Participants: Ole Olesen (Host), Gerald Babanezhad
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000694A
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00:14 I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS 00:18 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:19 IT'S A JOY TO HEAR THE STORIES, TO SHARE THEM 00:22 WITH YOU AND TO HAVE YOU BECOME A PARTICIPANT 00:27 WHETHER IN YOUR HEART AT FIRST AND THEN WITH YOUR 00:30 FUNDING LATER. 00:31 WE'RE HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BECOME INVESTED IN 00:35 THE MISSIONS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD 00:37 THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:40 TODAY I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A GUEST. 00:43 HIS NAME IS GERALD BABANEZHAD. 00:45 IS THAT RIGHT? 00:46 SURE. 00:46 WELCOME TO THE TABLE. 00:47 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, THANK YOU. 00:50 YOU'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF A CAMERA A FEW TIMES 00:52 YOURSELF. 00:53 YES. 00:54 YOU HAVE A MISSION AND YOU HAVE A MINISTRY AND I'M 00:57 GOING TO ASK YOU TO START OUT BY TELLING THE VIEWERS 01:01 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AND WHERE YOU DO 01:04 IT? 01:05 OKAY. 01:06 BY GOD'S GRACE I AM INVOLVED ON MULTIPLE 01:10 CAPACITIES. 01:11 IN OTHER WORDS I CHANGE HATS QUITE OFTEN. 01:14 OKAY. 01:15 AT THIS MOMENT I AM THE COORDINATOR FOR THE MUSLIM 01:20 MINISTRIES FOR THE PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE WHICH 01:23 WORKS VERY FLUIDLY WITH THE OTHER UNIONS AND 01:27 DIVISIONS WITHIN THE NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION. 01:30 OKAY. 01:31 JUST FOR OUR VIEWERS, IF YOU'RE NOT ACQUAINTED, 01:34 PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE INCLUDES QUITE A FEW 01:37 STATES ON THE WEST COAST. 01:39 SURE, YES. 01:40 FIVE STATES, TECHNICALLY FIVE STATES ON THE WEST 01:41 COAST. 01:42 DO YOU WANT ME TO NAME THE STATES? 01:44 THAT'S OKAY BUT THEIR THE SOUTHERN, THE SOUTHERN 01:46 ONES ON THE WEST COAST. 01:48 CORRECT. 01:49 OKAY AND THIS IS WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 01:50 CHURCH. 01:51 WITH THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 01:52 AND PRIOR TO THIS I WOULD SAY I INITIALLY WAS 01:58 EXPOSED TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE UNREACHED COMPONENT 02:04 OF THE GREAT COMMISSION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS 02:07 EXTREMELY GENEROUS IN THE PAST. 02:11 THE YEAR 2008 WAS WHEN I BEGAN PRODUCING AND 02:15 BROADCASTING FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH SO GOSPEL 02:18 OUTREACH WAS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO FUND QUITE A 02:22 NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAMS IN TWO LANGUAGES. 02:25 IN FARSI AND ARMENIAN FOR THE REGION THAT IS 02:29 TECHNICALLY KNOWN AS CENTRAL ASIA WHICH COVERS 02:31 THE AREAS OF IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, THE 02:35 ARAB EMIRATES, TURKEY. 02:37 BUT BY GOD'S GRACE THOSE TELEVISION SHOWS, EVEN 02:40 THOUGH WE PRODUCED THOSE SERIES ABOUT FOUR YEARS 02:43 AGO FINISHED THEM FOUR YEARS AGO, HOPE CHANNEL 02:46 MIDDLE EAST NOW IS BROADCASTING THEM. 02:49 OKAY. 02:50 AND OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE AIR TIME 02:53 FOR THESE PROGRAMS SINCE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF 02:57 PRODUCING NEW ONES. 02:58 AND WE ARE BROADENING THE SCOPE OF THE MATERIALS 03:04 THAT WE ARE PRESENTING. 03:05 BECAUSE WE NOTICED FROM THE VERY FIRST NIGHT THAT 03:09 WE STARTED BROADCASTING WE WERE INUNDATED BY CALLS, 03:13 CONTACTS, EMAILS, TEXTS BY MUSLIM VIEWERS BOTH IN THE 03:19 WESTERN HEMISPHERE AND THE EASTERN. 03:21 YOU DESCRIBE YOUR POSITION WITH THE PACIFIC UNION. 03:27 THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THERE WHO SPEAK THESE 03:29 LANGUAGES AREN'T THERE? 