Participants: Gary Krause (Host), Mike Ryan, Nancy Kyte
Series Code: GMS
Program Code: GMS000022
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00:01 A small Adventist Church in China,
00:02 Mission in the South Pacific Islands 00:05 and Elder Mike Ryan, the father of the Global Mission 00:08 all coming up next right here on Global Mission Snapshots. 00:23 Just before He went up to heaven, 00:26 Jesus gave us a command. 00:29 He gave us a mission. 00:31 Jesus said, "Go. 00:34 Go unto all the world, telling them of His love. 00:39 This is our mission. This is our "Global Mission." 00:48 Hello, I'm Gary Krause 00:49 and welcome to Global Mission Snapshots. 00:52 Today, we'll be learning more about the challenges 00:54 and needs of mission in Papua New Guinea 00:57 and we'll be talking with Nancy Kyte 00:58 about Global Mission pioneers. 01:01 We'll also be talking with 01:02 Mike Ryan, a general vice president 01:05 at Seventh-day Adventist World Headquarters 01:07 and the first director of Global Mission. 01:10 But first up, lets' go to China 01:12 and meet a woman who helped a new group of Adventists, 01:15 have a church where they could worship. 01:21 Here in the heart of China, here in the heart of this city, 01:24 is a small Seventh-day Adventist church. 01:27 Just 10 years ago, there was no Adventist church. 01:31 There were no Seventh-day Adventists. 01:33 That's when Mrs. Fan came to the city as a church planter 01:37 to start a new group of believers. 01:40 Mrs. Fan tells how she was looking for a place to stay 01:42 when she first came to the city. 01:44 Someone sent her to Popo Daus. 01:47 Popo or Grandma Daus had a room that Mrs. Fan could rent. 01:52 Before long Mrs. Fan had a small group 01:55 studying the Bible and Popo Daus was one of them. 01:58 As they studied she gave her heart to Jesus 02:00 and joined the fledgling church. 02:03 She left them build a small church on her family's property. 02:06 But her husband wasn't ready to sign over the land. 02:10 Mrs. Fan tells how one day she was walking down the street 02:13 when she saw that there had been accident. 02:16 When she got closer she saw Popo Daus 02:18 lying on the street in a pool of blood. 02:21 They rushed her to the hospital where the doctors said 02:23 she wasn't going to make it through the night. 02:26 So the church members held an 02:27 all night prayer vigil for Popo Daus. 02:30 They cared about Popo Daus, but they also knew that 02:32 if anything happened to her they might lose their church. 02:36 Popo Daus got well and when she did she and her husband 02:39 signed over the land to the church. 02:42 Today Popo Daus is 79 and still worshipping 02:45 in the church she help build. 02:48 And sister Fan, she went on to plant 02:50 the other churches in other areas. 02:53 If you would like to learn more about how you can help, 02:56 plant new churches in un-entered areas. 02:59 Visit global-mission.org. 03:13 When global mission was established by the worlds 03:16 Seventh-day Adventist church in 1990 03:19 there was six million Adventists-- 03:21 baptized Adventists, believers around the world. 03:24 Today, that's around 17 million. 03:25 So we can praise God for tremendous growth. 03:28 But we still have challenges that are facing us 03:31 and I'm delighted to welcome 03:33 Elder Mike Ryan to our program. 03:35 Thanks for joining us, Mike. It's a privilege to be here. 03:37 Mike, you were the first director of Global Mission. 03:40 You were there when it first started. 03:42 You were part of the planning. 03:44 When you walked into the General Conference office 03:46 for the first time what sort of a team 03:49 did you have in place to start Global Mission? 03:52 Well, there actually Charles Taylor was there 03:56 and he had done a lot of the original research. 04:00 And Yvonne Dysinger and there were some people 04:03 who were there but in terms of a program 04:08 they really didn't have any program. 04:10 You had funding of course? 04:12 Well, it wasn't a lot of funding either. 04:15 And that was kind of just where we started. 04:19 So we had to be began to, you know, 04:20 envision how it was gonna come together. 04:22 So it's not like you were called in 04:24 to be director of an existing department. 04:26 You were to start a new initiative. 04:29 Yeah, except that it did have very clear guidelines. 04:32 And because when you're starting something like that 04:36 there's lot of people who come in and they say 04:38 we have to do this, you have to do this, 04:39 and it should be that. 04:41 And also you're kind of stepping around 04:44 and there's lot of turf out there. 04:45 But the committee who had established it, 04:50 before I was ever asked to be director, 04:52 they were very clear that Global Mission 04:56 was to establish Seventh-day Adventist congregations 05:01 and churches in place that were un-entered. 05:03 And then they named three-- four major priorities. 05:08 And one at that time 05:10 was the territory of the Soviet Union. 