HOW EXACTLY DOES GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK TO REACH THESE PEOPLE? 16:46 WE DO THIS BY WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AS IT PLACES TRAINED INDIGENOUS WORKERS 16:49 IN NEW TERRITORIES, SENDING OUT DISCIPLES JUST AS JESUS DID. 16:54 WE SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RUBEN. 16:57 PRABIR IS FROM INDIA AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR SPONSORSHIP HIS CHURCH 17:01 CONFERENCE HAS SENT HIM TO THIS SMALL VILLAGE OF MARUAH TO SHARE THE 17:05 GOSPEL. 17:06 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME OF JESUS AND THEIR LIVES HAVE 17:10 BEEN CHANGED FOREVER. 17:11 IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NINE ADDITIONAL BAPTISMS DUE TO 17:16 THE WORK OF PRABIR. 17:17 UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO THE LOCAL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH HAD BEEN 17:20 WORSHIPPING IN A HOUSE CHURCH. 17:23 RECENTLY A NEW MEMBER NAMED ARISMA GAVE HIS LIFE TO GOD AND DONATED A PIECE 17:27 OF HIS OWN LAND TO THE CHURCH. 17:29 ON IT A NEW TIN CHURCH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. 17:33 IT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK BUT GOD'S CHURCH CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN INDIA. 17:37 WHEN A BIBLE WORKER SPONSORED BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ENTERS A NEW 17:41 VILLAGE IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR AN ADDITIONAL 300 INDIVIDUALS 17:51 WILL BE BAPTIZED AND COMMIT THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST. 17:52 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE AMAZING STORY OF GOD'S LOVE ARE GETTING TO 17:55 MEET JESUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 17:59 NOW HOW CAN YOU HELP? 18:03 BIBLE WORKERS LIKE PRABIR RELY ON SPONSORSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR 18:07 FAMILIES AS THEY SHARE THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OF GOD. 18:10 THIS IS WHY GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INTRODUCING OUR ADOPT A WORKER 18:15 PROGRAM. 18:17 TOGETHER WITH THE CHURCH WE IDENTIFY NEW WORKERS IN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE 18:20 REACHED. 18:21 WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM PASTOR RON WATTS, RETIRED SOUTHERN 18:26 ASIA DIVISION PRESIDENT, FOR 10 THOUSAND NEW BIBLE WORKERS IN INDIA ALONE. 18:32 THE NEED IN THE REST OF ASIA AND AFRICA IS JUST AS LARGE WHERE PEOPLE ARE 18:36 HUNGRY TO HEAR GOD'S WORD. 18:38 THAT IS WHY IT'S OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE A MILLION NEW PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 18:42 NEXT THREE YEARS. 18:44 ALL THAT IS REMAINING FOR THIS WORK TO BEGIN IS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP. 18:49 THE AVERAGE COST OF A BIBLE WORKER IS ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS A 18:52 MONTH. 18:54 FOR SOME THAT'S TOO MUCH TO SPONSOR ON THEIR OWN BUT TOGETHER WITH YOUR 18:57 CHURCH, SABBATH SCHOOL GROUP OR SCHOOL YOU CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE WORK 19:01 BEING DONE AND SPONSOR A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER FOR A YEAR. 19:05 IN RETURN WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE EXCITING PROGRESS OF YOUR WORKER 19:10 SENDING YOU STORIES AND PICTURES OF THE LIVES CHANGED BY YOUR DONATIONS. 19:15 NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU 19:19 CAN GET INVOLVED. 19:20 FIRST, YOU CAN BE A PRAYER PARTNER FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH BY PRAYING FOR 19:24 OUR BIBLE WORKERS. 19:26 SECOND, BECOME AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR ADOPT A WORKER PROGRAM BY TELLING 19:30 YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOO. 19:33 AND FINALLY, SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 19:36 CALL OR VISIT THE WEB SITE TODAY. 19:39 SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT 19:43 JESUS IS WAITING FOR THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR. 19:54 SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 19:57 I KNOW, THE END OF THIS PROGRAM AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO YOUR CHECK 19:59 BOOK AND YOU'RE GOING TO START THE 150 DOLLARS A MONTH RIGHT? 