Participants: Pr. John Lomacang (Host), Pr. Anthony Crawford, Pr. Stewart Pepper, Pr. Tim Bailey
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017508B
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00:13 >> WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND HOUR OF FAITH FOR FAMILY 00:19 INITIATIVE, AND PARTICULARLY OUR GUESTS, PASTOR TIM BAILEY, 00:24 ANTHONY CRAWFORD, AND STEWART PEPPER ARE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA 00:28 CONFERENCE, THE MINISTERIAL DIRECTOR, AND THE PITTSBURGH 00:31 DISTRICT PASTOR, AND ALSO INVOLVED IN FAITH FOR FAMILY IN 00:34 YOUR DISTRICTS IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL PART AND THE CENTRAL 00:38 REGIONAL. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:40 IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST HOUR, THAT'S WHY I REINTRODUCED OUR 00:46 GUESTS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW, 00:49 AFTER THIS NEXT SONG BY SOMEBODY I HIGHLY RESPECT, DR. YVONNE 00:54 LEWIS, WHO IS LIKE A SISTER TO US, SHE IS GOING TO BLESS OUR 00:59 HEARTS WITH THE SONG ENTITLED "SOLID ROCK." 01:07 ♪ 01:27 ♪ ON CHRIST A SOLID ROCK I STAND ♪ 01:39 ♪ 01:57 ♪ ♪ ON CHRIST A SOLID ROCK I 02:18 STAND ♪ 02:23 ♪ 02:35 ♪ ♪ 03:33 ♪ 03:58 ♪ 04:40 ♪ 04:45 >> AND THE CHURCH SAID -- >> AMEN. 04:47 >> AMEN. >> WOW. 04:50 SOLID ROCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. YVONNE 04:54 LEWIS. PASTOR BAILEY WANTS SINGING 04:58 LESSONS. [ LAUGHTER ] 04:59 >> YOU ARE A BASE BARITONE, RIGHT? 05:02 >> RIGHT. >> BUT THAT IS MINISTRY. 05:04 IF YOU HAD THAT KIND OF MUSIC FROM SABBATH TO SABBATH -- 05:09 >> IT WOULD CHANGE THINGS. >> IT WOULD CHANGE THINGS. 05:13 THANK YOU FOR WARMING OUR HEARTS FOR THE SECOND HOUR. 05:15 HOW DID THE SPARK -- YOU KNOW THE STORY -- OR THE SAYING IT 05:20 ONLY TAKES A SPARK TO GET A FIRE GOING. 05:23 TAKE IT BACK TO THE HISTORY OF FAITH FOR FAMILY AND HOW THIS 05:27 GOT STARTED. >> I TRANSFERRED FROM THE 05:29 NEW YORK CONFERENCE TO PENNSYLVANIA IN JANUARY 2015. 05:35 IN SEPTEMBER THE POPE WAS GOING TO BE COMING TO VISIT 05:39 PHILADELPHIA, THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE. 05:41 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE 05:45 WANTING TO DO SO MANY THINGS, BUT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON ONE 05:50 THING, THAT WAS THE GOSPEL JESUS CHRIST AND HIS LIFE TO ALL 05:54 PEOPLE. WE DIDN'T WANT TO BASH ANY 05:56 SYSTEM, OR GET INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO RIDE THE WAVE, 05:59 BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO COME AND TALK ABOUT FAMILIES. 06:03 SO WE POLLED OUR REGIONAL PASTORS IN EAST PENNSYLVANIA 06:08 TOGETHER, ABOUT 15 OR 20 OF US, AND WE STARTED MEETING ABOUT 06:12 ONCE A MONTH, AND WE STARTED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE 06:15 WOULD DO, SO THIS IS FROM THE GROUND UP. 06:20 WE DECIDED HE WOULD ORGANIZE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE COULD IN THE 06:24 PHILADELPHIA AREA, TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR PASSING OUT GLOW 06:31 TRACKS AND HANDBILLS FOR MEETINGS THAT WERE COMING UP. 06:35 AND THE ONLY ADVERTISING THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WAS PASS OUT 06:40 LITERATURE AND HANDBILLS DOOR-TO-DOOR. 06:44 WE HAVE 1,120 OF OUR MEMBERS FROM EASTERN PA COME OUT ON 06:50 SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2015, THE RAIN WAS SCHEDULED -- IT WAS ALMOST 06:52 LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A TSUNAMI. 06:58 BUT THE LORD HELD THE RAIN. THE WHOLE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 07:02 WAS COMPLETELY DRY UNTIL WE FINISHED THAT NIGHT, AND IT WAS 07:05 RAINING CATS AND DOGS ALL THE WAY AROUND US. 07:08 AS SOON AS WE FINISHED THE RAIN CLOSED IN OVER THE CITY OF 07:13 PHILADELPHIA. THE END RESULT OF THAT WAS THAT 07:15 WE BAPTIZED 157 PEOPLE FROM OUR DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS THAT 07:21 SEPTEMBER 1ST DAY. >> WOW. 07:23 AMEN. >> AMEN. 07:24 >> THAT'S SUCH AN EXCITING STORY. 07:27 HOW THE LORD HELD BACK -- WE HAVE HEARD OF THOSE KINDS OF 07:31 STORIES HOW THE LORD HOLDS BACK THE TIDE. 07:33 AND THE ENCOURAGING THING IS WITH GOD FOR US -- 07:37 >> WHO CAN BE AGAINST US. >> -- WHO CAN BE AGAINST US. 07:43 IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE POPE WANTED TO APPEAL TO 07:46 FAMILIES. WHAT WOULD YOUR FAMILY DO TO 07:49 MAKE A DIFFERENCE -- >> IN CASE ANY LISTENERS ARE 07:53 SAYING, WOW, YOU WENT IN UNITED WITH THE PAPACY ON THIS PROJECT, 07:58 THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL, BUT WHEN THE TWIN TOWERS WENT 08:05 DOWN, THE NEXT -- ABOUT SIX WEEKS LATER, I HELD AN 08:10 EVANGELISTIC SERIES, BECAUSE THERE WAS A HEIGHTENED INTEREST 08:14 IN SPIRITUAL THINGS. DOES THAT MAKE ME A TERRORIST? 08:17 >> NO.->> IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE UNITED WITH CATHOLICISM, BUT IF 08:26 THERE'S EXCITEMENT, I WANT THAT PIECE OF THAT ACTION IN THE NAME 08:31 OF JESUS IN HIS NAME AND HIS WORD. 08:34 >> RIDING THE WAVE AS THE WAVE COMES, YOU ARE RIDE IT OR WATCH 08:39 IT PASS YOU BY. AND THERE ARE VERY FEW EVENTS 08:43 THAT CAN WAKE UP A CITY LIKE THE PAPAL VISIT. 08:47 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND PEOPLE START THINKING IN 08:50 THIS DAY AND AGE WITH SO MUCH INSTABILITY IN OUR WORLD, WHAT 08:54 CAN WE DO TO ACTUALLY WORK AGAINST THAT NEGATIVE ACTION 08:58 THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD? RIDE THE WAVE. 09:01 THE DOOR IS OPEN. PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT 09:11 EVANGELISM, WHAT CAN WE DO? >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME 09:15 UP WAS THE EASTERN PASTORS DECIDED THIS WOULD BE MANDATORY 09:22 FOR ALL PASTORS TO BE THERE. >> WONDERFUL. 09:25 >> AND AS PASTORS, YOU GO WAIT A MINUTE, AND SO THERE WAS SOME 09:30 PUSHBACK. AND THE REASON I BRING UP THIS 09:32 STORY, IS BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IT CAN BE DONE 09:37 ANYWHERE DESPITE PUSHBACK. BECAUSE THANK GOD PHILADELPHIA 09:43 DIDN'T GET RAIN, BUT EVERY PLACE I GO THESE DAYS GETS RAIN. 09:48 >> REDDING GOT EXCITED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT PHILADELPHIA WAS GOING 09:52 TO DO THIS, AND THEY SAID WE WANT TO GET ON BOARD WITH THIS. 09:56 SO I WAS SCHEDULED TO GO TO ONE OF THE CHURCHES IN REDDING, SO I 10:00 GET THERE -- WE LOADED UP A COUPLE OF VANS FULL OF PEOPLE, 10:05 AND IT'S JUST RAINING CATS AND DOGS -- 10:07 >> ACTUALLY YOU BROUGHT ABOUT 25 PEOPLE FROM YOUR CHURCHES. 10:12 >> YEAH. ABOUT 20, 25 PEOPLE. 10:15 SO WE UP AT THIS CHURCH IN REDDING. 10:18 WE GET THROUGH THE DOOR SOAKING WET. 10:20 WE HAD T-SHIRTS FOR PEOPLE TO WEAR. 10:23 THEY ARE PUTTING T-SHIRTS ON, BUT NOBODY IS GOING TO SEE THEM, 10:26 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS PUTTING UP UMBRELLAS AND RAIN GEAR ON TO 10:31 TRY TO GET THEM OUT, AND WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS OF THAT 10:36 CHURCH WITH THOSE 23 PEOPLE, THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE 10:42 THERE, THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSION, TOTALLY CHANGED. 