05:13 And of course now it's the former territory 05:15 of the Soviet Union. 05:16 But China, India and the Middle-East, 05:20 and then as each of those territories 05:24 contained big cities those were the priority. 05:28 And it also identified that-- 05:30 we won't just going to talk in terms of geography, 05:32 but also in terms of people groups. Yes. 05:35 So now Mike, 23 years later, has Global Mission being doing 05:39 what it's supposed to be doing? 05:41 You could be candid. 05:42 Yeah. Well, it did the first 13. 05:46 It actually, you know, 05:48 I remember at the General Conference session 05:51 in Indianapolis in 1990 that they stood 05:55 and they announced that for the first time 05:59 in the history of our church 06:00 that we were establishing one new congregation everyday. 06:05 So that was you know, seven a week, you know, do the math. 06:08 And it was kind of thrilling. 06:10 I mean to think that everyday they went by you 06:12 had one new church somewhere in the world. 06:14 And well, Global Mission certainly has not been 06:21 the entity that has finished the work 06:23 because we're still here and I'm sure there are things 06:26 that could have been done better 06:30 and had gone forward, but actually today we established 06:35 maybe about 11 new congregations 06:38 everyday somewhere in the world. 06:42 And so it really has created an awareness 06:46 among our people 06:49 as to the need for church planting 06:51 in these un-entered areas. 06:52 And I think if you really did a comparison 06:55 between the 10x40 window. 06:56 Now that's the real estate between Spain and Morocco 07:01 all the way around to Japan. 07:03 And within that rectangle 07:05 what 65 to 70 percent of the world's population lives 07:10 and in 1990 only about 9 percent 07:13 of Seventh-day Adventists lived there. 07:15 Well, I think if you look at that in the last 22 years 07:19 that probably the growth inside that window 07:21 has been nearly 300 percent, 07:24 whereas if you look outside the window 07:26 that growth probably has been about 130 percent. 07:30 And so I think we've done what they wanted us to do. 07:34 It's just that our wish would have been 07:36 that we could have, you know, multiplied it 10 times. Exactly. 07:39 I think maybe the Lord's probably given us 07:40 about all we can choose sometimes. Yeah. 07:43 Mike, on this program 07:45 we talk a lot about Global Mission Pioneers. 07:48 Before 1993 they didn't exist. How did that get started? 07:52 Well, it actually was an idea that came out of Indonesia. 07:58 They had little workers that went out 08:00 and I happened to be a missionary 08:01 out in that division. 08:02 I saw wow, that really works great. 08:05 Just to take a local people send them after training. 08:08 And so I thought well, let's try this in some places. 08:11 So we just went out 08:12 and negotiated with several divisions 08:16 and they said, yeah, we'll try it. 08:19 And I mean, the thing just exploded 08:21 and went to every division 08:22 because it's a very effective thing to have 08:25 local lay people trained and witnessing. 08:29 Mike, thanks so much for joining us today. 08:32 And viewers at home, Elder Ryan has outlined 08:35 some of the history of Global Mission 08:37 and we praise God for the tremendous 08:39 growth around the world. 08:41 And I think when the history books are written 08:44 they will tell the story of how Global Mission 08:47 helped change the focus of the Church 08:50 to focus on reaching un-entered people groups, 08:53 un-entered territories. 08:54 We think of the thousands of Global Mission pioneers 08:57 working around the world today 08:58 planting new Seventh-day Adventist congregations. 09:01 And I want to thank you again 09:03 for your financial support for pioneers. 09:05 I want to thank you for your prayers 09:07 because church planting can be a very lonely 09:10 and a discouraging job. 09:12 That's very encouraging when pioneers know 09:14 that they have a world church supporting them. 09:16 Please continue to pray 09:18 for Global Mission around the world. 09:58 Some 50 years ago, 09:59 Adventists missionaries spent 40 days 10:01 traversing the rough jungles 10:03 of Papua New Guinea to reach out to people 10:05 who had never before heard the name of Jesus. 10:08 They healed the sick, fed the poor 10:10 and provided spiritual healing to God's children. 10:13 Today this same trip can be done in 15 minutes. 10:16 Thanks to our mission plane 10:18 that was paid for with your mission offerings. 10:20 The mode of transportation may have changed, 10:23 but the message of hope in Jesus is still the same. 10:35 In fulfilling our mandate to start new congregations 10:39 in new geographical areas and among new people groups, 10:43 we work in some areas 10:44 that we can't talk about publicly. 10:46 Today my guest is Nancy Kyte, 10:48 who was the Marketing Director for Adventist Mission, 10:51 works in our office at the Adventist World Headquarters 10:54 in Washington. 