[OPENING MUSIC]. 00:00:01.13\00:00:02.16 ONE MISSION, THE GREAT COMMISSION, TO REACH EVERY 00:00:02.20\00:00:06.84 MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD 00:00:09.37\00:00:14.44 NEWS. 00:00:20.52\00:00:21.62 JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:00:21.65\00:00:26.05 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:00:26.09\00:00:33.03 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:33.06\00:00:34.96 OUTREACH. 00:00:35.00\00:00:36.03 I'M JULIE SANDERS KEYMER AND THE 10/40 WINDOW, MANY 00:00:36.06\00:00:39.00 MANY COUNTRIES WITH PEOPLE, LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO 00:00:39.03\00:00:41.80 STILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 00:00:41.84\00:00:43.74 AND WE ARE HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH TO SHARE THE 00:00:43.77\00:00:46.14 STORIES, THE MIRACLES AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING 00:00:46.17\00:00:49.64 BOLD FOR JESUS. 00:00:49.68\00:00:50.91 AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE BOLD FOR JESUS 00:00:50.95\00:00:53.28 WHERE YOU LIVE AND TOGETHER AS WE SEE THE DAY 00:00:53.31\00:00:56.18 APPROACHING THAT JESUS IS COMING AND WE WANT MORE 00:00:56.22\00:00:59.25 PEOPLE TO JOIN US AND TO BE TOGETHER WHEN THAT DAY 00:00:59.29\00:01:02.39 COMES. 00:01:02.42\00:01:02.96 RIGHT MARTY PHILLIPS. 00:01:02.99\00:01:03.96 ABSOLUTELY. 00:01:03.99\00:01:05.33 MARTY YOU ARE HERE REPRESENTING WHAT COMPANY 00:01:05.36\00:01:08.60 AND HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER HERE AT GOSPEL 00:01:08.63\00:01:10.33 OUTREACH? 00:01:10.37\00:01:11.07 I WORK FOR NPRAXIS. 00:01:11.10\00:01:13.90 IT'S ANOTHER MISSION ORGANIZATION AND WE 00:01:13.94\00:01:16.34 SPECIALIZE IN HOUSE HOME FELLOWSHIPS. 00:01:16.37\00:01:20.31 WE WORK IN ABOUT 50 COUNTRIES. 00:01:20.34\00:01:22.51 WE HAVE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND FAMILIES, 00:01:22.54\00:01:26.25 WORSHIPPING FAMILIES. 00:01:26.28\00:01:28.02 WOW, THAT IS FANTASTIC. 00:01:28.05\00:01:29.78 AND THERE IS A SCRIPTURE IN HEBREWS 10. 00:01:29.82\00:01:33.59 "AND LET US CONSIDER HOW WE MAY SPUR ONE ANOTHER ON 00:01:33.62\00:01:37.19 TOWARD LOVE AND GOOD DEEDS NOT GIVING UP MEETING 00:01:37.23\00:01:40.53 TOGETHER AS SOME ARE IN THE HABIT OF DOING BUT 00:01:40.56\00:01:43.03 ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER AND ALL THE MORE AS YOU 00:01:43.06\00:01:45.77 SEE THE DAY APPROACHING." 00:01:45.80\00:01:47.70 SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE CALLED TO MAKE SURE THAT 00:01:47.74\00:01:50.54 WE MEET TOGETHER. 00:01:50.57\00:01:51.61 NOW IN SOME AREAS OF THIS 10/40 WINDOW THAT WE TALK 00:01:51.64\00:01:54.51 ABOUT, FROM 10 TO 40 DEGREES NORTH FROM WEST 00:01:54.54\00:01:56.75 AFRICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA, PAKISTAN, CHINA AND 00:01:56.78\00:01:59.88 ASIA THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THIS IS REALLY HARD TO DO. 00:01:59.91\00:02:05.69 IT IS, IT IS. 00:02:05.72\00:02:06.72 EVEN IN HOME FELLOWSHIPS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK 00:02:06.76\00:02:09.52 YOU'RE THE ONLY BELIEVER IN THE TOWN OR IN THE 00:02:09.56\00:02:11.49 FAMILY. 00:02:11.53\00:02:12.46 AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL STORIES WHERE THIS HAS 00:02:12.49\00:02:15.76 HAPPENED. 00:02:15.80\00:02:16.87 THERE'S A STORY THAT JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY AND JUST 00:02:16.90\00:02:18.17 IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AS WELL. 00:02:18.20\00:02:20.04 AND THERE WAS THIS MAN AND HE HAD BECOME A BELIEVER 00:02:20.07\00:02:23.24 RECENTLY. 00:02:23.27\00:02:24.24 HE DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER BELIEVERS IN HIS 00:02:24.27\00:02:25.24 TOWN. 00:02:25.27\00:02:26.27 A BELIEVER IN JESUS, AND YOU NEED TO SAY THAT THEY 00:02:26.31\00:02:27.24 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW THEY SAY THIS RIGHT? 00:02:27.28\00:02:28.58 THEY DON'T SAY THAT THEY ARE CHRISTIANS THEY SAY 00:02:28.61\00:02:29.94 THAT THEY ARE BELIEVERS IN JESUS. 00:02:29.98\00:02:31.28 THEY JUST SAY THEY ARE BELIEVERS IN JESUS. 00:02:31.31\00:02:32.61 BECAUSE CHRISTIAN CARRIES A POLITICAL CONNOTATION 00:02:32.65\00:02:33.95 FOR THEM IN THEIR COUNTRY DUE TO THE CRUSADES, DUE 00:02:33.98\00:02:35.28 TO CHRISTIANITY BEING ATTACHED TO IMPERIALISM 00:02:35.32\00:02:36.62 ETC. ETC., WESTERN PRACTICES AND ALL THAT. 00:02:36.65\00:02:37.99 EXACTLY. 00:02:38.02\00:02:38.99 SO JUST SAYING I'M A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CONVEYS 00:02:39.02\00:02:43.73 WHAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND TO BE A CHRISTIAN IN OUR 00:02:47.40\00:02:52.43 COUNTRY BUT IT CAN SAY SOMETHING ELSE IN THEIRS. 00:03:02.04\00:03:08.18 SO HE HAD BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. 00:03:08.22\00:03:11.49 AND THERE WAS A BIG CONVENTION HAPPENING IN 00:03:11.52\00:03:14.09 HIS COUNTRY IN A PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAFER OUT IN 00:03:14.12\00:03:16.19 THE CAPITAL CITY WHERE A BUNCH OF BELIEVERS 00:03:16.22\00:03:19.56 ESPECIALLY TO HELP BELIEVERS LIKE HIMSELF 00:03:19.59\00:03:22.43 THAT WERE SCATTERED BELIEVERS TO COME AND FEEL 00:03:22.46\00:03:25.33 NURTURED. 00:03:25.37\00:03:26.00 TO BE WITH OTHERS. 00:03:26.03\00:03:27.07 AND SO HE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO HIS WIFE. 00:03:27.10\00:03:31.57 HE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE WAS READY BECAUSE IN THEIR 00:03:31.61\00:03:35.28 COUNTRY IF SHE CLAIMED THAT HE HAD BECOME A 00:03:35.31\00:03:38.71 FOLLOWER OF JESUS SHE COULD HAVE HIM EXPELLED. 