Kenyan prisoners
singing praises to God,
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a new global mission center
and church planting projects
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in Tanzania and Thailand,
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all that and much,
much more coming up next
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right here on
Global Mission Snapshots.
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Just before He
went up to heaven,
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Jesus gave us a command.
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He gave us a mission.
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Jesus said, go.
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Go unto all the world,
telling them of His love.
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This is our mission.
This is our Global Mission.
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Hello, I am Gary Krause
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and welcome to
Global Mission Snapshots.
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If you are a regular viewer
of Global Mission Snapshots
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you may have noticed that
we have an increasing emphasis
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on mission in
urban area of the world.
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Today we'll be
talking with Gerson Santos,
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Director for the Global Mission
center for Urban Ministries.
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This is a new center focusing
specifically on touching
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the lives of
people in large cities.
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And we'll also be
talking with Rick McEdward,
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Director of the
Global Mission Study Centers
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about the tent maker program.
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We'll go to a Kenyan prison
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and we'll meet a
woman doing her part
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to provide healthcare in
her community in Tanzania.
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But first, let's visit
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Global Mission
projects in Thailand.
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About two hours outside of
Thailand's capital city Bangkok
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lies the town of Sriracha.
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The Seventh-day Adventist
church is growing here.
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This is a
Global mission pioneer,
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a church planter
dedicated to sharing God's love
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with the people in this area.
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(Speaking in foreign language)
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This global mission
pioneer and another Thai pastor
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visit people in their
homes to teach them about Jesus.
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This small group is just a
handful of those interested
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in studying God's word.
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Many who attend these
small groups are not Christians.
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They ask questions
because in their hearts they see
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the truths of the
Bible and want to know more.
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When some Buddhist is interested
and they like to learn more
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about Christianity
actually we feel so,
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very happy even
they not show much
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but just only
one, two people only.
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But if we like
they are interested
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and we thank God for that.
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Not long ago this church
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in community center
rebuilt in Sriracha.
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The Global Mission
pioneer and church members
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reach out to the
community in various ways.
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They run language classes,
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play soccer and
hold Bible studies
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and people have
responded positively.
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We'd like to provide this place
for the community here around,
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the people here
that they are nonbeliever
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and then we like to set the
conclusion by having school,
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having the soccer ball
field and also the center,
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here we have a center
to service the community.
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Seventh-day Adventist
church members around the world
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help fund this
church in community center.
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These buildings
have a great impact
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on reaching the needs
of people in Sriracha.
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Just a few hours from Sriracha,
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in the city of
Ayutthaya another recent project
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funded by your mission
offerings actively works
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to reach the community.
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Ayutthaya is a city known
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for its ancient
temples and vast history.
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Here centuries
ago the Burmese armies
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destroy this city leaving
behind remains of destruction.
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Now the church here is growing.
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The project here
has a church building.
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The church here is
creating a foundation of member.
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On this Sabbath the
pastor leads and worship
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and the members
take part in the service.
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It is a special
Sabbath because on this day
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they will participate
in communion service.
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Members humbly wash
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one another's
feet and pray together.
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As they reenter the church
their thoughts are with God.
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The members ask God
for forgiveness and courage
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to serve Him each and everyday.
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They eat the bread and
drink the juice that represents
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the body and the blood of Jesus.
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This congregation has
a passion to serve God
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and share Him with others.
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This congregation would
not have a place to worship
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if it was not for your faithful
support of mission offerings.
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People all over Thailand
are eager to learn about Jesus.
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With the help Adventist pastors
and Global Mission pioneers
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they will come to know Him.
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Please pray for
these small projects
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located throughout Thailand
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and thank you for your support
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of the mission of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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through your
13th Sabbath offering.
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It's my pleasure to introduce
our guest Pastor Gerson Santos.
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Pastor Santos is one
of the church leaders
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in greater New York
area of the United Sates
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but he is also the Director
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for the Global Mission
Center for Urban Ministries.
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And Gerson, thank you
so much for joining us.
