I have with me, Jeffrey Rosario,
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and he's with
Radiant Living located in
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Vancouver, British Columbia.
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What is Radiant Living?
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Radiant Living
is an outpost center
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based outside of the city.
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And the idea is
to work the cities
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while we live
outside the cities.
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And how does the ministry work?
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You say the idea
is to work the cities.
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What does work mean?
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We have a group of young people
around 10 to 15 young people
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who work in an
evangelistic setting.
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We have Bible workers,
we have health coordinator,
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we have
evangelists, we have people
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who work going door-to-door
giving Bible studies.
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One of our main
focuses is church revival
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and training the church
and changing the concept
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from evangelism being an
event to being a lifestyle.
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And so we try to, in essence,
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clone the church members
into being evangelistic minded
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Seventh-day Adventist.
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Now, I want you
to tell me, Jeffrey,
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why has the
focus been on cities?
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I mean, there are
number of other things
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that young people
could do for outreach
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and for evangelism.
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But you have located yourself in
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Vancouver, British
Columbia, a huge city,
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and are kind of
working that area
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and working with the churches.
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Why the cities?
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We found working
in the cities that,
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there are thousands of
people that are just waiting,
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just waiting for an invitation,
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just waiting to have
somebody minister to them.
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And we're
finding that in the city,
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it's an opportunity to reach
as many people as possible,
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very quickly.
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Everybody crunched
up into a big city.
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We could reach
thousands of people
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where it would take us
years in the big cities.
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I'm gonna ask you about
a story that you can use
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to kind of
illustrate your point.
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But let me ask you
first, isn't it more difficult,
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I understand
with all the things,
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the distractions,
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materialism and everything
that we have in the cities,
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it's really difficult.
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Are the youth up
for that challenge
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and church members?
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I think we make it
harder than it really is.
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I think that we're providing
opportunities for young people
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to get involved.
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And when young people are
presented with a challenge,
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and we're seeing
that they strive,
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and God really blesses them,
and they have high aspirations.
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And God is really moving
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and we work in a
very secular society,
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Vancouver, British Columbia,
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it was voted the
most secular city
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in North America.
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And yet in that environment,
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we're finding that
there are still people
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that are hungry and starving,
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and people who
we label as atheist
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or secular or the unreached.
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In reality, these
people are just those people
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who have not had an invitation.
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People who have questions,
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people who are
waiting for answers
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and we're just finding
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the cities to be a
ripe, ripe harvest.
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Just waiting. Just waiting.
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Do you have an
experience with story
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that you can share with us?
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Sure. I have a powerful story.
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We work the cities.
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We go straight to the community,
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straight to the homes,
we're in the neighborhoods,
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knocking on
doors just searching,
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just searching for those people
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who are wistfully
looking toward heaven.
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We were knocking on doors
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in Surrey, British Columbia.
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We ran into a
lady, a mother of three,
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married to a Roman Catholic.
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We started a Bible
studies with this lady.
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Our evangelistic crusade began
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and we invited her to come
to the evangelistic crusade.
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She came out night
after night after night,
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and she brought
along her daughter
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with her and her son.
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We made an appeal for baptism.
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This lady signed the
card, I desire to be baptized.
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She got home and
related her decision
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to her husband.
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And her husband
said, "If you're thinking
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to get baptized
into this church,
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you could forget
about our marriage.
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You could forget about your kids
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and forget about this home.
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I'm divorcing you and
I'm taking the kids away."
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And this lady
called me on the phone.
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I was the one
preaching the crusade.
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And she says,
"Jeff, my husband said
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he will leave me
if I follow through."
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What do I do?
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And I said, "I have no idea
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what's gonna
happen with your kids.
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I don't know what's gonna happen
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with your marriage."
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But if this is the truth,
and if God is speaking to you,
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God will not let you down.
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She followed
through with her decision
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to be baptized.
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Her daughter made a
decision to be baptized.
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She got home,
related her decision
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to her father.
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Her father said,
"If you get baptized,
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I'm kicking you
out of the house."
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She called me on the phone.
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She said, "Jeff, my dad's
gonna kick me out of my house."
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What do I do?
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I said, "I have no idea
what you're going to eat.
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And I don't know
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what's going to
be of your future."
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But if this is the
truth, and if you believe
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with all your heart, and
if God is speaking to you,
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you follow the truth
and God will back you up.
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She got baptized. They got home.
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The marriage
pictures were put away.
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The husband got rid
of all the pictures with,
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of their marriage.
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The very same husband
who threatened a divorce,
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taking the kids away,
kicking them to the streets
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is the very same man
who drives them to church
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every Sabbath
morning, and he sits down
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and he listens to the sermon.
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And so now this man,
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this man is now
a baptized member
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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The husband is
still not baptized.
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Okay.
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The wife is baptized,
her daughter's baptized
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and her other son
ended up being baptized.
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The husband comes along,
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and he's attending
the Adventist Church
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and I give him about a year.
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Thank you very much, Jeffrey,
for sharing with us today.
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And now coming to join me
are Dr. Paul and Teresa Musson.
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Dr. Paul is a
physician and his wife Teresa
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is a physician's
assistant and they own
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and operate a medical
clinic in Flint, Michigan,
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and they have chosen as their
ministry focus church planting.
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And I first like to start
with Dr. Paul and ask you,
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I know that you personally,
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since we're kind
of close and friends,
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that you've always
been involved in ministry.
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But why church
planting and why now?
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It was just God's time.
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We have always been
willing and ready to serve
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the Lord in medical ministry.
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And He has been
preparing us for 20 years
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in church service as
Health Temperance Director
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for Lake Region Conference.
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And when we saw the need
and God had the time to call us
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and send us, we
were ready to go.
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Now let me ask you,
Teresa, how did this happen
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because you actually
made your clinic your office,
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almost like a
little evangelistic center.
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Tell us about what
was happening there
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that got that started?
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Well, in brief, we
woke up one Sabbath morning
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with a sense of urgency,
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that there was
something we needed to do
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of a greater
cause in this community
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to share our talents
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and the gifts
that God had given us
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and also to use
what we had in our hands.
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And that's what God said to us.
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What do you have in your hands?
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And we said, we
have the practice,
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why not start there.
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So we decided to
have Bible studies
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on Sabbath morning,
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one hour only
open to the community.
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Now why did you
choose Sabbath morning?
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Why not on Tuesday or
Wednesday after office hours?
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Well, I think it was
a divine appointment.
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And it also was in preparation
for those who would be
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willing to make that next
move to become Sabbath keepers.
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Strategist.
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So was this your
strategy, Dr. Paul?
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Well, I can't take
the credit for that.
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God is the greatest
strategist and He is the one
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who designed
that we should start
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on the Sabbath
morning, Saturday morning.
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You don't have to tell everyone
who comes to your Bible study.
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Now this is the
Sabbath, keep the Sabbath.
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Saturday is sufficient.
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And as they grow
into an understanding,
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they will learn what
the truth is all about.
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Okay, so Teresa,
kind of unfold the story,
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unpeel the onion a
little bit more for us.
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So as you have
these Bible studies,
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then what happened?
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So what happened was,
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we decided to go
to the community.
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And we had a very large
meeting for the community
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where we invited
the local churches,
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and we share at the podium
with about 14 other pastors
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who we knew well
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and who were
part of our practice
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to just get our feet
wet, and let people know that
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we're here and we're
gonna be doing Bible studies,
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and we're
involved in evangelism.
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From there we
started Revelation studies,
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and then it was open to us
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the opportunity to
rent a church facility.
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In fact, one of our
patients said, "Listen,
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you need a
place, I have a place."
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And he gave us that
place for $200 a month,
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so that we could
start our programs
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in a bigger facility.
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So bring us current.
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What's happening right now,
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Dr. Paul, with
this church plant?
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Well, we received
company status in October 2003.
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We graduated to church
status in December of 2004.
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And we currently have
approximately 110 members
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who have joined
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the Seventh-day
Adventist World Church
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as a result of
medical evangelism.
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May God be praised.
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Amen. Amen.
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And I remember
visiting, visiting your church
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and talking with
one of those new members
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and asking them
because you grew up in a church
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and knew about the love
of God and knew about Jesus,
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what was special about this.
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And she said to
me, "It was something
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about the studies
that revealed to her
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how much God loved her."
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Something as simple as
that is what riveted her
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and captured her
mind and her heart.