03:29 YES. 03:30 I WOULD SAY ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF, MILION 03:32 AND A H ALF, IRANIANS IN CALIFORNIA AND ABOUT A 03:36 MILLION IN THE EAST COAST AND WHAT GOD HAS BLESSED 03:41 IS BECOMING MORE EVIDENT BY THE DAY BECAUSE WE ARE 03:44 FINDING OUT THAT OUR WEBSITES AND OUR 03:48 TELEVISION PROGRAMS ARE BEING VIEWED BY IRANIANS 03:52 AND ARABS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND SOME VIEWERS 03:56 TAKE THE STUDY GUIDES AND THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE 04:01 POSTED. 04:02 BY STUDYING THOSE THEY GO TO THE LOCAL, THEY FIND A 04:05 LOCAL ADVENTIST CHURCH IN THEIR COUNTRIES WHETHER IN 04:08 EUROPE, WHETHER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 04:09 AND I JUST GOT A CALL TWO DAYS AGO FROM A CONTACT OF 04:13 MINE IN ENGLAND AND HE SAID THAT WE JUST 04:16 WITNESSED THE BAPTISM OF SOME IRANIANS THAT HAD 04:21 BEEN EDUCATED ON YOUR WEBSITES AND WE DIDN'T 04:23 EVEN KNOW IT. 04:24 AMAZING. 04:25 WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT SO PRAISE GOD. 04:27 THAT IS WONDERFUL. 04:28 PRAISE GOD. 04:29 SO THE LANGUAGE IS NOW IN A DIASPORA AROUND THE 04:33 WHOLE WORLD. 04:34 YES AND ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT WE HAVE ON 04:35 OUR WEBSITES, WE HAVE TWO NETWORKS OF WEBSITES WITH 04:40 ALL THE AFFILIATE SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MOBILE APPS, 04:43 AND ON ONE OF THE WEBSITES THAT I WILL GIVE THE 04:46 INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN, WE ALSO TEACH THE 04:49 LANGUAGES FOR THE ENQUIRERS YOU KNOW. 04:52 IF THEY COME ON OUR SCREEN AND THEY SAY WELL I'D LOVE 04:54 TO BE ABLE TO MINISTER TO THE MUSLIMS BUT I DON'T 04:58 KNOW HOW. 04:59 WE PROVIDE THE TRAINING RIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE 05:01 INCLUDING TEACHING THE LANGUAGES OF MUSLIMS LIKE 05:04 ARABIC, TURKISH, FARSI. 05:07 AND SO WE MADE IT A POINT TO EQUIP ANYONE ANYWHERE 05:13 AROUND THE WORLD EVEN IF WE DON'T PERSONALLY 05:16 CONNECT WITH THEM TO EQUIP THEM TO, BE ABLE TO 05:19 MINISTER TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN A MEANINGFUL 05:24 TANGIBLE SUSTAINABLE WAY. 05:28 AND WE ALWAYS MAKE IT A POINT THAT THE MUSLIM 05:32 VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD KNOW THE UNIQUENESS AND 05:35 THE, I WOULD SAY, THE INCOMPARABLE 05:41 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ADVENT MESSAGE. 05:45 REALLY. 05:46 BECAUSE MOST MUSLIMS WHEN THEY DO COME ACROSS OUR 05:49 WEBSITES OR SEE OUR SHOWS THE FIRST THING THAT THEY 05:53 WOULD REACT TO IS YOU'RE DIFFERENT. 05:56 FIRST OF ALL YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME SLOGANS LIKE 05:59 MOST CHRISTIAN NETWORKS DO. 06:01 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE NOTICING YOU'RE NOT 06:03 INTIMIDATING OR DISRESPECTING THE PROPHET 06:06 OF ISLAM, THE RELIGION OF ISLAM OR THE HOLY BOOK OF 06:09 KORAN AND IN FACT YOU'RE QUOTING FROM THE KORAN. 06:12 YES. 06:13 WHAT IS THIS ABOUT YOU GUYS? 06:14 YES,. 06:14 AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT MANY MUSLIMS ONCE THEY 06:18 COME ACROSS ON OUR WEBSITES, THEY NOTICE THAT 06:20 THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ALIENATION. 06:22 THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE INTIMIDATION. 06:24 THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ARGUMENTS AND QUARRELING. 06:27 AND SO THEY ENGAGE US IN MANY DEEP QUESTIONS BOTH 06:31 FROM THE BIBLE AND BOTH FROM THE KORAN. 06:34 AND SO I PRAISE GOD THAT THEY ARE SEEING THE 06:36 UNIQUENESS OF THE ADVENT PEOPLE. 06:38 WELL THAT IS A VERY SPECIAL THING. 