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00:09 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME BOOK TO OUR THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE PROGRAM.
00:13 IT IS LIVE. WE'RE COMING TO YOU HERE FROM 00:15 OUR STUDIOS IN WEST FRANKFORT, ILL, SLASH, THOMPSONVILLE, 00:23 ILLINOIS. IT SURE SEEMED LIKE THE FIRST 00:26 HOUR SPED BY. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING WONDERFUL 00:29 MISSION STORIES. IT HAS THRILLED MY HEART. 00:33 AND HOPEFULLY YOU WATCHED THE WHOLE FIRST HOUR. 00:37 WE'RE HERE WITH ADVENTIST MISSION, AND THEY ARE TALKING 00:40 ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE WORD, AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST A 00:44 TASTE OF WHAT GOD IS DOING, BUT I KNOW IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO 00:48 HEAR THESE STORIES TONIGHT. >> IT IS ENCOURAGING. 00:53 IT JUST BUILDS FAITH. WHEN YOU SHARE WHAT GOD HAS DONE 00:59 IN YOUR LIFE, IT BUILDS FAITH. IT ENCOURAGES ME. 01:03 AND IT BUILDS MY FAITH TO NOT ONLY SEE WHAT GOD IS DOING 01:07 AROUND THE WORLD, BUT TO THINK WHAT GOD CAN DO WITH ME, WITH 01:10 YOU AT HOME. SO IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, 01:13 OUR SPECIAL GUESTS THIS EVENING FROM ADVENTIST MISSION, IS 01:17 PASTOR GARY KRAUSE, DIRECTOR OF ADVENTIST MISSION, AND THEN RICK 01:22 KAJIURA COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR OF ADVENTIST MISSION, AND THEN 01:25 PASTOR DOUG VENN, AND YOU ARE DIRECTOR OF MISSION TO THE 01:29 CITIES. AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE 01:31 EACH OF YOU HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO 01:36 FOR THE CAUSE OF GOD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:38 >> AND WE APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP. 01:42 >> IT'S A LONG-STANDING ONE. >> YES, IT IS. 01:45 AND MR. DANNY SHELTON THATS HIS VISION IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL 01:51 AROUND THE WORLD. AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU, 01:53 BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING ADVENTIST MISSION. 01:57 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THEM. 02:00 AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY OF 3ABN. 02:04 YOU STOOD WITH THIS MINISTRY AROUND 34 YEARS. 02:07 THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE SOULS ARE BEING WON FOR THE 02:12 KINGDOM THROUGH 3ABN, THROUGH ADVENTIST MISSION, AND OTHER 02:17 MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WE HAVE ANOTHER ROLL WE WANT TO 02:19 GO TO -- AND IS THIS THE ONE WITH YOU ON A BICYCLE? 02:25 >> I AM REMARKABLY SO, IN MY OLD AGE. 02:30 >> YOU ARE NOT OLD. IT IS NOT REMARKABLE. 02:32 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> SHALL WE GO TO THAT ROLL 02:36 RIGHT NOW? >> YES. 02:37 >> OKAY. ♪ 02:41 >> I JUST LOVE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS, PUTTING CHRIST'S 02:48 MISSION INTO PRACTICE. THEY TEACH ME ABOUT SACRIFICE. 02:53 THEY TEACH ME ABOUT COMMITMENT. AND THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE 02:57 OFFERING IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT 02:59 THESE PIONEERS, A BASIC LIVING STIPEND PROVIDES A ROOF OVER 03:04 THEIR HEADS, SOME FOOD ON THEIR TABLE, AND BASIC RESOURCES IN 03:08 THEIR HANDS, AND THINGS SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, A BASIC BIKE 03:14 MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A PIONEER, WHETHER IT IS 03:19 OUT IN THE VILLAGES OR A CITY GOING BLOCK TO BLOCK, IT CAN 03:24 SAVE A LOT OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF 03:29 THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS THROUGH THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE 03:34 OFFERING. >> IT'S PART OF ADVENTIST'S GOAL 03:38 OF REACHING AREAS IN PRACTICAL WAYS. 03:42 THEY ARE LOCAL MEMBERS WHO WORK IN THEIR OWN CULTURES. 03:46 THEY DO NOT FACE SOME OF THE BARRIERS MISSIONARIES MAY 03:52 ENCOUNTER. >> BEFORE I GOT THE BICYCLE, I 03:56 WALK. SO IT WAS HARD FOR ME. 04:00 >> THE MAJORITY IN THE COUNTRY ARE MEN, BUT FOUR WOMEN ALSO 04:06 SERVE. 