10:55 Welcome, Nancy. Thanks, Gary. 10:56 Recently you visited one of these countries 10:58 where we have Global Mission pioneers working. 11:02 But we don't want to name that country 11:04 because we don't want to endanger them 11:07 or some of the people they are working with. 11:09 First of all tell us about 11:10 what a Global Mission pioneer is? 11:12 A Global Mission pioneer works in his or her own culture. 11:17 So there is no having to learn a new language, 11:20 no having to learn new customs, 11:22 they can just fit right in to the new territory 11:25 that they have been assigned. 11:26 And around the world we have thousands of these pioneers. 11:30 They live on a very modest living stipend 11:33 and they follow Jesus example of living 11:35 among the people and working with them. 11:38 So Nancy, you met some of these pioneers 11:39 in this country. I met some of them. 11:41 I met eight or nine of them, 11:43 and I have to say that they were extremely interesting 11:48 and inspiring people to chat with. 11:51 And one thing I did right off the bat, 11:53 I wanted to make sure that they felt 11:54 comfortable in talking with me. 11:56 So I said I'm not going to ask you your real name 11:59 or ask you what province or town you were from. 12:01 So, you know, lets just chat as friends. 12:04 And they were able to open up 12:05 and share little bit about their work. 12:07 Good, tell me a story. 12:09 I heard about a man and his son 12:12 who worked together in a family business. 12:14 They had for decades been chopping down tress 12:18 and turn it into furniture. 12:21 So the son was helping his father one day 12:23 and there was an accident. 12:24 A tree fell over and pinned his father's legs to the ground. 12:28 And the boy was just frantic 12:30 to help get his father's leg freed 12:32 and he remembers digging at the dirt, 12:36 you know, just cloying at the dirt, 12:37 trying to get his leg freed and get him disentangled. 12:41 And was able to do so, 12:43 but his father had a severe injury, 12:45 wasn't life threatening but it was very severe. 12:48 And it really impacted the family financially. 12:51 So the boy determined 12:52 that somehow he would get an education 12:55 so that his father would not have to work so hard. 12:58 They had a very large family. 13:01 And true to his word, the boy as he got a little older 13:04 he kept that education dream in his mind 13:07 and when it came time for him to go to high school 13:09 he got on a bicycle, 13:12 rode his bicycle 100 kilometers 13:14 to a next town that of any size 13:17 and there he was able to find a room to stay 13:20 and while he could attend high school. 13:23 And this room that he rented from this family 13:25 was just kind of on the back porch. 13:27 And he noticed that this family, 13:29 would bow their heads and fold their hands 13:31 before each meal and he kind of wondered about that. 13:34 But you know, it was a very polite distance 13:36 that they had between each other. 13:40 He did well at school 13:41 because he was trained again to keep that dream alive. 13:44 He was going to succeed, 13:45 so his family could have a little more comfortable life. 13:50 Well, eventually there was a school break 13:51 and he decided that he would go back to visit his family 13:54 and so he got on his bicycle again 13:56 and of course, it would take a long time 13:58 to peddle 100 kilometers. 14:00 It was very late at night 14:02 and all of the sudden he became extremely afraid. 14:08 And there is a problem there, 14:09 that they are used to with evil spirits 14:13 and demons and he was extremely afraid of ghosts. 14:16 So here he was dark night, dark road, 14:19 peddling home and he remembered the family 14:22 that he saw folding their hands 14:24 and closing their eyes and thought 14:26 you know, maybe now was the time 14:28 for me to try to pray on my own. 14:31 And in his own way he spoke out, 14:33 he cried out to God and said, God help me please save me, 14:36 protect me and help me get home to see my father. 14:40 And immediately his fear left him 14:42 and he was able to peddle all the way home 14:44 and see his father. 14:46 Well, through a series of providences 14:48 he was able to complete his education. 14:50 He went to the university 14:53 and now he is a Global Mission pioneer and pastor 14:55 and he is serving people in his community 14:58 and he knows that this is exactly 15:00 where God wanted him to be. 15:03 Fantastic. 15:04 It's hard for us in the West to imagine how much people's 15:08 lives are dominated by pleasing the good spirits 15:12 implicating the bad spirits. Exactly. 15:14 There was another lady 15:16 there who was possessed by an evil spirit. 15:20 We just don't really hear that too much 15:22 in our part of the world, but there it's very common. 15:24 And she was extremely frightened. 15:27 Her family and her neighbors were frightened. 