20:03 IF YOU CAN'T COME UP WITH THAT 150 GET A COUPLE OF YOUR FRIENDS TOGETHER IN 20:08 YOUR LIVING ROOM. 20:10 PRAY THAT GOD WILL SOMEHOW EXPAND YOUR RESOURCES SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY START 20:15 SUPPORTING SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT THERE TOUCHING LIVES EVERY 20:21 DAY. 20:22 HOW MANY MORE EMPLOYEES DO YOU NEED? 20:24 WE NEED NO LESS THAN 300, 350, 360 WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. 20:29 REALLY. 20:30 THAT YOU COULD USE RIGHT NOW? 20:32 I COULD USE RIGHT THIS INSTANT, TOMORROW. 20:35 AND WHERE WOULD THEY GO? 20:37 THEY WOULD GO ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 20:41 WE'VE JUST HAD SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES. 20:43 THERE ARE SO MANY GROUPS SAYING HELP, HELP. 20:47 COME TRAIN US, TEACH US, COME TEACH US. 20:50 AND SO WE HAVE SO MANY OF THESE CALLS COME OVER TO MACEDONIA TO TEACH US. 20:55 I'LL JUST SHARE SOME GLIMPSES OF SOME OF THESE. 20:58 PLEASE, PLEASE. 21:00 FOR EXAMPLE IN ONE COUNTRY ONE QUITE CLOSED COUNTRY WE FOUND A VERY LARGE 21:04 GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KEEPING TO A CERTAIN DEGREE THE SABBATH FOR A 21:09 VERY LONG TIME. 21:11 AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT QUITE AS DEEPLY AS WE DO BUT THEY REFRAIN FROM 21:19 MAJOR WORK, FROM MAJOR TRAVEL, FROM MAJOR PURCHASES AND IT'S A DAY 21:26 THAT THEY SHOULD JUST KEEP AS A DAY OF REST. 21:28 THEY MIGHT GO DOWN AND BUY A DRINK OR SOMETHING BUT THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE 21:34 SABBATH IS A DAY OF REST FOR THEM. 21:35 AND THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK. 21:38 VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK AND THEY KNOW IT'S GOD'S DAY 21:41 OF REST. 21:43 IT'S NOT A DAY THEY REALLY WORSHIP ON BUT IT'S JUST A DAY THEY KEEP. 21:46 IT'S HOLY. 21:46 IT'S A HOLY DAY. 21:47 IT'S A DAY SET APART. 21:49 AND SO WE HAVE STARTED WORKING AND WE ONLY HAVE LIKE ONE WORKER WORKING IN 21:53 THIS GROUP AND THE GROUP IS SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 21:57 THERE'S MAYBE ABOUT 10 MILLION OF THESE PEOPLE AND WE ALREADY HAVE MAYBE 21:59 ABOUT 400 HOUSE CHURCHES THAT HAVE EMERGED FROM THIS SABBATH-KEEPING 22:01 GROUP. 22:02 IT SO HAPPENED BEFORE HE BECAME AN ADVENTIST FOLLOWER OF CHRIST HIS DAD 22:04 WAS THE EQUIVALENT TO LIKE A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT. 22:05 AND IT'S KIND OF HEREDITARY IN THEIR ORGANIZATION. 22:06 AND HIS FATHER HAS BASICALLY ALREADY PASSED HIM THE MANTEL OF BEING 22:08 THE ORGANIZER THE LEADER OF ONE SECTION OF THIS. 22:10 HE'S LIKE A CONFERENCE PRESIDENT BUT THERE'S LIKE 10 MILLION OF THESE PEOPLE 22:19 AND HE HAS ALSO BECOME A POPULAR PREACHER ACROSS THIS SECTION AND THEY ARE 22:31 JUST BEGGING HIM BECAUSE HE GOES AROUND AND ASKS THEM DO YOU KNOW WHY WE'VE 22:35 BEEN KEEPING SABBATH. 22:37 WE'VE KEPT THIS AS A TRADITION BUT THEY NEVER KNEW ALL THE DEPTHS OF 22:46 WHY. 22:47 THEY KNEW THAT ONE OF THEIR LEADERS MAYBE 400 YEARS AGO SAID WE SHOULD 22:54 BE KEEPING SABBATH AND THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING SABBATH BECAUSE THE LEADER 22:57 SAID SO. 22:58 AND YOU NEED 100 PEOPLE TO GO IN AND BE TRAINERS WORKING WITH HIM. 23:04 EXACTLY. 23:05 WE HAVE PEOPLE READY. 23:06 IT TAKES TIME, IT TAKES RESOURCES AND IF WE HAD WORKERS WHO COULD COME WE 23:12 COULD JUST WORK ALL ACROSS. 23:14 HE IS SO WELL RESPECTED HE COULD SEND ALL ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT EQUIVALENT 23:19 TO CONFERENCES TO JUST GO TRAIN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 23:23 AND THAT'S JUST AN OPEN THING RIGHT NOW. 23:26 IT'S JUST GROWING QUICKLY BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE OR THE RESOURCES 23:31 AND THIS COULD JUST ADD A WHOLE LOT, A MASSIVE BOOST. 23:35 AND FOR 150 DOLLARS A WORKER THERE IS A GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKER 23:39 GOING TO BE HELPING REACH THE PEOPLE WHO FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS HAVE 23:44 BEEN KEEPING THE SABBATH AND SUDDENLY UNDERSTAND IT'S PART OF THE PLAN OF 23:48 SALVATION. 23:49 EXACTLY. 