06:40 IS IT YOUR AWARENESS OR YOUR PERCEPTION THAT THERE 06:44 MAY BE FEWER BARRIERS BETWEEN ISLAM AND THE 06:48 FAITH THAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS HAVE? 06:51 WELL LET ME LAY IT OUT THIS WAY. 06:53 AT THIS MOMENT WE ARE PRODUCING THE 28 ADVENTIST 06:59 BIBLICAL BELIEFS, THE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS. 07:01 WHICH IN MY OPINION THEY INCORPORATE THE WHOLE 07:04 SCOPE OF THE SCRIPTURES. 07:05 OKAY. 07:06 I MEAN THERE IS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND 07:09 TALENT AND THEOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THOSE 07:14 UNDERSTANDINGS, THOSE 28 FUNDAMENTALS. 07:16 YOU'LL BE AMAZED THAT MUSLIMS RESONATE WITH 20 07:21 OF THEM VERY STRONGLY. 07:23 OKAY. 07:23 TWENTY OUT OF THE 28. 07:24 SO OUT OF THE 28 ADVENTIST FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS 07:27 MUSLIMS, AND THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW THE 07:29 STATISTICS AND THE RESEARCH THAT I DO, THEY 07:31 RESONATE VERY STRONGLY WITH 20 OF THEM. 07:34 WHEREAS THE EVANGELICAL SECTOR IN AMERICA ONLY 07:39 SHARE 13 OF THEM. 07:41 THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. 07:42 SO WE SHARE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS 07:45 OF THE BIBLE, OF GOD, OF GOD'S KINGDOM AND 07:47 EVERYTHING, MUSLIMS RESONATE WITH 20 OF THEM. 07:50 SO WE SHARE MOE IN COMMON WITH ISLAM THAN WE DO WITH 07:54 THE OTHER SECTORS OF CHRISTIANITY. 07:55 THAT IS FASCINATING ISN'T IT. 07:57 AND DO YOU EVER GET TO MEET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE 08:02 OR DOES YOUR MINISTRY HAVE TO BE MOSTLY QUIET. 08:05 ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AGAIN FOR THE SAKE OF 08:09 SENSITIVITY OF THE SUBJECT MATTER I WILL REFRAIN FROM 08:13 SAYING EXACTLY WHERE BUT, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA I 08:16 THINK THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO 08:20 (LAUGHTER), VERY BIG MISSION FIELD I TELL YOU 08:25 THAT, WE DID A JOINT WORSHIP SERVICE WITH A 08:29 MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND THE ADVENTIST COMMUNITY IN THE 08:32 ADVENTIST CHURCH IN ONE OF THE CITIES IN SOUTHERN 08:35 CALIFORNIA. 08:36 WE HAD A TWO HOUR WORSHIP SESSION AND IT WAS 08:39 INCREDIBLE. 08:40 EVERY TIME I SAY THIS I GET GOOSE BUMPS. 08:42 IT WAS RIGHT AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T PLAN IT THIS WAY 08:45 BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE RIGHT AT THE TIME, OF THE 08:47 AFTERNOON PRAYER TIME FOR MUSLIMS. 08:50 SO ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SO MUSLIMS INCLUDING THE 08:55 IMAMS AND THE LEADERS WERE IN THE CHURCH. 08:57 BUT AT THE TIME APPOINTED FOR PRAYER THEY EXCUSED 09:02 THEMSELVES. 09:03 THEY WENT TO THE FOYER OF THE CHURCH AND THEY DID 09:05 THEIR PRAYER SERVICE WHEREAS AT THE SAME TIME 09:08 OUR PEOPLE IN CHURCH WERE READING THE SCRIPTURES IN 09:12 SOLITUDE AND IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY I WOULD SAY 09:15 UNIQUE TIME OF WORSHIP. 09:17 AND THEN AFTERWARDS FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS WE HAD A 09:21 WORSHIP SESSION. 09:22 AND I WAS MODERATING THE WHOLE PROGRAM AND IT WAS 09:25 INCREDIBLE THAT ADVENTISTS COULD QUESTION ANYTHING 09:29 THAT THEY WANTED AND THE MUSLIM LEADERSHIP ON THE 09:33 PODIUM GRACEFULLY RESPONDED TO THEIR 09:36 QUESTIONS AND MUSLIMS COULD ASK ANYTHING THAT 09:39 THEY WANTED FROM CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP AND OUR 09:41 ADVENTISTS PASTORS WERE ON THE PODIUM. 09:44 AND SO AFTER TWO HOURS WE HAD AN HOUR DINNER, WE 09:49 HUGGED AND KISSED AND WE SAID GOODBYE. 09:52 YOU KNOW ONE ADVENTIST PASTOR TOLD ME ONE TIME 09:59 TWO DAYS AFTER THE SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTINGS. 10:01 YES, OH THAT CLOSE. 10:03 I WAS IN HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA IN OUR CHURCH 10:05 IN HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, PASTOR PAUL PENNO. 10:09 I DID A PRESENTATION IN THE MORNING, AN ADVENTIST 10:12 MUSLIM PRESENTATION. 