00:03:38.75\00:03:41.82 IT COULD BE A REALLY BAD MESS FOR EITHER ONE OF 00:03:41.85\00:03:45.05 THEM. 00:03:45.09\00:03:46.29 SO HE IS STILL A BELIEVER AND HE TELLS HIS WIFE 00:03:46.32\00:03:48.99 DEAR, I HAVE A TRIP I NEED TO DO. 00:03:49.02\00:03:51.36 I NEED TO GO OUT. 00:03:51.39\00:03:52.83 WOULD YOU MIND IF I LEAVE FOR A WEEK OR SO. 00:03:52.86\00:03:55.86 I'LL BE BACK. 00:03:55.90\00:03:57.17 AND SHE SAYS NO PLEASE YOUR WELCOME. 00:03:57.20\00:04:00.04 SHE SAYS, BY THE WAY I ALSO WANTED TO GO MEET 00:04:00.07\00:04:02.37 WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS AND GO OUT WOULD YOU MIND 00:04:02.40\00:04:04.34 IF I LEAVE. 00:04:04.37\00:04:05.34 HE SAYS PLEASE YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO YOUR TRIP. 00:04:05.37\00:04:08.04 SO AS SOON AS HE LEFT SHE RUNS BECAUSE THERE WAS 00:04:08.08\00:04:10.91 ACTUALLY A BELIEVER THAT SHE KNEW IN THE TOWN, ONE 00:04:10.95\00:04:13.68 OF HER FRIENDS. 00:04:13.72\00:04:15.18 AND SO AS SOON AS HE LEFT SHE RUNS TO HER FRIEND'S 00:04:15.22\00:04:17.89 HOUSE AND SAYS LET'S GO. 00:04:17.92\00:04:20.12 AND SO HE GETS TO HIS PLACE TO HIS CONVENTION 00:04:20.16\00:04:23.39 THAT HE'S GOING TO AND HE IS SITTING OFF IN ONE 00:04:23.43\00:04:25.63 CORNER KIND OF BECAUSE IN THEIR COUNTRY THEY SIT 00:04:25.66\00:04:29.53 KIND OF MEN ON ONE SIDE AND WOMEN ON THE OTHER. 00:04:29.56\00:04:31.73 OR COUPLES, THE IN FAMILIES THEY CAN SIT 00:04:31.77\00:04:34.74 TOGETHER. 00:04:34.77\00:04:35.87 BUT IF YOU'RE NOT YOU KIND OF SIT ON DIFFERENT SIDES. 00:04:35.90\00:04:39.31 AND SO THEY ARE THERE AT THEIR CONVENTION AND 00:04:39.34\00:04:41.71 EVERYONE IS EXCITED AND THEY'RE SINGING SONGS TO 00:04:41.74\00:04:46.08 JESUS AND EXCITED THAT HE IS GOING TO BE HEARING 00:04:46.11\00:04:50.12 STUFF AND HIS WIFE ALSO HAD BECOME A SECRET 00:04:50.15\00:04:53.62 BELIEVER IN JESUS. 00:04:53.66\00:04:54.49 SHE HAD. 00:04:54.52\00:04:55.62 AND HE HAD NO IDEA AND SHE HAD NO IDEA SO SHE WENT TO 00:04:55.66\00:04:58.83 HER FRIEND AND THEY THEN TAKE OFF AND THEY GO TO 00:04:58.86\00:05:01.36 THE CAPITAL CITY AND SHE COMES IN AND SHE GOES IN 00:05:01.40\00:05:05.33 AND SITS ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE. 00:05:05.37\00:05:08.47 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE GIVING TESTIMONIES AND SO 00:05:08.50\00:05:10.94 AS SOMEONE IS GIVING A TESTIMONY SHE LOOKS AND 00:05:10.97\00:05:13.64 SEES HER HUSBAND OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE AND SHE 00:05:13.68\00:05:17.55 STANDS UP AND JUST SHRIEKS ACROSS THE CROWDED ROOM. 00:05:17.58\00:05:21.12 YES. 00:05:21.15\00:05:22.72 AND THEN HE LOOKS, HE RECOGNIZES HER VOICE AND 00:05:22.75\00:05:26.49 HE JUMPS UP AND THEN THEY BOTH GO RUNNING TO EACH 00:05:26.52\00:05:29.32 OTHER AND EMBRACE AND KISS AND KIND OF DISTRACTS 00:05:29.36\00:05:32.46 EVERYONE, EVERYONE IS SO EXCITED. 00:05:32.49\00:05:34.96 AND THEN IT'S IN TESTIMONY TIME AND SO THEN THEY BOTH 00:05:35.00\00:05:39.10 SHOW THEIR TESTIMONY NOW TO EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF 00:05:39.13\00:05:42.00 EVERYONE HOW THEY HAD BOTH BECOME BELIEVERS IN JESUS. 00:05:42.04\00:05:45.64 NEITHER ONE COULD BELIEVE IT AND THEY WERE JUST SO 00:05:45.67\00:05:48.44 SO EXCITED. 00:05:48.48\00:05:49.34 AND IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. 00:05:49.38\00:05:53.08 ISN'T THAT, OH, THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY 00:05:53.11\00:05:57.62 INCREDIBLE AND VERY MOVING TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. 00:05:57.65\00:06:01.32 CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU HAD BEEN THERE TO SEE THAT. 00:06:01.36\00:06:03.32 I MEAN HOW NEAT. 00:06:03.36\00:06:04.13 I MEAN YOU TELL IT BEAUTIFULLY. 00:06:04.16\00:06:05.89 I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 00:06:05.93\00:06:07.23 A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS, HE HAS LIKE EIGHT OR NINE 00:06:07.30\00:06:10.70 COUNTRIES UNDER HIS COORDINATION SO HE IS 00:06:10.73\00:06:17.07 THERE IN THE MEETING. 00:06:17.11\00:06:18.04 HE GOES OUT AFTER THE MEETING, CALLED ME. 00:06:18.07\00:06:19.71 HE SAID I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT WAS SO 00:06:19.74\00:06:21.68 BEAUTIFUL. 00:06:21.71\00:06:22.58 OH ABSOLUTELY. 00:06:22.61\00:06:24.61 SO HERE THEY BOTH COULD HAVE BEEN UNDER 00:06:24.65\00:06:26.75 PERSECUTION HAD THEY BOTH SHARED BUT HERE GOD 00:06:26.78\00:06:29.25 BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER AT THE SAME MEETING. 00:06:29.28\00:06:31.35 YES. 00:06:31.39\00:06:32.02 OH MARTY. 00:06:32.05\00:06:33.02 SO TALK WITH ME ABOUT THESE MEETINGS AND ABOUT 00:06:33.05\00:06:36.12 HOW THEY HAVE TO BE SO SECRETIVE IN THIS 00:06:36.16\00:06:38.49 PARTICULAR COUNTRY. 00:06:38.53\00:06:39.56 AND THAT IS TRUE TO OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL WHERE 00:06:39.59\00:06:43.20 JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A BELIEVER AND LIKE THE 00:06:43.23\00:06:45.77 SCRIPTURE SAYS YOU KNOW KEEP ENCOURAGING EACH 00:06:45.80\00:06:48.54 OTHER, KEEP MEETING TOGETHER. 00:06:48.57\00:06:49.60 BUT THEY CAN'T DO THAT. 00:06:49.64\00:06:50.61 LIKE I MEAN THERE IS A CHURCH ON EVERY BLOCK IN 00:06:50.64\00:06:53.51 SO MANY OF OUR TOWNS HERE IN AMERICA. 00:06:53.54\00:06:55.54 BUT THEY CAN'T MEET THERE. 00:06:55.58\00:06:57.15 IT'S TRUE. 00:06:57.18\00:06:58.18 NOW WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT'S BEEN, WE DO HOME 00:06:58.21\00:07:01.82 FELLOWSHIPS IN OUR MOVEMENT. 00:07:01.85\00:07:03.18 AND WHAT WE HAVE REALLY BECOME EXPERTS IN OUR 00:07:03.22\00:07:05.55 ORGANIZATION IS HOME FELLOWSHIPS. 00:07:05.59\00:07:08.29 BUT WE USED TO JUST BRING TOGETHER ANY PEOPLE TO 00:07:08.32\00:07:11.69 HOME FELLOWSHIP. 