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My pleasure.
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This is the newest
Global Mission Center,
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we have had centers for Islam,
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for Buddhism, for
Hinduism, for Judaism,
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for secular and postmodernism
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but you are the representative
of the newer center.
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Why do we need a
center for urban ministry?
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Well, I believe the exact
reason you just kind of stated
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because you have so different
kinds of specific study centers,
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specific ministries to
reach those special groups
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but most of them
live in the cities.
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And so there are something
common among all of them
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and recently as we
saw the growth of people
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living in the
cities, it's amazing.
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In last 200 years we have a
large percentage of population
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growing in urban areas.
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So there is a
special need for that.
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And historically, if
we're going to be honest
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the Seventh-day Adventist
church has not done well
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in urban areas mostly.
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That's true and there
are several reasons for that.
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I would say first of all
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probably because
it's very costly,
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everything in the
city cost much more.
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Traditionally I think
our pioneers were the people
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that came from
farms or small towns
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so yeah, it's easy
for them to you know,
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operate in a setting that
will be more familiar to them.
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And later on I think was kind
of emphasis in living the cities
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because of the challenges
of the, the dangers of the city
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we kind of develop a
culture of avoiding the cities.
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So, Gerson, what do we find in
the cities in terms of ministry?
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What is working,
what sorts of models
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we're finding that
are having an effect?
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I can list to you at
least a few to illustrate
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some of the most
impressive ministries
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that I think have
been very effective.
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I'd say number one is
small group ministries.
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I really
believe the small groups
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is the best setting to
develop and to make disciples.
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And this is our main
goal, to make disciples.
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So the small group ministry
has been very effective.
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Anywhere in the world,
any culture, any language,
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group you can imagine
and I've seen so many places
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that I could tell you for
sure small group ministries,
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this is the best and
the number one ministry
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to develop in the
cities to make disciples.
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I'd add to that
probably mission communists,
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something that is
larger than a small group
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but it is stronger just as
small group meeting in the home
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but maybe could be a
group of small groups,
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let's say two or three
small groups coming together
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once a month or once a
quarter or having a department
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or a ministry
from a local church
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or institution organizing
a missionary outreach.
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And I've seen in a
couple of places this work,
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I mean, in a wonderful way.
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Another one I'd
say is church planting.
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I mean, when you're
trying to reach a specific group
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like you
mentioned in the beginning,
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Jewish, Muslims,
Hindus or secular people
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I mean, you need
to plant a new church
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because most of the
church established in that area
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won't be fit enough to receive,
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welcome and
integrate into their ministry
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because that's
another challenge.
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It's not just to be you know,
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having a hospitality
department in your church,
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very nice ushers and
people will feel comfortable
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but if they don't feel they
are the part of the ministry
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most of them
will leave later on.
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So we need to find an
open space for new leadership,
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and church planting does that.
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This s why it's
proven, church plant
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is the best methodology
to expand God's kingdom.
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Yeah.
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I would add also to
that lay leadership.
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We need to develop a new
kind of approach to leadership.
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Pastors need to be more trainers
than just pastoring the church,
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shepherds of the church
and to develop new leaders
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for these new
churches that have been planted
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because the church
will never be able to fund
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and hire new pastors
for a wave of new churches.
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If we really need
to reach the word,
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if we want to do
that we gonna have
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to plant
thousands of new churches
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and we need lay leadership.
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By vocation pastors,
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lay people that are
really commit to the work
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and be trained to be leaders
of these new congregations.
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And the last one I'd
mention is centers of influence.
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Defiantly all our
churches, the schools,
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institutions, book stores,
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I mean, even a house can become
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a center of
influence in the community.
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Yeah, Ellen White had a vision
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for small centers of
influence in every city.
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She was talking
about things like a cafe,
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a vegetarian
restaurant, treatment rooms,
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simple health remedy,
whatever it takes to connect
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with community
which brings me, Gerson,
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well, I take this
opportunity to talk about
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this new magazine literally off
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the presses last
week, Mission 360.
