Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), John Lomacang (Host), C.A. & Irma Murray, Derek Morris, Duane & Kathy McKey, Ted & Nancy Wilson
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017512A
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00:05 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE, MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:16 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE REMOVING PAIN 00:29 ♪ LORD LET MY WORDS HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:34 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:45 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:06 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN LIVE. 01:15 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF 01:19 3ABN, AS WE JOIN TOGETHER WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO 01:23 LITERALLY, JOHN, REACH A DYING WORLD. 01:25 >> AMEN. >> I'M CO-HOSTED BY PASTOR JOHN 01:30 LOMACANG WHO IS OUR WORLD EVANGELISM DIRECTOR AT 3ABN. 01:34 JOHN, WE HAVE A PROGRAM TODAY THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE A 01:37 BLESSING TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY PRAYED AND INVITED 01:42 THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE HERE, AND WHEN YOU HAVE HIM TO BE HERE, 01:47 THEN HE IS GOING TO BE HERE. BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE INFORMATION 01:52 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT THINGS ARE ALIVE AND WELL ASH 02:02 -- AROUND THE WORLD. >> DANNY WHAT IS EXCITING ABOUT 02:07 THIS PROGRAM IS TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND YOU 02:10 ARE GOING TO CONNECT WITH US HERE AT 3ABN, BUT THERE'S A 02:15 SPECIAL PORTION TO THE PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR GUEST 02:17 FROM HOPE CHANNEL. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO 02:21 MEET OUR SPECIAL GUESTS, AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE 02:24 IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT THIS IS A FEW DAY AT 3ABN. 02:28 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THE GOSPEL IS GOING AROUND 02:31 THE WORLD IN A RAPID PACE, AND THE LORD HAS PROMISED THAT THE 02:36 WORK WILL NOT CLOSE WITH LESS GLORY THAN IT BEGAN, SO WE'RE 02:40 GOING TO TALK ABOUT EVANGELISM, HOW IT'S WORKING HERE NOT ONLY 02:44 HERE, BUT ALSO THROUGH HOPE CHANNEL, OUR SISTER NETWORK IN 02:49 SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND. >> ABSOLUTELY. 02:52 YOU KNOW, JOHN, TODAY IS THE GREATEST TIME IN THE WORLD TO BE 02:56 ALIVE. BECAUSE IT'S CLOSING MOMENTS OF 02:59 EARTH'S HISTORY, AND RIGHT NOW HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME FOR 03:06 EVANGELISM. WHEN YOU READ THE NEWSPAPER, 03:08 LISTEN TO THE TELEVISION, IT MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE UP. 03:14 I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY HAVE NOT READ THE BACK OF 03:20 THE BOOK.-THE BACK OF THE BOOK SAYS WE WIN. 03:24 THEY OVERCAME HIM, THE DEVIL. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 03:27 >> SO TO ME IT'S AN EXCITING TIME, BECAUSE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE 03:32 ARE IN NEED OF SOMETHING, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY 03:36 ARE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE HAVE THE ANSWER TODAY. 03:40 SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL TODAY TO HAVE ELDER WILSON, AND WE'RE 03:45 INTRODUCE NANCY AND OF COURSE THE REST OF THE GROUP IN JUST A 03:48 FEW MOMENTS, BUT, JOHN, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAL ABOUT SOME 03:53 PROJECTS. WE DID A PILLARS PROJECT A FEW 03:58 MONTHS AGO, AND RECENTLY WE DID THE CROSS OF CALVARY. 04:09 >>S THE CROSS OF CALVARY IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF OUR HOPE. 04:14 IF JESUS HAD ONLY DIED, HE WOULD BE LKE EVERY OTHER PERSON 04:21 CRUCIFIED, BUT WE HAVE A RISEN SAVIOR, AND HE HAS GIVEN US ALL 04:26 A MANDATE TO CARRY THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD, AND 3ABN AND HOPE 04:31 CHANNEL TOGETHER ARE ALLOWING THE LIGHT OF GOD TO CIRCLE THE 04:35 GLOBE AT SUCH A PACE THAT I CAN SEE NOW HOW THE FINAL MOVEMENT 04:39 IS GOING TO BE RAPID. >> UH-HUH. 04:42 >> THE TEXT THAT COMES TO MY MIND IS MATTHEW 24:14 AND THIS 04:48 GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN ALL OF THE WORLD AS -A WITNESS TO ALL NATIONS AND 04:54 THEN SHALL THE END COME. >> UH-HUH. 04:56 >> SO 3ABN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORLD SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 05:01 CHURCH IS LOOKING AT HOW GOD IS TOUCHING LIVES NOT ONLY HERE IN 05:06 AMERICA, AND WE HAD A PREVIOUS EVANGELISTIC SERIES IN LONDON, 05:10 BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT OTHER PLACES, ROMANIA -- AND I'LL LET 05:15 ELDER WILSON, AND PASTOR CA AND THE McKEES TALK ABOUT THAT 05:21 TODAY. WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT JESUS IS 05:26 USING US TO GET THIS GOSPEL TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. 05:29 >> IT'S GREAT. WE HAVE A TOOL FOR EVANGELISM, 05:33 BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU, THE VIEWERS. 05:36 THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 05:40 I CALL IT A MOVEMENT AS MANY OF US THAT ARE OLDER, WE DON'T 05:48 ALWAYS REFER TO THA WE ARE PART OF THE CHURCH, WE SAY WE'RE PART 05:53 OF THE MOVEMENT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE. 05:56 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS 06:00 PLACED TED AND NANCY WILSON EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE FOR THIS 06:05 PLACE IN HISTORY. SOMEBODY WHO STICKS STRAIGHT TO 06:09 THE WORD OF GOD TO THE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS OF THE 06:12 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. AND WE JUST WANT THE WILSONS TO 06:15 KNOW AND THE FOLK AT HOPE CHANNEL, WE SUPPORT EACH AND 06:19 EVERY ONE OF YOU IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BECAUSE WORLD EVANGELISM 06:23 IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. BECAUSE JESUS IS GOING TO COME 06:28 BACK WHEN THIS GAS PELL R -- GOSPEL IS PREACHED TO ALL 06:34 OF THE WORLD. >> AND IT'S NOT JUST WHAT THE 06:39 PROFESSIONALS DO, BUT THE LORD IS CALLING ON EVERY MEMBER TO BE 06:44 INVOLVED. TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 06:45 AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A SPECIAL INITIATIVE, AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU 06:49 TO BEGIN TO PRAY, LORD, WHAT CAN I DO TO HASTEN THE COMING 06:54 OF -- OF OUR SAVIOR. SO WHEN THE LORD CALLS US, 06:58 DANNY, HE CALLS US BY HIS WORK, BUT HE CALLS US FOR A WORK. 07:02 >> AMEN. >> HE CALLS US FOR HIS WORK, AND 07:06 THE BEAUTIFUL THING -- MY WIFE AND I WERE JUST SAYING THIS, THE 07:10 SOONER THE LORD CAN COME, THE BETTER. 