10:46 THEN THEY SAW PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR THAT DIDN'T 10:49 LIVE IN REDDING, WERE TWO HOURS AWAY, AND HAD TO DRIVE, DROVE 10:55 THROUGH THE RAIN, CUT CHURCH SERVICE SHORT TO MAKE SURE THEY 10:58 GOT THERE, IT TOTALLY REJUVENATED EVERYBODY THAT WENT 11:04 OUT THAT DAY. AND WHEN WE CAME BACK 11:07 AFTERWARDS, THE CHURCH WAS JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND 11:10 BECAUSE OF THAT WHEN -- NOW WE WENT OUT WEST, THERE WAS A 11:14 WESTERN PASTOR THERE, NOW THIS CHURCH WHERE THIS WESTERN PASTOR 11:21 HAD COME IN 2015, NOW HIS CHURCH WAS COMMITTED TO GO OUT TO HIS 11:25 CHURCH IN 2016. SO I BROUGHT CHURCHES TOGETHER. 11:28 IT BROUGHT PASTORS TOGETHER AND JUST TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT 11:31 COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS HAPPENED. 11:34 >> BUILDING BRIDGES. >> YEAH. 11:36 >> I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT PASTOR PETE SAID ABOUT JERRY. 11:41 JERRY WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS WE HAD ON THE VIDEO THERE. 11:47 PASTOR PETE WHEN I SENT OUT THE CALL, WHO WILL VOLUNTEER TO BE 11:52 GUEST EVANGELISTS IN THESE CHURCHES, PASTOR PETE SAID HOW 11:57 CAN I NOT GO WHEN PASTOR JERRY BROUGHT HIS WHOLE CHURCH OVER TO 12:02 HELP ME OUT. I WANT TO BRING MY CHURCH OUT. 12:05 AND THAT DAY PASTOR PETE BROUGHT ABOUT 45 OF HIS CHURCH MEMBERS 12:10 ON OCTOBER 1ST TO GO OUT TO HAND OUT HANDBILLS, BECAUSE THEY KNEW 12:14 HE WAS GOING TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER JUST ONE WEEK LATER. 12:18 AND PASTOR PETE, AND THOSE -- THEY BAPTIZE PEPLE 12:22 FROM THOSE INTERESTS TOO, AND NOW THAT LITTLE CHURCH IS 12:27 REVITALIZED, AND THEY ARE EXCITED. 12:30 THEY TOO ARE ON A CYCLE OF EVANGELISM. 12:34 AND THEY CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE COME AROUND AGAIN NEXT TIME. 12:37 >> AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 12:40 YOU ALSO BROUGHT SOME PICTURES. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN 12:43 OPPORTUNITY -- WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE PICTURES, AND THEY 12:46 TELL THE STORY -- THEY TELL INDIVIDUAL STORIES, COLLECTIVE 12:50 STORIES, AND WE HAVE A VERY -- VERY -- I WOULD SAY 12:53 HEART-MOVING STORY. YOU DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE 12:57 CHANNEL, IT'S A VERY HEART-MOVING STORY THAT CAME OUT 13:00 OF THIS INITIATIVE, HOW PEOPLE IN SPITE OF THEIR CHALLENGES IN 13:04 LIFE -- AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WITH FACED WITH 13:07 CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES, AND THEY SAY WHAT CAN I DO TO IMPACT 13:12 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND WE'LL LAVE THE REST OF THE 13:16 DETAILS -- >> YEAH, I WON'T TELL THAT 13:19 STORY, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WE CAN NEVER GIVE UP. 13:23 I BELIEVE THE MORE CHALLENGED WE ARE, THE MORE CHALLENGES THAT 13:28 COME OUR WAY, WE NEED TO USE THEM AS FIRE FOR THE GOSPEL OF 13:33 JESUS CHRIST. THE MORE WE'RE CHALLENGED THIS 13:36 WAY IS BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS BECOMING AFRAID. 13:38 AND IT NEEDS TO MOTIVATE US TO DO MORE AND BE BETTER. 13:43 >> WE OUGHT NOT BE SWIMMER, A SWIMMER SEES THESE LARGE WAVES 13:48 AND SAYS I'M NOT GOING THERE, BUT A SURF SAYS HEY, WAVES. 13:55 RIDE THE WAVE. DON'T ALLOW IT TO FRIGHTEN YOU. 13:59 LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PICTURES AND TELL THE STORIES. 14:05 >> THIS IS FAITH FOR FAMILY WE CHOSE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE 14:09 INDIVIDUALS THAT SEE THIS, YOU CAN GO THERE AND GET FREE 14:13 MATERIAL. YOU CAN SEND PEOPLE FROM THE 14:16 COMMUNITY TO GO THERE. IT HAS RESOURCES. 14:19 IT ADVERTISES UPCOMING EVENTS, AND THE BIBLE WORK, BIBLE 14:25 STUDIES. WE STARTED RECEIVING SO MANY 14:27 INTERESTS FROM THESE DOOR-TO-DOOR CARDS, IT 14:30 JUST -- EVERY DAY I WOULD COME IN AND MY DESK WOULD BE FULL OF 14:35 THEM. >> SO YOU PUT A WEBSITE TOGETHER 14:37 THAT WOULD BE A RESOURCE -- >> JUST FOR THIS INITIATIVE. 14:40 >> OKAY. >> AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 14:44 LOGO, WE REALIZE, ESPECIALLY IN PA, THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH 14:50 HEROIN ADDICTION, AND WE REALIZE THE IMPACT THAT THOSE THINGS ARE 14:55 HAVING ON FAMILIES. AND IT WASN'T JUST THE POPE'S 14:59 INITIATIVE ON TRYING TO REACH FAMILIES, BUT ALSO AS WE LOOKED 15:03 AT OUR COMMUNITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, FAMILIES ARE 15:07 BEING ATTACKED BY THE DEVIL, AND WE WANTED THE PICTURE OF THAT 15:11 HOUSE TO BE THERE, AND IN THE CENTER THERE IS THAT HEART, AND 15:15 WE TRULY BELIEVE THE HEART OF A HOME IS GOING TO BE THE FAITH 15:18 THAT A FAMILY HAS IN JESUS CHRIST, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE 15:22 TO GIVE THEM RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, SO THAT LOGO 15:27 WAS A WHOLE GROUP GETTING TOGETHER, LOOKING AT THOSE 15:31 THINGS, PUTTING TOGETHER THE WEBSITE AND TRYING TO DO THOSE 15:33 THINGS THAT ARE TRULY GOING TO HELP FAMILIES GET THAT 15:38 CONNECTION WITH GOD SO THE ALCOHOL DISAPPEARS, THE DRUGS 15:41 DISAPPEAR, AND FAMILIES START BEING THE FAMILIES THAT GOD HAS 15:44 CALLED THEM TO BE. >> THERE HAS BEEN HUNDREDS OF 15:47 THOUSANDS OF DOORS KNOCKED ON SINCE WE STARTED THIS 15:50 INITIATIVE. IN FACT WE PRINTED 350 BROCHURES 15:54 AND BUILT DOOR HANGERS, AND WE HAVE HANDED OUT OVER A HALF A 15:59 MILLION GLOW TRACKS DURING THIS TIME, AND COUNTLESS STEPS OF 16:03 CHRIST AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT OUT OF ALL OF THOSE, I DON'T 16:07 THINK WE HAVE HAD A HANDFUL OF COMPLAINTS, BECAUSE FAITH FOR 16:11 FAMILY IS NON-THREATENING, NON-INTIMIDATING, AND PEOPLE 16:15 ARE -- ARE JUST OPEN-ARMED WHEN WE COME TO THE DOOR AND SAY, HI, 16:19 MY NAME IS TIM, AND I'M WITH FAITH, AND -- FAITH FOR FAMILY 16:26 AND I'M HERE TO HELP YOU TODAY. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. 16:30 IT DOESN'T HAVE A SCARE TACTIC BEHIND IT. 16:33 WE WOULD LIKETO GIVE YOU THE MARK OF THE BEAST FLYER. 16:39 NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT MESSAGE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE PUSH. 16:43 PASTOR STEWART, I SEE YOU OVER THERE -- YOU -- YOU ARE 16:48 PERCOLATING. >> AGAIN, YOU SEE HOW ONE THING 16:51 LEADS TO ANOTHER. PEOPLE SAY THAT EVANGELISM 16:54 DOESN'T WORK. THAT IT DOESN'T LEAD TO TOTAL 16:57 MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. WE DID AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES 15 17:01 YEARS AGO. IT DOESN'T WORK. 17:04 THERE'S ONLY ONE MEMBER STILL HERE FROM THAT SERIES. 