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So she wanted to
follow the full truth
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as it unfolded by the Mussons.
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Thank you very
much, Dr. and Teresa.
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May I say? Yes.
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For those of you who
want more information,
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if you are medical persons
and you would like information,
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just send an email to us
at medicalevangelism@yahoo.com
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This is the greatest
message ever given to the world.
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Let's take it right
now. Thank you very much.
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All right, we're still on
the topic of church planting
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from a very
different vantage point now.
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We're talking with
Dan and Dene Sue Ross,
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you've seen them before.
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Dan is an
architectural engineer designer,
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and is also the President
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of the North
Pacific ASI chapter meeting.
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And Dene Sue has
her own business.
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Write Way Inc.
Thank you very much.
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And so I wanted to find
out from you as you started,
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you embarked on
this church planting,
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what was your motivation?
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I mean, you're
doing your business
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and you're doing
things, then you just jump out
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and decided to plant a church.
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How did that happen?
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Well, probably the
most important thing
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was the seed was
planted in our minds
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at an ASI Convention.
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And as we look back on it,
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we realized how much
that really had to do.
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Because that was
our first introduction
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to the idea that, as lay people,
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that we could do something
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in that
particular area of ministry,
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that people like us
could actually plant a church.
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And so we went to a
convention in Grand Rapids,
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and they had a
seminar on church planting.
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And we sat and we
listened to that seminar
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and really
caught the inspiration.
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And from there, we
just had some doors open up,
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some opportunities.
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And so those
opportunities happened
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and you kind of jumped right in.
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Dene Sue, unfold a
little bit of that process?
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Well, actually,
Debbie, when we left here
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we did not go home
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with the idea of
planting a church.
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But like Dan said,
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the seed had
been planted with us,
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ASI works.
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It provided us
with the inspiration,
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it gave us the education
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and then it
gave us the materials
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that we needed to do this.
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Well, shortly
after we arrived home
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through God's providence,
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we found out about the need.
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Some friends of
ours had attended
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the seminar with us.
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We had an opportunity
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and we found out
that Boise County,
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it's not Boise City,
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had no
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and we thought we can do this.
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And so we began.
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Another couple that was at
the same conference with us
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also planted a
church in Middleton, Idaho.
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So now there were three families
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all out of the same seminar
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and two churches were planted.
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So now you...
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I don't know if
everybody heard this.
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There were three people
that came to ASI were inspired
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and educated and
motivated and went home,
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saw a need and planted a church.
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Two churches. Now
there's, there was...
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One of the families was
a part of your church plant
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and saw a need in another part
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and they went out
and planted a church.
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Yeah, that's correct.
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They were with us
at the same convention.
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We came together.
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We planted the
church in Garden Valley.
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And it was after a
while our membership
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grew fairly rapidly
up to near 70 members.
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And they saw a
need in another area
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and then they went and
planted the third church
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in our small area there.
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Now something
else very interesting
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is happening in your church.
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And you said, it's kind of like
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they are coming in one
door and going out the other.
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But that's a little different
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than what it sounds
like, so don't panic.
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So explain that
for us, Dene Sue?
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Well, I think like
everyone, we had hoped that
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we would have huge
numbers of baptisms
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and you get very
attached to people,
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you don't want them to leave
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and we kind of cling
to our church family.
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But because of our
involvement with ASI,
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we are constantly
talking about the mission field,
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how God can use everyday people,
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lay people like us,
not only to plant churches
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but to serve Him
all around the world.
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And so we have folks
leaving for service to Christ
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as fast as they
are coming in the door.
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I see.
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So you're training
and turning around,
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turning out more evangelists?
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Amen.
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Dan and Dene Sue, God be praised
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for your church plant and
what you're doing for Jesus
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through church planting.
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Thank you. Thank you. Amen.
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Is there any question about
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what ASI is
involved and tell them now?
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The ministries that you've heard
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from are just a
small representation
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of many
ministries that have been
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and are involved in
the goals of tell them now.
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And you can see that
it has quite a wide range
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of methodology.
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So it's not just
public evangelism,
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but there's all kinds
of things it can be done
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to reach these objectives.
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One of the primary sponsors
of the "Tell The World Program"
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is the common old
ordinary mission offering
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that has been
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since the dawn
of eternity almost.
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And yet, there's also
the much more important
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aspect of support and that is
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those that are willing
to contribute their time.
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And that's the secret
really to tell the world.
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If our church
doesn't get behind it,
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it's not going to happen.
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You know, I
remember not long ago,
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watching a new little church,
00:16:12.90\00:16:14.94
where people were
seated on the floor
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and it was obviously
kind of a poor environment.
00:16:16.40\00:16:18.81
And there was a
little girl that got up
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and she walked up
and she put a little coin
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that was worth about a
nickel in the offering.
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And it was actually
the mission offering.
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I got to thinking, you know,
00:16:30.55\00:16:31.89
I know that this
new little church
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is going to open their
first public evangelism meeting
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that they are sponsoring.
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I just wondered how
far that nickel went.
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You know, I'm suspicious
that it had something to do
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with a little might.
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Public evangelism, we hope to do
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400,000 public evangelism events
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during this quinquennium.
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We have never done that before.
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I think also it's
important to know that
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we put a challenge to
our media ministries, TV,
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including 3ABN,
radio, different ones,
00:17:02.25\00:17:04.69
reach every person in the world.
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Dan, share with us
00:17:07.66\00:17:09.62
how we're involved
in these two goals?
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Thank you, Mike.
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I'm gonna be
talking to Ben Kochenower.
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Ben, now you are
in full time ministry
00:17:16.67\00:17:20.77
doing evangelism, is that right?
00:17:20.80\00:17:22.57
Well, I do
that. Can you hear me?
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I do that full
time, but part-time
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I have an accounting practice
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and that takes
about 50-60 hours a week.
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Okay, so you're
a number cruncher?
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Yes, I'm a number
cruncher. All right.
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Now at the same time,
00:17:35.32\00:17:36.65
you discovered a
little while ago,
00:17:36.69\00:17:38.99
Ben, that actually lay
people could do evangelism.
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How'd you do that?
00:17:41.66\00:17:42.99
Well, Bob Falkenberg invited me
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in 2000 to go with him to
the Philippines and preach
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my own evangelistic series.
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Okay.
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And I had no
idea I could do that.
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But I just said, yes, I'd go.
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And from there, it
has just taken off.
00:17:52.73\00:17:54.77
And I overcame my
fear of being up front
00:17:54.80\00:17:58.11
and my guilt for
not doing something
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involved with soul winning.
00:18:01.41\00:18:02.98
And then once you
feel the Holy Spirit
00:18:03.01\00:18:04.75
and you
experiencing working in you
00:18:04.78\00:18:06.28
and through you and
the people that are being
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touched by the
message, it's life changing.
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It is just incredible.
So you were a guy who...
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April 15th, you were
burning the midnight oil,
00:18:13.72\00:18:16.22
your eyes were
popped up with toothpicks
00:18:16.26\00:18:17.89
because you're
an accountant, CPA.
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That's current.
00:18:19.29\00:18:20.63
And yet you're out
there preaching the gospel.
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Some people think
accountants can't preach.
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It is an
unusual thing, isn't it?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Okay. I may not...
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I may not be a great accountant.
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Okay. But you're
a great preacher.
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Well, I work at it real
hard, and I put all my heart
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and soul into it.
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Okay. Now telling the
world, telling them now,
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what has been the
greatest joy in your heart
00:18:38.31\00:18:41.72
in telling the
world about Jesus?
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Well, Dan, being...
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When I got involved
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with ShareHim Global Evangelism,
00:18:47.42\00:18:49.62
I also got involved
very quickly with ASI.
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I got acquainted
and in touch with it.
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And this is an organization
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that believes
in lay involvement,
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personal
involvement, not just money.
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And so that's what
ShareHim believes in,
00:19:00.50\00:19:04.14
is lay involvement.
00:19:04.17\00:19:05.51
It will take us
directly out into the field,
00:19:05.54\00:19:08.54
directly in touch
with personal ministry
00:19:08.58\00:19:11.48
for souls for Jesus Christ.
00:19:11.51\00:19:13.08
That is a life
changing experience
00:19:13.11\00:19:16.52
working with Jesus in the
field with the Holy Spirit.