10:15 RIGHT NEXT TO OUR CHURCH RIGHT SIDE BY SIDE IS A 10:19 CATHEDRAL-LOOKING MOSQUE, HUGE MOSQUE. 10:22 IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR NINE YEARS. 10:25 IN HAYWARD? 10:25 IN HAYWARD. 10:26 YES. 10:27 AND WE HAVE NEVER GREETED EACH OTHER ONCE THE PASTOR 10:29 SAID. 10:29 COME AND CHANGE THIS PARADIGM. 10:32 SO I DID A PRESENTATION IN THE CHURCH IN THE MORNING. 10:35 AT LUNCH TIME THE PASTOR SAID I DON'T WANT TO EAT. 10:38 CAN WE GO TO THE MOSQUE. 10:40 I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THE MOSQUE LEADER. 10:42 OKAY. 10:43 SO WE WENT TO THE MOSQUE. 10:44 THE IMAM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE MOSQUE, HAPPENED TO BE 10:47 THERE. 10:48 NORMALLY THEY'RE NOT THERE ON SATURDAYS BUT HE WAS 10:50 THERE. 10:51 A MINUTE LATER HE CAME OUT, HE GREETED US, SHOOK 10:54 OUR HANDS AND HE SAID MY BROTHERS WHAT CAN I DO FOR 10:57 YOU. 10:59 I INTRODUCED MYSELF. 11:00 I SAID I'M A VISITING PASTOR FROM SOUTHERN 11:02 CALIFORNIA. 11:03 THIS IS OUR SENIOR PASTOR OF THE CHURCH RIGHT NEXT 11:05 TO YOU. 11:06 YES. 11:07 WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK THAT THE KORAN IS 11:10 TALKING ABOUT. 11:12 BECAUSE THAT IS A PHRASE THAT IS WELL KNOWN. 11:15 THE MAN LOOKED AT US, SHOOK OUR HANDS AGAIN AND 11:19 HE SAID MY BROTHERS I APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT MY 11:23 PEOPLE DID IN SAN BERNARDINO. 11:25 NOT ONLY THEY WERE NOT MUSLIM THEY WERE NOT HUMAN 11:29 BEINGS. 11:31 HE SAID I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS. 11:35 MY CONGREGATION HAS MANY QUESTIONS. 11:37 OH YES. 11:38 CAN WE COME TO YOUR CHURCH TO DIALOGUE FOR THE 11:41 ANSWERS? 11:43 AND OUR PASTOR WAS BESIDE HIMSELF. 11:46 AS WE WERE WALKING BACK TO THE CHURCH, AND WE AGREED 11:50 THAT WE WILL MEET IN THE CHURCH TO DIALOGUE, OUR 11:53 PASTOR TAPPED ME ON MY SHOULDER AND HE SAID, IS 11:56 THAT ALL IT TOOK. 11:58 THAT'S ALL IT TOOK. 12:00 GOD HAS ALREADY EQUIPPED THE MOVEMENT OF ADVENTISM 12:05 WITH THE MESSAGE OF THE THREE ANGELS IN SUCH A WAY 12:07 THAT WHEN MUSLIMS COME ACROSS IT THEY RIGHT AWAY 12:10 KNOW THIS IS THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT OUR BOOK HAS 12:14 PROPHESIZED ABOUT. 12:17 OH. 12:17 AND THE KORAN HAS TOLD MUSLIMS IN TIMES OF 12:19 CONFUSION AND DOUBT TALK TO THESE PEOPLE. 12:23 ONCE THEY COME ACROSS ADVENTISTS I HAVE HAD 12:27 NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT THE MUSLIM INDIVIDUAL IS 12:31 REFERRING US TO THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK THAT THE KORAN 12:34 IS TALKING ABOUT. 12:35 AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THIS MESSAGE THROUGH 12:37 MEDIA, THROUGH INCORPORATING ALL FORMS 12:41 AND ALL LAYERS OF WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA, 12:44 MOBILE APPS. 12:45 AND BY GOD'S GRACE SINCE LAST TIME I WAS HERE A FEW 12:49 YEARS AGO WE HAVE NOW AN INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE IN 12:53 THOSE AREAS OF CENTRAL ASIA. 12:56 AGAIN FOR A SENSITIVE NATURE I'M NOT GOING TO 12:57 NAME, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE NOW SPONSORING 13:01 PARTNERING WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH. 13:04 THESE ARE CONTACTS THAT PEOPLE CAN MEET FACE TO 13:07 FACE. 13:08 THAT WE CAN HAVE ON THE GROUND AND MOST OF THESE 13:09 PEOPLE THEY'RE EXTREMELY TECH SAVVY. 13:12 THEY ARE EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THEY 13:14 HAVE INTRODUCED US TO SO MANY OPTIONS AND SO MANY 13:17 PARADIGMS THAT REALLY REALLY SPEED UP EXPEDITE 13:22 THE PROCESS. 13:23 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK RIGHT HERE. 13:24 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR LISTENERS DON'T GO AWAY 13:28 BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE TO SHARE. 