07:13 AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 07:15 AND EVANGELISM -- THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF EVANGELISM IS THE CROSS 07:20 OF CALVARY, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THAT PROJECT. 07:24 DANNY TELL US ABOUT THE CALVARY PROJECT AND TAKE US INTO THE 07:31 SONG. >> WELL, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A 07:36 MUSIC PROJECT. THIS ONE EVERY SONG TALKS ABOUT 07:41 THE CROSS OF CALVARY. WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH BROTHER 07:46 LANNY WOLF WHO IS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME BIBLE -- IF I CAN SAY 07:51 THIS WORD -- BLESSED SONG WRITERS. 07:57 HE WROTE SO MANY SONGS, AND BROTHER LANNY WAS WORKING 08:00 TOGETHER AND WE ACTUALLY CO-WROTE SOME SONGS. 08:04 AND THIS WAS A SONG WE COWROTE THE DAY WE WERE RECORDING IT. 08:11 I PICKED UP LANNY WOLF AT THE AIRPORT, AND THE NEXT MORNING HE 08:16 PUT VERSES TO IT, SO WE GLOOEF GETHSEMANE, THE PICTURE, AND 08:23 THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DESIRE OF AGES, WHEN YOU READ THE 08:27 CHAPTER ON GETHSEMANE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS WENT 08:33 THROUGH. BORN IN A MANAGER, AND NOW HE'S 08:36 COMING BACK AND KING OF KINGS ONCE AGAIN. 08:38 BUT HE CAME HERE, SHED HIS BLOOD ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY, 08:45 SUFFERED, BLED, AND DIED. WHAT AN AMAZING, AMAZING 08:49 SACRIFICE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 08:51 AND I THINK AFTER -- AFTER WE HEAR THIS SONG THAT REGGIE SMITH 08:57 SINGS, WE'LL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING TO YOU OUR PANEL, 09:01 AND UNFOLD TO YOU A BEAUTIFUL PLAN OF HOW GOD IS TOUCHES THE 09:05 HEARTS OF ALL OF US AROUND THE WORLD, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR 09:10 LEADER, BUT SIT BACK AND BE BLESSED BY THE SONG, GETHSEMANE. 09:35 ♪ ALL THE WAY FROM HEAVEN'S SPLENDOR ♪ 09:40 ♪ BORN IN A MANAGER ♪ ♪ JESUS CAME TO [ INAUDIBLE ] 09:52 FREE ♪ ♪ FATHER NOT MY WILL BY THINE BE 10:02 DONE WAS THE PRAYER HE PRAYED ♪ ♪ GOD'S ONLY SON ♪ 10:06 ♪ SO HE DRANK THE BITTER CUP FOR YOU AND ME ♪ 10:22 ♪ HE SUFFERED GETHSEMANE ♪ ♪ THROUGH BLOOD SWEAT AND 10:29 TEARS ♪ ♪ EACH DROP OF BLOOD HE SHED 10:36 BROUGHT ME A MILLION YEARS ♪ ♪ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ♪ 10:49 ♪ HIS THOUGHTLESSNESS ♪ ♪ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ♪ 10:59 ♪ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ♪ ♪ ALL ALONG HE FELT FORSAKEN IN 11:16 THE GARDEN ♪ ♪ HIS HEART WAS BREAKING ♪ 11:22 ♪ YET HE CHOSE TO DIE ON CALVARY ♪ 11:33 ♪ JESUS BLESSED SAVIOR AND REDEEMER ♪ 11:41 ♪ ALL TO HIM I NOW SURRENDER ♪ ♪ COULD I DO LESS AFTER ALL HE'S 11:53 DONE FOR ME ♪ ♪ HE SUFFERED GETHSEMANE ♪ 11:57 ♪ THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS ♪ 12:08 ♪ EACH DROP OF BLOOD HE SHED ♪ ♪ BROUGHT ME A MILLION YEARS ♪ 12:21 ♪ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ♪ ♪ HIS FINEST LAMB ♪ 12:36 ♪ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ♪ ♪ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ♪ 12:48 ♪ HE COULD HAVE LEFT US TO DIE IN OUR SINS ♪ 12:56 ♪ A LOVE FOREVER LOST ♪ ♪ BUT GREAT WOULD CHANGE HOW THE 13:06 STORY ENDS ♪ ♪ JESUS BLOOD [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ 13:18 ♪ HE SUFFERED GETHSEMANE ♪ ♪ THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT AND 13:28 TEARS ♪ ♪ EACH DROP OF BLOOD HE SHED 13:32 BROUGHT ME A MILLION YEARS ♪ ♪ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ♪ 13:45 ♪ HIS FINEST LAMB ♪ ♪ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ♪ 13:56 ♪ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ♪ ♪ GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE ♪ 14:11 ♪ HIS FINEST LAMB ♪ ♪ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ♪ 14:22 ♪ HE IS THE GREAT I AM ♪ ♪ NOW RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ♪ 14:35 ♪ JESUS IS THE GREAT I AM ♪ 15:03 [ APPLAUSE ] 15:08 >> AMEN. ISN'T THAT A ONDERFUL SONG, 15:11 DANNY? >> THE LORD GAVE IT, SO ANYTHING 15:13 GOOD WE GIVE THE CREDIT FOR, BUT-I SURE APPRECIATE BROTHER REGGIE SMITH, AND WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB. 15:21 HE JUST JOINED THE GAITHER VOCAL BAND AS ONE OF THE SINGERS, BUT 15:28 HE HAS PROMISED TO COME BACK AND WORK WITH 3ABN ALSO. 15:32 >> WE LOVE HE AND HIS WIFE VERY MUCH. 15:35 >> ABSOLUTELY. SPEAKING OF LOVING PEOPLE, WE 15:37 HAVE SOME GUESTS. I WANT YOU TO DO THE 15:41 INTRODUCTIONS TODAY. >> YES, WE ARE GLAD TO REACH 15:44 ACROSS THE GULF, AND TO CONNECT WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS 15:48 THERE IN SILVER SPRINGS AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, AND I WOULD 15:52 LIKE TO OFFIIALLY WELCOME -- FIRST OF ALL, I 15:55 BELIEVE, THE ONE THAT GOD HAS CALLED TO LEAD THIS WORLDWIDE 15:59 CHURCH. WELCOME ELDER TED WILSON, AND 16:02 HIS WIFE NANCY. ELDER TED WILSON FOR THOSE OF 16:06 YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW IS THE GENERAL CONFERENCE PRESIDENT OF 16:09 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ELDER 16:12 WILSON. WELCOME THIS EVENING. 16:15 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH JOHN, AND THANK YOU DANNY, AND CA AND 16:20 IRMA. IT'S JUST A GREAT PRIVILEGE 16:22 BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS EXCITING SUBJECT ABOUT TOTAL MEMBER 16:27 INVOLVEMENT AND ROMANIA AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS. 16:30 I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS GREAT APPRECIATION TO 3ABN FOR ITS 16:35 PARTNERSHIP WITH HOPE CHANNEL, AND FOR ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES 16:38 THAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH BOTH ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP BRING A 16:45 POWERFUL CONCLUSION TO THE 3 ANGELS MESSAGES. 16:54 AND YOU HAVE IT RIGHT IN YOUR NAME, THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING 17:00 NETWORK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL 17:04 WORKING TOWARDS. HIS CROWNING SACRIFICE, THE SPOT 17:10 LESS MAN, JESUS CHRIST, WHAT A POWERFUL AND WONDERFUL LONG IT 17:14 IS. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS DEEP 17:18 APPRECIATION FOR 3ABN AND HOPE CHANNEL WORKING TOGETHER IN 17:21 HELPING OUR CHURCH AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE POWERFUL, 17:26 EXCITING AND WONDERFUL MOVEMENT THAT IS TAKING PLACE, AND DANNY 17:29 MENTIONED IT. HE CALLED THIS A MOVEMENT, AND 17:33 THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT TOO, THE ADVENT MOVEMENT. 17:37 AND IT IS ALL OVER THIS WORLD. SO THAT'S KIND OF A LONG 17:41 RESPONSE TO YOU, JOHN, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BE 17:45 PART OF 3ABN TODAY. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. 17:49 >> THE SONG ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO GIVE ELLEN WHITE CREDIT FOR IT. 17:55 I WAS READING I THINK IN CHAPTER OF AGES, AND SHE SAID THIS IS 18:01 GOD'S CROWNING SACRIFICE, THE SPOTLESS LAMB. 18:05 SO I TOOK THAT IDEA AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THIS SONG. 18:10 SO MAYBE I WOULD SAY I CO-WROTE IT WITH ELLEN WHITE. 18:15 BUT WE ENJOYED LINKING UP WITH -BROTHER REGGIE SMITH AS WELL. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 18:23 >> AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER GUESTS. 18:25 >> WE ALSO HAVE THE McKEES, DUANE AND KATHY McKEE. 18:33 GOOD TO HAVE YOU. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 18:38 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT AS WE'LL BE 18:42 DISCUSSING IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. 18:44 >> YES, AND PASTOR CA MURRAY AND IRMA ARE HIDING OUT OVER AT THE 18:51 CONFERENCE. IT'S STRANGE TO SEE YOU EVER 18:54 THERE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AT THE 18:59 GENERAL CONFERENCE, AND GOOD TO BE WITH YOU GUYS. 19:03 WITH ELDER WILSON'S GRACIOUS RESPONSE, DANNY, I THOUGHT HE 19:08 JUST BOUGHT HIMSELF A CASE OF THE NEW CALVARY DVDS, THEY HAVE 19:13 JUST COME OUT. AND MAYBE WE OUGHT TO SEND SOME 19:18 OUT -- >> THANK YOU. 19:19 >> WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YES. 19:22 >> FIRST OF ALL, CA, REMEMBER, YOU AND IRMA ARE JUST ON LOAN 19:28 THERE. DON'T PLAN ON STAYING THERE VERY 19:31 LONG. [ LAUGHTER ] 19:32 >> WE NEED YOU BACK HERE. >> WE'RE CLAIMING HIM NOW AFRO 19:37 MANIA. [ LAUGHTER ] 19:39 >> THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 19:42 WHOSE IDEA, WHEN DID IT START, AND TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT IT? 19:47 BECAUSE FOR SOME OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS -- I BELIEVE WE ALL NEED 19:50 TO GET INVOLVED -- BUT THIS IS A MOVEMENT THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO 19:54 JOIN WITH YOU ELDER WILSON. >> DANNY THANK YOU FOR THAT 19:58 INTRODUCTION TO WHAT TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IS ALL ABOUT. 20:00 OF COURSE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NEW. 20:03 THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS ASKED HIS PEOPLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 20:07 TO DO, AND THAT IS BE PART OF THE GREAT PLAN OF SALVATION, NOT 20:12 THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING OF OURSELVES TO GIVE, BUT THE LORD 20:17 KNOWS THAT OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH OTHERS WILL HELP US TO DRAW 20:22 CLOSER TO HIM. AND SO HE COULD HAVE -- WE HAVE 20:25 BEEN TOLD -- GIVEN THIS PROCLAMATION OF THE THREE ANGELS 20:32 MESSAGES TO THE ANGELS TO DO, BUT HE GAVE IT TO HUMAN BEINGS, 20:37 KNOWING IT WOULD BE A MARVELOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE GOD'S 20:42 POWER WORKING IN NOT ONLY OUR LIVES, BUT IN OTHERS LIVES, AND 20:47 SO THAT'S WHY TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT ACTUALLY IS IN 20:50 EXISTENCE, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS ASKED 20:53 FOR, FOR A LONG TIME. IN ESSENCE, IT -- IT COMES OUT 20:58 OF, OF COURSE, SCRIPTURE, AND IT COMES OUT OF THE GREAT 21:02 COMMISSION MATTHEW 28, GOING INTO ALL OF THE WORLD AND TEACH 21:08 THE NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND THE 21:13 SON, AND OF THOLY GHOST. AND IN MARK 16, IT'S VERY 21:21 SPECIFIC GO YE INTO ALL OF THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO 21:26 EVERY PREACHER. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK, 21:30 WELL, THAT'S THE WORK OF A PASTOR. 21:32 THAT'S THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST. 21:36 THAT'S A PAID INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY. 21:38 IN ESSENCE, ALL OF US ARE TO WORK TOGETHER IN A VEY POWERFUL 21:46 WAY. THAT'S GOD'S PLAN. 21:48 GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN A CHURCH MEMBER WILL SIT BACK AND SAY, 21:52 YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN CALLED TO PREACH. 21:54 I HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 21:58 I FAITHFULLY RETURN MY TITHE, I GIVE FREE WILL OFFERINGS, NOW I 22:04 NEED TO SIT BACK AND WATCH YOU, THE PAID WORKER DO THE WORK. 22:08 THIS WAS NEVER GOD'S PLAN. IN FACT SOMEHOW CHURCHES OVER A 22:13 PERIOD OF TIME -- AND THIS IS NOT PECULIAR TO ADVENTIST -CHURCHES, IT'S MANY CHURCHES, 22:22 PASTORS HAVE TAKEN ON A ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY AS KIND OF THE 22:26 KEY SPIRITUAL PERSON WHO IS TO DO EVERYTHING UP FRONT AND TO 22:30 CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES IN A PUBLIC WAY. 22:33 IN REALITY THIS WAS NEVER REALLY GOD'S PLAN. 22:38 SHEPHERDS OR PASTORS WERE CERTAINLY TO TAKE CARE OF THE 22:44 FLOCK, TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE, BUT ALSO TO INSTRUCT PEOPLE SO 22:48 THAT THEY WOULD BE PART OF THE MINISTRY OF OUTREACH. 22:52 IN FACT IN A MARVELOUS EXPLANATION BY ELLEN WHITE, 22:57 IT -- IT EXPLAINS TO US THAT PASTORS WERE REALLY SUPPOSED TO 23:04 HELP ORGANIZE THE LOCAL PEOPLE TO RUN THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE 23:09 WERE TO SAY TO PASTORS, PASTOR, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR CHURCH, 23:14 NOW YOU GO OUTINTO NEW AREAS AND VANN -- EVANGELIZE WE WILL 23:24 SUPPORT AND TAKE CARE OF THINGS, YOU GO OUT TO NEW AREAS. 23:29 I WANT TO READ ONE QUOTATION FROM SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, WHICH 23:34 KIND OF IS THE -- THE UNDERPINNING OF WHAT TOTAL 23:39 MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IS ALL ABOUT. AND WHEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW 23:42 IT ACTUALLY BEGAN IN ITS NEWEST FORM. 23:46 BUT THIS PARTICULAR QUOTATION IS FROM VOLUME 9 OF TESTIMONIES FOR 23:51 THE CHURCH. MARVELOUS SERIES, AND IF SOME OF 23:54 YOU AS VIEWERS HAVEN'T BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE WRITINGS OF 24:00 ELLEN WHITE, AND THE BOOKS CALLED TESTIMONIES FOR THE 24:03 CHURCH, FULL OF INCREDIBLE INSTRUCTION AND MARVELOUS THINGS 24:07 THAT POINT US BACK TO THE BIBLE, POINT US BACK TO CHRIST, WE ARE 24:13 BIBLE-BELIEVING PEOPLE. WE KNOW THAT THE BIBLE IS THE 24:15 RULE OF FAITH. IN FACT WE'RE IN THE 500TH 24:21 ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. 