00:19:16.55\00:19:19.19
Now, the greatest joy has been
00:19:19.22\00:19:21.62
to be able to
disciple other people,
00:19:21.66\00:19:24.23
to bring them
into this experience,
00:19:24.26\00:19:26.39
invite them to that and
to show them how to do it.
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I had the opportunity, Dan,
00:19:29.40\00:19:32.00
last year to take my
mother on a mission trip.
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And she was here last
year in her wheelchair.
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She's only 82 years old.
00:19:38.54\00:19:40.74
But she wheeled herself out
and we took her to Venezuela.
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I think being
able to disciple people
00:19:44.61\00:19:47.58
into this
experience with Jesus Christ,
00:19:47.62\00:19:49.95
into a saving
experience with Him
00:19:49.98\00:19:51.79
is one of the
greatest joys of my life.
00:19:51.82\00:19:54.06
Now do you think
of all the people
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that you see out there
00:19:55.46\00:19:56.79
and if you look
right into that camera,
00:19:56.83\00:19:58.16
old people who might
be watching us right now.
00:19:58.19\00:19:59.53
Do you think there's
anyone went out there
00:19:59.56\00:20:00.90
who could benefit from going on
00:20:00.93\00:20:02.26
one of these public
evangelism ShareHim projects?
00:20:02.30\00:20:05.90
Dan, there is nobody
that couldn't benefit.
00:20:05.93\00:20:07.74
Everybody that goes
just has the same story.
00:20:07.77\00:20:10.74
It's an incredible experience,
their life has been changed.
00:20:10.77\00:20:13.34
They have been
turned upside down,
00:20:13.38\00:20:14.94
and their
priorities are all rearranged.
00:20:14.98\00:20:17.58
It's beautiful to see...
00:20:17.61\00:20:19.91
If you've ever seen
somebody and experience it
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.12
and I know you have.
00:20:22.15\00:20:24.12
Going on one of these
and living and breathing
00:20:24.15\00:20:27.36
with the Holy
Spirit for three weekends
00:20:27.39\00:20:29.46
and for two weeks,
00:20:29.49\00:20:30.83
through these
series of meetings,
00:20:30.86\00:20:32.19
it is life changing.
00:20:32.23\00:20:33.63
And I don't know of
anybody that could not do it.
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My mother says
that you have to be dead
00:20:35.60\00:20:37.23
to not be able to do this
00:20:37.27\00:20:38.73
and have a
positive experience from it.
00:20:38.77\00:20:41.40
Everybody that comes
back has the same story.
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Okay.
00:20:43.24\00:20:44.57
Now, if you were going to say
00:20:44.61\00:20:46.31
the one single thing
that touched your heart
00:20:46.34\00:20:49.38
when you were
actually there preaching, Ben,
00:20:49.41\00:20:52.01
if you can think of
one thing that really
00:20:52.05\00:20:53.72
just changed you in a moment,
what would that have been?
00:20:53.75\00:20:57.45
Well, the thing that changed
me in a moment and it happens
00:20:57.49\00:21:02.62
every time I get up and
preach one of these sermons,
00:21:02.66\00:21:05.73
is the Holy
Spirit speaking to me.
00:21:05.76\00:21:08.50
I am reconverted every
time I preach a sermon.
00:21:08.53\00:21:11.97
And, yes, the
responses of the people
00:21:12.00\00:21:14.47
and to see the Holy Spirit
draw them, it's incredible,
00:21:14.50\00:21:17.41
because you realize that
00:21:17.44\00:21:18.97
you are almost
totally irrelevant.
00:21:19.01\00:21:20.98
The only thing I
bring to the equation
00:21:21.01\00:21:22.58
is my
willingness to stand up front
00:21:22.61\00:21:25.68
and to speak up.
00:21:25.71\00:21:27.48
But the Holy
Spirit does everything.
00:21:27.52\00:21:29.45
And to realize
that is just incredible
00:21:29.48\00:21:32.35
and for Him to allow me
to be a part of that process.
00:21:32.39\00:21:37.53
Praise the Lord. I
give Him all the credit.
00:21:37.56\00:21:39.69
I'll give Him all the glory.
00:21:39.73\00:21:41.26
Because it's just,
it's just amazing that
00:21:41.30\00:21:44.10
He has asked me
to be His witness.
00:21:44.13\00:21:46.57
He's asked me to know
God and understand Him
00:21:46.60\00:21:49.34
and believe in Him, and
I get to be a part of this.
00:21:49.37\00:21:53.11
I want each of you
to be a part of this.
00:21:53.14\00:21:55.28
You're not gonna
believe the experience you have.
00:21:55.31\00:21:57.05
But ShareHim has been a part of,
00:21:57.08\00:22:00.18
in enabling over 3,500 people
like myself to go overseas
00:22:00.22\00:22:04.45
and have this
experience, 90% of them
00:22:04.49\00:22:07.06
have never preached
before in their lives,
00:22:07.09\00:22:09.46
over 1,000
students from our colleges
00:22:09.49\00:22:12.13
and universities, most
of them theology majors,
00:22:12.16\00:22:15.26
but many of them are not.
00:22:15.30\00:22:17.07
And so this is a
life changing experience.
00:22:17.10\00:22:20.20
Over 20 conferences are involved
00:22:20.24\00:22:22.87
with ShareHim Global Evangelism
and sending people overseas.
00:22:22.90\00:22:26.57
But it is the Holy
Spirit working in me.
00:22:26.61\00:22:29.84
That is just the
incredible experience
00:22:29.88\00:22:32.65
that you just can't describe
until you experience it.
00:22:32.68\00:22:35.48
You know, the one thing
00:22:35.52\00:22:36.85
that I think you
need a little bit more of
00:22:36.89\00:22:38.22
and that's a little
bit more enthusiasm.
00:22:38.25\00:22:39.59
I try to work up some enthusiasm
00:22:39.62\00:22:40.96
but I can't help it.
00:22:40.99\00:22:42.32
You know, I
mean, I'm just kind of
00:22:42.36\00:22:43.69
out of control up here.
00:22:43.73\00:22:45.06
Well, you're not bad
for an accountant, Dan,
00:22:45.09\00:22:46.43
and, you know, God bless you.
00:22:46.46\00:22:48.26
And if any of you want to
know more about how to do this,
00:22:48.30\00:22:51.67
Ben with another group of people
00:22:51.70\00:22:53.03
will be at the ShareHim booth
tonight after this meeting.
00:22:53.07\00:22:55.94
That's right.
And please stop by.
00:22:55.97\00:22:57.47
You can have the same
miracle happen in your life
00:22:57.51\00:23:00.28
that this man has
had happened in his.
00:23:00.31\00:23:01.94
Thank you very much. God
bless. God bless. Thank you.
00:23:01.98\00:23:03.48
Hello, Ron and Marta.
00:23:13.15\00:23:14.49
This is Ron and Marta
Davis and you are from...
00:23:14.52\00:23:17.96
Grants Pass,
Oregon. Grants Pass, Oregon.
00:23:17.99\00:23:20.50
Now I just heard
an amen out there.
00:23:20.53\00:23:22.26
There's a special friend
that's also from Grants Pass.
00:23:22.30\00:23:24.63
Henry Martin, that
so many of us know.
00:23:24.67\00:23:26.77
And I know that
Henry is excited about
00:23:26.80\00:23:28.47
your ministry too
as well as many others.
00:23:28.50\00:23:30.41
Now you retired
a little while ago
00:23:30.44\00:23:32.87
and you decided to take
on another full time job.
00:23:32.91\00:23:36.88
What was that job?
Well, we did retire.
00:23:36.91\00:23:39.85
We didn't know that
we were gonna to take
00:23:39.88\00:23:41.48
on another full time job
00:23:41.52\00:23:42.85
but when we went to Grants Pass,
00:23:42.88\00:23:45.45
we were Sunday keepers.
00:23:45.49\00:23:46.99
We always been
Seventh-day Adventists
00:23:47.02\00:23:48.82
when we started watching
"Better Live Television,"
00:23:48.86\00:23:50.19
didn't we, Martha?
00:23:50.23\00:23:51.56
Yes, we did.
00:23:51.59\00:23:52.93
Okay, now tell us about
"Better Life Television."
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.30
What is "Better
Life Television?"