15:29 They took her to the hospital. Nothing could be done. 15:32 You know, lab results and blood pressure 15:34 all came out fine. 15:36 But there was this other problem. 15:38 And finally people were brought in to help her. 15:42 They called the pastor. 15:43 You know, usually the Christian is the last resort 15:45 in the situation like that. 15:47 But they had exhausted everything else. 15:48 So they brought the pioneer in, 15:51 asked him to please pray and they did so. 15:55 And he was able to work with this family, 15:57 they were able to destroy the spirit house 15:59 and the idols that were in her house 16:01 and she is fine today. 16:03 And her family is seeing that we serve a God of power. 16:08 Nancy, thank you so much for sharing with us today. 16:11 My pleasure. 16:12 Around the world today, hundreds of stories like this 16:16 are happening everyday as men and women, 16:18 boys and girls are finding peace through Jesus Christ. 16:22 And Global Mission pioneers are one of the messages 16:25 that God is using to touch lives in a very powerful way. 16:29 Thank you for your continuing prayerful support for pioneers. 16:34 It is making a difference. 16:35 It is helping to plant new congregations among 16:39 new people groups around the world. 16:50 The South Pacific region comprises 18 countries 16:54 including Australia, New Zealand, 16:56 Papua New Guinea and the Islands of the Pacific 16:59 south of the equator. 17:01 This region of the world is home to almost 37 million people. 17:05 And there are currently 17:08 Seventh-day Adventists in the south Pacific region. 17:10 That is approximately one Adventist for every 87 people. 17:17 Majority of Adventists live in the islands, 17:20 while Australia and New Zealand have a ratio of one Adventist 17:22 for about every 400 people. 17:25 Your 13th Sabbath offering this quarter 17:27 will go to three unique projects that will heal, 17:30 teach and reach remote parts of the earth. 17:52 Welcome to Mamusi, 17:54 one of the most remote villages in Papua New Guinea. 17:57 People here live as they have for hundreds of years. 18:01 And we are only able to visit this area by plane. 18:05 There are no roads here through the dense jungle 18:07 on tall mountains of Papua. 18:09 We fly here today to fulfill an important promise. 18:14 You have given me something very precious from your valley 18:18 and I want to promise you today I'm going to give you 18:21 something precious in return. 18:23 When we get the talking Bible I'll come to your village 18:28 and I'll give you and your people, 18:31 a talking Bible so that they can hear 18:34 the word of God in pidgin English 18:36 in their mother tongue for the first time. 18:41 Pastor Gary Kent hosted an Evangelistic meeting 18:43 in Mount Hagen where he was able to preach to approximately 18:46 15,000 people on some nights. 18:49 Many people in Papua learned about Jesus more, 18:52 able to share their new faith with their local communities. 18:56 Among that crowd who attended the event were 160 villagers 19:00 from Mamusi who had traveled over four days 19:03 to listen to the messages. 19:05 When the meetings ended the travelers from Mamusi 19:07 were so amazed with what they had heard. 19:10 The wonderful God of the Bible intrigued and inspired them. 19:14 So before heading home they went to greet the speaker. 19:17 The Chief of Mamusi thanked the pastor 19:20 and gave him a gift of appreciation, 19:22 feathers from a bird of Paradise. 19:25 Now months later the God-pods are brought to the Mamusi. 19:30 Most of them cannot read or speak 19:31 and even if they stumble upon the scared word of God 19:34 they would not be able to understand it. 19:37 You see, they speak pidgin English. 19:40 The God-pods are talking Bible's that the Mamusi's 19:43 and other villagers of Papua New Guinea 19:45 will be able to use to learn the important messages 19:48 that God has left to us to conduct our lives hear on earth 19:52 and to prepare for the day of Jesus soon return. 19:56 The Mamusi's can now listen in their own languages. 19:59 They can share with their friends 20:01 and their God-pods will never run out of battery. 20:04 The talking Bibles are powered by the sun. 20:08 How appropriate, isn't it? 20:09 If our lives are powered by the living Son of God, 20:12 our batteries will never run out as well. 20:14 For He promises us eternal life. 20:18 May God revive His people in Papua New Guinea 20:20 and many places of the world through His living, 20:22 breathing, talking word. 20:30 People in the remote villages of the South Pacific 20:32 are in constant need of medical attention. 20:35 From a simple flu to broken bones, 20:37 pregnancy and malaria some of the villagers 20:40 there can actually go an entire lifetime 20:42 without ever seeing a doctor. 20:44 And some of them die from commonly treated illnesses. 20:48 In Mangino, the Seventh-day Adventist church 20:50 set up a medical clinic to provide care and treatment 20:53 to the local village. 