00:07:11.73\00:07:12.73 SO LIKE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD WHERE THEY ARE 00:07:12.76\00:07:15.20 WORKING WE JUST BROUGHT, OKAY IT WAS LIKE A SMALL 00:07:15.23\00:07:18.67 HOUSE CHURCH IN A HOUSE. 00:07:18.70\00:07:20.30 IT WAS DOING CHURCH IN A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE. 00:07:20.34\00:07:23.24 OKAY YOU'RE FROM THIS PART OF TOWN, YOU'RE FROM THIS 00:07:23.27\00:07:26.51 PART OF TOWN. 00:07:26.54\00:07:27.58 WE'LL HUDDLE TOGETHER AND WE'LL MAYBE TAKE TURNS IN 00:07:27.61\00:07:29.88 EACH OTHER'S HOUSE. 00:07:29.91\00:07:31.45 WELL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN 00:07:31.48\00:07:33.21 EXPERIMENTING, EXPERIMENTING WITH HOUSE 00:07:33.25\00:07:35.52 CHURCH WE CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS WASN'T A VERY 00:07:35.55\00:07:40.09 GOOD METHOD OF DOING HOUSE CHURCH. 00:07:40.12\00:07:42.49 WE FOUND THAT IT WAS A LOT MORE PRODUCTIVE TO CHANGE 00:07:42.52\00:07:46.83 THE STYLE AND WE ACTUALLY CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE 00:07:46.86\00:07:48.96 OF YEARS AND WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS REGION JUST A 00:07:49.00\00:07:52.67 PHENOMENAL GROWTH HAPPEN. 00:07:52.70\00:07:54.44 SO WHAT DID YOU CHANGE? 00:07:54.47\00:07:55.50 SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE MADE THEM INTO FAMILY-BASED 00:07:55.54\00:08:00.24 HOME FELLOWSHIPS OR HOUSE CHURCHES. 00:08:00.28\00:08:02.64 AND SO IT'S BASED AROUND FAMILY OR CLOSEST FRIENDS. 00:08:02.68\00:08:05.08 SO HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT? 00:08:05.11\00:08:05.75 YOU'RE A FAMILY? 00:08:05.78\00:08:06.41 NO. 00:08:06.45\00:08:07.08 OUTSIDE THE U.S. 00:08:07.12\00:08:07.98 THERE'S A LOT MORE STRENGTH IN EXTENDED 00:08:08.02\00:08:08.92 FAMILIES AND SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO 00:08:08.95\00:08:10.42 CHURCH WITH YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR CLOSE FRIEND GROUP. 00:08:10.45\00:08:11.75 AND WHOSE YOUR CLOSE FRIEND GROUP? 00:08:11.79\00:08:13.12 THOSE WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE TO OPEN YOUR FRIDGE. 00:08:13.15\00:08:14.46 OH, OKAY, ALRIGHT. 00:08:14.49\00:08:15.46 WHO CAN JUST ACT LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME AND HELP 00:08:15.49\00:08:16.46 YOURSELF. 00:08:16.49\00:08:17.06 I'M HUNGRY, I'M EATING. 00:08:17.09\00:08:17.79 EXACTLY. 00:08:17.83\00:08:18.76 THEY CAN COME IN AND BASICALLY OPEN YOUR DOOR 00:08:18.79\00:08:19.79 WITHOUT KNOCKING. 00:08:19.83\00:08:20.80 THESE ARE THE TYPE OF FRIENDS YOU NEED TO DO 00:08:20.83\00:08:21.80 HOUSE CHURCH WITH. 00:08:21.83\00:08:22.86 AND SO WE'VE JUST SEEN IT EXPONENTIALLY GROW THIS 00:08:22.90\00:08:23.80 WAY. 00:08:23.83\00:08:24.47 INTERESTING. 00:08:24.50\00:08:25.53 SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A LITTLE SYSTEM THAT WE'VE 00:08:25.57\00:08:26.30 FOUND THAT WORKS VERY EFFECTIVELY. 00:08:26.33\00:08:27.80 SO ONCE YOU GET YOUR HOUSE CHURCH FUNCTIONING AND 00:08:27.84\00:08:29.17 IT'S GROWING, EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE CHURCH, DAD, 00:08:29.20\00:08:30.51 MOM, GRANDMA, AUNTIE OR YOUR FRIEND OR WHATEVER 00:08:30.54\00:08:31.84 YOU ALL PRAY FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE PEOPLE IN THE 00:08:31.87\00:08:33.17 HOUSE CHURCH. 00:08:33.21\00:08:33.91 AND YOU PRAY FOR FIVE KEY PEOPLE. 00:08:33.94\00:08:35.04 YOU FRIST PRAY FOR THE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE THE CLOSEST 00:08:35.08\00:08:36.51 TO YOU. 00:08:36.54\00:08:38.18 SO THIS CAN BE YOUR BROTHER WHO HASN'T BECOME 00:08:38.21\00:08:44.45 A FOLLOWER YET OR A CLASS MATE OR WHO ARE THE TWO 00:08:44.49\00:08:49.56 CLOSEST TO YOU. 00:08:55.00\00:08:57.60 ONCE ONE OF THOSE BECOMES YOU JUST ADD THE NEXT 00:08:57.63\00:09:02.77 CLOSEST. 00:09:06.51\00:09:07.74 THEN YOU THINK WHO ARE THE TWO PEOPLE OF MOST 00:09:07.78\00:09:10.48 INFLUENCE IN YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK. 00:09:10.51\00:09:11.81 IF THIS PERSON BECOMES A BELIEVER HE IS GOING TO 00:09:11.85\00:09:13.15 BRING A LOT MORE PEOPLE WITH HIM. 00:09:13.18\00:09:14.48 SURE, SURE. 00:09:14.52\00:09:15.55 SO YOU PRAY THE CLOSEST PERSON TO YOU, THE PERSON 00:09:15.58\00:09:16.52 OF THE MOST INFLUENCE. 00:09:16.55\00:09:17.49 NUMBER FOUR IS THE PERSON OF THE SECOND MOST 00:09:17.52\00:09:18.52 INFLUENCE. 00:09:18.55\00:09:19.55 AND THE MIDDLE PERSON IS WHO IF BECOMES A BELIEVER 00:09:19.59\00:09:20.52 WOULD HELP ME WIN THESE TWO? 00:09:20.56\00:09:21.19 THE OTHER TWO. 00:09:21.22\00:09:21.86 YES. 00:09:21.89\00:09:22.92 SO EVERYONE IN THE HOME FELLOWSHIP IS PRAYING FOR 00:09:22.96\00:09:23.73 THE FIVE PEOPLE OF THE SAME TYPE. 00:09:23.76\00:09:25.96 SOMETIMES THAT WILL DOUBLE UP BUT YOU'RE ALL PRAYING 00:09:58.83\00:10:02.13 SO AS SOON AS SOMEONE ELSE YOU THINK MIGHT BE READY 00:10:02.16\00:10:04.97 TO BE INVITED, AND WE TRY TO DO IT QUICKER. 00:10:05.00\00:10:07.17 WE USED TO WAIT THESE LONG SEASONS, KIND OF BIBLE 00:10:07.20\00:10:10.44 STUDIES TO GO THROUGH. 00:10:10.47\00:10:11.54 AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE HOME FELLOWSHIP THERE ARE 00:10:11.57\00:10:16.08 SEVERAL DYNAMICS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO CREATE. 00:10:16.11\00:10:18.85 WE CREATE A DYNAMICS OF REAL OPENNESS SO THERE'S A 00:10:18.88\00:10:23.99 TIME OF SHARING AFTER OPENING AND GREETINGS. 00:10:24.02\00:10:27.12 MAYBE SOME SINGING IN LOCAL FORMS. 00:10:27.16\00:10:30.26 THEN WE HAVE A TIME OF SHARING. 00:10:30.29\00:10:33.93 HOW HAVE YOU BEEN BLESSED BY GOD THIS WEEK AND WHAT 00:10:33.96\00:10:39.03 HAVE BEEN YOUR DOWNS. 