17:07 SHE HAPPENS TO BE OUR CHURCH SECRETARY, AND A GOOD ONE AT 17:11 THAT, SO MAYBE IT WAS WORTH IT. BUT WHEN THE FLYERS WENT OUT, 17:19 SHE CAME TO A SERIES 15 YEARS EARLIER. 17:23 SHE SHOWED BACK UP. SHE SHOWED BACK UP WITH MAN THAT 17:26 SHE IS NOW WITH. AND BOTH OF THEM -- SHE -- SHE 17:29 CAME INTO OUR CHURCH -- SHE WAS STILL OFFICIALLY A MEMBER, EVEN 17:33 THOUGH SHE HADN'T BEEN THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, BUT LORRAINE JOINED 17:38 BACK WITH US, AND HER FRIEND BYRON HAS NOW JOINED AND BEEN 17:43 BAPTIZED AND BECOME CENTRAL TO SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE WE DO ON 17:47 OUR CHURCH. HE BRINGS A LOT OF WILLINGNESS 17:50 AND SKILL TO OUR CHURCH. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS 17:53 THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BECOME INVOLVED. 17:55 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE HISTORY, BUT IT'S 17:57 WHAT -- FAMILIES COME TOGETHER AND BUILD YOUR CHURCH AND HELP 18:01 IT GROW. >> AND WHEN THE FAMILY FALSE 18:05 APART, THE CHURCH FALLS APART. WE HAVE SOME MORE PICTURES WALK 18:09 US THROUGH SOME OF THESE. >> SURE. 18:12 >> LET'S SEE ANOTHER. >> THIS IS A SMALL CHURCH THAT 18:17 WOULD NORMALLY HAVE ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT PEOPLE ATTENDING. 18:22 AND THIS IS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOWED UP, AND 18:25 THEY WANTED TO SAY TO OUR CHURCH MEMBERS, WE LOVE YOU ENOUGH, 18:29 THAT ON SABBATH MORNING, INSTEAD OF SLEEPING IN, WE'RE GOING TO 18:34 GET UP EARLY, COME BY, AND DO SOMETHING TO BETTER YOUR LIVES 18:37 AND TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 18:40 >> AND THOSE BLUE SHIRTS THAT THEY HAVE ON. 18:42 >> YEAH, THAT HAS OUR LOGO AND IT HAS ALL OF THE PEOPLE, SO 18:46 THEY CAN EASILY BE IDENTIFIED. IT'S INTERESTING IN PITTSBURGH, 18:51 I HAD BEEN HEARING FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, YOU CAN'T GO 18:55 DOOR-TO-DOOR IN PITTSBURGH. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU. 18:59 SO HERE WE HAVE 300 BLUE SHIRTS WALKING ALL OVER THE STREETS IN 19:05 PITTSBURGH. THIS IS ANOTHER SMALL CHURCH 19:06 NEARBY WITH ONE OF THE BIBLE WORKERS HOLDING SOME OF THE KIDS 19:10 THERE. BUT THE POLICE ACTUALLY STOPPED 19:12 THE TRAFFIC AND WAVED OUR BLUE SHIRTS TROUGH BECAUSE THEY WERE 19:18 SO EXCITED TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE OUT, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING 19:22 SOMETHING. THIS IS -- EACH OF THE CHURCHES 19:24 ALL THROUGH HAD GROUPS OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS. 19:28 WITH SIX OR EIGHT PEOPLE ATTENDING, BUT OUR MEMBERS CAME 19:31 FROM ALL OVER. ALL OVER. 19:32 >> AND YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S NOT JUST A BUNCH OF GRAY-HAIRED 19:36 PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OUT, OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO 19:40 KNOCK ON DOORS -- >> RIGHT. 19:42 >> THESE ARE ALL AGES AND GROUPS THAT JUST SAID WE WANT TO DO 19:46 SOMETHING FOR JESUS. >> AND THEY HAD HEART. 19:49 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THIS IS THE ONE CHURCH, 19:52 WHERE -- THE SPANISH CHURCH, THEY CAME BACK AND SHOWED THEIR 19:57 PICTURES AND TESTIMONY. THERE IS THE HEAD ELDER ON THE 20:00 LEFT OF THE SCREEN THERE, STANDING SIDEWAYS, HE IS ON THE 20:04 FAR LEFT STANDING THERE. I THINK HE HAD A VIDEO CAMERA IN 20:08 HIS RIGHT HAND THERE, AND HE WENT BACK TO HIS CHURCH, AND 20:11 THOSE ARE SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT SAID WE WANT TO GO 20:14 BACK AND HELP THIS LITTLE CHURCH OUT. 20:17 >> WOW, LOOK AT THAT. >> YEAH. 20:20 >> THE COLOR IS NON-THREATENING. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SHOT. 20:25 >> THAT IS A DOOR HANGER. IT HAS THEIR LOGO, AND THE BIBLE 20:30 STUDY CARD. YOU COULD SEE THESE THINGS, IT 20:33 FELT LIKE FROM A HALF MILE AWAY. THEY ARE 18 INCHES LONG AND 4.5 20:39 INCHES WIDE, AND YOU COULD DRIVE ALL OVER THE CITY AND SEE THESE 20:43 LIKE THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN. IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING. 20:46 I COULDN'T HELP BUT TAKE THAT PICTURE. 20:49 AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, OUR CHURCHES ORGANIZED -- THEIR MAPS 20:54 AND ENGINEER, OUR MEMBERS WERE THE STOLE RESPONSIBILITY -- THEY 20:58 ORGANIZED ALL OF THESE THINGS -- ORGANIZED THEM IN 21:02 ZONES. THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 21:03 DO MUCH. SOME OF THESE MEMBERS DIDN'T 21:05 HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK HARDLY FROM THE CAR WITH THEIR WALKER, 21:09 BUT THEY COULD MAKE MAPS. THEY MADE FOOD, AND STAYED 21:14 BEHIND AND PRAYED. AND ORGANIZED THEM IN ZONES. 21:20 WE WOULD SEND 10 TO 15 PEOPLE TO A ZONE. 21:24 >> SO EVERYBODY DID SOMETHING. >> EVERYBODY DID SOMETHING. 21:27 >> LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SHOT. >> THIS ONE -- IS THIS YOUR BUS? 21:31 >> I CAN FINISH THIS STORY. THIS IS WHEN BLUE MOUNTAIN 21:36 ACADEMY CAME FOR THE YOUTH RALLY TO PITTSBURGH. 21:38 AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE GIRL THAT ACTUALLY WAS PART OF AN 21:42 INNER CITY WORK GOING ON IN PITTSBURGH, AND SHE WANTED TO GO 21:46 TO BLUE MOUNTAIN ACADEMY. SO THEY TOOK HER OVER AND FOUND 21:52 THE MONEY FROM 40 YEARS AGO. THAT SAME GIRL NOW ASKED HER 21:56 PASTOR, WHEN I COME BACK TO CHURCH IN PITTSBURGH, AT HER 22:00 CHURCH, CAN -- CAN I PREACH? SO SHE IS GIVING THE MESSAGE AT 22:04 OUR PASTOR'S MEETING. SHE WAS THERE TO TALK TO ALL OF 22:08 THE PASTORS ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME ABOUT IN HER LIFE. 22:13 SO YOUNG PEOPLE COMING FROM CITY STREETS, AGAIN, BECOMING 22:19 INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE MISSION AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN 22:22 OUR CHURCH. >> THESE LIVES THAT ARE BEING 22:25 REIGNITED OR IGNITED SOMETIMES FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE SAYING 22:28 WAIT A MINUTE, I'M BECOMING A FOUNTAIN. 22:32 >> I HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE TO TELL, I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT 22:34 IS HAPPENING. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE 22:36 MESSAGE GOES OUT. >> AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. 22:40 WE'RE TAKING SOME BIG RISKS, BECAUSE ANY TIME YOU ALLOW 22:45 SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF, IT IS 22:49 A RISK. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 22:51 >> BUT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS BAPTIZED TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, 22:56 THE VERY NEXT SABBATH OUR PASTOR HAD THE VISION AND WISDOM TO 23:04 HAVE HER PREACH. BECAUSE HER TESTIMONY WAS SO 23:11 POWERFUL -- ONE OF OUR BIBLE WORKERS HAD REACHED OUT TO HER, 23:15 SHE STARTED TAKING BIBLE STUDIES, AND SHE BECAME ON FIRE. 23:19 NOW LET ME SAY THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL. 23:22 SHE IS A NURSE PRACTITIONER. SHE IS A PROFESSOR AT THE 23:26 COLLEGE. HER HUSBAND IS A PROFESSOR AT 23:30 THE COLLEGE. THEY HAVE CHILDREN. 