24:24 OCTOBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR WILL BE THAT SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY WHEN 24:30 500 YEARS AGO, MARTIN LUTHER NAILED THOSE 95 SPECIES ON THAT 24:35 CATHEDRAL DOOR. AND ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THAT 24:38 IS THE BIBLE AND THE BIBLE ALONE. 24:41 SO WE BELIEVE IN SCRIPTURE, TOTALLY, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU 24:45 THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY IS A WONDERFUL ADJUNCT THAT HELP US 24:53 TO UNDERSTAND. NOW IN THIS PARTICULAR 24:55 QUOTATION, IT IS TALKING ABOUT HOW LAY PEOPLE AND PAID WORKERS 24:59 NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. IT SAYS THE WORK OF 25:02 GOD -- VOLUME 9, PAGE 117 -- THE WORK OF GOD IN THIS EARTH CAN 25:08 NEVER BE FINISHED UNTIL THE MEN AND WOMEN COMPRISING OUR CHURCH 25:16 MEMBERSHIP RALLY TO THE WORK AND UNITE THEIR EFFORTS WITH THOSE 25:21 OF MINISTERS AND CHURCH OFFICERS. 25:26 THIS PARTICULAR QUOTATION HAS HELPED AUGMENT THE POWERFUL 25:30 BIBLICAL MESSAGE THAT ALL OF US ARE TO BE WORKING TOGETHER IN 25:36 THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AROUND -- LET'S SAY BEFORE THE 25:42 LAST GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 25:45 CHURCH, IN 2015, PRIOR TO THAT, A CLOSE COLLEAGUE OF MINE, WHO 25:51 WAS A VICE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME OF THE CHURCH AND IS NOW AN 25:55 ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND IS SEMIRETIRED, MIKE RYAN KEPT 26:00 TALKING TO ME PRIVATELY, KEPT URGING US IN COMMITTEES, KEPT 26:05 PUSHING THE FACT THAT WE MUST GET OUR LAY PEOPLE COMPLETELY 26:11 INVOLVED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CHURCH, AND AS THE HOLY 26:15 SPIRIT WAS TOUCHING OUR HEARTS, AND HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND 26:20 BETTER HOW THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE, IT BEGAN TO DEVELOP THAT 26:26 PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE WAYS IN WHICH LAY PEOPLE WOULD BE FULLY 26:30 EMPOWERED IN THE KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT WE ARE INVOLVED 26:36 WITH IN OUTREACH, WHEREBY THEY COULD FEEL JUST AS MUCH A PART 26:40 OF BEING PART OF THE FRONT LINE OF ADVANCEMENT OF GOD'S WORK. 26:45 AND THAT THE DAYS OF SIMPLY SITTING BACK AND SAYING I PAY, 26:49 YOU WORK, WOULD BE OVER. AND THAT ALL OF US TOGETHER 26:53 WOULD BE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE KIND OF ADVANCEMENT IN THESE 26:57 VERY LAST DAYS AND -- AND IN YOUR INTRODUCTION, YOU HAVE 27:02 INDICATED THAT JESUS IS COMING SOON, AND GOD SAID -- YOU KNOW, 27:08 HE CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH, AND I ABSOLUTELY AFFIRM THAT. 27:12 I TRULY BELIEVE AS I LOOK AROUND, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS 27:17 TRULY COMING SOON. THINGS ARE FALLING APART ALL 27:20 OVER THE WORLD, AND WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS THAT THE BIBLE HAS 27:25 PREDICTED, AND WE HAVE BEEN PREACHING ABOUT THAT IN ROMANIA 27:29 THAT SOON JESUS WILL COME. BUT AS WE DEVELOP THESE 27:33 THOUGHTS, THEN WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE SHOULD CALAIS 27:37 PEOPLE INTO A COMPLETE PLAN OF OUTREACH. 27:42 TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IS NOT JUST PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC 27:49 MEETINGS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE BUILT INTO IT. 27:51 ENGINEER FROM HEALTH OUTREACH, TO LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION, TO 27:56 CHOIRS SINGING, TO DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE IN MASSIVE WAYS, 28:01 IN -- WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND ALL CHURCH MEMBERS WORKING 28:06 TOGETHER. ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, 28:09 INCLUDING MEDIA OUTREACH, EVERY POSSIBLE TWHA YOU CAN TRY TO 28:14 REACH PEOPLE. COMMUNITY SERVICES. 28:17 OUR ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY, WORKING TOGETHER 28:21 WITH CHURCH MEMBERS IN HELPING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE. 28:25 I WAS TOUCHED WITH THE INTRODUCTORY VIDEO THAT YOU HAVE 28:30 FOR 3ABN TODAY. TOUCHING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE. 28:32 IN THAT IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS. 28:38 SO AS WE BEGAN TO THINK, HOW CAN WE DO THIS? 28:42 THEN WE BECAME MORE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY OF HOW CHURCH 28:46 MEMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD COULD BE JUST AS INVOLVED IN OUTREACH 28:50 AND NOT LEAVE IT JUST TO THE PAID CLERGY OR TO THOSE WHO ARE 28:56 WORKING, QUOTES, WORKING FOR THE CHURCH BECAUSE WE ALL WORK FOR 29:00 THE LORD AND FOR THE CHURCH. NOW TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, 29:05 THAT ACTUAL PRAISE CAME OUT OF DISCUSSION, OUT OF PRAYER, OUT 29:09 OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS THAT GOD WOULD HAVE US 29:14 PORTRAY TO OUR CHURCH MEMBERS. WELL, I HAVE GIVEN A LITTLE BIT 29:17 OF A FOUNDATION. THAT STARTED TO DEVELOP JUST 29:22 AFTER THE GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION OF 2015, AND WE WERE 29:27 ABLE TO SECURE THE WONDERFUL SERVICES OF DUANE AND KATHY 29:34 McKEY, DUANE HAS BEEN THE SABBATH SCHOOL'S GENERAL 29:44 DIRECTOR, AND HAS ASSUMED THE PRESIDENT OF WORLD RADIO, BUT 29:48 STILL MAINTAINS THE TITLE OF ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR 29:53 TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. KATHY WORKS WITH US IN OUR 29:55 PRESIDENTIAL TEAM, HELPING TO ORGANIZE MEDIA ACTIVITIES, 29:59 OUTREACH, AND OF COURSE, PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITIES. 30:04 AND THIS TEAM HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH MANY OTHERS WHO ARE HELPING 30:09 TO MAKE TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT REALLY WORK. 30:12 NOW I HAVE TALKED A LOT HERE, AND I THINK OTHERS NEED TO JUMP 30:16 IN HERE, BUT THAT'S GIVING YOU JUST A LITTLE BEGINNING AS TO 30:20 HOW THINGS STARTED WITH TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 30:24 I DON'T KNOW, DUANE, MAYBE YOU WANT TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT 30:26 MORE AS TO HOW THIS DEVELOPED AND WHAT IT HAS BECOME. 30:31 AND LET ME STRESS AGAIN IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY. 30:34 THIS IS NOT JUST PUBLIC EVANGELISM, IT IS EVERYONE DOING 30:38 SOMETHING FOR JESUS. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR TALENT 30:42 IS. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR STATION 30:45 IN LIFE IS, WHAT YOUR ECONOMIC CONDITION IS, WHAT YOUR 30:48 EDUCATIONAL LEVEL IS, EVERYBODY CAN DO SOMETHING FOR JESUS, AND 30:52 THAT'S WHAT TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IS ALL ABOUT -- ALL 30:55 ABOUT, AND WE'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 31:00 ROMANIA AND OTHER THINGS. DUANE DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ABOUT 31:03 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT? >> JUST A BIT PASTOR WILSON, 31:09 TED, JUST BEFORE THE GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION IN SAN 31:13 ANTONIO, PATHWAY TO HEALTH HAD A HUGE MEDICAL EVENT, FULL MEDICAL 31:18 SERVICES, THE ALAMO DOME WAS EP ENCIRCLED BY PEOPLE WHO CAME IN. 31:24 AND HEALTH SEMINARS, COOKING SCHOOLS, ET CETERA, AND THEN 31:28 MAJOR EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS TOOK PLACE. 31:31 AND WE HAD SIX BRAND NEW CHURCHES RIGHT ON THE HEELSOVER 31:35 THAT. WE WENT TO ZIMBABWE. 31:38 AND WE HAD ANOTHER BIG MEDICAL EVENT. 31:42 900 EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WITH MORE THAN 31:46 20,000 BAPTISMS, I BELIEVE THERE. 31:48 AND WE GO SO EXCITED BY HAVING EVERYONE DOING SOMETHING. 31:53 LIKE YOU SAID, MAYBE YOU COULD CALL IT A TOTAL MEDIA EVENT TOO. 31:59 ALL OF US INVOLVED DOING SOMETHING FOR JESUS. 32:02 I THINK THAT GAVE US SUCH A VISION THAT THE WHOLE WORLD 32:06 CHURCH COULD BE INVOLVED, AND SOMETHING EXCITING AND SPECIAL 32:09 COULD HAPPEN. I WAS JUST RUNNING SOME NUMBERS, 32:14 AND CA THIS IS THRILLING. THIS YEAR, THE COUNT NOW IS UP 32:19 TO ABOUT 138 THOUSAND TMI EVENTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 32:26 >> THAT'S EVENTS. >> THAT'S EVENTS. 32:32 YES, AND FROM THAT YOU WILL HAVE BAPTISMS, WITH ALL KINDS OF 32:37 OUTREACH EVENTS, AND BIBLE STUDIES AND SEMINARS, AND THEN 32:42 THEY CLIMAX INTO EVANGELISTIC SERIES, AND THERE ARE 138,000 32:47 THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR. >> LET'S JUST BREAK IN, IN THE 32:53 BEGINNING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TMI, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TOTAL 32:57 MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, TMI, PEOPLE WERE SAYING, OH, BUT THAT'S TOO 33:01 MUCH INFORMATION. [ LAUGHTER ] 33:03 >> AND PEOPLE JOKING ABOUT IT.-WHAT DID YOUNG PEOPLE SAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TMI? 33:10 >> SOME YOUNG PEOPLE CAME UP TO US AND THEY SAID THERE IS A BOOK 33:14 THAT IS WRITTEN, IT IS CALLED THE STICKY PRINCIPLE. 33:19 AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER TERM. 33:23 TMI EVERYBODY WILL REMEMBER IT. THE STICKY PRINCIPLE. 33:28 >> AND ACTUALLY IT HAS BECOME -- AS WE'LL DEVELOP HERE 33:32 OVER THE NEXT HOUR -- IT HAS BECOME A FANTASTIC INITIATIVE, 33:37 NOT BY THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, BUT BY -- I BELIEVE HEAVEN 33:43 ITSELF BECAUSE THIS WAS GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN. 33:45 >> RIGHT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 33:47 >> TMI, WE'RE GETTING REPORTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE HOW 33:51 PEOPLE ARE GETTING INVOLVED, HOW THEY FEEL EMPOWERED NOW TO BE 33:55 PART OF THIS LAST GREAT PUSH BEFORE JESUS SOON COMING. 33:59 ANYWAY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE INFORMATION ASHE HOW TMI GOT 34:05 STARTED, AND ALSO THE EXCITING THING THAT TMI IS NOT SOMETHING 34:09 THAT HAS TO BE INITIATED BY SIMPLY AN OFFICE, BUT A LOCAL 34:17 CHURCH. EVERYBODY CAN SIMPLY PLAN HOW TO 34:19 BECOME INVOLVED AND DO SOMETHING FOR JESUS. 34:23 >> I MIGHT JUST INTERJECT HERE. THIS PATH SABBATH WE WERE IN A 34:31 CHURCH IN THE ELCOT CITY CHURCH. AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE PACKAGED 34:38 THESE SACKS TO GIVE OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE -- ARE ON THE 34:42 STREET CORNERS, NEEDING FOOD. SO WE ACTUALLY -- THEY WERE IN A 34:49 WONDERFUL -- WONDERFULLY PRESENTED WAY OUTSIDE OF THE 34:54 CHURCH DOOR THAT PEOPLE COULD JUST TAKE. 34:59 AND ALSO, THE WONDERFUL WAY THAT THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO THEIR 35:03 NEIGHBORS WAS THEY MADE THESE BAGS, BEAUTIFUL BAGS, WITH GIFTS 35:08 AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHURCH TO TAKE TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT 35:13 HAD JUST MOVED AROUND THE CHURCH THIS LAST MONTH, SO THEY ARE 35:17 DOING THIS. THE -- THE NEW NEIGHBORS THAT 35:20 HAVE COME TO THE AREA WITHIN THE PAST MONTH, THEY ARE GETTING 35:26 INVITATIONS FROM THE -- THE MEMBERS TO COME AND JOIN THE 35:30 CHURCH, TO VISIT THINK CHURCH. >> AND THIS IS ON THE HEELS OF A 35:33 SERIES OF MEETINGS, AND IT JUST CONTINUES EVANGELISM. 35:38 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 35:42 REACHING THE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 35:46 JESUS. >> AND IF I CAN SAY A LITTLE BIT 35:47 OF WHAT THE CHURCH IS DOING AND WHAT THE COUNTRY IS DOING. 35:53 IN PANAMA, IN THAT CONFERENCE, THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVING THE 35:58 YOUTH FOR MANY TIMES NOW. THEY GO ON -- ON THE STREETS. 36:03 THEY GIVE LITERATURE. THEY ALSO GO AND CLEAN SCHOOLS 36:09 AND PARKS AND PAINT THE SCHOOLS, EVEN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOT 36:15 JUST THE ADVENTIST. THIS SABBATH THEY ARE HONORING 36:20 THE WOMEN'S MINISTRY. THEY ARE -- THE DELAYS -- LADIES 36:27 ARE ALL COOKING AND MAKING FOOD PACKAGES, HOT FOOD, NOT JUST A 36:33 BAG. AND THEY ARE GOING TO THE 36:35 HOSPITAL AND GIVE TO THE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF 36:38 THE PATIENTS IN THERE, THAT ARE COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL. 36:40 BECAUSE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, NOT JUST THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TAKES 36:45 CARE OF THE -- THE PATIENTS, THE FAMILY HAS TO BE INVOLVED. 36:48 THE FAMILY HAS TO COME AND -- AND STAY PRACTICALLY, YOU 36:52 KNOW, 24 HOURS A DAY, SO THEY HAVE TO TAKE TURNS, AND ONE OF 36:59 OUR -- OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND HIS WIFE ACTUALLY ARE THERE 37:05 RIGHT NOW IN PUERTO RICO. THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF 37:09 THE -- THE -- THE -- ONE OF THE MEMBERS IN THE FAMILY, DOING 37:13 THIS. SO THAT'S -- I --I THINK THAT'S 37:16 MARVELOUS THE WAY THEY ARE -- AND SO THE CHURCH IS 37:19 BECOMING REALLY RESPECTED AND -- AND -- AND PROMOTED, AND 37:23 SHOWING WHAT WE REALLY DO, SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE ADULTING, 37:27 BUT THE -- THE STUDENTS, THE CHILDREN ARE, THE LITTLE ONES 37:33 ARE, THE LITTLE ONES WILL BE PRAYING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 37:37 COMING AND GETTING THE FOOD. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY 37:41 WONDERFUL. >> FOOD EVANGELISM, I'M SPEAKING 37:44 AT SOUTHERN ASI NEXT MONTH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DID IN MY 37:50 MIN -- MINISTRY, I FELT DEEDS OF KINDNESS. 37:56 WHEN I GOT TO A CERTAIN CHURCH THERE WAS A LADY, AND HER 38:01 HUSBAND WAS A NOTORIOUS ADVENTIST HATER, BUT WHEN HER 38:05 HUSBAND GOT ILL, THE CHURCH PUT ITS ARMS OF LOVE AROUND HER. 38:12 AND WHEN HER HUSBAND PASSED, ONE MEMBER DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO 38:17 PRACTICE FISH EVANGELISM. SHE WOULD MAKE A COMPLETE FISH 38:21 DINNER FOR THIS WOMAN AND HER TWO SONS. 38:26 EVERYTHING, SHE BROUGHT IT. SHE SAT IT DOWN, AND SHE JUST 38:31 FED THE FAMILY. NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE 38:35 SABBATH, JUST FOOD, FOR SIX WEEKS, AND AFTER THE SIX WEEKS 38:39 THE LADY SAID WHEN YOU GO TO [ INAUDIBLE ] TAKE ME WITH YOU. 38:43 A MONTH LATER SHE WAS BAPTIZED, A MONTH LATER SHE WAS HEAD 38:51 DEACONIST. ANYBODY CAN DO A DEED OF 38:53 KINDNESS. YOU CAN THINK OF SOMETHING TO 38:55 DO, AND THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR OTHER THINGS. 38:59 TMI CAN BE PRACTICED ON SO MANY LEVELS. 39:03 >> WE SAW THAT LAST YEAR IN RWANDA. 39:06 PEOPLE DOING ALL KINDS OF OUTREACH EVENTS, BUILDING 39:09 HOUSES, GIVING COWS AND GOATS AWAY TO NEEDY PEOPLE, AND ALL 39:14 KINDS OF WONDERFUL EVENTS, ADVENTS PRODUCTS, AND THE 39:19 EXCITING THING WAS AT THE END, AT THE END, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE 39:22 GOT THERE, TED, THEY -- THEY WERE SAYING TO US, 39:27 WE'RE -- WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE 60,000 BAPTISMS. 39:31 NOW WE HAD WORKED IN AFRICA, AND I BECAME A NON-BELIEVER. 39:37 I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CAN'T BE DONE CLUB. 39:39 IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. [ LAUGHTER ] 39:42 >> BUT SOME CHURCH MEMBERS STARTED PRAYING.-AND IT BUILT AND BUILT AND 39:47 BUILT. AND THEY TOLD ME, LATER THEY 39:50 SAID WE ARE PRAYING FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND BAPTISMS. 39:53 AND I THOUGHT IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. 39:57 BUT BY SEPTEMBER THERE WERE -- >> OVER 110,000. 40:02 OVER 110,000 BAPTISMS. >> THAT'S THE LARGEST BAPTISM IN 40:07 THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND PROBABLY THE LARGEST 40:11 IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 40:13 >> AND THAT DEMONSTRATED TO US HOW CHURCH MEMBERS WHEN THEY ARE 40:17 EMPOWERED TO BECOME EQUAL PARTNERS IN EVANGELISM AND TAKE 40:22 THE LEAD, HOW IT JUST EXPLODED. THEY HAD TMI TIES, SCARVES, 40:30 HATS -- >> UMBRELLAS. 40:34 >> UMBRELLAS. BUT ALL OF THAT WOULD NOT MAKE 40:38 YOU A REALLY EFFECTIVE TMI WORKER, UNLESS THE HOLY SPIRIT 40:43 WAS WORKING IN YOU AND YOU RELATE TO PEOPLE. 40:46 AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THEY BECAME SO ENGROSSED IN THIS 40:50 OUTREACH ACTIVITY, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT BLESSED IN A POWERFUL 40:56 WAY. AND 3ABN INTERVIEWED US FOR 40:59 RWANDA, AND THAT'S WHERE CA AND IRMA GOT PULLED INTO ROMANIA, 41:05 AND WE ARE SO DELIGHTED YOU PART OF ROMANIA, SOME OF THE FOLKS 41:11 WATCHING THEY MAY WONDER WHY DO WE HAVE SPECIFIC PLACES? 41:15 TMI TAKES PLACE EVERYWHERE. WHAT IRMA SAID WAS REALLY 41:19 INTERESTING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PANAMA, AND HOW 41:22 PEOPLE ARE DOING DEEDS OF KINDNESS TO HELP PEOPLE, AND ALL 41:26 OVER THE PLACE, TMI HAS NOW SPUN DERIVATIVES. 41:31 WE HAVE TOTAL STUDENT INVOLVEMENT. 41:34 I JUST RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF OUR NORTHERN 41:40 ASIA PACIFIC REGION, AND HE SAID ALL 100 STUDENTSOVER THE TAIWAN 41:46 ADVENTIST COLLEGE ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN A TMI 41:52 EVANGELISTIC EVENT. AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT 41:55 IT. TOTAL STUDENT INVOLVEMENT, TOTAL 41:57 WOMEN INVOLVEMENT, TOTAL CHILDREN INVOLVEMENT, TOTAL 42:00 YOUTH INVOLVEMENT, TOTAL EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY DOING 42:03 SOMETHING FOR JESUS. >> TOTAL PASTOR INVOLVEMENT. 42:08 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ABSOLUTELY. 42:09 WE'RE ALL TO BE TOGETHER. >> YEAH. 42:11 >> GOING BACK TO RWANDA, AND WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL TO 3ABN FOR 42:18 INTERVIEWING US ABOUT THAT. BUT ROMANIA WAS THE FOCUS FOR US 42:22 THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE MANY OTHER PLACES THAT TMI IS 42:26 FOCUSING ON, BUT WE HAVE A FEW PLACES WHERE THE GENERAL 42:30 CONFERENCE ITSELF IS ACTUALLY WORKING IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY. 42:37 AND ROMANIA WAS THE PLACE WHERE WE CHOSE TO WORK ON FOR THIS 42:42 YEAR, IN 2017. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS 42:45 LITTLE STORY. I SAID I'M COMING TO ROMANIA IN 42:51 JUNE, AND THEY SAID, WELL, PASTOR CAN YOU COME IN FEBRUARY 42:55 OR OCTOBER? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE MONTHS 42:57 WHEN PEOPLE WILL COME OUT. IN JUNE IT'S GOING TO BE TOO 43:03 NICE AND PEOPLE WILL BE STAYING OUT IN THEIR FIELDS. 43:05 COME IN FEBRUARY OR OCTOBER. I SAID NO, NO, I HAVE SET ASIDE 43:12 JUNE TO COME. THEN WHEN I WAS IN RWANDA, THE 43:15 LAST NIGHT OF BEING IN RWANDA, I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE AIRPORT, I 43:20 MET A ROMANIAN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD BEEN HELPING US IN RWANDA 43:25 HOLDING MEETINGS, AND HE LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND I WAS 43:30 EXPLAINING TO HIM, I'M GOING TO ROMANIA NEXT YEAR, AND I'M GOING 43:34 IN JUNE. AND HE SAID THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT 43:37 TIME TO GO. [ LAUGHTER ] 43:39 >> THEN AND THERE I KIND OF GOT THE MESSAGE, I NEEDED TO GO IN 43:44 FEBRUARY. SO WE REARRANGED THE PROGRAM IS 43:47 BIT, WORKED THINGS OUT, AND MANY OF US WENT IN FEBRUARY TO 43:53 ROMANIA, IN THE COLD WINTER MONTHS. 43:55 NOW MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, CA TO SEE WHAT YOU 43:59 AND IRMA THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND DUANE AND KATHY 44:03 CAN SHARE, AND WE CAN, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT -- YOU KNOW, YOU 44:06 HAVE ASKED US TO DO IN TERMS OF SHARING ABOUT ROMANIA. 