00:10:39.07\00:10:40.44 AND SO PEOPLE BECOME VERY VERY OPEN. 00:10:40.47\00:10:44.11 WHEN I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THIS, I MEAN 00:10:44.14\00:10:46.47 I WAS JUST KIND OF SHOCKED OF HOW OPEN PEOPLE WERE. 00:10:46.51\00:10:50.15 AND PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE OPEN. 00:10:50.18\00:10:53.05 SO ONCE YOU HAVE SOMEONE PREPARED TO COME AND 00:10:53.08\00:10:55.78 EXPERIENCE THIS. 00:10:55.82\00:10:56.79 SO AFTER DOING THIS THEN YOU DO INDUCTIVE BIBLE 00:10:56.82\00:10:58.89 STUDY. 00:10:58.92\00:10:59.82 SO LET'S SAY YOU GO THROUGH THE BOOK OF 00:10:59.85\00:11:00.92 MATTHEW AND YOU JUST READ A LITTLE PART AND THEN 00:11:00.96\00:11:04.99 EVERYONE DISCUSSES WHAT DOES IT TELL ME ABOUT GOD. 00:11:05.03\00:11:08.16 WHAT DOES IT TELL ME ABOUT ME. 00:11:08.20\00:11:10.00 WHAT IS THE CALL TO ACTION THAT GOD IS ASKING ME TO 00:11:10.03\00:11:12.87 CHANGE THIS WEEK. 00:11:12.90\00:11:14.47 AND WHAT CAN I SHARE FROM THE PASSAGE. 00:11:14.50\00:11:16.87 SO THAT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOME CHURCH GATHERING. 00:11:16.91\00:11:19.11 THAT'S THE STRUCTURE. 00:11:19.14\00:11:19.77 OKAY. 00:11:19.81\00:11:20.81 SO ONCE YOU HAVE SOMEONE OF THE FIVE THAT YOU'VE 00:11:20.84\00:11:23.35 BEEN PRAYING FOR, WHEN YOU INVITE THEM TO THE HOME 00:11:23.38\00:11:26.11 CHURCH YOU TELL THEM YOU ARE INVITING THEM TO 00:11:26.15\00:11:28.72 EXPERIENCE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR HOME FOR 00:11:28.75\00:11:31.25 FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. 00:11:31.29\00:11:33.15 OKAY. 00:11:33.19\00:11:34.22 SO THEY DON'T BECOME A PERMANENT ASSET BECAUSE WE 00:11:34.26\00:11:36.76 HAVE FOUND ONCE YOU GO OVER 15 IT DIES. 00:11:36.79\00:11:39.23 NO ONE WANTS TO LEAVE. 00:11:39.26\00:11:41.73 AND THEY ARE THEN CALLED TO GO AND START THEIR OWN 00:11:41.76\00:11:45.07 HOUSE CHURCH. 00:11:45.10\00:11:46.07 EVEN IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE BELIEFS 00:11:46.10\00:11:48.20 YET BUT THEY SAY I WANT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS 00:11:48.24\00:11:51.54 HOME TO HAPPEN IN MY HOME. 00:11:51.57\00:11:53.48 WELL AND WHEN YOU FIRST SAID THIS I THOUGHT ABOUT 00:11:53.51\00:11:55.48 RAHAB. 00:11:55.51\00:11:56.08 I MEAN THINK ABOUT RAHAB. 00:11:56.11\00:11:57.41 HER WHOLE FAMILY BECAME BELIEVERS IN GOD YOU KNOW 00:11:57.45\00:12:01.42 SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT CAME TO MY MIND AS YOU 00:12:01.45\00:12:03.28 WERE EXPLAINING THIS. 00:12:03.32\00:12:04.22 NOW I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. 00:12:04.25\00:12:06.12 HAVING BEEN TO A HOUSE CHURCH WHAT ABOUT THE 00:12:06.15\00:12:10.09 PEOPLE WHO ARE, MANY TIMES IT'S IN AN APARTMENT OF 00:12:10.13\00:12:13.56 WHATEVER, WHAT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HEARING. 00:12:13.60\00:12:15.66 ARE SOME OF THESE HOUSE CHURCHES DO THEY HAVE TO 00:12:15.70\00:12:17.90 BE KIND OF CAREFUL? 00:12:17.93\00:12:18.87 THEY DO. 00:12:18.90\00:12:19.87 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE, I MEAN IT'S WONDERFUL TO 00:12:19.90\00:12:22.34 HEAR SINGING. 00:12:22.37\00:12:24.04 WELL IN MOST MUSLIM COUNTRIES SINGING COMES 00:12:24.07\00:12:26.81 LATER ON BUT NOW WE HAVE FOUND THAT THEY BECOME SO 00:12:26.84\00:12:29.64 BOLD THEY DON'T CARE. 00:12:29.68\00:12:30.91 OH THEIR JUST SINGING. 00:12:30.95\00:12:31.91 THEY JUST SING. 00:12:31.95\00:12:32.58 THEY DON'T CARE. 00:12:32.61\00:12:33.58 AND SOME ARE CAREFUL BUT ONCE THERE IS A GROUP OF 00:12:33.62\00:12:36.42 THEM I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE JUST SEEN IT HAPPEN OVER 00:12:36.45\00:12:38.95 AND OVER, PEOPLE LOSE THEIR FEAR, THEY BECOME 00:12:38.99\00:12:41.49 BOLDER AND BOLDER. 00:12:41.52\00:12:42.92 WELL THAT'S THE LORD TAKING THE FEAR AWAY. 00:12:42.96\00:12:44.83 AND BECAUSE BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS I KNEW A LOT OF 00:12:44.86\00:12:48.23 PEOPLE THAT WERE LIKE YOU KNOW BILLY CLUBBED DOWN 00:12:48.26\00:12:50.93 FOR BEING CAUGHT YOU KNOW. 00:12:50.97\00:12:52.23 THEY WERE. 00:12:52.27\00:12:53.00 YES. 00:12:53.03\00:12:53.94 THERE IS ONE OF OUR NATIONAL LEADERS, A 00:12:53.97\00:12:56.74 FEMALE, AN OLDER FEMALE CLOSE TO RETIREMENT. 00:12:56.77\00:13:00.14 AND SHE HAD BLACK AND BLUE SPOTS FROM BEING BILLY 00:13:00.18\00:13:04.78 CLUBBED DOWN. 00:13:04.81\00:13:05.81 BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN IN A HOME CHURCH GATHERING OR 00:13:05.85\00:13:08.32 SINGING? 00:13:08.35\00:13:09.38 SHE WAS THE COORDINATOR OF A LARGE GROUP OF A BIG 00:13:09.42\00:13:12.19 MOVEMENT IN A COUNTRY. 00:13:12.22\00:13:13.32 WOW, OKAY. 00:13:13.36\00:13:14.12 SO THERE IS PERSECUTION. 00:13:14.16\00:13:19.79 THERE ARE PROBLEMS BUT I HAVE SEEN THE PEOPLE. 00:13:19.83\00:13:22.33 NOW NOT ALL OUR GROUPS SING. 00:13:22.36\00:13:24.50 SOME DON'T. 00:13:24.53\00:13:25.33 SOME DO. 00:13:25.37\00:13:26.37 SO KIND OF DEPENDS WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT COUNTRY. 00:13:26.40\00:13:28.77 WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW SAFE OR HOW SAFE IT'S NOT. 00:13:28.80\00:13:32.34 SINGING USUALLY DOESN'T ACCOMPANY WORSHIP IN 00:13:32.37\00:13:36.04 MUSLIM COUNTRIES BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT PEOPLE 00:13:36.08\00:13:38.61 LOVE IT ONCE THEY ARE INTRODUCED. 00:13:38.65\00:13:40.38 OKAY SO SEE THAT'S INTERESTING. 00:13:40.42\00:13:41.62 SO LEARNED SOMETHING NEW. 00:13:41.65\00:13:42.65 WELL THANK YOU MARTY. 00:13:42.68\00:13:43.92 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US 00:13:43.95\00:13:46.49 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:13:46.52\00:13:48.16 AND WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH 00:13:48.19\00:13:49.99 YOU. 00:13:50.03\00:13:51.43 WHY HASN'T JESUS COME. 00:13:51.46\00:13:54.73 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. 