23:32 WHEN SHE WAS BAPTIZED, SHE SAID I HAVE GOT TO SHOUT FROM THE 23:36 MOUNTAIN TOP HOW GOD IS GOOD. I HAVE GOT TO TELL MY STORY. 23:40 SO THE PASTOR SAID WHY DON'T WE LET YOU TELL YOUR TESTIMONY NEXT 23:46 SAB BOTH DURING THE SERMON TIME. WHEN WE GET THAT SEED WITHIN OUR 23:52 CHURCH, WE MAY HAVE TWO OR THREE, OR FIVE NEW BAPTISMS, BUT 23:56 THAT IS THE IMPETUS THAT WILL BRING 10 AND 15 AND 20 AND 30 24:01 NEXT YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE TO MOVE FROM ADDITION TO 24:06 MULTIPLICATION. WE HAVE TO HAVE TOTAL MEMBER 24:09 INVOLVEMENT, ESPECIALLY THE NEW MEMBERS. 24:11 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM. 24:15 WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE DISCIPLESHIP MATERAL, AND THE 24:20 SPIRITUAL BODY WE'RE USING, IT IS EXCITING. 24:25 AND PASTOR ANTHONY CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 24:29 >> IT'S A POWERFUL, POWERFUL PROGRAM. 24:33 JUST TO SEE THE DYNAMIC CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN MEMBERS' 24:37 MINDS ABOUT WHAT IS CHURCH? AND JUST THE PART ABOUT ADDITION 24:43 VERSUS MULTIPLICATION, MANY TIMES OUR CHURCH MEMBERS THINK 24:46 ABOUT, WELL, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE OR -- OR 24:50 WHATEVER IT IS, AND THAT IDEA OF MULTIPLICATION IS ALL YOU HAVE 24:55 TO KNOW IS ONE -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. 24:58 >> JUST FIND ONE FOR JESUS THIS YEAR. 25:00 AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THE FACT -- GOD JUST WANTS YOU 25:04 TO GET ONE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, GOD WILL 25:07 PROVIDE IT, AND GOD WILL PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE 25:10 THOSE THINGS HAPPEN THROUGH THE SPIRITUAL BODY PROGRAM, AND NOT 25:15 ONLY SPIRITUAL BODY, BUT THE NEXT BOOK ALSO THAT IS I'M 25:21 ALLERGIC TO WITNESSING. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK 25:24 I'M GOING TO BREAK OUT IN HIVES IF I TALK TO SOMEBODY, AND IT 25:30 ADDRESSES ALL OF THOSE ISSUES. I JUST APPRECIATE KIM JOHNSSON 25:35 PUTTING TOGETHER THAT SERIES -- >> WHAT IS THE TITLE AGAIN? 25:39 >> I'M ALLERGIC TO WITNESSING. >> OKAY. 25:44 >> WE TALKED ABOUT UNITY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHURCH COMING 25:48 TOGETHER, AND THAT'S ALL A FOCAL POINT FOR FAITH FOR FAMILY. 25:52 BECAUSE WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE BROKEN. 25:55 FAMILIES THAT NEED HELP, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE 25:58 CHURCH BODY TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE SINGLE MOMS, 26:03 THOSE PEOPLE TRYING TO COME OFF OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OR WHATEVER 26:07 IT MAY THAT THERE HAS TO BE THAT TOTAL UNITY, THAT TOTAL MEMBER 26:11 INVOLVEMENT TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. 26:12 AND SPIRITUAL BODY BUILDING HELPS WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE, 26:16 BECAUSE IT BEGINS TO SAY WHY DID GOD PUT THE CHURCH HERE TO BEGIN 26:21 WITH? >> THAT'S RIGHT. 26:23 >> WAS IT JUST SO WE WOULD HAVE A NICE PLACE TO COME ON SABBATH 26:28 MORNING. AND THEN GO HOME AND EAT LUNCH? 26:31 INSTEAD IT'S ABOUT REALLY GETTING INVOLVED IN OUR 26:35 COMMUNITIES AND IN OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS LIVES, AND JUST SEEING 26:39 THAT HAPPEN WHERE CHURCH MEMBERS ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE ONE ANOTHER 26:42 LIVE NOW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 26:44 >> WHERE BEFORE WE SEE THEM ON SABBATH AND THAT WAS IT. 26:48 AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO ONE ANOTHER'S HOUSES DOING EVENTS 26:52 TOGETHER AND RIDING ON A BUS. MY MEMBERS WERE SO SURPRISED 26:56 ABOUT JUST PUTTING 20 AND 30 OF THEM IN THE SAME VEHICLE, HOW 27:02 MUCH CONNECTION TOOK PLACE JUST IN THAT TRAVEL TIME TOGETHER TO 27:06 GO OUT WEST AND TO GO OUTDOOR-TO-DOOR AND TO DO THOSE 27:11 THINGS. >> FOR THE MOST PART JUST 27:13 SABBATH MORNING THAT HOUR IN CHURCH, OR THOS THAT COME ONLY 27:19 FOR THE MAIN SERVICE, JUST TO USE THAT PHRASE, HAPPY SABBATH 27:27 AND WHAT IS HAPPY ABOUT IT IF YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED. 27:32 >> JUST THIS LAST YEAR -- I WANT TO SAY -- I WANT TO CONFESS TO 27:36 YOU, THAT 1,340 PEOPLE GAVE UP THEIR SERMON FOR SABBATH. 27:42 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH THIS DAY. 27:45 THEY WERE CHURCH. IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. 27:47 THEY -- THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING TO BE FED. 27:50 THEY WENT OUT TO FEED. AND IT'S MAKING ALL OF THE 27:53 DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. BEFORE SOMEBODY SAYS, YEAH, BUT 27:56 THEY ARE HAVING ALL OF THAT SUCCESS BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT 28:01 THERE. OUR CHURCH IS ALL OLD PEOPLE. 28:03 WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DO THINGS. 28:05 AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. THESE CHURCHES ARE NO DIFFERENT. 28:09 I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN 80-YEAR-OLD LADY WHO HAD BEEN IN 28:12 THE CHURCH FOR 50 YEARS. SHE HAD NEVER ONCE INVITED 28:16 ANYBODY TO CHURCH. NOW WITH TOTAL MEMBER 28:19 INVOLVEMENT AND THIS PROCESS, WE'RE CHALLENGING EVERYBODY TO 28:22 PRAY AND TO BRING PEOPLE TO CHURCH. 28:24 >> UH-HUH. >> AND SO THIS LADY, SHE DECIDED 28:28 THAT SHE WOULD COME TO PRAYER MEETING. 28:30 SHE WOULD GIVE IT A TRY. BUT THE REQUIREMENT WAS THAT SHE 28:33 HAD TO START WRITING DOWN NAMES TO PRAY FOR, AND SHE DIDN'T 28:37 THINK THAT SHE HAD ANY NAMES, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANY 28:42 NON-ADVENTISTS, BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN IN HER OWN LITTLE COCOON 28:47 FOR YEARS. 80 YEARS OLD, 50 YEARS IN THE 28:52 CHURCH, SHE NEVER BROUGHT ANYBODY TO CHURCH. 28:54 SHE FINALLY HAD TWO NAMES. BY THE END SHE HAD EIGHT NAMES 28:59 THAT SHE WAS PRAYING FOR TO BRING TO THE MEETINGS. 29:03 SHE GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT WHEN SOMEONE CAME TO THE MEETINGS, 29:08 SHE ASKED THE PASTOR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE, AND SHE 29:11 IS VERY SHY, CAN I STAND UP FRONT AND GIVE A TESTIMONY WHAT 29:16 JESUS HAS DONE IN MY LIFE. SHE TOLD HER CHURCH THAT SHE 29:21 FELT MORE LIVE IN JESUS THAN SHE HAD EVER FELT IN ALL OF HER 29:25 YEARS IN MINISTRY, AND IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS OUT DOING 29:29 SOMETHING FOR HIM, SHE WAS LIVING FOR JESUS. 29:32 >> THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO SITTING THERE FOR 30 29:36 YEARS, OR -- >> 50 YEARS. 29:38 >> AND JUST TAKING IN WHAT HAPPENS ON A WEEK BY WEEK BASIS. 29:42 AND THERE IS SUCH AN APATHY IN SO MANY COMMUNITIES. 29:47 WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER AT OUR CHURCH, SHE CALLS IT 29:55 CHURCH-IANTIY. SHE SAID I HAD HAD SUFFICIENT 30:01 CHURCH-IANITY. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HER IS KIND 30:03 OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. HER SISTER CAME OVER APP 30:08 SABBATH. AND SAID WHAT ARE YOU ALL 30:10 DRESSED UP ABOUT? SHE HADN'T BEEN IN CHURCH FOR 30:14 PROBABLY 30 YEARS. NOT EVEN AN ADVENTIST. 30:17 AND SHE SAID CAN I GO WITH YOU NEXT WEEK? 30:20 AND SHE CAME OUT OF THIS FOG OF EXPERIENCES THAT HAD KIND OF 30:27 CRUSHED HER ATTITUDE ABOUT CHURCH. 30:29 CAME, AND THE LORD SPOKE TO HER HEART. 30:33 THE DEVIL MADE AN ATTEMPT TO PUSH HER AWAY. 30:37 SHE FORGED THROUGH THAT, AND NOW SHE IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF OUR 30:41 CHURCH. HER HUSBAND IS COMING WITH HER. 30:44 HE IS NOT A MEMBER, BUT HIS HEART IS SO MOVED TO DO THINGS 30:47 FOR THE CHURCH, AND ONE THING I WANT TO MENION HERE. 30:52 SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS -- 30:54 >> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, JOHN. 30:56 >> GO AHEAD. >> I WAS JUST WANTING TO SAY 30:58 THIS -- I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION. 31:02 YOU ARE THE GUY IN CHARGE HERE. BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THE 31:05 QUESTION, DO YOU THINK ONLY MEMBERS CAN WITNESS FOR JESUS? 31:08 >> NO. >> THAT YOUNG BOY WITH HIS 31:11 BROKEN ENGLISH, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR. 31:19 JOHN WAS BROUGHT IN BY A MEMBER THAT HE MET AT WAL-MART. 31:24 BUT HE DECIDED TO GO OUTDOOR-TO-DOOR WITH US, AND HE 31:28 WASN'T BAPTIZED UNTIL FOUR MONTHS LATER. 31:30 HE GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THAT JOHN WENT THE NEXT WEEK ON 31:36 HIS OWN -- SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE WEEK, AND ON THE NEXT 31:41 SABBATH WITH OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS AND PASSED OUTDOOR 31:45 HANGERS BY HIMSELF BECAUSE HE FELT SO EMPOWERED AND BLESSED BY3 31:49 THE ENERGY THAT WAS CREATED WITH ALL OF THIS. 31:53 HE WASN'T EVEN A MEMBER. AND IT WAS THROUGH THAT PROCESS 31:58 THAT MORE PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED AND JOHN JOINED A GROUP 32:02 THAT -- WHERE OTHERS WERE BAPTIZED JOHN FINALLY MADE HIS 32:07 DECISION TO BE BAPTIZED BECAUSE OF THE EXAMPLES FROM THE OTHERS 32:10 THAT HE SAW. SO IT'S A BIG PICTURE WHEN WE 32:13 ALL GET TOTALLY INVOLVED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 32:18 PASTOR STEWART. >> AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE 32:21 EVANGELISM THAT WAS PART OF THE FAITH FOR FAMILY INITIATIVE, WE 32:25 DECIDED TO DO A BIBLE MARKING CL 32:32 CLASS. AFTER THE EVANGELISTIC 32:34 SERIES -- YOU INVITE EVERYBODY TO THIS, 14 PEOPLE -- NOW THIS 32:37 IS A LITTLE CHURCH THAT MAYBE AVERAGES 20 OR 25 PEOPLE A WEEK, 32:42 14 PEOPLE CAME TO THE BIBLE MARKING CLASS ON TUESDAY NIGHT, 32:46 NONE OF THEM WERE CHURCH MEMBERS. 32:48 >> LOOK AT THAT. >> SO THIGH HAD HEARD ALL OF 32:51 THESE NEW TRUTHS AND THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SHARE 32:55 WITH SOMEBODY. YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE THAT? 32:59 WHY WOULD YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 33:01 SO THEY HAVE BEEN MARKING THEIR BIBLES FAITHFULLY, AND NOW THEY 33:05 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED 33:09 WITH OTHERS. SO, AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET MORE AND 33:12 MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IT GETS BIGGER THAN JUST YOU. 33:15 >> THE CHURCH IS KIND OF LIKE A BAKERY. 33:19 YOU KNOW, WHEN A BAKERY IS BAKING BREAD OR CAKES, YOU CAN 33:22 DRIVE BY AND SMELL IT. WOW, I'M HUNGRY. 33:27 AND WHAT HAPPENS, THE CHURCH IS THERE TO CREATE A HUNGER IN THE 33:31 HEARTS AND LIVESOVER THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. 33:34 IF WE'RE NOT CREATING A HUNGER, WE'RE NOT ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. 33:41 IF THE LORD IS TOUCHING THE HEARTS OF MEMBERS AND 33:46 NON-MEMBERS ALIKE. THE LORD DIDN'T JUST DIE FOR 33:52 MEMBERS. HE DIED FOR HUMANITY. 33:54 BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MORE PICTURES WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 33:58 BEFORE WE GO TO KEY QUESTIONS. BECAUSE WE HAVE A QUESTION 34:02 SOMEBODY ASKED FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 34:04 HOW CAN I START THIS INITIATIVE IN MY CHURCH? 34:08 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT TALK ABOUT THIS PICTURE 34:12 HERE. >> THAT'S ONE OF OUR SPANISH 34:14 MEMBERS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE LITTLE GIRL 34:16 CAN SPEAK ENGLISH, BUT SHE SAW THE MOTHER OF THIS CHILD WAS 34:20 BUSY, SO SHE VOLUNTEERED TO GO HELP. 34:22 BUT I THINK IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC OF ALL OF US GETTING TOGETHER 34:27 AND NOT WORRYING ABOUT CULTURE, RACE, DOES MY CHURCH GET THE 34:31 CREDIT FOR THIS? BECAUSE IN ACTS 2, WHEN ONE 34:36 CHURCH MEMBER NEEDED SOMETHING, ANOTHER CHURCH MEMBER HELPED. 34:41 AND THEY WOULD EVEN SELL LAND AND PROPERTY AND DO AL OF THE 34:45 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAD SO THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE, YOU 34:48 KNOW, SPREADING THE GOSPEL. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE MUST 34:52 NOT EXPECT THE PASTOR TO DO ALL OF THIS. 34:55 THIS HAS TO BE TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, AND I WANT TO 34:59 CHALLENGE THE PASTORS ALL OVER THE WORLD, THAT YOU WANT TO DO 35:04 THE LORD'S WILL, YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR MEMBERS INVOLVED. 35:08 YOU HAVE TO CHALLENGE THEM. AND HERE IS WHAT YOUR MEMBERS 35:10 WILL SAY. IT'S ABOUT TIME. 35:13 WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO GIVE US THE 35:16 DIRECTION AND THE LEADERSHIP, AND WE WILL JOIN YOU. 35:20 WE WERE ONLY HOPING -- PRAYING BY 600 BY FAITH TO COME OUT 35:25 WEST, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK THAT POSIBLY 1340 PEOPLE WOULD 35:31 SHOW UP, BUT WE PUT OUT THE CALL AND THEY OVER -- DOUBLED OUR 35:36 EXPECTATIONS. I THINK I HAVE LACK OF FAITH FOR 35:38 WHAT GOD CAN DO. >> BUT NOW YOUR FAITH IS 35:41 STRONGER THAN IT WAS -- >> WELL, IT IS ALWAYS STRONGER, 35:44 BUT I THINK IF I TRIED MORE, AND PUT GOD MORE TO THE TEST, LESS 35:50 OF SELF WOULD BE THERE, AND MORE OF GOD WOULD BE AVAILABLE. 35:53 SO WE'RE PRAYING FOR MIRACLES. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY 35:59 PUBLICLY, BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF WHAT OUR GOALS ARE THIS YEAR, 36:05 BUT I BELIEVE GOD WILL BE FAR MORE EXCEEDINGLY GRACIOUS TO US. 36:11 >> PASTOR, HOW HAS THIS REVOLUTIONIZED YOUR MESSAGES? 