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We have print copies of it
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but mainly this is
going to be digital.
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A digital magazine, you
can get it for your Kindle,
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fro your iPhone, for your
iPad, you can view it online.
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Nice thing, Gerson, too is
that you'll read an article
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and then in the
middle of the article
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you'll be able to press
a button and play a video
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about giving more information.
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And in this first
edition there is an article
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on centers of influence.
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And the opportunities
for starting new centers
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that connect to the
community in a holistic way
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to put Christ
method into practice.
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Gerson, as we
look at the challenge
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of the cities
are you optimistic?
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Oh, I think natural,
this is part of my nature.
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I really see a lot of potential.
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I mean, you can
focus on the program
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but I see a lot of
opportunities in the city.
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I mean, you have so many people
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and I mean, the population
of the large cities is booming.
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I mean, this
is-- they are growing,
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the large cities in
the world are growing
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and it's like Dave in the past.
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I mean, people could
see the giant and say,
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he's too big,
he's gonna kill us.
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But Dave just saw and said,
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he's too big, I can't miss it.
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I mean, it's a
tremendous opportunity,
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in the cities you
have so many people.
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We need to find a way
to connect to some of them
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to reach them for Christ.
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Fantastic. Gerson, thank
you so much for joining us.
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My pleasure.
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Viewers at home,
again this magazine,
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just go to Mission360mag.og
and you'll find it.
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And if you want to
find out more information
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about Adventist
urban mission go to
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missiontothecities.org
that will tell you everything
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that is happening,
there will be resources,
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information so much
that you can pray for.
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My guest is Dr. Rick McEdward,
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who is the director of the
Global Mission Studies Centers.
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Thank you for joining us, Rick.
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Happy to be here, Gary.
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The Apostle Paul,
when I think of him
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I am thinking of a
wonderful preacher,
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I am thinking
of a church planter
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but what was
his real profession?
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Yeah, we always think of him
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as the world's
greatest evangelism
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but he was really a tent maker.
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He knew how to use
a needle and thread
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with the canvas and make tents.
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So how is that important when
we're thinking about mission?
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Well,
ultimately, the Apostle Paul
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was the very first
self-supporting missionary.
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He didn't rely on somebody
else to give him a salary.
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He made his own way and
he went from place to place
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selling his
canvas, selling the tents,
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finding others who'd like
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the profession and
gathering them, etcetera
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and so we see that he
was willing to provide
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for his own needs
while sharing the gospel.
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So when we look at
the example of Paul,
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we today, are the people
following that tradition?
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Actually, in Christian circles,
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we call
self-supporting missionaries,
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we call them tentmakers.
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Not all
self-supporting missionaries
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we would want to
lump in that category
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but those that
use their profession
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to go to a country that
maybe of restricted access
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and there by sharing Christian,
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a cautious Christian witness
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or maybe even starting a
house church or a church.
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Now when you say a
country of restricted access,
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what do you mean?
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Well, you know we used to say
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that there are closed
countries and open countries.
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But no country is
closed to the Holy Spirit.
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So we refer them
as restricted access
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because the
government may not open up
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for missionaries to come and go.
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But business people and
teachers and others can easily
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access countries
like that with jobs.
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So these are people
who take the initiative
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to find the job in
an area, run a business,
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teach whatever but their
main goal is to be a witness.
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That's absolutely right.
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So are there many of
these tentmakers today?
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Actually, the
numbers are hard to calculate
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because not everybody
goes through an organization.
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But yes, there are thousands
of tentmakers around the world
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and often found in
some of the hardest spots
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where we wouldn't
normally want to go.
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So can you give me an example
of an Adventist tentmaker?
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Absolutely, I know of a
family who's been serving
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for quite a number of
years and they have located
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in a restrictive
accessed country.
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One is a teacher,
another does a small business
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and one by one, they make
friends and generate interests.
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Why are they doing this?
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Because they want
to share their faith
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and a lot of people
think that tent making means
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what we call tent faking.