04:16 THE YOUNGEST ARE IN THEIR 30S, WHILE THE OLDEST ARE IN THEIR 04:22 60S. THE LIFE OF A GMP IS HARD WITH 04:27 LIMITED RESOURCES, DEEPLY ROOTED TRADITIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, 04:32 AND OFTEN CHALLENGING SURROUNDINGS, YET THEY CONTINUE 04:35 TO EXPRESS THEIR FAITH IN PRACTICAL WAYS. 04:40 >> BUT WHEN I RECEIVED THE BICYCLE AT THIS MOMENT IT'S VERY 04:49 EASY. >> WALKING LONG DISTANCES TAKES 04:52 A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME. TIME THAT COULD BE BETTER SPENT 04:56 WITH THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 05:07 >> THE ANSWER TO THIS CHALLENGE CAME IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL FUND 05:13 FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. BANGLADESH GMP'S GATHERED IN 05:22 DACA FOR A DAY OF TRAINING, AND TO CELEBRATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF 05:26 THE BICYCLES THAT WOULD MAKE THEIR MINISTRIES MORE COMPLETE. 05:45 >> THANKS TO THESE GIFT, THE JOURNEY FOR THESE GMP'S WILL 05:50 FOREVER BE SHORTER, AND THE MEMORY OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR 05:54 MINISTRY WILL GO WITH THEM. 06:07 >> THANK YOU! >> FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 06:10 THE GLOBAL MISSION PIONEER PROGRAM, GO TO 06:19 WWW.ADVENTISTMISSION.ORG. 06:29 >> PASTOR GARY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THE BIKE. 06:33 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TAKES IT 06:36 TOOK. >> YOU WERE PEDDLING AND 06:38 TALKING -- >> REMARKABLE. 06:40 >> VERY SOPHISTICATED. BUT I WROTE DOWN THE NUMBER, 06:45 THERE'S 2500 GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS, AND MANY OF THEM USE 06:49 THE BICYCLE, AND THIS IS A HELP TO THEM IN THEIR WORK. 06:52 >> A BIG HELP, YEAH. AND THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE 06:57 OFFERING, MUCH OF IT IS USED TO HELP GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS. 07:02 AND SERIOUSLY, SOME OF THESE PIONEERS MAY BE GETTING 50 TO 07:08 $100 A MONTH. THEY SACRIFICE. 07:09 >> OH, YEAH. THAT IS SACRIFICE. 07:14 >> SO THERE ARE BICYCLES HERE -- WE WERE IN ONE COUNTRY 07:17 ONE TIME, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN A GANG PARK WHERE THE PIONEER 07:23 WAS WORKING IN THAT REGION, AND WE SAID WOULD A BICYCLE HELP 07:29 YOUR WORK? AND EVEN LAUGHED AT US. 07:32 AND WE SAID WHAT IS GOING ON? AND HE SAID, YOU CAN'T RIDE A 07:39 BIKE HERE, THE ELEPHANTS WILL CHASE YOU. 07:44 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT BEING 07:47 CHASED BY AN ELEPHANT -- >> I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF 07:50 THAT. >> IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE HERE? 07:53 >> IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE. >> NOW WE ARE GOING TO ANOTHER 07:59 ONE WHERE WE SEE DOUG ON A VIDEO. 08:04 >> OKAY. THIS IS IN JAPAN? 08:05 >> THIS IS IN JAPAN. >> I'M HERE IN TOKYO, ONE OF THE 08:09 WORLD'S LARGEST CITIES, AND I'M SURROUNDING BY NEW AND POTENTIAL 08:14 FRIENDS, BUT EVEN THOUGH I'M SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE, IT'S 08:18 REALLY HARD TO CONNECT HEART TO HEART. 08:20 THEY ARE ISOLATED, LONELY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SURROUNDED BY 08:24 PEOPLE. SO LET'S CHECK OUT AN URBAN 08:27 CENTER OF DIFFERENCE THAT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE 08:29 LONELY HEARTS. ♪ 08:42 >> I'M HERE WITH MY FRIEND AND HE IS THE SABBATH SCHOOL AND 08:48 PERSONAL MINISTRIES DIRECTOR FOF THE JAPAN CONFERENCE. 08:53 IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 08:55 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW LONG HAS THE CHRISTIAN TELEPHONE 08:59 FRIENDS MINISTRY BEEN GOING? 09:09 >> AS I CONTINUED TALKING WITH MY FRIEND, HE SHARED WITH ME 09:13 THAT IN TOKYO, THERE ARE A LOT OF LONELY PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP. 09:17 THEY SHUT THEMSELVES IN THEIR HOMES AND DISCONNECT FROM 09:20 SOCIETY. IT'S A DEFENSE MECHANISM TO COPE 09:23 WITH THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, DESPITE BEING IN SUCH A 09:28 LARGE CITY, THEY FIND A WAY TO ISOLATE THEMSELVES. 