36:19 >> WELL, I HAVE NEW PEOPLE TO PREACH TO. 36:22 AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD THINGS, SO IT CHANGES HOW YOU GO 36:26 ABOUT YOUR SERMONS WHEN YOU KNOW THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE IN YOUR 36:31 CONGREGATION THAT ARE LISTENING. YOU NEED MORE EXPLANATION NOT SO 36:38 MANY ASSUMPTIONS. WHICH I THINK IS GOOD FOR THE 36:42 REGULAR PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCHES AS WELL. 36:45 EVANGELISM IS WHAT I DO, BUT IT MAKES SOME OF YOUR REGULAR, 36:49 WEEK-TO-WEEK SERMONS -- YOU HAVE CLEARER EXPLANATIONS -- 36:53 >> YOU SHARPEN THE TIP OF YOUR PENCIL. 36:57 >> YEAH. >> NOW I KNOW WHAT I'M INVOLVED 37:00 IN ON A BROADER SCALE, I CAN TAILOR THAT GOING FORWARD. 37:05 ANOTHER WORD FOR INITIATIVE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT'S PUSH. 37:11 THERE WAS A PARTICULAR PASTOR, MONTAVO. 37:16 I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT -- >> DID WE ANSWER THE QUESTION 37:20 FROM OUR SISTER IN SOUTH AFRICA. >> IT WAS A BROTHER IN SOUTH 37:25 AFRICA. >> BROTHER. 37:27 HE WAS ASKING HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED IN THIS TYPE OF 37:32 INITIATIVE? >> AND HE IS NOT EVEN THE 37:36 PASTOR. >> OKAY. 37:36 IF YOU COULD GO TO FAITHFORFAMILY.ORG, WE WILL SEND 37:47 YOU ALL OF OUR MATERIAL ABSOLUTELY FREE. 37:50 IF ANY PASTOR OF CONFERENCE AROUND THE WORLD WOULD LIKE TO 37:53 HAVE OUR MATERIAL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD ANYTHING BACK. 37:56 BECAUSE IF IT'S WORKING FOR US, IT WILL WORK FOR YOU. 38:00 WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL OF OUR ENERGY, RESOURCES, TRIAL AND 38:05 ERROR, AND GIVE YOU WHAT HAS WORKED. 38:08 WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. >> WOULD THAT BE ON YOUR 38:14 CONFERENCE WEBSITE. >> YES. 38:16 THEY CAN WRITE OR CALL, BUT I'M GIVING THEM AN EMAIL ADDRESS. 38:21 >> WHAT IS THAT EMAIL ADDRESS. >> 38:33 FAITHFORFAMILY@PACONFERENCE.ORG. >> YES. 38:35 >> OKAY. NOW YOU HAVE GOT TO TELL THE 38:38 STORY. >> PASTOR GABRIEL MONTAVO HAS 38:43 BEEN MY MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATE -- IT JUST TOUCHES MY 38:47 HEART TO SEE THE PICTURE OF HIM RIGHT NOW. 38:50 HE HAD BEEN WORKING HIS HEART OUT, GIVING TREMENDOUS ADVISE 38:55 AND SUPPORT. AND ON OCTOBER 1ST, THAT 38:59 MORNING, HE HAD BEEN UP PAST MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND 39:02 HE HAD BEEN TELLING ME HE WAS GOING TO BRING SO MANY OF HIS 39:07 CHURCH MEMBERS FROM PHILADELPHIA. 39:09 HE HAD 80 FROM THIS CHURCH, 120 FROM THAT CHURCH. 39:13 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 75% OF HIS CHURCH WAS GOING TO LEAVE AT 39:18 5:00 AM TO DRIVE OVER TO WESTERN PA TO PARTICIPATE. 39:24 AND HE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS 39:28 YEAR. BUT HIS -- 39:28 >> 2016? >> OF 2016. 39:31 >> UH-HUH. >> BUT NOT ONE OF HIS CHURCHES 39:36 STAYED BEHIND. THEY HOPPED ON THOSE BUSES. 39:38 THEY GOT IN THOSE VANS, AND THEY SHOWED UP AT THOSE CHURCHES, 39:43 THEY SHOWED UP AT THE CHURCH THAT I WAS AT IN INDIANA, PA, 39:49 AND I JUST WEPT AND I HELD THEM AS THEY CAME THROUGH THE DOOR, 39:52 AND THEY SAID HOW COULD WE NOT COME OUT AND LIVE THE DREAM AND 39:57 VISION OF OUR PASTOR FOR US TO BE INVOLVED AND HELP THESE 40:02 CHURCHES? I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT, 40:05 PASTOR GABRIEL GAVE HIS LIFE, LITERALLY FOR HIS MEMBERS. 40:10 AT HIS FUNERAL, WE HAD -- OH, I DON'T KNOW, 6, 700 PEOPLE. 40:16 IT WAS JUST PACKED, AND WE ASKED, HOW MANY HERE WERE 40:21 BAPTIZED BECAUSE OF YOU -- BECAUSE OF PASTOR GABRIEL 40:25 MONTAVO. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IF THERE 40:29 WASN'T 300 HANDS WENT UP THERE WASN'T ONE. 40:31 >> WOW. >> THE HANS -- HANDS WENT UP ALL 40:40 OVER THE PLACE. AND THAT'S WHY HIS MEMBERS CAME 40:45 OUT. HE GAVE THE BEST ADVISE, BECAUSE 40:48 IT WAS ALWAYS GODLY ADVICE. AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE THE 40:53 TIME THAT HE SERVED GOD HERE WITH HIS CHURCH. 40:57 >> AND SO NOW THE LEGACY THAT HIS NAME BRINGS NOT ONLY TO HIS 41:05 MEMBERSHIP, BUT THOSE THAT CAME TOGETHER, THERE IS AN ONGOING 41:11 LEGACY. >> YEAH. 41:11 >> THIS INITIATIVE STARTED WITH YOUR CONFERENCE BEFORE PASTOR 41:15 STEWART GOT ON BOARD, THE SPARK WAS LIT IN 2015 -- 41:19 >> BUT GABRIEL WAS PART OF THAT INITIAL GROUP THAT ORGANIZED AND 41:25 CONTINUED TO HELP GROW. THIS HAS MORPHED AND CHANGED AND 41:28 IT IS GROWING, AND IT WILL BE BETTER NEXT YEAR, BUT THE 41:33 FOUNDATION STARTED WITH PASTOR GABRIEL, AND ALL OF THE PASTORS 41:37 THERE FROM GROUND FLOOR UP. >> HE DIED THE MORNING OF THE 41:42 INITIATIVE, AND MY CHURCH IN PITTSBURGH WAS FULL OF HIS 41:47 MEMBERS THERE. WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES THEY 41:50 CAME AND STILL WENT OUT AND FULFILLED THE INITIATIVE. 41:57 >> A SEED OF FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS THE PRECIOUS IN 42:01 THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE SAINTS. 42:10 AND PASTOR MONTAVO WON'T KNOW UNTIL ETERNITY. 42:15 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> YOU CAN DO NOTHING AGAINST 42:17 THE TRUTH, ONLY FOR THE TRUTH. >> AMEN. 42:20 >> EVERY OBSTACLE THAT COMES UP WILL DO SOMETHING IN A POSITIVE 42:25 ASPECT TO ADVANCE THE TRUTH OF GOD. 42:27 >> I -- I HAVE TO SAY ONE THING. HIS WIFE SAID TO ME AT THE 42:31 FUNERAL THAT DAY, I WASN'T EVEN GOING TO GO UP FRONT, BECAUSE I 42:36 KNEW I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH WITHOUT SHEDDING A TEAR. 42:41 AND SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO GO UP, BECAUSE SHE WANTED ME TO TALK 42:48 ABOUT HER HUSBAND, BUT SHE -- WHEN I WAS COMING THROUGH 42:51 THE LINE, SHE JUST HUGGED ME AND HELD ON, AND SHE SAID PROMISE 42:55 ME, PROMISE ME, THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE THIS GREAT AND MIGHTY 43:00 WORK, BECAUSE GABRIEL CAN'T BE HERE ANYMORE, AND I NEED YOU TO 43:04 BE THE CATALYST TO KEEP THIS DREAM AND VISION GOING. 43:07 SO THAT'S VERY MOTIVATING TO ME. I DON'T EVER WANT TO GIVE UP. 43:11 BUT MORE THAN GABRIEL'S DEATH, OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN SENT HIS 43:16 SON FOR US. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 43:18 >> AND I TELL YOU WHAT, I THINK THAT'S THE MOTIVATION FOR EVERY 43:21 SINGLE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING AGAIN 43:25 SOON, AND I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT. 43:27 >> THAT'S RIGHT. PRAISE THE LORD. 43:29 >> I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 43:31 >> SO IT'S NOT DIFFICULT -- THIS IS NOT A SACRIFICE. 43:35 IT'S A PRIVILEGE. IT'S A JOY. 43:37 AND IT'S SO THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 43:40 OUR HEAVENLY ANGELS WISH THEY COULD DO THIS, AND WE HAVE BEEN 43:45 PLAYING ASLEEP FOR YEARS NOT DOING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 43:49 IT'S TIME THAT WE GET OFF OF OUR PEWS IN CHURCH AND GO OUT AND 43:52 REACH OUR COMMUNITY. >> PASTOR ANTHONY, HOW DO YOU 43:56 CHALLENGE THOSE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE PROGRAM. 