23:50 AND SO WE'VE FOUND WHAT HAPPENS IS, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN 23:54 ACCUSTOMED TO USING THE BIBLE NOW THEY SEE THAT THE BIBLE EXPLAINS WHY 23:59 THEY HAVE BEEN KEEPING THE SABBATH AND THEY BECOME ALL EXCITED. 24:02 NOW THEY'RE MORE OPEN. 24:03 WHAT ELSE DOES THE BIBLE TELL US. 24:05 SO NOW TO LEAD THEM TO THE PLAN OF SALVATION IN JESUS IT JUST BECOMES A LITTLE 24:10 STEP. 24:11 IT'S NOT A BIG THING BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD THE SABBATH. 24:13 AND THEY'RE ASKING RATHER THAN BEING TERRIFIED THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO GO 24:16 WRONG IF THEY DON'T. 24:18 EXACTLY. 24:18 THEY'RE SAYING HOW CAN WE GET DEEPER. 24:21 EXACTLY AND WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN. 24:22 IT'S JUST A MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THIS AREA. 24:26 NOW THAT'S ONE. 24:27 THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE THAT? 24:28 THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE THAT. 24:29 NOW WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS, YOU'RE DESCRIBING A PICTURE OF THE WORLD THAT 24:35 MOST PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD. 24:37 WELL IT HAS BECOME A PASSION OF OURS TO SEE WHERE GOD IS WORKING 24:44 ALREADY. 24:44 AND THIS IS WHAT ELLEN WHITE SAID. 24:46 I REALLY STUDIED A LOT OF HOW SHE GAVE METHODS OF EVANGELISM. 24:51 SHE SAYS WORK WHERE GOD IS ALREADY WORKING AND YOU'LL HAVE TEN TIMES THE RESULT. 24:56 AND SO IF YOU FIND WHERE GOD HAS ALREADY PREPARED AND I SEE THAT SABBATH IS 25:02 SOMETHING THAT HE HAS PREPARED AND I'VE FOUND THAT, AS I THINK I WAS 25:05 MENTIONING TO YOU YESTERDAY, THERE ARE THESE LITTLE POCKETS AND SOME OF 25:08 THEM ARE NOT SO LITTLE. 25:09 THIS IS LIKE THE LARGEST GROUP I HAVE FOUND. 25:12 BUT I HAVE FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD GROUPS OF THESE SABBATH KEEPERS. 25:16 SOMEONE WAS JUST TELLING ME YESTERDAY IN A CLOSED COUNTRY THEY HAD HEARD OF 25:22 A SABBATH KEEPING GROUP AND IT'S LIKE IF WE HAD FUNDS WE'D JUST NEED TO GO 25:26 FIND THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND WHEN WE FIND A SABBATH GROUP EVEN OUTSIDE 25:30 OF CHRISTIANITY, THAT SABBATH KEEPING GROUPS ARE SO MUCH MORE RECEPTIVE TO 25:34 TAKE A FEW MORE STEPS TO UNDERSTAND THE GREAT PLAN OF SALVATION. 25:37 AND WHY NOT WORK WITH SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO BE RECEPTIVE 25:40 BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY AT. 25:41 EXACTLY. 25:42 SO YOU NEED 300. 25:44 I NEED AT LEAST 300. 25:46 WE HAVE OTHER GROUPS. 25:47 THERE WAS A BUNCH OF HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN SPONSORED. 25:52 THESE ARE LIKE UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENTS IN COMMUNITIES OF CLOSED 25:55 COMMUNITIES AND THERE HAD BEEN MANY DENOMINATIONS WORKING AMONG THEM. 25:59 ABOUT MAYBE BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN YEARS AGO A LOT OF DENOMINATIONS THAT HAD 26:01 BEEN INVOLVED THEY PULLED AWAY. 26:02 JUST PULLED AWAY. 26:03 AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY SUDDENLY WERE AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN, 26:06 GOVERNMENT LAWS. 26:07 EXACTLY. 26:08 AND SO THEY GOT SCARED, SOMETHING HAPPENED. 26:09 THERE WAS A THING BETWEEN SECURITY AND CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM. 26:13 BUT ALL OF THEM ARE SAYING, A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM ARE SAYING PLEASE. 26:27 THEY'RE SAYING WOULD YOU COME TRAIN US. 26:29 WOULD YOU BE WITH US. 26:30 AND AS WE HAVE DONE THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE WILL SEE WHOLE GROUPS 26:33 BECOME SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN THE PROCESS. 26:36 YOU'VE LISTENED TO MARTY AND YOU'VE ALSO HEARD THE 150 DOLLAR ADOPT A WORKER 26:44 VIDEO. 26:45 PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME ON YOUR KNEES. 26:48 THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SAID TODAY. 26:49 PLAY THIS TAPE AGAIN AND AGAIN. 26:52 THINK ABOUT IT. 26:53 BECOME ONE OF OUR SPECIAL ENVOYS AND LET'S GET TO THOSE 10 MILLION PEOPLE. 27:09 THANKS FOR JOINING US ON GOSPEL OUTREACH. 28:22 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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