13:30 BUT RIGHT NOW I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK FOR 13:33 THOSE ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND 13:36 WEBSITES AND EVERYTHING ON YOUR SCREEN SO THAT YOU 13:41 CAN MAKE THAT TRANSITION AND BE A PARTNER WITH ALL 13:44 OF THIS. 13:47 AND FURTHERMORE I WANT YOU TO BE INSPIRED BY THE 13:50 VOICES OF SOME YOUNG PEOPLE. 13:52 THERE IS A "BE THE SPARK" GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU 13:57 RIGHT NOW. 13:58 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 14:04 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 14:08 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 14:10 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 14:13 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 14:16 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 14:19 MY HEAD HURTS. 14:20 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 14:23 I GIVE UP. 14:24 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 14:27 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:29 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 14:32 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 14:37 WHERE? 14:37 ALL THE WORLD. 14:39 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 14:42 YOU CAN PRAY. 14:44 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 14:46 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 14:48 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 14:52 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 14:56 MEANING. 14:57 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 15:00 BE THE SPARK. 15:01 LIGHT THE FIRE. 15:03 FINISH THE WORK. 15:04 FINISH THE WORK. 15:06 BE THE SPARK. 15:07 WELCOME BACK. 15:08 ISN'T THAT INSPIRING. 15:10 THOSE KIDS DID A GREAT JOB AND I KNOW THEIR PARENTS 15:15 AND GRANDPARENTS ARE PROUD OF THEM FOR COMING 15:19 TOGETHER TO SHARE THAT WITH US. 15:22 WE ARE TALKING WITH GERALD BABANEZHAD ABOUT AN 15:26 OUTREACH TO MUSLIMS BOTH HERE IN THE UNITED STATES 15:30 AND OVERSEAS AND I WAS JUST ASKING HIM OFF CAMERA 15:35 ABOUT AGAIN SOME OF THE LANGUAGES, SOME OF THE 15:39 PLACES. 15:40 THESE ARE RESOURCES THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS ANYPLACE 15:45 IN THE WORLD CAN'T THEY. 15:46 YES. 15:47 AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MAKING THOSE 15:49 ADDRESSES THOSE WEB ADDRESSES AVAILABLE TO 15:52 YOU. 15:53 IT'S POSSIBLE THAT AS WE EDIT THIS WE MIGHT BE ABLE 15:57 TO ADD SOME OF THAT ON THE SCREEN. 15:59 IF NOT, YOU CAN CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 16:02 WE'LL LEAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION HERE. 16:04 YOU CAN CONTACT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND GET ACCESS TO 16:08 HOW TO SEE THESE THINGS ON LINE. 16:10 SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE. 16:11 YES. 16:12 AND DOES IT COST MONEY TO DO ALL THIS? 16:15 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU FROM THE INITIAL GENEROSITY OF 16:19 GOSPEL OUTREACH SUPPORTERS WE, AND I WOULD SAY I NEED 16:24 TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE. 16:25 WITH THE VISION THAT RICHARD MADSON HAD AND THE 16:29 DRIVING FORCE THE DRIVING INSPIRATION THAT HE WAS 16:30 BEHIND THIS PROJECT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MADE 16:32 SURE WAS THAT DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES 16:33 THAT WE HAVE AT THE TIME AND THEN LET GOD LEAD 16:34 RATHER THAN TO ANALYZE AND ANALYZE AND ULTIMATELY 16:50 PARALYZE OURSELVES. 16:51 YOU KNOW DICK MADSON WAS AN INSPIRING FORCE BEHIND 16:54 THIS. 16:55 AND SO I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME TO GOSPEL 16:57 OUTREACH AND WE WERE DISCUSSING ABOUT PRODUCING 16:59 ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND I ASKED DICK MADSON I SAID, 17:03 WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A VENUE OR VENDORS THAT 17:05 COULD BROADCAST INTO THAT AREA. 17:07 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU TO THIS DAY WE'RE STILL 17:09 LIMITED IN THAT AREA OF THE WORLD AS FAR AS 17:11 COVERAGE IS CONCERNED. 