44:00 SOMEBODY DRIVING SAYING WOW, I WOULD HEAR THE PASSION IN PASTOR 44:05 BAILEY'S VOICE. I CAN HEAR THAT THIS NEEDS TO 44:09 HAPPEN IN MY OWN LIFE, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT FAMILY. 44:13 THE ESSENCE OF THE GOSPEL IS THE LOVE OF JESUS FOR FALLEN 44:17 HUMANITY. HOW DOES THAT RESINATE? 44:19 >> WELL, AS I LOOK AT THE TOTAL PACKAGE OF FAITH FOR FAMILY, AND 44:24 HAVE SEEN RESULTS EVEN IN MY OWN CHURCH AND MIND SETS BEGINNING 44:29 TO CHANGE AND SEEING PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, 44:33 INVITING PEOPLE TO CHURCH, THIS LAST WEEK I RECEIVED A PHONE 44:37 CALL FROM SOMEBODY SAYING I ATTENDED YOUR CHURCH SEVERAL 44:40 YEARS BACK AGO WITH MY -- MY FAMILY, AND WE REALLY WERE 44:46 SPIRITUALLY BLESSED. WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE CAME TO 44:49 CHURCH? >> WOULD IT BE OKAY? 44:51 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YEAH, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS 44:54 GOING THIS IS JUST THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING. 44:57 I THINK PART OF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT -- THE 45:01 GENTLEMEN THAT WROTE IN IS PRAYER. 45:03 I THINK SO MANY TIMES WE UNDERESTIMATE WHAT PRAYER CAN 45:07 DO, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT HARDSHIPS. 45:10 I TOLD YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH HE MAY HAVE GOT SUNSHINE EVERY TIME 45:14 HE WENT OUT, I WAS GETTING RAIN. AND ONE OF THE STORIES THAT I 45:19 SHARED WITH MY MEMBERS AFTER WENT TO WESTERN PA WAS I WAS UP 45:24 ON A PORCH HANDED A PERSON A HANDBILL, TALKED ABOUT THE 45:28 PROGRAM, WENT TO LEAVE AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN TORRENTIAL, AND I 45:32 JUST SAID, I'M NOT STEPPING OFF THIS PORCH, AND I JUST TURNED 45:38 BACK AROUND, AND WE HAD A GOOD 20-MINUTE CONVERSATION, AND WE 45:42 SHARED SOME OF THE PAIN AND AGONY, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 45:45 TO PRAY WITH HIM, AND PRAY FOR HIM DURING THOSE THINGS. 45:51 SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY THINK THIS IS TERRIBLE RAIN, BUT GOD HAS A 45:55 PURPOSE FOR EACH ONE OF US, IN EACH OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 45:59 AND I WOULD ENOURAGE PEOPLE, BEGIN TO PRAY.-DON'T QUIT. 46:03 DON'T GIVE UP. BECAUSE YOU MAY BE WORKING FOR 46:06 SOMEONE ELSE'S FAMILY. AND SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD 46:11 SOMEBODY MAY BE WORKING FOR YOURS, AND TO HAVE THAT 46:15 RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, SO WE CAN SPEND ETERNITY TOGETHER WITH 46:19 OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 46:22 >> PASTOR PEPPER DO YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON THIS? 46:25 >> SURE. IF THERE IS A MESSAGE I WOULD 46:27 LIKE TO TAKE TO MY OWN MEMBERS, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 46:32 PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE AND AROUND THE WORLD. 46:35 PASTOR WHITE CAME TO MY CHURCH ONE TIME, AND PREACHED THE 46:40 SERMON, GET OFF OF YOUR SEAT, GET ON YOUR FEET, HIT THE 46:44 STREET, THERE'S PEOPLE TO MEET. WE HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND 46:48 MEET PEOPLE AND BE RELATIONAL, HELP PEOPLE, AND TEACH PEOPLE 46:53 WHAT WE BELIEVE AND WHY WE BELIEVE IT. 46:55 AND I THINK AS WE DO THAT, 11,000-PLUS PEOPLE IN THE 47:01 PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE BEGIN TO DO THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AN 47:05 INFERNO. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 47:06 YOU TALKED ABOUT CONTINUED EVANGELISM, DO YOU HAVE ANY 47:10 DATES SET FOR UP COMING SERIES THIS YEAR? 47:12 >> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR D-DAY ON OCTOBER 14TH. 47:18 THAT'S WHERE THE BOOTS HIT THE STREETS. 47:20 WE'RE ANTICIPATING WELL OVER 1300 TO COME THIS TIME. 47:24 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU ARE IN NEW JERSEY, OR PENNSYLVANIA, OR 47:29 CALIFORNIA, OR ILLINOIS AND YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING 47:32 BIGGER THAN YOU, COME ON OVER AND WITNESS WHAT IS HAPPENING, 47:35 AND BE A PART OF IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 47:38 >> WE HAD PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER. 47:40 IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME AND PARTNER WITH EVANGELISTIC 47:44 SERIES, YOU CAN GIVE SOME BIBLE WORK UP OR WHATEVER. 47:47 A WEEK LATER, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING ALL OF THESE SERIES, 47:52 HOPEFULLY IN 29 CHURCHES, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP. 47:55 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S FOR YOUR CONFERENCE OR YOUR 47:59 DIVISION OR WHATEVER. IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF 48:01 SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOU, YOU WANT TO WORK FOR GOD'S CHURCH, 48:05 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEREAS LONG AS YOU ARE WORKING. 48:08 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND IF WE GO OVERSEAS THERE ARE 48:11 PEOPLE THAT RAISE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GO OVERSEAS, AND SAY 48:16 I WANT TO BE A MISSIONARY. IT WOULD COST A LOT LESS. 48:26 >> IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA ALONE, LESS THAN 1 IN 5,000 PEOPLE, 48:31 THAT'S THE DENSITY OF THE ADVENTIST POPULATION, WHICH IS 48:36 WAY LESS DENSITY THAN THEY HAVE EVEN IN THE 10 TO 40 WINDOW. 48:42 >> WHERE THE NAME OF JESUS IS ALMOST HARDLY REPEATED. 48:47 AND YET IN PENNSYLVANIA, OR IN PITTSBURGH -- WELL, PENNSYLVANIA 48:50 AT LARGE -- >> WELL, PITTSBURGH IN 48:54 PARTICULAR. EASTERN PA THE NUMBERS ARE MUCH 48:56 BETTER. IN WESTERN PA, IT SHARPLY DROPS 48:59 OFF. >> SO THE OPPOSITIONS ARE -- IS 49:01 IT A MAJOR CITY THERE? >> PITTSBURGH -- 49:03 >> OH, YEAH. >> AND PHILADELPHIA ARE TWO 49:08 MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS. THERE IS OVER 3.3 MILLION IN 49:13 THAT AREA ALONE. >> YOU HAVE THE ENTERTAINMENT, 49:16 NIGHT LIFE, THE CRIME IS A LOT HIGHER, THE DISTRACTIONS, THE 49:20 CACOPHONY OF WORLDLY VOICES CALLING PEOPLE. 49:25 AND YET, THAT'S NOT FEARFUL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS INITIATIVE. 49:30 YOU GUYS ARE IGNORING THAT, AND GOING BEYOND THAT. 49:33 >> UH-HUH. >> TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS 49:37 PEOPLE CAN DO TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS SERIES IN OCTOBER. 49:40 >> WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND, WE ARE LOOKING 49:43 FOR BIBLE WORKERS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO SAY 49:47 GOD HAS PLACED THIS BURDEN UPON MY HEART. 