00:23:54.33\00:23:55.66
"Better Life Television"
00:23:55.70\00:23:57.03
is a full power
commercial station
00:23:57.07\00:23:58.73
that is located in
Grants Pass, Oregon.
00:23:58.77\00:24:01.27
We serve about
40,000 square miles
00:24:01.30\00:24:04.07
with a UHF DirecTV Dish Network
00:24:04.11\00:24:07.74
and cable systems
in that entire area.
00:24:07.78\00:24:10.58
Okay, now what runs on
your television network?
00:24:10.61\00:24:14.52
We're 3ABN affiliate.
00:24:14.55\00:24:16.25
As a matter of
fact what we did do,
00:24:16.28\00:24:18.05
to explain a lot of that, Dan,
00:24:18.09\00:24:19.62
is that we brought a short video
00:24:19.65\00:24:22.59
that we'd like
to run and then...
00:24:22.62\00:24:23.96
Well, let's roll the tape. Okay.
00:24:23.99\00:24:25.76
Let's roll the tape.
00:24:25.79\00:24:28.20
Better Life Television
bringing hope into your life.
00:24:28.23\00:24:33.13
I've been watching
Better Life Television
00:24:33.17\00:24:35.60
for a long time
00:24:35.64\00:24:36.97
and getting so much
in depth understanding.
00:24:37.01\00:24:39.57
I've started watching
Better Life about a year ago,
00:24:39.61\00:24:42.74
gave me the desire to
follow the Lord again.
00:24:42.78\00:24:45.88
It was so cool.
00:24:45.91\00:24:47.25
I was wondering what
just Better Life channel was.
00:24:47.28\00:24:51.22
So we checked it
out, liked what we saw.
00:24:51.25\00:24:55.86
Better Life
Television is a viewer supported
00:24:55.89\00:24:58.59
independent corporation,
00:24:58.63\00:25:00.10
headquartered in
Grants Pass, Oregon.
00:25:00.13\00:25:03.37
Better Life
Television has been broadcasting
00:25:03.40\00:25:05.77
as a Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
00:25:05.80\00:25:08.04
affiliate in the Southern Oregon
00:25:08.07\00:25:10.37
and Northern
California for over 16 years.
00:25:10.41\00:25:14.21
As a full power station,
we broadcast 24 hours a day,
00:25:14.24\00:25:18.25
seven days a week on
multiple cable systems,
00:25:18.28\00:25:21.48
DirecTV and dish
satellite providers
00:25:21.52\00:25:24.55
as well as a
network of 15 UHF channels.
00:25:24.59\00:25:28.42
Our signal reaches
over 40,000 square miles
00:25:28.46\00:25:31.93
with a
potential viewing audience
00:25:31.96\00:25:34.10
in excess of
half a million people.
00:25:34.13\00:25:37.53
As a 3ABN affiliate,
we broadcast approximately
00:25:37.57\00:25:41.50
90% of their
wonderful inspiring programming.
00:25:41.54\00:25:45.04
Complimenting this,
Better Life Television produces
00:25:45.07\00:25:48.41
wholesome
programming with a local flavor
00:25:48.44\00:25:50.55
which can also be
00:25:50.58\00:25:51.91
viewed on our website at
00:25:51.95\00:25:53.28
www.betterlifetv.tv
00:25:53.31\00:25:58.25
God has given
Better Life Television
00:25:58.29\00:26:00.29
the vision to
expand into all of Oregon
00:26:00.32\00:26:02.82
and further into
Northern California.
00:26:02.86\00:26:05.66
We've caught the spirit of 3ABN
00:26:05.69\00:26:07.93
and their mission minded way
00:26:07.96\00:26:09.60
of reaching the lost for God
00:26:09.63\00:26:11.67
with the Three Angels Messages.
00:26:11.70\00:26:13.97
As a result, we continue to
see many come into the kingdom.
00:26:14.00\00:26:17.14
Better Life Television
bringing hope into your life.
00:26:20.28\00:26:25.71
Can you say amen to that? Amen.
00:26:25.75\00:26:28.38
Praise the Lord.
00:26:28.42\00:26:29.75
Now, Ron, this is
my quick question,
00:26:29.78\00:26:31.29
because our
time will be limited.
00:26:31.32\00:26:33.32
When you first began watching
00:26:33.36\00:26:35.79
Better Live
Television yourselves...
00:26:35.82\00:26:37.29
Right.
00:26:37.33\00:26:38.66
You were not
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:26:38.69\00:26:40.03
but now you're the
managers of the station.
00:26:40.06\00:26:41.40
Miraculously, yeah.
00:26:41.43\00:26:42.76
That's so... Okay.
00:26:42.80\00:26:44.13
So you were one of those who,
00:26:44.17\00:26:45.60
the message came
through that television
00:26:45.63\00:26:47.44
to let you know about
00:26:47.47\00:26:48.80
where God's
people are being drawn.
00:26:48.84\00:26:50.67
That's right.
00:26:50.71\00:26:52.04
We know firsthand the impact
00:26:52.07\00:26:53.71
that Better Life
Television can have on people,
00:26:53.74\00:26:55.54
and we are just so blessed
00:26:55.58\00:26:58.35
to be able to be a
part of this ministry.
00:26:58.38\00:27:00.15
We're probably among
the most blessed people
00:27:00.18\00:27:02.42
in the world to be associated
with a ministry like this.
00:27:02.45\00:27:06.15
Marta, tell a
little quick story.
00:27:06.19\00:27:07.56
Pull the mic up close to you.
00:27:07.59\00:27:09.09
What has been the impact
00:27:09.12\00:27:10.76
that you have seen happen
out of this television network
00:27:10.79\00:27:14.43
and its ministry?
00:27:14.46\00:27:15.80
Well, we've seen so many
people come into the church.
00:27:15.83\00:27:18.07
We see them every week
walk into the churches there.
00:27:18.10\00:27:21.04
The pastors are saying,
00:27:21.07\00:27:22.40
"This is the first
church I've ever pastored
00:27:22.44\00:27:24.01
where people call me and say,
00:27:24.04\00:27:25.37
I want a Bible study."
00:27:25.41\00:27:26.74
I've been watching
Better Life Television
00:27:26.78\00:27:28.51
and I'm ready to be baptized
00:27:28.54\00:27:30.71
or I'm ready to
take more studies.
00:27:30.75\00:27:32.98
It's very exciting
and it just thrills
00:27:33.01\00:27:35.25
my soul to see people.
00:27:35.28\00:27:36.62
We even had a lady
who was 100 years old,
00:27:36.65\00:27:39.02
got baptized at 100 years old.
00:27:39.05\00:27:40.92
Wow. She's now 103.
00:27:40.96\00:27:44.89
Just a young
woman, right? Yes. Yes.
00:27:44.93\00:27:46.59
And that shows
you're never too young
00:27:46.63\00:27:48.63
to make a
decision for Jesus Christ.
00:27:48.66\00:27:50.23
That's right. That's right.
00:27:50.27\00:27:51.60
Something else. We
were in Roseburg area.
00:27:51.63\00:27:54.04
Marta and I were
speaking at the Roseburg Church
00:27:54.07\00:27:55.87
a couple of weeks
ago and we're invited out
00:27:55.90\00:27:58.84
to lunch afterwards.
00:27:58.87\00:28:00.21
And a couple...
00:28:00.24\00:28:01.94
Actually a
family was there of six,
00:28:01.98\00:28:04.31
a couple and their four boys.
00:28:04.35\00:28:06.35
And they had just the previous
00:28:06.38\00:28:08.48
Wednesday been baptized
into the church as a result
00:28:08.52\00:28:11.09
of the broadcast of
Better Life Television
00:28:11.12\00:28:13.76
with the 3ABN programming
00:28:13.79\00:28:15.72
and we were just
blessed to see them.
00:28:15.76\00:28:18.49
And as a matter of
fact, they were planning to go
00:28:18.53\00:28:21.23
to our Gladstone Oregon
Conference camp meeting.
00:28:21.26\00:28:25.73
And we invited them to come up
00:28:25.77\00:28:28.17
on the platform with us
and share what was going on
00:28:28.20\00:28:31.27
in their lives
and they did that.
00:28:31.31\00:28:33.51
He's... owns a barbecue house.
00:28:33.54\00:28:37.68
And so he's
struggling a little bit now.
00:28:37.71\00:28:40.12
But God's gonna give
him the right moves on that.