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In other words,
you fake getting a job
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so you can go and start a church
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but we're talking about people
who are doing a legitimate job.
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Who are doing the very
highest quality work possible,
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who have integrity
with their Boston co-workers
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and therefore,
use that as an avenue
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for sharing what's genuinely
going on in their hearts.
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Now how does
the Adventist church
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give support to
people like this?
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Well, we have had tent making
program for quite a long time
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and we are right now
giving more exposure to this
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because we realize
that traditional structures
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may not always be able to meet
the needs of the word field.
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You know we have many places
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that if I sign
up as a missionary,
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I may not be able to go.
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So if somebody is
viewing this program and said,
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well, there might be
something I might want to try,
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where you start?
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I think the best
place to start is to contact
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our office at Adventist Mission.
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I think that there is
a way to find information
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by contacting me there,
info@adventistmission.org.
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And I think that we
can also support people
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who are looking
for places to go,
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by sharing with them
where the greatest needs are.
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Is this something
that is dangerous?
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Is it risky?
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It doesn't have to be.
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You know I've lived
in a number of countries
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that people say,
oh, I can't live there
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because it's risky but
if we were there as people,
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not as a missionary sent,
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but as people who
build friendships,
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who do our work well,
we're not talking about
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something that's
illegal because every country
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people are
allowed to ask questions.
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And when we live
our faith with integrity
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people are naturally
gonna ask us questions.
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So in the training
sessions for tentmakers,
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what are the sort of principles
that are shared with them?
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Naturally, we
want people understand
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how to do cross
cultural ministry.
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There's a lot of understanding.
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We assume a lot that
people everywhere think
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just like us but as soon
as we get out of North America
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or whatever
country you're from we find
00:18:55.18\00:18:58.26
that there is world view
patterns, cultural, customs
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and different things that make
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people
understand life differently.
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So we have a training
that helps people understand.
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We also talk about the
incarnational ministry of Jesus.
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Tell me a little
about more of that.
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The incarnational
ministry of Christ,
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you know, He had
the comforts of heaven,
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He had all that
anybody would ever want
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and what did He do?
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He gave it up, He
came into a sin-sick world
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and He was born into
a barn with the flies
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and cockroaches and animals
00:19:33.52\00:19:35.57
and He lived His life among
the people telling the stories
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to the people,
connecting with people,
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understanding the
elements that people have
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and so Jesus was one among us.
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And that's what mission is.
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So it's not a quick
sorting into deliver information
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and then escape
out quickly again?
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We tend to do
that because it's easy
00:19:55.41\00:19:58.26
but the reality is Christ
commitment was until death.
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That's right.
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And often times we
haven't considered the cost.
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Thank you, Rick
for joining us today.
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Pleasure.
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And viewers at home,
please pray for tentmakers.
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These are people
who extremely committed.
00:20:12.25\00:20:14.54
They have moved to
different areas for one purpose
00:20:14.57\00:20:18.63
and that is to be a
witness for Jesus Christ.
00:20:18.66\00:20:21.65
And that can be discouraging,
it can be lonely at times.
00:20:21.68\00:20:25.43
Sometimes they don't know
what their next step will be
00:20:25.46\00:20:27.59
and it is
encouraging for them to know
00:20:27.62\00:20:29.54
that there is a world church
who are there praying for them,
00:20:29.57\00:20:33.12
supporting them,
who care for them.
00:20:33.15\00:20:35.23
If you want to find
out more information
00:20:35.48\00:20:36.89
about tent making just
go to AdvetistMission.org.
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Of the Tanzanian
shore of Lake Victoria
00:20:48.99\00:20:51.50
lies the city of
Mwanza, nicknamed the Rock City,
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it is home to more than 30
growing Adventist churches.
00:20:55.20\00:20:58.61
This growth
happened in such a fast rate.
00:20:58.64\00:21:01.55
Churches are being
planted in communities
00:21:01.58\00:21:03.10
throughout Mwanza and beyond.