49:50 WE WANT THEM TO CONTACT US, AND SAY, YES, THIS IS A GIFT, I 49:54 THINK, THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US -- >> EVEN IF THEY HAVE NEVER DONE 49:58 IT BEFORE. >> EVEN IF THEY HAVE NEVER DONE 50:00 IT BEFORE. IF YOU ARE A NON-MEMBER AND YOU 50:03 WANT TO COME JOIN US, COME JOIN US. 50:06 HELP US GET THE GOPEL OUT. AND I SAY -- YOU KNOW, AS WE 50:10 MENTIONED EARLIER, I DON'T CARE WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN'T GET UP 50:14 OUT OF A CHAIR, YOU ARE BEDRIDDEN, WHATEVER ELSE, WE 50:19 NEED PRAYER. BECAUSE THE DEVIL ISN'T LIKING 50:21 THIS, AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE DEVIL 50:25 IS PRAYER. >> I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 50:27 THAT, JOHN, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LADY IN PHILADELPHIA, I PEACHED 50:32 AT THAT SABBATH THE WEEK BEFORE, AND SHE SAID PASTOR, I JUST WISH 50:36 MY HEALTH WAS GOOD ENOUGH. I WISH I COULD COME, BUT I -- I 50:40 CAN'T WALK. AND SHE HAD A WALKER, AND SHE 50:43 COULD BARELY GET FROM THE CAR TO THE CHURCH, AND I SAID SISTER, 50:48 WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COE OVER WITH SOMEONE AND SIT IN THE 50:51 CHURCH AND PRAY? SHE CAME OVER. 50:54 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT, THE PRAYERS OF THAT SISTER ARE 50:57 BEAUTIFUL. SHE WAS PRAYING FOR SPECIFIC 51:00 THINGS AS PEOPLE WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR. 51:03 SHE WAS PRAYING THAT THE HANDBILLS WOULD REACH THE HEART, 51:08 AND FOR HEARTS TO CHANGE. AND THAT'S THE CITY WHERE THE 51:12 YOUNG MAN WHO WAS GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE, DIDN'T COMMIT 51:16 SUICIDE THAT DAY. WHEN WE ASK ANY GOOD THING IN 51:20 CHRIST NAME. SO DON'T TELL ME YOU CAN'T DO 51:22 ANYTHING. MY DAUGHTER JUST GOT A BOOK BY 51:30 ROGER MORNEAU -- REMEMBER THOSE? >> OH, YEAH. 51:33 >> THE POWER OF PRAYER. >> THE POWER OF PRAYER, AND 51:36 INCREDIBLE ANSWERS TO PRAYER. SHE FOUND ONE OF THESE BOOKS FOR 51:42 $0.40 AT A BOOKSTORE OR SOMETHING. 51:44 SENT ME A PICTURE OF IT. WELL, THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER. 51:49 AND FOR THAT LADY TO DRIVE, WHAT, 12-HOUR ROUND TIP TO SIT 51:54 IN A CHURCH FOR PRAYER, IT WAS WORTH EVERY MINUTE. 51:58 THAT WAS EVERY BIT AS VALUABLE AS THE PERSON WHO WENT 52:01 DOOR-TO-DOOR IN THE STREET, MAYBE EVEN MORE POWERFUL, 52:05 BECAUSE IT UNLEASHED GOD'S DIVINE POWER UPON THE 52:09 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE OUT THERE. WHETHER THEY WERE PRAYING OR 52:12 NOT, SHE AND MANY OTHERS WERE PRAYING. 52:14 AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU CAN PRAY FOR TOTAL MEMBER 52:19 INVOLVEMENT AROUND THIS WORLD, YES, PENNSYLVANIA, BUT IN OUR 52:23 ENTIRE CHURCH SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE HEARING THIS AND 52:27 PREPARING FOR THE SOON RETURN OF JESUS. 52:29 >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR VIEWERS AND LISTENERS IF YOU ARE 52:32 DRIVING OR YOU MAY BE AT HOME LISTENING TO THE RADIO, WATCHING 52:36 ON TELEVISION, OR MAYBE ON YOUR ANDROID OR iPHONE, YOU NEED TO 52:42 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FAITH FOR FAMILY, AND HERE IS THE 52:45 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET EMPOWERED TO DO SOMETHING FOR 52:48 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ♪ 52:51 >> FAITH FOR FAMILY'S GOAL IS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST 52:54 AND THE GOSPEL WITH FAMILIES AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH OF 53:00 PENNSYLVANIA. YOU CAN CONTACT THEM AT 720 53:05 MUSEUM ROAD, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19611. 53:11 YOU CAN CALL THEM AT 610-374-8331. 53:21 YOUR CAN ALSO VISIT THEM ONLINE AT FAITHFORFAMILY.ORG. 53:28 THAT'S FAITHFORFAMILY.ORG. ♪ 53:33 >> AS YOU CAN SEE, THREE EXCITED PASTORS, PASTOR, STEWART, PASTOR 53:40 ANTHONY, AND PASTOR TIM, BAILEY, CRAWFORD, AND PEPPER, THAT ARE 53:48 NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF YOU SITTING THERE, BUT THESE ARE MEN 53:52 THAT GOD HAS CALLED. AND IT IS HARD TO FINISH THE 53:58 MESSAGE BY JUST PREACHING THE SERMONS. 54:01 IT'S TIME TO GET OUT AND -- SAY THAT AGAIN HIT THE STREET -- 54:07 >> GET OFF OF YOUR SEAT, GET ON YOUR FEET, HIT THE STREET, 54:12 THERE'S PEOPLE TO MEET. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 54:15 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LOOKING FOR 54:18 SOMETHING THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES. 54:21 CHALLENGE OU VIEWERS, AND LISTENERS, OUR AUDIENCE, IF YOU 54:25 HAD JUST 30 SECONDS, A MINUTE OR SO, WHAT COULD YOU TELL THESE 54:28 PEOPLE AS WE BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THIS PROGRAM? 54:31 >> WELL, AS I SAID, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS COMING AGAIN. 54:34 AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE A HANDFUL OF PASTORS AROUND THE 54:38 WORLD IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE 54:42 REACHED. WE NEED TOTAL MEMBER 54:44 INVOLVEMENT. EVERY MEMBER TO DO WHTEVER THEY 54:48 CAN. SOME OF OUR MEMBERS COOKED THE 54:50 DINNERS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WENT OUT ON THE STREETS. 54:53 SOME WERE GREETERS. SOME WERE BIBLE WORKERS. 54:57 SOME WERE PREACHERS. WHATEVER IT WAS, THEY DID WHAT 55:00 THEY COULD. AND I THINK WE QUIT WORRYING 55:03 ABOUT TERRITORY AND TURF. IT'S NOT OUR CHURCH. 55:08 IT'S OUR GOD THAT WE'RE WORKING FOR. 55:09 AND WE NEED TO REACH OUT AND DO WHATEVER WE CAN, WITH WHATEVER 55:13 WE HAVE. AND WE NEED TO SHARE OUR 55:16 RESOURCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT -- AND TEST GOD. 55:19 WE NEED TO TEST GOD. WE NEED TO CALL HIM OUT. 55:23 CALL HIM OUT TO WORK MIGHTY MIRACLES. 55:27 >> I LIKE THAT. YOU CALL GOD OUT, AND GOD IS 55:32 GOING TO SKAL YOU OUT. >> AMEN. 55:35 >> PASTOR ANTHONY. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY HAVE THE 55:39 EXCUSE OUR CHURCH IS TOO SMALL. WE FACE THAT. 55:45 WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS SAID IF 55:49 IT'S GOD'S WILL, IT'S GOD'S BILL, AND GOD WILL ALWAYS PAY 55:55 HIS BILL. GOD HAS THE ANSWERS FOR YOU. 55:57 >> I WANT TO GIVE THE PLUG FOR THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 56:07 CHURCH AT NORTH TOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. 56:11 AND COME JOIN US FOR OUR PRAYER INITIATIVE. 56:16 BEGINNING ON FRIDAY EVENING AT 7:00 PM, AND ALL SAY SATURDAY. 56:23 S THE FAIRVIEW VILLAGE. PASTOR STEWART, 30 SECONDS. 56:27 >> TO THE PEOPLE OUT THERE -- I SEE THE CAMERA POINTED AT ME 56:32 WITH THE RED LIGHT -- I WANT TO SAY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW 56:36 WESTERN PA IS GOING TO BECOME INVOLVED. 56:40 AND TODAY I WAS TOLD I'M GOING TO BE DOING AN EVANGELISTIC 56:46 SE SERIES OVER THERE. 56:48 AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR 56:52 COMING HERE. WE'RE PRAYING FOR SUCCESS IN 56:56 YOUR FAITH FOR FAMILY AND IN YOUR MINISTRY. 57:00 WE KNOW THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED, JESUS WILL COME, BUT 57:04 THE MORE WE CAN DO TO BE A PART OF THAT WILL BE A BLESSING IN 57:08 OUR OWN LIVES. GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE EE YOU 57:11 AGAIN. ♪ |
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