44:10 IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE, AND I COULD GO ON 44:14 FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, AND 44:18 NANCY COULD. BUT I NEED TO BE QUIET NOW FOR A 44:21 WHILE AND LET YOU ALL TALK. >> I THINK ITS SO COUNTER 44:25 INTUITIVE -- I'M FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK. 44:28 SO I KNOW COLD AND SNOW. MY PASTOR NEVER WORE A COAT THE 44:33 WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. HE WOULD PICK US UP AND DRIVE 44:37 US, AND NEVER WORE A COAT. AND HER PASTOR NEVER WORE A 44:45 COAT. THEY WOULD COME TO PICK US UP 44:48 AND DRIVE QUITE A WHILE. AND HE HAD NO HEAT IN THE CAR. 44:51 AND I SAID THIS CAR DOES HAVE HEAT, RIGHT? 44:55 HE SAID, YEAH, IT DOES. I SAID THEN TURN IT ON. 44:59 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND WONDERFUL FELLOW. 45:01 WE GOT ALONG VERY, VERY WELL. BUT COLD DOESN'T BOTHER THEM, 45:05 THAT'S A GOOD TIME OF YEAR TO HAVE EVANGELISM. 45:10 I MUST BLAME KATHY AND NANCY FOR CAUSING ME MANY SLEEPLESS 45:15 NIGHTS. MY WIFE HAS RESTLESS LEGS, AND 45:19 THAT MEANS AT NIGHT HER LEGS JUST KICK. 45:21 AND WE HAVE A NICE BIG BED SO WHEN SHE IS IN A KICKING MOOD, 45:28 SHE CAN KICK FREELY. AND ONE NIGHT I GOT ONE SWIFT 45:32 KICK, AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS WORRIED. 45:35 AND I SAID I'M GOING TO BLAME KATHY AND NANCY FOR THIS, 45:40 BECAUSE YOU GOT HER INTO THIS. BUT ONCE SHE SETTLED INTO IT, 45:46 SHE FOUND OUT THAT EVANGELISM IS NOT ONLY WONDERFUL, IT'S 45:52 ADDICTIVE. >> AMEN. 45:53 >> AND SHE DID A FINE JOB. >> I JUST MARVELLED HOW GOD PUTS 45:58 YOU IN PLACES AND SITUATIONS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER CHOOSE TO 46:02 DO ON YOUR OWN, AND NEVER, NEVER THOUGHT IN MY LIFE THAT -- TO 46:09 SEE MYSELF IN -- PREACHING IN A CHURCH FOR SO MANY DAYS IN ONE 46:14 CHURCH ALONE, AND I LIKE TO BE IN THE BACKGROUND, MUCH 46:19 COMFORTABLE THAN AT THE FRONT OF THINGS, BUT WHEN YOU TOLD ME AND 46:25 KATHY, YOU SHOULD COME AND DO -- DO A MEETING. 46:29 I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. 46:35 BUT THEN I STARTED REMEMBERING -- GOING WITH CA TO 46:39 MANY PLACES, AND HE ALWAYS HAS THE SPEAKING AND THE -- YOU 46:45 KNOW, THE PRINCIPAL JOB TO DO. AND I STAYED BACK AND I'M HAPPY 46:52 TO. BUT THE MORE I HAVE DONE THAT, I 46:54 KEPT THINKING MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING MORE FOR ME TO DO, BUT 46:59 NOTHING IN FRONT, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW? 47:02 IN THE BACKGROUND. BUT WHEN -- ACTUALLY EVEN WHEN 47:06 NANCY AND KATHY ENCOURAGED ME, I WAS -- AND I SAID OKAY. 47:10 AND THEN I WAS THINKING, OH, MY GOODNESS, WHAT DID I DO? 47:15 THEN I WAS NERVOUS FOR THE REST OF THE TIME THINKING AND -- AND 47:21 TRYING TO PREPARE, AND HOW AM I GOING TO DO THAT? 47:26 AND THE LORD SAID IT'S MY JOB. IT'S NOT YOURS. 47:29 SO I SAID, OKAY. HE WILL DO THE WORK. 47:32 SO WHATEVER HE CAN DO THROUGH ME, IT WILL BE DONE. 47:36 AND IT WAS A REAL BLESSING BECAUSE IT -- I -- I'M JUST 47:42 THANKFUL TO THE LORD THAT HE ALWAYS PUTS YOU IN A PLACE THAT 47:46 YOU CAN GROW SPIRITUALLY, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WERE 47:50 JUST SO KIND, AND THE PASTOR, AND I KNOW I DIDN'T DO THE JOB 47:54 THAT PERHAPS THEY EXPECTED AND ALL BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS THE 48:01 EXPERT IN THE PREACHING, BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE 48:05 BLESSED, AND I DEFINITELY WAS BLESSED, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE 48:09 HUMBLE AND WHEN YOUR MIND FOCUSES ON THAT YOU CAN DO WHAT 48:13 THE LORD IS SAYING, YES, YOU CAN DO, BECAUSE IT'S ME. 48:17 IT JUST DRAWS YOU CLOSER TO HIM AND JUST START MAKING CHANGES, 48:22 AND YOU START FEELING THE CHANGES IN THE HEART THAT THE 48:26 LORD IS DOING THROUGH THIS WORK. >> AND ROMANIA IS EUROPE, AND 48:34 KATHY AND I ORGANIZING THE MEETINGS, WE KEPT GETTING 48:37 MESSAGES BACK, AND WE WENT OVER OVER THERE AND WE HEARD THE SAME 48:41 THING FROM LOCAL CHURCH LEADERS THAT -- THAT PROBABLY 48:45 WE -- WE -- PROBABLY -- NOT -- NOT A LOT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 48:49 WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO HAVE MEETINGS JUST THREE DAYS A WEEK, 48:53 AND NOT HAVE THEM SIX DAYS A WEEK. 48:56 PEOPLE WON'T COME DURING THE WEEK, JUST HAVE THEM ON THE 49:00 WEEKENDS. WE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER 49:02 AGAIN. I WOULD CALL PASTOR STEPHEN, 49:05 WONDERFUL PRESIDENT OF OUR MISSION THERE. 49:07 >> HE HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB. AND HIS TEAM, AND THE ROMANIAN 49:12 UNION, AND THE CONFERENCES, AMAZING ORGANIZATION, AND 49:16 PREWORK AND BIBLE STUDIES AND OUTREACH AND EVERYTHING. 49:20 >> YEAH. >> I AGREE. 49:22 >> AND HE TOLD ME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 2,017 MEETINGS. 49:28 WE HAD JUST COME FOR RWANDA, AND WE HAD -- 49:31 >> 2,027 THERE. >> I'M THINKING RWANDA, THIS IS 49:39 EUROPE. I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CAN'T 49:41 BE DONE CLUB. [ LAUGHTER ] 49:42 >> BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL GOING ON, 2,017 MEETINGS -- 49:47 >> MORE. >> MORE NOW. 49:50 THE THRILLING THING, THOUGH, AS WE CONTINUED THROUGH THE WEEK, 49:54 THE FIRST WEEK AND THE SECOND -WEEK, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE KEPT COMING. 50:00 ONE PRESIDENT SAID WE ARE HAVING A REVIVAL IN ROMANIA THAT WE 50:05 HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE SINCE THE '90S. 50:07 IT WAS LIKE AFTER THE FALL OF COMMUNISM. 50:11 >> I BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS MOVING ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY 50:15 OF ROMANIA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES. 50:17 AND THE LORD IS PREPARING HIS PEOPLE FOR THE LATTER REIGN OF 50:21 THE HOLY SPIRIT. >> OH, YEAH. 50:23 >> I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT. >> I WAS IN ONE CHURCH THE 50:28 SECOND SABBATH, AND SUE WAS PREACHING, AND THE CHURCH IS 50:31 PACKED, JUST FULL OF PEOPLE. AND I WAS TALKING TO HER 50:34 LATER -- WELL, I ASKED THE PEOPLE, I SAID HAVE YOU HEARD 50:40 ABOUT THIS ON ADVENTIST RADIO, AND ALL OF THE HANDS WENT UP. 50:46 AND I TALKED TO SUE, AND I SAID WHAT IS HAPPENING? 50:50 AND SHE SAID THEY HEAR IT ON TV AND THE RADIO, AND THEN THE 50:53 NEIGHBORS INVITE THEM. LAST NIGHT WE WERE PACKED OUT, 50:57 AND THEN MORE PEOPLE CAME IN THE BACK DOOR. 51:00 SO SHE GOT ALL OF THE KIDS AND PUT THEM ON THE PLATFORM AND HAD 51:04 THEM SIT TLUCH. AND I SAID SUE, YOU HAVE GOT TO 51:07 TELL THOSE CHURCH MEMBERS TO STOP BRINGING SO MANY GUESTS. 