00:28:40.15\00:28:43.92
Well, it's wonderful that
you folks are telling the world
00:28:43.95\00:28:47.49
and telling them now
through your ministry.
00:28:47.52\00:28:49.22
Thank you so very much. Yes.
00:28:49.26\00:28:50.59
Thank you. Amen.
00:28:50.63\00:28:51.96
This distinguished
group that is joining me
00:28:59.20\00:29:01.04
out here on the stage
right now are gonna talk about
00:29:01.07\00:29:05.37
something incredibly exciting.
00:29:05.41\00:29:06.84
You know, we've actually
had a little teasing going on.
00:29:06.88\00:29:10.01
All of you remember Sebastian?
00:29:10.05\00:29:11.85
You remember
Sebastian giving his report?
00:29:11.88\00:29:14.08
I believe it was
yesterday morning.
00:29:14.12\00:29:16.12
Yesterday morning, talking about
00:29:16.15\00:29:17.65
reaching out into
some unusual places.
00:29:17.69\00:29:20.32
And, Viorel, you know,
00:29:20.36\00:29:22.89
you are the Vice
President of ASI for evangelism.
00:29:22.92\00:29:27.86
What kind of
things are you thinking
00:29:27.90\00:29:30.20
about doing and
what kind of partnering
00:29:30.23\00:29:31.67
are you thinking about
doing to help tell the world
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.50
and tell them now?
00:29:34.54\00:29:36.81
From the opening night, we
heard this, "Tell The World,
00:29:36.84\00:29:40.38
Tell Them Now
Initiative" so many times.
00:29:40.41\00:29:43.65
That means that
it's an urgency for us
00:29:43.68\00:29:46.21
to do something.
00:29:46.25\00:29:47.58
If we build a church in
India or in Princeton, Illinois,
00:29:47.62\00:29:50.79
if we tell people in Spanish
00:29:50.82\00:29:52.95
or in English or
in Romanian language,
00:29:52.99\00:29:55.42
just tell them now.
00:29:55.46\00:29:57.59
If you do it
through the radio ministry
00:29:57.63\00:29:59.96
or through the media
ministry or through DVD,
00:30:00.00\00:30:03.53
New Beginning
DVDs, just tell them now.
00:30:03.57\00:30:06.63
If you do it through God's pods
00:30:06.67\00:30:08.60
in the Kalahari
Desert, just tell them now.
00:30:08.64\00:30:12.64
Okay. Now you heard...
00:30:12.67\00:30:14.84
You saw him hold up that
that little iPod like device
00:30:14.88\00:30:18.78
that some have called a God Pod.
00:30:18.81\00:30:20.98
Shawn, you've got that.
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.35
Hold that up
there for us right now.
00:30:22.38\00:30:23.82
This little device,
I believe at one time
00:30:23.85\00:30:26.49
didn't they say
99 Cassette Tapes?
00:30:26.52\00:30:28.89
That's right.
00:30:28.92\00:30:30.26
The Kalahari Bushmen
speak the San language.
00:30:30.29\00:30:32.49
They don't have a
written tradition,
00:30:32.53\00:30:33.93
so you can't bring them a Bible.
00:30:33.96\00:30:36.36
And we heard that
Sebastian was bringing the Bible
00:30:36.40\00:30:39.33
on 99 Cassette Tapes, a
cassette deck, batteries.
00:30:39.37\00:30:42.54
And as you can imagine,
that's logistically difficult,
00:30:42.57\00:30:45.17
especially when
batteries begin to run out.
00:30:45.21\00:30:47.44
So a little while ago,
one of our staff members
00:30:47.48\00:30:49.54
at It Is Written said,
00:30:49.58\00:30:50.91
"Why don't you
use these God Pods?
00:30:50.95\00:30:52.68
And we discovered that on
a little player like this,
00:30:52.71\00:30:54.68
that is solar powered,
doesn't need any batteries.
00:30:54.72\00:30:57.25
We can hold 160 hours,
which is the entire Bible.
00:30:57.29\00:31:01.49
We're about to
translate Steps to Christ
00:31:01.52\00:31:03.69
and put New
Beginnings in the San language
00:31:03.73\00:31:06.09
all on one player.
00:31:06.13\00:31:07.46
Okay, wow. Can
you say amen to that?
00:31:07.50\00:31:09.20
That's awesome.
00:31:09.23\00:31:10.57
Now, the Kalahari Desert is
not known for its amenities.
00:31:10.60\00:31:16.40
Would that be a fair
statement? I think so.
00:31:16.44\00:31:18.47
Okay, now there's a
trip being planned that
00:31:18.51\00:31:21.74
these are gonna be delivered
over into the Kalahari Desert.
00:31:21.78\00:31:24.28
And Royce
Williams, Victor Perez,
00:31:24.31\00:31:26.45
both on the
staff of It Is Written,
00:31:26.48\00:31:27.82
you're on the team.
00:31:27.85\00:31:29.18
Are you sure you know
what you're getting into?
00:31:29.22\00:31:30.55
You know, Dan,
I'm a son of Africa.
00:31:30.59\00:31:32.89
And 22 years of my life
was spent in southern Africa.
00:31:32.92\00:31:36.89
I don't know quite
what it will be like to be
00:31:36.93\00:31:39.96
with a bushman.
00:31:40.00\00:31:41.33
But I have a sneaky suspicion
that it would be wonderful.
00:31:41.36\00:31:44.60
Okay, Royce.
00:31:44.63\00:31:45.97
Well, I understand
there's lions and leopards,
00:31:46.00\00:31:48.54
and giraffes and elephants,
00:31:48.57\00:31:50.04
and we're gonna be out there
in the bush living in tents.
00:31:50.07\00:31:53.17
And we're told that
we may wake up at night
00:31:53.21\00:31:56.11
and we may hear the
lions roaring in the distance.
00:31:56.14\00:31:58.48
So we hope it's in the distance.
00:31:58.51\00:31:59.85
You know, that's
a real mission trip.
00:31:59.88\00:32:01.32
Okay, Shawn, what is
actually gonna happen?
00:32:01.35\00:32:03.95
Describe how this
is going to occur?
00:32:03.99\00:32:06.45
Well, the God Pod here,
00:32:06.49\00:32:08.26
let me just play a little bit
00:32:08.29\00:32:09.66
and here it is
in the San language.
00:32:09.69\00:32:11.03
There are five of these targeted
00:32:16.03\00:32:17.73
for every Bushman village
00:32:17.77\00:32:20.37
out there in
the Kalahari Desert,
00:32:20.40\00:32:22.10
so that in the evenings...
00:32:22.14\00:32:23.47
I mean this will
play for six hours off
00:32:23.51\00:32:24.97
of a charge every evening.
00:32:25.01\00:32:26.51
They can sit in circles
and hear the Word of God,
00:32:26.54\00:32:28.88
take Bible studies together
00:32:28.91\00:32:30.61
and hear God's last day message.
00:32:30.65\00:32:32.85
Okay, I want to hold
this up for the camera
00:32:32.88\00:32:34.58
so that you all can get
a little bit of look at it.
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.48
This looks very
much like an iPod.
00:32:36.52\00:32:39.39
Any of you know what an iPod is?
00:32:39.42\00:32:41.66
Okay, except that this
has a little speaker on it.
00:32:41.69\00:32:43.93
Now the question, batteries.
00:32:43.96\00:32:45.89
Batteries out there
in the Kalahari Desert.
00:32:45.93\00:32:48.06
That may be a little problem,
but I want to flip it around
00:32:48.10\00:32:49.90
that this will
show you the back.
00:32:49.93\00:32:51.33
You see that little solar panel,
00:32:51.37\00:32:53.34
little solar panel,
00:32:53.37\00:32:54.70
all I gotta do is
charged up with the sun.
00:32:54.74\00:32:57.04
Charged it up in the daytime,
00:32:57.07\00:32:58.74
sit around the campfire at night
00:32:58.77\00:33:00.14
and play the Word of
God in their own language.
00:33:00.18\00:33:03.08
Does that sound like
a great mission project?
00:33:03.11\00:33:05.05
Amen.
00:33:05.08\00:33:06.85
It Is Written, ASI,
some partnering going on here
00:33:06.88\00:33:10.09
in making that happen.
00:33:10.12\00:33:11.45
Absolutely.