17:13 AND DICK MADSON SAID, YOU BUILD IT, YOU PRODUCE IT, 17:17 THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. 17:19 AND HE HAS. 17:20 A WEEK LATER I WENT BACK TO LOS ANGELES TO START 17:23 PUTTING OUR TEAM OF PRODUCTION TOGETHER. 17:26 THE FIRST SHOW THAT WE PRODUCED ONE OF MY CAMERA 17:30 MEN WHO WAS NOT A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BUT 17:32 HE WAS A CHRISTIAN FROM A MUSLIM BACKGROUND BUT HE 17:35 WORKED WITH CBN, CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK. 17:37 HAD THAT BACKGROUND. 17:38 PAT ROBERTSON'S SHOW. 17:40 HE TOOK ONE OF OUR SHOWS AND HE SAYS LET ME TRY IF 17:43 THEY WILL AIR OUR PROGRAM ON THEIRS. 17:44 AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF WE'RE ADVENTISTS. 17:47 PAT ROBERTSON IS EVANGELICAL. 17:50 THINGS DON'T MATCH UP THAT WAY AS FAR AS I KNOW. 17:53 HE CALLED ME FROM THEIR OFFICE AND HE SAID THE 17:56 MANAGER IS ASKING DO YOU HAVE MORE SHOWS. 17:58 OH MY. 18:00 AND SO BY GOD'S GRACE, BY THE GENEROSITY OF GOSPEL 18:03 OUTREACH SUPPORTERS AND BY GOD'S ORCHESTRATING OF US 18:06 BEING ON CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK WHICH 18:09 HAS A CHANNEL THAT IS DEDICATED 24/7 TO FARSI 18:13 VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 18:14 OH MY. 18:15 AND THEY ARE REAPING A HARVEST AND WE WANT TO BE 18:19 THERE. 18:20 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE ISSUE OF ADVENTISM BECAME 18:24 SOMEWHAT OF A CONTENTION AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE 18:28 NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THAT NETWORK BUT CBN 18:33 BROADCAST US FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS BETWEEN 12 TO 18:36 15 HOURS A WEEK WITHOUT CHARGING US A DIME. 18:41 OH MY. 18:42 SO THE WHOLE INVESTMENT WAS ON PRODUCTION AND BY 18:46 GOD'S GRACE WE WERE ABLE TO BROADCAST. 18:48 NOW THIS TIME AROUND, AS I'M VISITING YOU TODAY, 18:52 THINGS ARE REVERSED. 18:54 WE ARE PRODUCING AND BROADCASTING IT AND I'M 18:57 REQUESTING GOSPEL OUTREACH TO HELP US WITH THE AIR 18:59 TIME. 19:00 OKAY. 19:01 THE AIR TIME IN MY OPINION FROM MY EXPERIENCE, 19:06 MUSLIMS PREDOMINATELY ARE WATCHING SECULAR NETWORKS. 19:10 OKAY. 19:11 SO FOR EVERY SINGLE MUSLIM WATCHING A CHRISTIAN 19:14 NETWORK THERE ARE ELEVEN HUNDRED THAT ARE WATCHING 19:17 SECULAR NETWORKS. 19:18 SO ONE OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAD WAS IF WE CAN 19:23 ALSO HAVE OUR FOOTPRINT OR YOU KNOW THE AIRTIMES ON 19:27 SECULAR CHANNELS ON CHANNELS THAT ARE CATERING 19:30 TO MOST OF THE MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE 19:33 UNIQUE MESSAGE OF ADVENTISM, WE HAVE FOUND 19:37 THAT MANY CHANNELS WILL BE GLAD TO AIR US. 19:39 OF COURSE THERE ARE FUNDS INVOLVED, FINANCES 19:42 INVOLVED. 19:43 SURE. 19:44 BUT AS SOON AS THEY COME ACROSS THE UNIQUENESS OF 19:45 THE ADVENT MESSAGE AND THEY REALIZE THAT THIS IS 19:49 DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF YOU KNOW CHRISTIAN 19:52 PRODUCTIONS IN THAT THEY ARE MORE ENGAGING TO THE 19:57 MUSLIM VIEWERS AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT. 20:00 FOR INSTANCE ONE MUSLIM CLERIC ONE TIME CALLED. 20:04 HE SAID ON YOUR PROGRAM YOU SAID YOU DON'T DRINK 20:10 ALCOHOL. 20:10 WE DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL. 20:12 YOU SAID YOU DON'T EAT PORK. 20:14 WE DON'T EAT PORK. 20:15 RIGHT. 20:15 YOU SAID YOU DON'T GAMBLE. 20:17 WE DON'T GAMBLE. 20:19 YOU SAID YOU DON'T SMOKE. 20:21 WE KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SMOKE. 20:23 SO HE PAUSED A LITTLE BIT AND THEN HE SAID MY 20:26 BROTHER YOU'RE A MUSLIM. 