00:21:03.13\00:21:05.54
The members here
are on fire for the Lord
00:21:05.57\00:21:08.06
and the mission of the church.
00:21:08.09\00:21:09.63
One of these members is Priska.
00:21:21.21\00:21:23.24
She is dedicated to following
God in any way He calls her.
00:21:23.27\00:21:26.97
Throughout the week she works
hard to support a modest life.
00:21:32.05\00:21:35.97
Priska sells vegetables
and herbs at a local market.
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And many of which
have medicinal values.
00:21:39.09\00:21:41.83
She works long days in
the market looking forward
00:21:41.86\00:21:44.14
to the Sabbath when she can
rest and spend time with Jesus.
00:21:44.17\00:21:48.15
From her earnings, Priska keeps
only what she needs to survive
00:21:48.18\00:21:51.44
and the rest is
given to the church.
00:21:51.47\00:21:53.18
At home Priska
lives in humble quarters.
00:21:58.41\00:22:01.88
She praises God for what she has
00:22:01.91\00:22:03.70
and loyally
spends time with Him.
00:22:03.73\00:22:06.20
Outside her home
she allows people
00:22:06.23\00:22:07.69
to use her
property to create bricks.
00:22:07.72\00:22:10.53
The small amount of
money that comes from this
00:22:10.56\00:22:12.41
goes directly to the church.
00:22:12.44\00:22:14.60
She doesn't keep a
single coin for herself.
00:22:14.63\00:22:17.67
She feels strongly that
God will provide for her
00:22:17.70\00:22:19.73
as long as she
is faithful to Him.
00:22:19.76\00:22:23.08
Priska and other
members at Mwanza are committed
00:22:23.11\00:22:25.31
to the mission of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:22:25.34\00:22:28.23
They willingly
sacrifice what they have
00:22:28.26\00:22:30.47
so that they can help
others learn about Jesus.
00:22:30.50\00:22:34.30
Here in Mwanza there is a
great need for a hospital.
00:22:34.33\00:22:38.02
The small Adventist health
clinic here is overcrowded
00:22:38.05\00:22:40.57
because peoplein the community
trust Adventist doctors.
00:22:40.60\00:22:44.78
The members here
give everything they can
00:22:44.81\00:22:46.54
so that they can see a
hospital here some day.
00:22:46.57\00:22:49.65
Construction has already began,
00:22:49.68\00:22:51.20
thanks to the faithful giving
of the local church members.
00:22:51.23\00:22:54.77
On this particular
Sabbath 33 goats, 3 cows
00:22:54.80\00:22:58.65
and one sheep are
pledged to the church
00:22:58.68\00:23:00.29
so that they can be sold
00:23:00.32\00:23:01.52
and the money can be
used to continue building.
00:23:01.55\00:23:04.99
Thank you for
supporting projects like this
00:23:05.02\00:23:07.13
around the world
00:23:07.16\00:23:08.34
by giving to your 13th
Sabbath offering each quarter.
00:23:08.37\00:23:11.83
Global Mission
pioneers are some of
00:23:25.67\00:23:27.37
the most
courageous people I know.
00:23:27.40\00:23:29.94
Hundreds of pioneers
are working around the world
00:23:29.97\00:23:32.22
to start new congregations
00:23:32.25\00:23:33.79
and new unintended
often very difficult areas.
00:23:33.82\00:23:37.97
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Well, I hope
you've been challenged
00:24:05.39\00:24:06.47
and inspired by what
you've seen here today.
00:24:06.50\00:24:09.21
Please remember to pray for and
support mission in your church.
00:24:09.24\00:24:14.36
Thanks for joining
us today as we leave
00:24:14.39\00:24:16.59
I hope you're
blessed as you listen
00:24:16.62\00:24:18.30
to this prison choir in Kenya.
00:24:18.33\00:24:21.39
Until next time, I'm Gary Krause
00:24:21.42\00:24:23.27
wishing you God's
richest blessings.
00:24:23.30\00:24:25.52
And I hope you
can join us next time
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right here on
Global Mission Snapshots.
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