00:33:11.49\00:33:12.82
This is the Word of God
00:33:12.85\00:33:14.19
going to the last
tribes on the face of the earth
00:33:14.22\00:33:15.96
just before Jesus comes.
00:33:15.99\00:33:17.39
And again it happens
when people link arms.
00:33:17.43\00:33:19.69
Now I'm not gonna dare
ask if any of you want to go
00:33:19.73\00:33:22.06
on this trip to the Kalahari
because we might be mobbed
00:33:22.10\00:33:25.13
at the It Is
Written booth tonight
00:33:25.17\00:33:26.50
or with the Viorel.
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.90
But how many of you be praying
00:33:27.94\00:33:29.90
for this project as they
go to deliver the Word of God
00:33:29.94\00:33:34.54
using the God Pod
to the Kalahari people?
00:33:34.58\00:33:37.28
That's a wonderful
thing. Thank you all very much.
00:33:37.31\00:33:39.18
And they may be wondering
how we're gonna take these.
00:33:39.21\00:33:41.25
We have...
00:33:41.28\00:33:42.62
Each one of us has a
suitcase and in the suitcase,
00:33:42.65\00:33:45.62
174 of these God pods.
00:33:45.65\00:33:48.86
So between the four of us
00:33:48.89\00:33:50.23
we're going to be
delivering 700 units.
00:33:50.26\00:33:52.83
Amen. Amen.
00:33:52.86\00:33:54.40
Thank you very much.
00:33:54.43\00:33:55.76
And tell the world now,
00:34:00.34\00:34:03.30
a very important,
it's kind of thing.
00:34:03.34\00:34:04.67
Dan. Dan, wait, wait,
wait, I can't believe this.
00:34:04.71\00:34:08.14
Everyone knows he's Mr. Internet
00:34:08.18\00:34:10.55
and you skipped out
and completely forgot
00:34:10.58\00:34:12.75
about the internet.
00:34:12.78\00:34:14.12
Well, you know, I
found these guys backstage,
00:34:14.15\00:34:15.88
so I just need to...
00:34:15.92\00:34:17.25
Can I? Okay.
00:34:17.29\00:34:18.62
Okay. I can't believe this.
00:34:18.65\00:34:19.99
Just come right up.
00:34:20.02\00:34:21.36
You know, internet is really
a very wonderful opportunity.
00:34:21.39\00:34:24.19
And I just want to
introduce you to Jesse Johnson,
00:34:24.23\00:34:26.63
who's the President of TAGnet.
00:34:26.66\00:34:28.56
And, Danny, help me.
00:34:28.60\00:34:29.93
That was your
father, I can't believe this.
00:34:29.96\00:34:31.30
And he's the Vice
President of TAGnet.
00:34:31.33\00:34:33.60
And I just want to ask you
just a couple of questions.
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First of all, explain to us
00:34:36.24\00:34:37.57
what's TAGnet and
help us understand kind of
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a new program NET Adventist
that's available on internet.
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Sure.
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Three Angels Global Networking
00:34:46.31\00:34:47.88
started about
11 or 12 years ago.
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NET Adventist is
the latest product.
00:34:51.05\00:34:52.95
And that's actually
when I got involved just
00:34:52.99\00:34:54.79
about two years ago now.
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NET Adventist
is a new framework.
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It's not just
the old island type
00:34:58.09\00:35:00.43
of website design.
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Now there's this network
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where everything
goes in and is shared.
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Evangelistic tools
at the local sites,
00:35:05.20\00:35:07.34
shared news and resources.
00:35:07.37\00:35:09.14
It's a completely new design,
00:35:09.17\00:35:10.87
new to, not only
new to our church
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but new to the
industry at large.
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So you said this is something
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that's not just
like a single website.
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So how does this operate?
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Does it help to populate
websites all over the place?
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Or how does that work?
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Yes, the idea is
that automatically
00:35:24.19\00:35:26.45
whenever information goes in,
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it's able to be used
by any church, anywhere.
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Now, not only
churches, but schools,
00:35:31.56\00:35:33.06
church
administration, our ministries
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and even ASI member companies.
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So information like what?
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What might be
useful for local churches
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that they wouldn't have
access to by themselves?
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Wouldn't it be great to see
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Mark Finley
talking to you in a video
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right at your home church site,
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see the Bible study right there.
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Watch Mark go through it
00:35:51.68\00:35:53.01
right within the framework
of your local church site.
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Bible info
integrated in tons of resources,
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integrated right
into to your church sites.
00:35:59.12\00:36:01.32
So rather than linking
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and sending people
away from your site,
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they're all right there
within your church site.
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We found out that's
much more effective,
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it's
significantly, exponentially
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more effective for outreach.
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So, Danny, tell me
how can a local church
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then use this
opportunity to actually engage
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and personally touch
the community in which they,
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where they're located?
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Well, there's
really two parts, Debbie.
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The first part is obviously
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this amount of evangelist
content that you have.
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But the other part
is actually reflecting
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what you do as a local church.
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And one of the
many emails that we get,
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came to us about two weeks ago,
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that was very exciting.
00:36:36.26\00:36:37.59
It was actually a story that,
00:36:37.63\00:36:39.09
that was shared with
us about two baptisms
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that were a direct
result of one of the websites
00:36:40.86\00:36:43.90
that we built.
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And it was a family that
had just moved into the area
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where this church was,
it's in Escondido, California.
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And they were looking...
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They wanted to find
out a little bit more
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about child baptism.
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They just had their third child.
00:36:55.94\00:36:57.28
And so they began
to look at websites
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from different
churches in their area
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and found the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church in Escondido,
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began to ask some
questions through the website,
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listen to some of the
sermons from the pastor
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and kind of got
acquainted with the church
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without having to
worry about going in
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and meeting new people.
00:37:12.83\00:37:15.00
They decided they
liked what they heard.
00:37:15.03\00:37:16.87
So they contacted the pastor,
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the pastor was
able to follow up.
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And we just
found out two weeks ago
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that the whole
family was baptized directly
00:37:22.60\00:37:24.37
as a result of the website.
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So that's what gives us courage.
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Amen.
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So then you're
providing opportunities
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for local churches
to meet their community
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or their
communities to meet them,
00:37:31.68\00:37:33.55
and then through that,
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hopefully they'll meet
Jesus, and then they'll become
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part of the church.
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Exactly. Excellent. Excellent.
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You know, it sounds
like the internet gives us
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some great
opportunities and thank you
00:37:41.62\00:37:43.32
for using TAGnet to
provide those for us.
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Thank you.
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And I hear the savior say
00:38:23.26\00:38:28.40
Thy strength indeed is small
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Child of weakness,
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Watch and pray
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Find in me thine all in all
00:38:42.82\00:38:46.79
'Cause Jesus paid it all
00:38:52.99\00:38:59.90
All to Him I owe
00:38:59.93\00:39:06.07
Sin had left a crimson stain
00:39:06.11\00:39:12.11
He washed it white as snow
00:39:12.15\00:39:17.29
For nothing good have I
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Whereby thy grace to claim
00:39:50.22\00:39:57.83
I will wash my garments white
00:39:57.86\00:40:04.60
In the blood of Calvary's lamb
00:40:04.63\00:40:09.84
And when before the throne
00:40:36.16\00:40:43.17
I stand in Him complete
00:40:43.20\00:40:49.74
Jesus died my soul to save
00:40:49.78\00:40:56.79
My lips shall still repeat
00:40:56.82\00:41:01.79
Jesus paid it all
00:41:07.90\00:41:14.87
All to Him I owe
00:41:14.90\00:41:19.17
Sin had left a crimson stain
00:41:25.28\00:41:28.72
Sin had left a crimson stain
00:41:28.75\00:41:32.22
Sin had left a crimson stain
00:41:32.25\00:41:35.72
Sin had left a crimson stain
00:41:35.76\00:41:41.86
He washed it white as snow
00:41:41.90\00:41:48.20
He washed it
00:41:59.48\00:42:03.89
White as snow
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Amen. Amen.
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We go to tell the world
because Jesus paid it all.
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And it's true
that all to him I owe.
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Last Sabbath I
was in Mexico City,
00:42:45.13\00:42:49.63
the largest city in the world,
00:42:49.66\00:42:52.33
28 million people preparing
00:42:52.37\00:42:56.04
for a massive
evangelistic meeting there.