20:27 (LAUGHTER) AND SO IF A MUSLIM HALF WAY ACROSS THE 20:32 WORLD WATCHES THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN 20:34 PRODUCING BY THE GENEROSITY OF GOSPEL 20:37 OUTREACH, IF THEY CAN RELATE TO IT THEN THEY 20:40 WILL LISTEN TO WHAT ELSE COMES OUT. 20:43 SEE THE WHOLE POINT IS IF THERE IS A TRUST 20:45 RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR VIEWERS THEY WILL LISTEN 20:48 TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE. 20:51 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT I THINK 20:53 THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ROOM TO KEEP EXPANDING SO 20:56 REMEMBER THIS. 20:57 LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN, LOOK FOR THE ADDRESSES FOR 21:00 GOSPEL OUTREACH. 21:01 YOU CAN CONTACT US IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 21:05 BOTH OF THOSE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. 21:07 WRITE THEM DOWN AND DO THAT. 21:10 I'M WONDERING, NOW YOU MAY HAVE ANOTHER STORY YOU 21:13 WANT TO SHARE, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU DESCRIBE 21:17 YOU'RE PERCEPTION OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL OF THIS 21:20 MEDIA IS BLOCKED FROM VIEWERS. 21:24 THERE ARE PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE THERE ARE 21:26 THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT THE INPUT. 21:29 THEY PUT UP BARRIERS TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCES AND 21:32 STUFF. 21:33 I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A STORY. 21:34 WHAT DOES GOD DO IN TIMES LIKE THAT WHEN THEY CAN'T 21:36 HEAR YOUR VOICE? 21:37 YES. 21:37 WELL HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT. 21:40 ONE EXAMPLE COMES TO MIND. 21:42 AS WE WERE BROADCASTING ON CBN INTO THAT PART OF THE 21:48 WORLD, CENTRAL ASIA, SOME OF THE RULING GOVERNMENTS 21:54 RENTED SCRAMBLING SIGNAL TOWERS FROM NAME 22:00 MANUFACTURERS, MOTOROLA, NOKIA. 22:03 RIGHT. 22:03 AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DISTORT THE AUDIO. 22:08 THE VIDEO WILL GO BUT THEY HAVE THE CHOICE. 22:10 EITHER DESTROY THE VIDEO, YOU CAN'T DESTROY BOTH. 22:14 ONE WILL GET THROUGH. 22:16 SO THEY WERE ABLE TO DISTORT OUR AUDIO AND SO 22:19 OUR VIEWERS STARTED EMAILING US THAT YOU KNOW 22:23 WE GET THE VIDEO BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AUDIO. 22:25 SO RIGHT AWAY WE KNEW THAT. 22:27 IN ORDER TO CHANGE COORDINATES AS FAR AS YOUR 22:29 SATELLITE NETWORK IT'S A HUGE DEAL AND VERY COSTLY. 22:34 ONE MORNING WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM A NINE YEAR-OLD 22:38 MUSLIM BOY. 22:38 NINE? 22:39 NINE YEAR OLD. 22:41 MY CAMERA MAN GOT THE EMAIL AND HE FORWARDED IT 22:44 TO ME. 22:45 HE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THIS BUT I'LL 22:48 LET YOU DECIDE. 22:50 THE NINE YEAR-OLD BOY HAD INCLUDED THREE JPEG 22:54 PICTURES, ATTACHED THREE JPEG PICTURES. 22:57 OKAY. 22:58 HE HAD TAKEN PICTURES WITH HIS CELLPHONE, HAD TAKEN 23:01 PICTURES OF THE SATELLITE DISH, THE 26 INCH DISH, 23:04 AND HE HAD DONE SOME MICKEY MOUSE STUFF TO IT. 23:09 HE SHOWED THE BACK, A PAIR OF SCISSORS HERE AND TWO 23:13 PAIR OF CLIPS, PAPER CLIPS ON TOP. 23:15 HE SAID YOU HAVE TO PUT IT EXACTLY WHERE I HAVE PUT 23:18 IT. 23:19 AND ON THE NEXT PICTURE HE'S GOT RED TAPE ON THE 23:21 FRONT OF THE DISH AND AT THE BOTTOM HE HAS KIND OF 23:26 FOLDED IT NOT SO MUCH AND LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES 23:31 AND WE'RE SAYING A NINE YEAR OLD. 23:33 AND WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF HIS EMAIL. 23:36 I HAVE FOUND THE SOLUTION FOR YOUR PROBLEM. 23:39 SO I LOOKED AT THESE THREE PICTURES. 23:42 INITIALLY WE STARTED LAUGHING RIGHT? 23:44 YES. 23:45 BUT WE SAID WHY DON'T WE SEND IT TO OUR VIEWERS IN 23:48 THOSE COUNTRIES WITH AN EXPLANATION THIS IS 23:52 SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM A NINE YEAR-OLD MUSLIM 23:54 VIEWER THAT SAYS HE'S GOT THE SOLUTION. 