00:13:54.76\00:13:57.33 ONE THAT HIS RETURN DEPENDS ON. 00:13:57.37\00:13:59.40 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT CHRIST WILL COME AFTER THE 00:13:59.43\00:14:03.34 GOSPEL HAS BEEN PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD. 00:14:03.37\00:14:05.91 THE WORLD'S POPULATION EXCEEDS 7 BILLION BUT 3 00:14:05.94\00:14:11.48 BILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS' LOVE. 00:14:11.51\00:14:14.72 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE UNREACHED PEOPLE LIVE 00:14:14.75\00:14:18.55 IN THE AREA FROM 10-40 DEGREES NORTH OF THE 00:14:18.59\00:14:21.42 EQUATOR. 00:14:21.46\00:14:22.49 FROM WEST AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, 00:14:22.52\00:14:27.03 TO JAPAN. 00:14:27.10\00:14:29.16 GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. 00:14:29.20\00:14:31.70 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WE SPONSOR LOCAL 00:14:31.73\00:14:36.57 GOSPEL WORKERS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES. 00:14:36.60\00:14:40.21 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND 00:14:40.24\00:14:42.58 RELIGIONS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS THEY FACE FEWER 00:14:42.61\00:14:45.25 CHALLENGES THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES WOULD. 00:14:45.28\00:14:47.35 TOGETHER WITH YOU WE FUND MORE THAN 2000 BIBLE 00:14:47.38\00:14:53.19 WORKERS. 00:14:53.22\00:14:54.59 BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. 00:14:54.62\00:14:55.62 LET'S REACH THE UNREACHED WITH THE SAVING POWER OF 00:14:55.66\00:15:00.33 GOD'S LOVE. 00:15:00.36\00:15:01.90 JOIN US. 00:15:01.93\00:15:02.50 SPONSOR A BIBLE WORKER. 00:15:02.53\00:15:05.17 DONATE. 00:15:05.20\00:15:05.83 PRAY. 00:15:05.87\00:15:11.07 AND THANK YOU TO YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED WITH GOSPEL 00:15:11.11\00:15:14.64 OUTREACH. 00:15:14.68\00:15:15.61 MAYBE YOU ARE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE 00:15:15.64\00:15:17.18 WANT TO SAY WELCOME AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS 00:15:17.21\00:15:19.75 HAPPENING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW ON THE OTHER SIDE 00:15:19.78\00:15:23.02 OF THE WORLD FOR MANY OF US. 00:15:23.05\00:15:24.52 FROM AFRICA THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST, PAKISTAN 00:15:24.55\00:15:26.99 INDIA AND CHINA. 00:15:27.02\00:15:27.96 AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU THROUGH 00:15:27.99\00:15:30.49 OUR NEWSLETTER "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS", ON 00:15:30.53\00:15:32.83 INSTAGRAM, ON FACEBOOK AND MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE 00:15:32.86\00:15:36.43 A VOLUNTEER HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE WOULD LOVE 00:15:36.46\00:15:39.03 TO TALK WITH YOU MORE. 00:15:39.07\00:15:40.14 YOU CAN VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITE GOAIM.ORG FOR MORE 00:15:40.17\00:15:44.81 INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 00:15:44.84\00:15:46.27 NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHARING JESUS IN THIS 00:15:46.31\00:15:48.08 10/40 WINDOW. 00:15:48.11\00:15:49.24 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING BOLD FOR JESUS AND 00:15:49.28\00:15:51.35 GATHERING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT JESUS AND THAT HE IS 00:15:51.38\00:15:53.75 COMING AGAIN SOON. 00:15:53.78\00:15:55.35 BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT WITH YOUR 00:15:55.38\00:15:57.15 NEIGHBORS AND BEING KIND TO SOMEONE AND SHARING 00:15:57.19\00:15:59.92 JESUS THROUGH YOUR DAILY LIFE BECAUSE THAT'S SO 00:15:59.95\00:16:02.79 IMPORTANT MARTY NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE. 00:16:02.82\00:16:04.59 WE GET SOMETIMES SO MISSION MINDED AND WE 00:16:04.63\00:16:07.13 THINK OH IT HAS TO BE IN SOME COUNTRY THAT I HAVE 00:16:07.20\00:16:09.23 TO TAKE A PASSPORT TO. 00:16:09.26\00:16:10.23 WELL NO, IT STARTS AT HOME. 00:16:10.27\00:16:12.60 SO MARTY PHILLIPS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 00:16:12.63\00:16:14.70 WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MANY THINGS. 00:16:14.74\00:16:16.57 WE'VE HEARD SOME JOYFUL STORIES THAT YOU ALWAYS 00:16:16.60\00:16:18.91 SHARE WITH US. 00:16:18.94\00:16:19.87 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME CLOSED COUNTRIES AND 00:16:19.91\00:16:22.81 PEOPLE WHO ARE GATHERING TOGETHER IN HOUSE 00:16:22.84\00:16:24.88 CHURCHES. 00:16:24.91\00:16:25.48 HOW DO THOSE START MARTY? 00:16:25.51\00:16:27.78 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 00:16:27.82\00:16:29.72 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE LOOK AT. 00:16:29.75\00:16:31.35 WE WORK THROUGH EXISTING SOCIAL NETWORKS. 00:16:31.39\00:16:34.22 THAT'S OUR MOST POWERFUL MEDIUM. 00:16:34.26\00:16:36.46 WE HAVE FOUND THAT YOU KNOW WE USUALLY WOULD SEND 00:16:36.49\00:16:40.73 MISSIONARIES AND IT STARTED ME ON A PROCESS OF 00:16:40.76\00:16:43.23 THINKING. 00:16:43.26\00:16:44.27 I KNEW SEVERAL ADVENTIST MISSIONARIES WHO HAD GONE 00:16:44.30\00:16:46.87 TO WORK IN CLOSED COUNTRIES AS CHURCH 00:16:46.90\00:16:48.47 PLANTERS. 00:16:48.50\00:16:49.64 AND THEN SEVERAL EVANGELICAL FRIENDS WHO 00:16:49.67\00:16:52.21 HAD DONE THE SAME THING. 00:16:52.24\00:16:53.71 THE BIG QUESTIONS IS WHO DO I SHARE WITH? 00:16:53.74\00:16:55.48 DO I SHARE WITH THE TAXI DRIVER? 00:16:55.51\00:16:57.05 WHO IS IT. 00:16:57.08\00:16:58.08 AND AS I MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS EPISODE IS WE 00:16:58.11\00:17:02.65 LOOK FOR HOUSES OF PEACE. 00:17:02.68\00:17:05.12 AND WE LOOK FOR PEOPLE WITH PEACE. 