00:42:56.07\00:42:59.41
We have 30,000 Seventh-day
Adventists in Mexico City,
00:42:59.44\00:43:02.71
34,000 plus to be exact,
00:43:02.74\00:43:05.51
80 churches, about 50 companies.
00:43:05.55\00:43:08.95
But when I think
of 28 million people,
00:43:08.98\00:43:12.22
and as I walked the
streets of that city,
00:43:12.25\00:43:15.76
I recognized
that the vast majority
00:43:15.79\00:43:18.69
of those people have no idea
00:43:18.73\00:43:21.90
that Seventh-day
Adventist even exist.
00:43:21.93\00:43:25.23
They have no idea of
God's message of truth
00:43:25.27\00:43:28.40
for the final hour.
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.24
While I was
there, training pastors
00:43:30.27\00:43:33.17
and inspiring lay people,
00:43:33.21\00:43:35.54
my wife Ernestine was
in Melbourne, Australia,
00:43:35.58\00:43:39.45
training lay people
00:43:39.48\00:43:40.82
for an
evangelistic series there.
00:43:40.85\00:43:43.49
Earlier in the
year I joined her there
00:43:43.52\00:43:46.69
and when we walk the
streets of Melbourne,
00:43:46.72\00:43:49.46
we looked at one
another and we said,
00:43:49.49\00:43:52.29
the vast majority of
these people have no idea
00:43:52.33\00:43:56.67
of God's last day message.
00:43:56.70\00:43:59.53
Late last year we were in China,
00:43:59.57\00:44:02.64
in the particular city
we were in it was 27 degrees
00:44:02.67\00:44:06.57
below zero Fahrenheit.
00:44:06.61\00:44:08.74
We walked the
streets of that city.
00:44:08.78\00:44:10.98
We thought of the 1.2
billion people in China.
00:44:11.01\00:44:15.15
And we said, with
everything the church is doing,
00:44:15.18\00:44:18.45
all of our literature,
all of our radio programs,
00:44:18.49\00:44:21.42
all of our TV programs,
all of our ASI emphasis,
00:44:21.46\00:44:25.83
all of our church
emphasis around the world,
00:44:25.86\00:44:29.23
very few people
here know we exist.
00:44:29.26\00:44:33.50
I've spent much of my life
00:44:33.54\00:44:35.97
in the great
cities of the world,
00:44:36.00\00:44:38.37
in Moscow, in London,
00:44:38.41\00:44:41.54
in Madras, in India,
00:44:41.58\00:44:44.05
in the great cities of
Africa, throughout Europe,
00:44:44.08\00:44:48.62
and as I sense
00:44:48.65\00:44:49.98
the thronging
streets of the city,
00:44:50.02\00:44:53.66
I recognized that unless God
00:44:53.69\00:44:56.39
does something dramatic,
00:44:56.42\00:44:58.89
we are gonna be here for a long,
00:44:58.93\00:45:01.56
long, long time.
00:45:01.60\00:45:04.43
But then echoing
and reechoing down
00:45:04.47\00:45:06.17
the course of time,
00:45:06.20\00:45:07.94
over the
centuries and millenniums,
00:45:07.97\00:45:10.27
there is a
promise that Jesus gave,
00:45:10.31\00:45:13.07
not simply a
command but a promise,
00:45:13.11\00:45:15.51
Matthew 24:14, "And
this gospel of the kingdom
00:45:15.54\00:45:20.12
will be preached
to all the world."
00:45:20.15\00:45:24.12
Not it may be preached,
00:45:24.15\00:45:25.49
not perhaps it will be preached,
00:45:25.52\00:45:26.86
not it's likely
that it'll be preached,
00:45:26.89\00:45:28.52
this gospel of the kingdom
00:45:28.56\00:45:30.83
will be preached
to all the world,
00:45:30.86\00:45:32.79
that is a promise.
00:45:32.83\00:45:34.16
And then the end shall come.
00:45:38.03\00:45:42.77
Do you want to participate
00:45:42.80\00:45:45.97
in that closing work of Jesus?
00:45:46.01\00:45:48.78
Has your heart been
stirred as you have come
00:45:48.81\00:45:52.31
to this ASI meeting?
00:45:52.35\00:45:54.45
Is there a
burning within your soul?
00:45:54.48\00:45:57.95
Do you want to be
00:45:57.99\00:45:59.32
one of the hundreds of thousands
00:45:59.35\00:46:02.26
of prayer warriors,
00:46:02.29\00:46:04.13
seeking the Holy
Spirit so that God's Spirit
00:46:04.16\00:46:07.86
can be poured out
to finish His work?
00:46:07.90\00:46:09.36
Is that your desire?
00:46:09.40\00:46:11.40
Is it your
desire to use the gifts
00:46:11.43\00:46:13.47
that God has given you,
00:46:13.50\00:46:15.27
in loving service for
Jesus in the closing work?
00:46:15.30\00:46:20.48
Is it your desire
to give Bible studies,
00:46:20.51\00:46:23.51
pass out literature,
00:46:23.55\00:46:25.25
be involved in some
form of community service?
00:46:25.28\00:46:28.78
Do you feel the stirring
in your heart to get involved
00:46:28.82\00:46:31.45
in a church planning project?
00:46:31.49\00:46:33.66
Or maybe God is calling you
00:46:33.69\00:46:35.42
to hold the public
evangelistic meeting?
00:46:35.46\00:46:38.79
Do you sense this afternoon,
00:46:38.83\00:46:42.06
that God has given you
some gift for serving Him?
00:46:42.10\00:46:46.50
And do you desire to make a
commitment to use that gift?
00:46:46.53\00:46:49.90
When you came in today,
you were given a response card.
00:46:49.94\00:46:54.74
I'd like you to
take that out just now.
00:46:54.78\00:46:57.55
If you don't have
one, just raise your hand
00:46:57.58\00:46:59.75
and ushers please be sure that
everybody has a response card.
00:46:59.78\00:47:03.65
Do you have your response card?
00:47:03.69\00:47:05.42
This is not
something we're gonna collect.
00:47:05.45\00:47:08.36
It is something that I will
lead you to fill out just now.
00:47:08.39\00:47:13.26
It is your personal
commitment to Christ.
00:47:13.29\00:47:15.73
It's something you
can keep in your Bible,
00:47:15.76\00:47:18.13
something that you
can put on a mirror,
00:47:18.17\00:47:21.14
so that when you comb your hair,
00:47:21.17\00:47:23.30
or you shave in the bathroom,
00:47:23.34\00:47:24.97
you remember a
response you made to Jesus.
00:47:25.01\00:47:28.64
Would it not be a shame
if we simply came to ASI
00:47:28.68\00:47:32.31
and we said, "Oh, those
were wonderful meetings.
00:47:32.35\00:47:35.08
Those were exciting meetings.
Those were inspiring meetings."
00:47:35.12\00:47:38.09
But there was
nothing to change our life.
00:47:38.12\00:47:40.69
Nothing to make
us a different man,
00:47:40.72\00:47:42.49
a different woman.
00:47:42.52\00:47:44.53
Would you take this
response device right now?
00:47:44.56\00:47:48.23
And I invite you to
take it in your hand.
00:47:48.26\00:47:51.47
I'll read it through with you.
00:47:51.50\00:47:53.47
And then as Jennifer sings,
I'd like you to fill it out.
00:47:53.50\00:47:57.74
My commitment...
00:47:57.77\00:47:59.11
Let's read the text together
00:47:59.14\00:48:00.71
and this gospel
reading together.
00:48:00.74\00:48:02.98
"And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached
00:48:03.01\00:48:06.88
in all the world as a
witness to all nations,
00:48:06.92\00:48:11.02
and then the end shall come."
00:48:11.05\00:48:14.82
I choose to rearrange
my personal priorities
00:48:14.86\00:48:19.03
to spend more time with
Jesus in my devotional life.
00:48:19.06\00:48:22.80
Is that your commitment?
00:48:22.83\00:48:25.83
The only time to have more time
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.80
for devotions is
to have less time
00:48:27.84\00:48:30.37
for something else.
00:48:30.41\00:48:31.97
So notice this
is not status quo.
00:48:32.01\00:48:34.08
It says, I choose to rearrange
my personal priorities.
00:48:34.11\00:48:38.38
Will you make that
decision this afternoon?
00:48:38.41\00:48:41.08
If you will, check that box.