20:54 It is the only clinic within miles. 20:57 Some other people in the neighboring towns 20:59 will travel great distances on foot 21:01 to get basic medical attention of the Mangino clinic. 21:05 Brian Lilley walked here with his parents 21:07 from another village. 21:08 They came in search of treatment for his mother 21:10 who is not feeling well. 21:12 After trekking for hours through the jungle to get there 21:15 this family is very appreciative of the work being done 21:18 and hopes for a clinic in their village some day. 21:21 We have privilege to have SDA mission to come up here 21:27 and set this hospital so that all the people to get around 21:32 the bush places like here. 21:35 And we just coming to take the medicine 21:39 here for what treatment is. 21:42 The work here is plentiful. 21:44 And the Mangino clinic struggles to tend 21:46 to the high demand of those seeking medical attention. 21:49 The Mangino clinic is just one example of the clinics 21:53 throughout the South Pacific region 21:55 and the need for more health posts is great. 21:59 These medical clinics are in effective way 22:01 to treat physical as well as spiritually needs. 22:04 It's an essential service for the communities 22:06 and a sure way to win souls for Jesus. 22:16 Can you imagine not having heard the story 22:19 of Daniel and the den of lions? 22:21 The Ark of Noah and all the marching animals 22:25 or say the supernatural plagues brought on the Egyptians? 22:29 There are so many fascinating lines and events in the Bible. 22:33 They are there for training up a child 22:34 in the way that he should go. 22:36 And the Bible tells us that even in later years 22:39 he will not depart from the ways 22:40 of these precious character lessons. 22:43 In the South Pacific, 22:44 children simply do not have enough Bibles. 22:47 Only one out of ten little ones have access 22:50 to the most fascinating book, the Bible. 22:54 They want it for themselves to learn and to share. 22:58 Imagine the impact that one equipped child 23:00 can make on their family, community, school or church. 23:05 When you pick up your Bible this week, 23:08 remember what a special gift you have been given 23:11 and remember to contribute 23:12 to this quarter's 13th Sabbath offering 23:15 so a child will not grow up without the privilege 23:17 every little one to have. 23:19 This 13th Sabbath offering will go towards these projects. 23:24 We pray you will be a missionary where you are 23:26 and support the mission work 23:28 of the Seventh-day Adventist church. 23:30 To learn more about these and other projects 23:33 visit AdventistMission.org. 23:43 Nancy Kyte, one of the guests on today's program recently 23:47 wrote a cookbook and it's entitled "A Taste of Travel." 23:51 It's a beautiful illustrated book and it features soups 23:54 and stews from more than 130 countries. 23:58 Today we have a special offer on Global Mission Snapshots. 24:02 We suspect that our viewers love mission 24:04 and the different people, cultures 24:06 and places around the world. 24:08 And so if you live in North America, 24:10 we'd like to send you a free copy of this cookbook. 24:14 Simply call our toll free number 1-800-648-5824 24:20 or visit our website and just ask for a copy 24:23 of "A Taste of Travel" or you can just say this soup cookbook. 24:28 This book is completely free while supplies last. 24:32 So if you include a small donation 24:34 we'd be very happy to receive it, but it's completely free. 24:38 Don't forget to clearly state your name and address 24:41 and we'll send you a copy while supplies last. 24:44 Well, thank you so much for joining us today 24:46 and a special thank you to those who call us on the phone 24:50 or go online to financially support Global Mission. 24:53 You're helping make a difference 24:55 in helping reach the un-reached with hope. 24:57 So until next time, I'm Gary Krause 24:59 for Global Mission Snapshots. 25:01 And I hope you'll be blessed by this music video 25:03 to finish our program. 25:26 What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? 25:37 The God won't fall us from the cling 25:43 Nowhere we lack sheep, we go straight 25:50 That we will spend His holy name 25:57 That we will lay Him where else we can 26:05 What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? 26:18 The God for us would caught the sea 26:25 And save us from the enemy 26:32 That He the God of desert sand would be 26:39 The God of the promise land 26:47 What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? 26:59 The God will take our flesh and sin 27:06 He may like us so we could be like him 27:13 That he a priest would draw the naive 27:19 And offer Himself for his own sacrifice 27:27 What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? 27:41 The God will do all that He can 27:47 And yearn for us to understand 27:55 What kind of love is this? What kind of love is this? |
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