00:17:05.15\00:17:08.06 AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU HAVE MAYBE SEEN YOU 00:17:08.09\00:17:10.79 KNOW TODAY THEY TALK ABOUT KEYSTONE ANIMALS THAT HELP 00:17:10.83\00:17:14.50 HOLD THE WHOLE ECOLOGY TOGETHER LIKE WOLVES HOLD 00:17:14.56\00:17:17.57 YELLOWSTONE TOGETHER. 00:17:17.60\00:17:19.47 YOU TAKE THE WOLVES OUT AND EVEN THE RIVERS START 00:17:19.50\00:17:22.47 ERODING. 00:17:22.50\00:17:23.51 AND THERE ARE KEYSTONE ANIMALS IN THE ECOLOGICAL 00:17:23.54\00:17:26.57 SYSTEM. 00:17:26.61\00:17:27.64 AND WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT THERE ARE KEYSTONE 00:17:27.68\00:17:29.11 FAMILIES. 00:17:29.14\00:17:30.21 WHETHER WE'RE HERE IN THE WEST THERE'S FAMILIES THAT 00:17:30.25\00:17:33.38 HAVE HELD FOR GENERATIONS. 00:17:33.42\00:17:36.45 THEY HAVE PLAYED CRUCIAL ROLES. 00:17:36.48\00:17:38.29 SO WHO ARE THESE FAMILIES LIKE? 00:17:38.32\00:17:40.92 YOU KNOW IF YOU GO TO A CITY LIKE NEW YORK. 00:17:40.96\00:17:43.19 OKAY NEW YORK WAS ORIGINALLY SETTLED BY THE 00:17:43.22\00:17:46.46 DUTCH. 00:17:46.49\00:17:47.50 WELL IF YOU START LOOKING THERE WILL BE OLD DUTCH 00:17:47.56\00:17:50.27 FAMILIES THAT THEY HELPED FUND THE REVOLUTIONARY 00:17:50.30\00:17:53.94 WAR. 00:17:53.97\00:17:55.00 DUE TO THEIR BUSINESS THEY HAVE AMASSED BILLIONS 00:17:55.04\00:17:57.81 OVER. 00:17:57.84\00:17:58.51 THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS. 00:17:58.54\00:18:00.48 AND THEY ARE LIKE A KEYSTONE FAMILY THAT HOLD. 00:18:00.51\00:18:04.48 THEIR KIDS HAVE STUDIED IN THE VAST UNIVERSITIES. 00:18:04.51\00:18:08.52 THEIR FRIENDS VERY LARGE SOCIAL NETWORK OF MOVERS 00:18:08.55\00:18:12.05 AND SHAKERS. 00:18:12.09\00:18:12.89 HOSPITAL WINGS ARE NAMED AFTER THEM. 00:18:12.92\00:18:16.09 THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE. 00:18:16.12\00:18:17.66 SO YOU LOOK FOR THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE IN A COUNTRY. 00:18:17.69\00:18:21.93 YOU FIND THESE HOUSES THAT ARE KEYSTONE HOUSES THAT 00:18:21.96\00:18:25.47 HAVE BEEN FOUNDATIONAL FOR HOLDING THE NATION 00:18:25.50\00:18:28.20 TOGETHER. 00:18:28.24\00:18:29.24 BUT SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE HARD TO PENETRATE INTO 00:18:29.27\00:18:32.31 PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 00:18:32.34\00:18:34.18 BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS GOD AND SATAN HAVE A GREAT 00:18:34.21\00:18:38.61 CONTROVERSY FIGHTING OVER THESE KEYSTONE FAMILIES. 00:18:38.65\00:18:41.52 THIS IS TRUE. 00:18:41.55\00:18:43.39 MORE THAN OTHERS PROBABLY. 00:18:43.42\00:18:44.72 THIS IS TRUE. 00:18:44.75\00:18:45.75 BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM, IF THEY DECIDE FOR 00:18:45.79\00:18:47.79 GOD THE NATION GOES FOR GOD. 00:18:47.82\00:18:50.29 IF THEY STAND FOR DARKNESS YOU WILL SEE DARKNESS COME 00:18:50.33\00:18:54.96 TO THE COUNTRY MANY TIMES. 00:18:55.00\00:18:57.50 SO THEN YOU PRAY LORD PLEASE LEAD US TO KEYSTONE 00:18:57.53\00:19:02.40 FAMILIES AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE BUILT RIGHTEOUSNESS 00:19:02.44\00:19:05.81 OVER THE GENERATIONS. 00:19:05.84\00:19:08.54 AND ONCE SOMEONE FROM A KEYSTONE FAMILY BECOMES A 00:19:08.58\00:19:11.65 FOLLOWER OF JESUS THEIR WIDE SOCIAL NETWORK IS 00:19:11.68\00:19:14.45 IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED IN BUSINESS, IN GOVERNMENT, 00:19:14.48\00:19:18.42 IN POLITICS, IN FINANCES. 00:19:18.45\00:19:21.72 ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE A MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION 00:19:21.76\00:19:24.03 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 00:19:24.06\00:19:24.83 AND THERE'S THE WITNESS. 00:19:24.86\00:19:25.79 AND THERE'S THE WITNESS, A POWERFUL WITNESS. 00:19:25.83\00:19:28.70 SO AGAIN THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE. 00:19:28.73\00:19:33.97 IT IS A HUGE CHALLENGE BUT I HAVE FOUND IT IS VERY 00:19:34.00\00:19:37.94 VERY EFFECTIVE TO FIND KEYSTONE FAMILIES AND THEN 00:19:37.97\00:19:43.41 ONE OF THEM DECIDES WHATEVER POSITION THEY 00:19:43.45\00:19:46.95 HOLD WITHIN THEIR FAMILY THAT THEY START BECOMING 00:19:46.98\00:19:50.72 AN AGENT OF CHANGE. 00:19:50.75\00:19:52.12 INTERESTING. 00:19:52.15\00:19:53.12 AND THEN YOU START HOUSE FELLOWSHIP WITHIN THAT 00:19:53.15\00:19:56.09 VERY FAMILY. 00:19:56.12\00:19:57.39 AND THEN IT STARTS EXPANDING QUICKLY. 00:19:57.43\00:19:59.53 WHERE DO WE SHARE OUR FAITH FROM HERE WITH THE 00:19:59.56\00:20:03.00 NEXT FAMILY, WITH THE NEXT FAMILY, WITH THIS SENATOR 00:20:03.03\00:20:05.43 FAMILY, WITH THIS AND THIS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A WAVE 00:20:05.47\00:20:08.60 BREAKS OUT ACROSS. 00:20:08.64\00:20:09.60 SO I FIND THIS VERY EFFECTIVE. 00:20:09.64\00:20:11.91 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE LOOK FOR IN KEYSTONE 00:20:11.94\00:20:15.48 FAMILIES. 00:20:15.51\00:20:16.38 WE ALSO SEE WHERE HAS GOD BEEN WORKING. 00:20:16.41\00:20:19.01 WE HAVE FOUND THAT ACROSS THE MUSLIM WORLD THERE ARE 00:20:19.05\00:20:22.95 PROBABLY MORE SABBATH OBSERVANT PEOPLE THAN 00:20:22.98\00:20:25.25 THERE ARE IN THE CHRISTIAN OR FAR MORE JEWS. 00:20:25.29\00:20:28.36 THERE ARE MORE MUSLIMS THAT HAVE SABBATH HERITAGE 00:20:28.39\00:20:32.93 AND OBSERVANCE. 00:20:32.96\00:20:33.93 SO WE LOOK FOR THESE PEOPLE AND WE HAVE SEEN 00:20:33.96\00:20:37.13 THAT THEY ARE MORE RECEPTIVE. 00:20:37.17\00:20:39.23 SO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT. 00:20:39.27\00:20:41.37 SO WE HAVE FOUND THAT THEIR GOD HAS ALWAYS LEFT 00:20:41.40\00:20:45.51 A WITNESS FOR THE SABBATH EVERYWHERE FROM THE DEPTHS 00:20:45.54\00:20:50.68 OF THE JUNGLE IN THE AMAZON TO MOST CLOSED 00:20:50.71\00:20:55.22 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. 