00:48:41.12\00:48:43.72
Secondly, I
recognize my spiritual growth
00:48:43.75\00:48:47.76
is directly related
to my personal witness
00:48:47.79\00:48:51.79
and choose to use the
gifts that God has given me
00:48:51.83\00:48:54.66
in loving service.
00:48:54.70\00:48:56.03
If I do not share
what Jesus has given me,
00:48:56.06\00:48:58.63
I cannot grow.
00:48:58.67\00:49:00.14
Would you like
to say today, Jesus,
00:49:00.17\00:49:02.10
I want to find
some way to serve You,
00:49:02.14\00:49:05.24
some way to reach out for You.
00:49:05.27\00:49:07.38
Check that.
00:49:07.41\00:49:09.44
Thirdly, I choose to unite
with five million lay people
00:49:09.48\00:49:12.65
around the world in
giving Bible studies,
00:49:12.68\00:49:15.68
conducting small group ministry,
00:49:15.72\00:49:17.65
distributing literature,
00:49:17.69\00:49:19.12
or some other form
of personal witness.
00:49:19.15\00:49:21.49
If you want to be one
of God's five million,
00:49:21.52\00:49:24.69
we are inviting
five million lay people
00:49:24.73\00:49:27.36
around the world to get involved
00:49:27.40\00:49:30.43
in some form of Bible study
00:49:30.47\00:49:33.07
personal
distribution of literature
00:49:33.10\00:49:35.20
or ministry for Jesus Christ.
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.57
Every Christian will be
00:49:37.61\00:49:40.44
serving Jesus in different ways,
00:49:40.48\00:49:42.58
but five million
in specific service.
00:49:42.61\00:49:46.05
Next box, I believe
God's calling me to be involved
00:49:46.08\00:49:48.48
in one of 20,000 church
planting projects worldwide.
00:49:48.52\00:49:52.12
Maybe as an individual,
maybe as a professional,
00:49:52.15\00:49:55.69
maybe as a
physician, maybe as a dentist,
00:49:55.72\00:49:59.19
maybe as a business person,
00:49:59.23\00:50:01.96
you believe God's calling you
00:50:02.00\00:50:03.57
to get involved in a
church planning project.
00:50:03.60\00:50:05.40
If you do, if
God's calling your family
00:50:05.43\00:50:07.60
to do that, check that.
00:50:07.64\00:50:09.04
Lastly, the Holy
Spirit is impressing me
00:50:09.07\00:50:11.74
to conduct one of 100,000
00:50:11.77\00:50:14.28
evangelistic
meetings held this year.
00:50:14.31\00:50:16.85
Maybe you've
never done it before.
00:50:16.88\00:50:18.88
You say how am I
gonna get involved?
00:50:18.91\00:50:20.38
Let the Holy Spirit
teach you and instruct you.
00:50:20.42\00:50:22.65
But today at ASI, would
you like to make a commitment?
00:50:22.68\00:50:24.89
"Lord, this year, I'm a
pastor, I'm an administrator,
00:50:24.92\00:50:29.29
I'm a church
employee, I am a lay person,
00:50:29.32\00:50:32.63
never done it
before, but I want to make
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a commitment for Christ.
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If you are
determined to use the gifts
00:50:36.10\00:50:38.43
and skills that
God has given you
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to make a decision for
Jesus, if that determination
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burns in your heart to be
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part of the
closing work of Christ,
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fill out your card.
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Sign your name as Jennifer sings
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"I Am Determined" just now.
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Darkness around me,
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sorrow surrounds me
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Though there be trials,
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Still I can sing
00:51:37.83\00:51:44.13
For I have this treasure,
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My God reigns within me
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And I am determined
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To live for the King
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I am determined
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To be invincible
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'Til He has finished
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His purpose in me
00:52:21.20\00:52:28.54
And nothing shall shake me
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For He'll never forsake me
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And I am determined
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To live for the King
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Hell's gates are trembling
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From our prayers ascending
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Darkness is crumbling
00:53:08.95\00:53:13.19
From praises we sing
00:53:13.22\00:53:19.53
Our Sovereign, Victorious
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Is marching before us
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And we are determined
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To live for the King
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I am determined
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To be invincible
00:53:46.39\00:53:51.63
'Til He has finished
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His purpose in me
00:53:55.93\00:54:02.87
And nothing shall shake me
00:54:02.90\00:54:07.94
For He'll never forsake me
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And I am determined
00:54:12.48\00:54:17.02
To live for the King
00:54:17.05\00:54:24.39
When I am weary
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I'll look to His face
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And when I am tempted,
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I'll trust in His grace
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Yes, I'll trust in His grace
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I am determined
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To be invincible
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'Til He has finished
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His purpose in me
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And nothing shall shake me
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For He'll never forsake me
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And I am determined...
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I am determined...
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I am determined
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To live for my
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King
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Is that the prayer
of your heart today?
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I'd like to speak to
our television audience.
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Many of you have been
watching this on television
00:56:08.10\00:56:10.13
this afternoon.
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You may be in the far
flung corners of the earth,
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but God is speaking to you.
00:56:15.64\00:56:18.84
You may be a
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:56:18.87\00:56:20.71
you may not be a
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:56:20.74\00:56:23.18
but you hear the
call of God to your heart,
00:56:23.21\00:56:26.18
to give your life to Him fully.
00:56:26.21\00:56:28.82
I invite you right now,
00:56:28.85\00:56:30.19
wherever you are at that
television screen to kneel,
00:56:30.22\00:56:32.72
to commit your
life to Christ fully.
00:56:32.75\00:56:35.59
Ask Him if you don't know
His truth to reveal it to you.
00:56:35.62\00:56:39.23
You can be part of
something big for God.
00:56:39.26\00:56:41.93
You can be part of
something grand for God.
00:56:41.96\00:56:45.00
Seventh-day Adventist
are an end time movement
00:56:45.03\00:56:48.94
raised up by God to
proclaim His message
00:56:48.97\00:56:52.51
to the ends of the earth.
00:56:52.54\00:56:54.08
And I invite you
today watching by television
00:56:54.11\00:56:56.95
to make a decision
to be part of God's
00:56:56.98\00:56:59.51
last day movement
00:56:59.55\00:57:01.12
and unite with God's last
day people to finish His work.
00:57:01.15\00:57:05.72
Here in this auditorium
in Texas, I invite you.
00:57:05.75\00:57:11.33
If you want to be
part of the closing work,
00:57:11.36\00:57:14.00
if you want to use the
gifts that God has given you,
00:57:14.03\00:57:17.27
I invite you with
that card in your hand
00:57:17.30\00:57:19.53
to stand just
now and say, Jesus,
00:57:19.57\00:57:21.90
this is my commitment,
Jesus, this is my desire.
00:57:21.94\00:57:26.64
Very soon we will go off
the air television audience.
00:57:26.68\00:57:30.35
But here you can see
through the crowd shots,
00:57:30.38\00:57:33.25
those standing here
Seventh-day Adventist
00:57:33.28\00:57:36.38
lay people committed to Jesus.
00:57:36.42\00:57:39.85
Now I have a special appeal
for three groups of people.
00:57:39.89\00:57:43.83
The spirit may
be appealing to you.
00:57:43.86\00:57:46.29
Leaders are called to lead.
00:57:46.33\00:57:50.23
Leaders are called to lead.
00:57:50.27\00:57:53.23
They are called to
a higher commitment.
00:57:53.27\00:57:55.70
They are called
to a higher standard.
00:57:55.74\00:57:58.47
I'm gonna invite ASI leaders,
00:57:58.51\00:58:02.78
you may be a
past president of ASI,
00:58:02.81\00:58:06.25
you may be a
current officer of ASI,
00:58:06.28\00:58:09.15
you may be a
chapter leader of ASI.
00:58:09.18\00:58:11.65
But if you this
afternoon, want to make
00:58:11.69\00:58:13.99
a deeper commitment of your life
00:58:14.02\00:58:16.42
and your spirit,
00:58:16.46\00:58:17.93
so that the Holy
Spirit can work through you
00:58:17.96\00:58:20.56
to lead ASI into the future,
so it will grow and expand
00:58:20.60\00:58:25.23
to tell the world for Christ,
ASI leaders in the audience,
00:58:25.27\00:58:29.30
backstage, I'm gonna
invite you to come forward
00:58:29.34\00:58:31.74
for a special prayer.
00:58:31.77\00:58:33.27