23:57 GIVE IT A TRY. 24:00 TWO DAYS LATER EMAILS STARTED TRICKLING DOWN. 24:06 THANK YOU FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM. 24:08 THANK YOU FOR SOLVING, WE HAVE AUDIO, WE HAVE VIDEO. 24:10 HOW DID YOU DO THIS? 24:12 AND I'M LIKE. 24:13 I DIDN'T DO THIS. 24:15 A NINE YEAR OLD BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT A NINE 24:19 YEAR OLD WHO KNOWS TECHNOLOGY. 24:21 HE MUST. 24:22 HE WAS THE SOLUTION. 24:23 SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SATAN WILL DO EVERYTHING 24:26 TO BLOCK US. 24:27 GOD WILL USE A NINE YEAR OLD ENGINEER TO GET US 24:31 THROUGH. 24:32 AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IS MAKE SURE 24:34 THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY ON SATELLITE TV THAT WE'RE 24:37 ALSO ON THE MOBILE APPS. 24:38 WE DESIGN MOBILE APPS. 24:40 WE'RE ON SOCIAL CHATTINGS. 24:42 WE ALSO USE VIRTUAL CHURCH SERVICES NOW. 24:45 FOR ALL OUR VIEWERS THAT DON'T HAVE A PHYSICAL 24:48 PLACE TO GO TO WORSHIP THEY COME ON OUR VIRTUAL 24:51 CHANNELS AND WE HAVE A VIRTUAL CHURCH SERVICE 24:53 EVERY WEEK. 24:55 SO BY AND LARGE GOD HAS PROVIDED. 24:59 THE WORD CAME TO DANIEL, CLOSE THIS BOOK UNTIL THE 25:03 TIME OF THE END WHEN PEOPLE GO TO AND FRO, AND 25:06 KNOWLEDGE WILL INCREASE AND WE ARE LIVING THAT 25:09 PROPHECY. 25:10 WE'RE DOWN TO LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. 25:13 WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES WHEN THEY 25:16 REALIZE THAT JESUS CAN BE A PART OF AN EXPANSION OF 25:20 THEIR FAITH? 25:22 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THE VIEWERS MINISTER TO US. 25:27 IN MANY CASES WE THINK WE ARE THE ONE PREACHING TO 25:30 THEM BUT JESUS APPEARS TO SOME OF OUR VIEWERS IN 25:33 VISIONS AND DREAMS. 25:34 AND ONE LADY WAS DESCRIBING VIVIDLY HOW SHE 25:39 SEES JESUS IN VISIONS AND DREAMS. 25:41 AND IN MY OPINION ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO 25:43 REMEMBER JESUS SAID I HAVE OTHER SHEEP THAT ARE NOT 25:47 OF THIS SHEEP PEN. 25:48 I WILL BRING THEM IN ALSO. 25:50 WHAT THE LORD SAID TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO WE'RE 25:53 SEEING WITH OUR OWN EYES. 25:54 THAT THERE IS ONE FOLD AND IN THIS ONE FOLD YOU'RE 25:57 GOING TO SEE PEOPLE AND SOME PEOPLE WILL MINISTER 26:00 TO YOU THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. 26:02 AND HE LOVES THEM AND HE LOVES BRINGING JOY INTO 26:07 THEIR LIVES. 26:08 NOT ONLY HE LOVES THEM HE REDEEMED THEM. 26:09 HE REDEEMED THEM. 26:10 HE PURCHASED THEM BACK. 26:11 THINK OF THAT. 26:13 WHEN YOU INVEST IN SHARING THE GOSPEL AROUND THE 26:17 WORLD YOU ARE BECOMING PART OF GOD'S PLAN TO LET 26:23 PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PURCHASED. 26:26 THEY HAVE BEEN REDEEMED. 26:28 THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO A SAFE PLACE WITH 26:31 GOD. 26:33 I LOVE THAT PASSAGE WHERE IT SAYS HE RECONCILED 26:36 EVERYBODY THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. 26:39 THAT IS A PRIVILEGE. 26:41 TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THAT, GERALD THANK YOU SO 26:44 MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US. 26:45 THE PLEASURE WAS MINE. 26:46 I HOPE THAT MANY WILL SENSE THAT THERE ARE 26:49 THINGS THAT WE CAN'T IMAGINE DOING OURSELVES 26:52 BUT WE CAN BE THERE, WE CAN BE PARTNERS WITH THIS 26:56 AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE STORIES ABOUT THEM IN 26:57 THE YEARS AHEAD, FAR BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION. 27:01 WELL GOD BLESS YOU. 27:02 GOD BLESS YOU TOO. 27:02 THANK YOU. 27:03 AND TO YOU WATCHING THIS MAY GOD BLESS YOU TODAY. 27:39 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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