00:20:55.25\00:20:56.99 AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH ONE, TWO, 00:20:57.02\00:20:58.32 THREE BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE. 00:20:58.35\00:20:59.32 THREE IN A LARGE WAY AND A COUPLE SMALLER SABBATH 00:20:59.35\00:21:00.42 GROUPS. 00:21:00.46\00:21:01.46 BUT ONE OF THESE SABBATH GROUPS THAT WE'RE WORKING 00:21:01.49\00:21:02.49 WITH, ONE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH NOW FOR ABOUT 00:21:02.52\00:21:03.56 16-18 YEARS, AND THIS ONE WE'VE JUST SEEN MASSIVE 00:21:03.59\00:21:05.09 GROWTH. 00:21:05.13\00:21:05.89 THIS ONE IN THIS PARTICULAR COUNTRY 00:21:05.93\00:21:07.00 PROBABLY HAS AROUND 750 THOUSAND SABBATH OBSERVANT 00:21:07.03\00:21:09.13 BACKGROUND PEOPLE. 00:21:09.16\00:21:10.47 AND OF THOSE WE HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT, A BIG 00:21:10.50\00:21:16.47 PORTION OF THOSE FAMILIES NOW HAVE BIBLES IN THEIR 00:21:16.50\00:21:22.48 HOMES AND ARE IN A PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT 00:21:22.51\00:21:28.48 JESUS. 00:21:28.52\00:21:29.45 SO YOU KNOW WE THINK SOMETIMES, OH WHAT IS 00:21:29.48\00:21:35.42 BEING DONE AND THEN TO HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS AND 00:21:35.46\00:21:39.29 WE HAVE TO HAVE THE FAITH THAT THE LORD IS WORKING 00:21:39.33\00:21:44.37 IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE MIGHT NOT EVEN 00:21:48.47\00:21:53.54 KNOW ABOUT AND TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. 00:21:57.31\00:22:03.52 THIS IS REALLY EXCITING MARTY. 00:22:03.55\00:22:08.19 YES. 00:22:08.22\00:22:09.22 THERE'S ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 00:22:09.26\00:22:12.13 WE HAVE FOUND THERE IS SOMEWHERE, THEY CLAIM TO 00:22:12.16\00:22:16.56 BE CLOSE TO 20 MILLION. 00:22:16.60\00:22:18.47 I WOULD SAY MAYBE 12-15 MILLION. 00:22:18.50\00:22:20.77 AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS. 00:22:20.80\00:22:22.44 AS FAR AS POPULATION OR AS FAR AS BELIEVERS? 00:22:22.47\00:22:25.11 NO THEY ARE IN A COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS, A HUGE 00:22:25.14\00:22:27.74 COUNTRY. 00:22:27.78\00:22:28.38 YES THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 00:22:28.41\00:22:31.21 SO THE SABBATH KEEPERS IN THIS THERE IS A RELIGIOUS 00:22:31.25\00:22:37.02 MUSLIM ORGANIZATION AND THEY OBSERVE SABBATH. 00:22:37.05\00:22:40.62 NOW THEY DON'T WORSHIP ON SABBATH BUT THEY REFRAIN, 00:22:40.66\00:22:43.86 THEY'RE TAUGHT TO NOT DO MAJOR BUSINESS, NOT DO 00:22:43.89\00:22:47.23 MAJOR TRAVEL, NOT WORK IN THEIR GARDENS, NOT GO 00:22:47.30\00:22:49.86 FISHING ETC. ETC. 00:22:49.90\00:22:51.37 ON SABBATH. 00:22:51.40\00:22:53.23 WELL AND YOU KNOW EVEN THERE'S SO MUCH TALK ABOUT 00:22:53.27\00:22:56.10 SABBATICALS. 00:22:56.14\00:22:58.87 I THINK PEOPLE WANT THAT PEACE AND THEY'RE TRYING 00:22:58.91\00:23:00.28 TO FIND THAT AND YOU KNOW IT'S IN THE BIBLE AND 00:23:00.31\00:23:01.61 THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR THAT. 00:23:01.64\00:23:02.71 YES, WELL THEY DIDN'T FIND IT FROM THE BIBLE, THEY 00:23:02.74\00:23:03.78 FOUND IT ACTUALLY FROM THE QURAN, THIS PARTICULAR 00:23:03.81\00:23:04.98 GROUP. 00:23:05.01\00:23:05.95 AND TODAY ONE OF THE LEADERS, IT'S KIND OF AN 00:23:05.98\00:23:06.92 INTERESTING STORY AND MAYBE I'LL SHARE IT. 00:23:06.95\00:23:08.32 I SHARED IT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY A FEW MONTHS 00:23:08.35\00:23:09.65 AGO, COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 00:23:09.68\00:23:10.72 BUT I WAS VISITING IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE QUITE A 00:23:10.75\00:23:11.69 LARGE HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY 00:23:11.72\00:23:13.02 AND IT'S ORGANIZED. 00:23:13.05\00:23:14.06 EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE REALLY OFFICES THERE'S A 00:23:14.09\00:23:15.02 PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER AND I WAS 00:23:15.06\00:23:16.36 SPEAKING WITH THE TREASURER. 00:23:16.39\00:23:17.43 AND I SAID TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF, A LITTLE BIT AND 00:23:17.46\00:23:18.36 YOUR FAMILY. 00:23:18.39\00:23:19.39 HE SAYS OH YOU KNOW MY FAMILY OWNS SUCH AND SUCH 00:23:19.43\00:23:20.36 A BUSINESS. 00:23:20.40\00:23:20.96 I SAID I KNOW ABOUT THAT. 00:23:20.96\00:23:21.80 I WANT TO KNOW BEYOND YOUR BUSINESS. 00:23:21.83\00:23:25.57 WELL HE SAID ACTUALLY MY FATHER MY GRANDFATHER IN 00:23:25.60\00:23:27.57 MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN RELIGIOUS LEADERS. 00:23:27.60\00:23:28.90 THE BUSINESS IS JUST LIKE A SIDE THING FOR US. 00:23:28.94\00:23:30.67 I SAID THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU. 00:23:30.71\00:23:32.04 AND I SAID WELL TELL ME MORE. 00:23:32.07\00:23:33.38 HE SAYS WELL MY DAD'S A RELIGIOUS LEADER, MY 00:23:33.41\00:23:35.14 GRANDFATHER WAS AND MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS. 00:23:35.18\00:23:36.48 AND TELL ME MORE. 00:23:36.51\00:23:37.55 HE SAYS WELL WE BELONG TO THIS GROUP WITHIN ISLAM 00:23:37.58\00:23:39.18 AND MY FATHER IS EQUIVALENT, BECAUSE HE 00:23:39.21\00:23:40.55 KIND OF KNOWS THE ADVENTIST SYSTEM, HE WOULD 00:23:40.58\00:23:42.12 BE EQUIVALENT TO LIKE A UNION PRESIDENT. 00:23:42.15\00:23:43.45 AND I SAID REALLY, TELL ME MORE. 00:23:43.49\00:23:44.99 HE SAYS WELL WHEN I BECAME A BELIEVER MY DAD WAS JUST 00:23:45.02\00:23:51.06 BROKEN HEARTED BECAUSE I AM THE ELDEST SON AND I 00:23:51.09\00:23:56.13 WAS SUPPOSED TO SUCCEED HIM. 00:23:58.83\00:24:02.77 ANYONE COULD BUT IT IS TRADITION IN OUR COUNTRY 00:24:02.80\00:24:07.88 THAT THE ELDEST SON. 00:24:09.81\00:24:12.88 IF NOT THEN HE NEEDS TO SEARCH WITHIN THE 00:24:12.91\00:24:17.99 ORGANIZATION FOR OTHERS. 00:24:19.92\00:24:22.22 BUT IT NEARLY KILLED HIM. 00:24:22.26\00:24:26.13 HE NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK AND STUFF. 