51:12 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT'S TOTAL MEMBER 51:14 INVOLVEMENT, INVOLVED AND INVITING THEIR FRIENDS AND 51:17 NEIGHBORS TO COME TO THE MEETING. 51:19 >> THE GROUP LEADER JUST A WONDERFUL PERSON, BUT WE RAN 51:22 INTO THE SAME THING. YOU CAME TO MY CHURCH.-WE WERE AVERAGING 40 TO 45 51:29 VISITORS A NIGHT IN A FAIRLY SMALL CHURCH. 51:32 AND THEY CAME OUT EVERY NIGHT, AND THEY STAYED, AND I COME FROM 51:37 A TRADITION WHERE YOU PREACH AN HOUR AND CHANGE. 51:39 THAT'S JUST A BLACK CHURCH. SO I WAS TRYING TO TAYLOR THAT 51:45 TO CUT IT DOWN. AND ONE PERSON GOT ME IN THE 51:50 CORN AND SAID, NO, PREACH. AND THE PASTOR SAID, NO, FINISH 51:56 YOUR MESSAGE. THEY ALSO SAID -- THEY SAID THEY 51:59 ARE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO WELL TO APPEALS. 52:05 AND THEY DON'T SAY AMEN. I TOOK THAT AS A PERSONAL 52:10 CHALLENGE. >> THEY SAY AMEAN. 52:13 >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE GOT THEM SAYING AMEAN IN THE 52:18 MIDDLE OF A SERMON. I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WOULD 52:21 DO THAT, AND THEY WOULD SAY AMEAN. 52:25 AND THEN I FELT IMPRESSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, MAKE AN APPEAL. 52:30 AND EIGHT RESPONDED. SO TWO NIGHTS LATER I MADE A 52:34 FULL APPEAL, AND 19 STOOD. >> AMEN. 52:37 >> SO THEY DO RESPOND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU ELDER WILSON, IT 52:42 WAS A SPIRITUAL SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE LOCAL CHURCH. 52:47 YOU COULD SEE THE MOVING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE JOY ON THE 52:50 FACES OF PEOPLE, AND TO A MAN, TO A MEETING, RATHER THAN 52:57 FILTERING DOWN, THEY GOT STRONGER AS THE MEETINGS 53:01 PROGRESSED. AND THE CROWD INCREASED. 53:04 AND THERE WAS A JOY THAT JUST FELT -- YOU COULD FEEL IT WAS 53:09 PALPABLE. IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL 53:12 EXPERIENCE. >> DUANE, I THINK YOU THOUTH 53:16 OUGHT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHY HAVING MANY MEETINGS, 53:18 COVERING AN ENTIRE COUNTRY IS SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE FROM THAT 53:22 LOCAL CHURCH MEMBER'S STAND POINT, AND FROM FINAL RESULTS, 53:26 AS -- AS OPPOSED TO HAVING ONE HUGE, BIG MEETING IN -- IN A 53:32 CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY, NOT THAT THAT'S BAD, IT'S VERY GOOD. 53:37 WE HAVE USED THAT IN MANY WAYS. >> SURE. 53:40 >> BUT WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANT OF HAVING 2,017 MEETINGS ACROSS 53:50 ROMANIA, 1,000 MEETINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF UKRAINE, AND IN 53:52 MANY OTHER PLACES, THIS KIND OF AN EMPHASIS ON VERY LOCAL 53:58 MEETINGS? BECAUSE ALL OF US HELD MEETINGS 54:00 IN PLACES WHERE -- MY LITTLE CHURCH, AND WHERE NANCY -- NANCY 54:06 HAS GOT TO SHARE IN A MOMENT, BECAUSE SHE HAS GOT SOME 54:09 EXCITING THINGS. BUT WE HAD MAYBE 200 PEOPLE 54:14 ATTENDING, AND MANY VISITORS, BUT WHY IS THAT SO EFFECTIVE IN 54:18 TERMS OF LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND EVANGELISTIC EFFECTIVENESS. 54:24 >> TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT, TMI IS CALENDAR DRIVEN. 54:28 YOU PLAN ALL OF THESE EVENTS THAT SUPPORT AND BUILD ON EACH 54:32 OTHER, AND THEN BY HAVING 2,017 MEETINGS, IT CRETE AT ITS 54:37 THIS -- IT BUILDS AND BUILDS THIS SYNERGY. 54:44 AND YOU DRIVE ACROSS ROMANIA, AND YOU SEE ALL OF THESE SIGNS, 54:49 TMI, TMI, AND ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY OTER PEOPLE ARE HAVING 54:54 THESE MEETINGS AS WELL. THERE'S A LIFTING POWER ABOUT 54:57 THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEY HEAR IT ON THEIR RADIO, 55:00 THEY SEE IT ON TV. THEY KNOW THE OTHER CHURCHES ARE 55:03 DOING THE SAME THING, AND IT GIVES THEM COURAGE TO INVITE 55:08 THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO COME. 55:10 THIS IS NOT A HUGE COUNTRY, SIZE OF MICHIGAN, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE 55:16 HAVING 2,017 MEETINGS IN MICHIGAN? 55:20 AND THEY JUST KEPT BUILDING AND BUILDING AND BUILDING, AND 55:24 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE KEPT COMING AND COMING. 55:26 >> WE'RE COMING TO THE TOP OF THE HOUR, I'M GOING TO KICK IT 55:31 BACK TO THE STUDIO TO DANNY AND JOHN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE 55:35 US OUT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK 55:37 FOR THE SECOND HOUR, AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT. 55:41 >> WE HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE AMAZED AT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 55:45 HEARING ABOUT TMI, TOTAL MEMBER -INVOLVEMENT. I KNOW THE SECOND HOUR IS GOING 55:49 TO OPEN UP MORE DOORS, BUT JUST TO HEAR THE WORK AS IT'S 55:54 HAPPENING, AND I THINK YOU FOR THAT PEAK INTO ROMANIA. 55:57 I CAN'T THINK OF FREEZING EVANGELISM HERE IN AMERICA, BUT 56:01 IT WORKS IN SOME PLACES AND GOD IS WORKING IN A POWERFUL WAY. 56:05 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I SAID WHY DON'T YOU JUST 56:08 TAKE IT AND RUN WITH THIS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE 56:11 THERE -- JUST LIKE WHEN WE WERE IN LONDON LAST FALL, A LOT OF 56:15 PEOPLE SAID WE WERE LIKE BROTHER DUANE, PEOPLE WERE ON THE SIDE. 56:20 IT JUST WON'T WORK IN AREAS LIKE THAT. 56:25 BUT WE DECIDED THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WORK IN LONDON AND ANYWHERE 56:31 YOU ASK HIM TO BE THERE. NOW THIS IS JUST THE FIRST HOUR. 56:36 WE HAVE ANOTHER HOUR. WE HAVE OTHER GUESTS, I THINK 56:40 DEREK MORRIS IS GOING TO BE ON ALSO. 56:42 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ELDER WILSON AND NANCY AND CA 56:50 AND IRMA AS WELL. WE WANT YOU TO CALL EVERYBODY 56:55 AND TELL THEM TO TUNE IN TO 3ABN. 56:58 WE WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT 57:02 IS ALL ABOUT FOR US. JESUS SAID GO YE TO ALL THE 57:07 WORLD, BUT BEFORE HE SAID IT, HE SAID -- SO WE SAY LORD COME INTO 57:13 MY LIFE. THEN HE SAYS GO AND TELL WHAT I 57:18 HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOUR GREATEST ASSET IS YOUR OWN PERSONAL 57:23 TESTIMONY OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE. 57:27 AND THAT'S WHAT TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IS ALL ABOUT. 57:29 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK FOR JUST A MOMENT, BUT 57:33 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪ |
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