00:24:26.16\00:24:32.77 AND I SAYS BROTHER TELL ME MORE. 00:24:32.80\00:24:34.44 TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY MORE AND ABOUT YOUR 00:24:34.47\00:24:39.54 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION. 00:24:47.72\00:24:50.62 SO AS HE SHARES THIS AND THAT. 00:24:50.65\00:24:55.72 HE SHARES THAT HIS FATHER HAD BEEN, SINCE HE WAS 00:25:01.00\00:25:06.03 JUST A CHILD LIKE 12 YEARS OLD, WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE 00:25:10.07\00:25:12.74 NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. 00:25:12.77\00:25:14.84 HE KNEW EVERYONE FROM THE HEAD PRESIDENT OF THE 00:25:14.88\00:25:17.55 ORGANIZATION ALL THE WAY DOWN. 00:25:17.58\00:25:20.08 HIS FATHER WAS OVER 500 TOWNS. 00:25:20.12\00:25:23.32 OH MY. 00:25:23.35\00:25:24.99 EACH TOWN HAD OVER 500 BELIEVERS, APPROXIMATELY 00:25:25.02\00:25:31.03 500. 00:25:31.06\00:25:32.03 FOUR HUNDRED TO 600 WAS THE AVERAGE SIZE OF 00:25:32.06\00:25:34.46 BELIEVERS THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR RELIGIOUS 00:25:34.46\00:25:38.10 ORGANIZATION, JUST FROM HIS FATHER'S SIDE. 00:25:38.13\00:25:41.34 AND SO I SAID WOW. 00:25:41.37\00:25:42.30 AND YOU'RE JUST TELLING ME ABOUT THIS NOW. 00:25:42.34\00:25:43.27 YOU NEED TO GO MAKE AMENDS WITH YOUR FATHER. 00:25:43.30\00:25:48.24 AND HE SAYS WELL I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU YET THE BEST 00:25:48.28\00:25:52.81 PART. 00:25:52.85\00:25:53.92 HE SAYS, WELL EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD MY FAMILY HAS 00:25:53.95\00:25:56.62 KEPT SABBATH AND THAT'S WHY I ENDED UP FIRST 00:25:56.65\00:25:59.55 JOINING THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND NOW I WORK WITH 00:25:59.59\00:26:01.59 THE UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT BECAUSE OF THE SABBATH 00:26:01.62\00:26:03.69 CONNECTION. 00:26:03.73\00:26:04.36 I SAID WHAT? 00:26:04.39\00:26:06.59 HOW MANY YEARS HAVE I KNOWN YOU AND YOU HAVEN'T 00:26:06.63\00:26:08.56 TOLD ME THIS CRUCIAL PIECE? 00:26:08.60\00:26:11.50 BECAUSE YOU KEPT ASKING MARTY, YOU KEPT ASKING. 00:26:11.53\00:26:14.17 YES, BECAUSE I ALWAYS ASK AND TELL ME MORE AND MORE. 00:26:14.20\00:26:17.84 BUT HE FINALLY KIND OF OPENED UP AND TOLD ME ALL 00:26:17.87\00:26:20.58 THIS. 00:26:20.61\00:26:21.64 I SAYS, WELL YOU KNOW BROTHER YOU REALLY NEED TO 00:26:21.68\00:26:22.88 RECONNECT. 00:26:22.91\00:26:23.85 I DON'T SEE IT AS AN ACCIDENT THAT GOD CALLED 00:26:23.88\00:26:26.95 HIM. 00:26:26.98\00:26:27.95 LOOK AT HOW YOUR FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS HAS 00:26:27.98\00:26:29.42 PREPARED FOR THIS. 00:26:29.45\00:26:30.35 YOU'RE FATHER IS A VERY LOVED CHARISMATIC 00:26:30.39\00:26:31.42 RELIGIOUS LEADER. 00:26:31.45\00:26:32.42 NOT CHARISMATIC BUT JUST A VERY LOVED RELIGIOUS 00:26:32.45\00:26:33.42 LEADER IN THIS COUNTRY. 00:26:33.46\00:26:34.52 WHY ARE YOU GOING TO THROW AWAY EVERYTHING THAT HE 00:26:34.56\00:26:35.46 IS. 00:26:35.49\00:26:36.52 YOU NEED TO BUILD UPON WHAT YOUR FATHER HAS DONE. 00:26:36.56\00:26:37.46 SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED? 00:26:37.49\00:26:38.13 DO YOU KNOW? 00:26:38.16\00:26:38.79 YES. 00:26:38.83\00:26:39.83 SO HE WENT BACK, MADE AMENDS WITH HIS FAMILY. 00:26:39.86\00:26:40.80 TOLD THEM I'M SO SORRY. 00:26:40.83\00:26:41.50 I MISUNDERSTOOD SOME STUFF. 00:26:41.53\00:26:42.50 BECAUSE HE HAD EVEN CHANGED HIS NAME AND HE 00:26:42.53\00:26:43.50 PUT ON AN AMERICAN NAME OR AN ENGLISH NAME. 00:26:43.53\00:26:44.80 HE GOT RID OF THAT. 00:26:44.83\00:26:45.90 HE TOOK BACK HIS ORIGINAL NAME THAT HIS PARENTS GAVE 00:26:45.93\00:26:46.80 HIM. 00:26:46.84\00:26:47.60 THAT BROUGHT THEM JUST GREAT JOY. 00:26:47.64\00:26:48.64 HE TOLD THEM I'M STILL A FOLLOWER OF JESUS BUT I 00:26:48.67\00:26:50.14 REALIZED I DON'T NEED TO BE A WESTERNER. 00:26:50.17\00:26:51.51 I CAN STILL BE FROM MY COUNTRY, KEEP MY NAME AND 00:26:51.54\00:26:52.84 SO HIS FATHER GAVE HIM, HIS FATHER RETIRED, GAVE 00:26:52.87\00:26:54.81 HIM HIS POSITION. 00:26:54.84\00:26:55.68 HE SAYS I WILL -----------THE GENERAL 00:26:55.71\00:26:56.81 COUNCIL VOTED THAT OKAY. 00:26:56.85\00:26:57.85 WE ACCEPT YOU EVEN AS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS IF YOU 00:26:57.88\00:27:00.08 KEEP WITHIN THE CULTURAL NORMS OF OUR COUNTRY. 00:27:00.12\00:27:01.82 WELL PRAISE THE LORD MARTY. 00:27:01.85\00:27:02.85 TODAY OF HIS FATHER'S 500 TOWNS ALMOST EVERYONE OF 00:27:02.88\00:27:04.89 THE LEADERS, BECAUSE THEN THERE'S A LEADER FOR EACH 00:27:04.92\00:27:06.86 ONE LIKE THEIR LOCAL PASTOR, THEY HAVE BECOME 00:27:06.89\00:27:08.59 FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. 00:27:08.62\00:27:09.26 PRAISE THE LORD. 00:27:09.29\00:27:10.23 AND HE IS WORKING ON BRINGING ALL THE GROUP 00:27:10.26\00:27:15.56 TOGETHER TO COME TO CHRIST. 00:27:15.60\00:27:22.20 OF THOSE 500 VILLAGES MOST OF THOSE FAMILIES NOW ARE 00:27:22.24\00:27:27.31 STUDYING. 00:27:35.55\00:27:36.85 SO THERE'S LIKE 500 TIMES, AN AVERAGE OF 500. 00:27:36.89\00:27:41.92 SOME ARE A LITTLE SMALLER SOME ARE A LITTLE BIGGER. 00:27:48.83\00:27:53.87 WELL THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 00:28:02.18\00:28:07.25 WELL PRAISE THE LORD. 00:28:10.19\00:28:13.76 SO MORE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR AND MORE EXCITING STORIES. 00:28:13.79\00:28:16.19 SO MARTY PHILLIPS THANK YOU. 00:28:16.22\00:28:17.56 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:28:17.59\00:28:20.10 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS." 00:28:20.13\00:28:21.16 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU TODAY. 00:28:21.20\00:28:25.83 [CLOSING MUSIC] 00:28:25.87\00:28:29.90