09:34 THE ADVENTIST CHURCH STARTED A MINISTRY CALLED CHRISTIAN PHONE 09:43 FRIENDS. A TEAM GOES THROUGH EXTENSIVE 09:49 TRAINING. CHURCH MEMBERS DISTRIBUTE CARDS 09:52 AND POST ADS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 09:55 AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONTACTING THEM. 09:57 THIS HAS ALLOWED THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN JAPAN TO 10:03 MINISTER TO COUNTLESS LIVES. YET TOKYO ISN'T THE ONLY CITY 10:08 WHERE PEOPLE FEEL ALONE. MANY HAVE MANAGED TO ISOLATE 10:13 THEMSELVES NOT JUST FROM OTHERS, BUT ALSO FROM GOD. 10:16 THIS TYPE OF OUTREACH CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER PLACES. 10:20 FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DISCIPLE AND MINISTER TO THOSE WHO DON'T 10:26 KNOW GOD YET, HOW CAN YOU USE THIS MODEL IN YOUR CITY. 10:30 THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME IN TOKYO, THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITY. 10:34 I HOPE YOU WERE INSPIRED BY THIS STORY, ON HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO 10:40 MEET SEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN BE ABLE TO STEP-BY-STEP 10:47 MAKE DISCIPLES, JUST LIKE JESUS DID. 10:50 JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR THIS CITY, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE 10:53 OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, AS WE UPLIFT JESUS AS WE 10:57 CONTINUE OUR MISSION TO THE CITY. 10:59 ♪ 11:05 >> WHAT A CREATIVE WAY TO WITNESS. 11:07 I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF BEING A PHONE FRIEND AND 11:10 LEARNING HOW TO LISTEN AND PRAY WITH SOMEONE OVER THE PHONE AND 11:13 HELP THEM. THAT IS TRULY JESUS METHOD, HOW 11:16 YOU MENTIONED THAT QUOTE FROM ELLEN WHITE BEFORE, THAT IS 11:22 JESUS METHOD OF FULFILLING THE NEEDS. 11:25 >> AND IT WAS THRILLING AS I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE CREATIVITY 11:29 OF THE JAPANESE, AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS AND 11:32 OTHER MINISTRIES TO ACTUALLY THEN WORK IN THESE LARGEST URBAN 11:38 ENVIRONMENT, AND I'M SO THRILLED BECAUSE THEIR EXAMPLE -- AND 11:42 THEIR CREATIVITY IS ACTUALLY A BLESSING TO OTHER CITIES. 11:47 >> AMEN. >> SO TONIGHT WE'RE NOT ONLY 11:51 HEARING ABOUT MISSION STORIES, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP 11:55 SUPPORT. >> THAT'S RIGHT WE DO. 11:57 THE ANNUAL OFFERING WILL TAKE PLACE ON SABBATH NOVEMBER 10TH. 12:02 BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO DONATE OR SUPPORT. 12:06 FEEL FREE TO GIVE THEM A CALL AT 800-648-5824. 12:17 OR YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE. THAT'S ADVENTISTMISSION.ORG. 12:25 AND IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ONE OF THOSE 2500 GLOBAL MISSION 12:30 PIONEER, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD SAY, WE COULD USE 2600 OR 12:36 2700, BECAUSE THE NEED IS GREAT. IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE BIKE 12:41 MINISTRY, OR ONE OF THE OTHER MINISTRIES. 12:44 NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT. >> WHEN THEY GO TO THE WEBSITE, 12:49 WHAT DO THEY SEE? SOMETHING SAYS DONATE? 12:53 OR WHAT IS THE PROCESS? >> WHAT WE FOCUS ON A LOT ARE 12:57 MISSION STORIES. >> SO THERE ARE MISSION STORIES 13:00 ON THE WEBSITE. >> YES. 13:02 AND IN THE CORNER THERE IS A BUTTON THAT SAYS DONATE. 13:06 AND THEY CAN CLICK ON THAT, AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT CHOICES THEY 13:10 CAN MAKE AS TO WHERE THEY WANT THOSE OFFERINGS TO GO? 13:14 >> AMEN. >> AND THESE ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE? 13:20 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S EXCITING. 13:22 >> WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? >> WE'RE TRAVELING TO BRAZIL, TO 13:26 VISIT -- WELL, BEFORE IT STARTS. URBAN MINISTRY IS HARD. 13:31 IT'S EXPENSIVE. PEOPLE ARE BUSY. 13:34 GETTING ACCESS TO HOMES, IT'S VERY HARD. 13:37 SO YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE IDEAS MOVING FORWARD. 13:42 AND YOU'LL SEE AN EXAMPLE IN THIS NEXT ROLL. 13:47 >> WE'RE IN THE SOUTH OF BRAZIL, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AFTER 13:53 FLEWANT AREAS OF THE AMAZONIAN AREA. 14:03 SHOPPING CENTERS ARE A POPULAR ATTRACTION FOR CITY DWELLERS, 14:07 AND THIS MALL IS ONE OF THE BEST IN TOWN. 14:11 ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD NEVER IMAGINE MINDING A CHURCH INSIDE THIS 14:14 PLAZA, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE MANY MEMBERS AND GUESTS COME TO 14:19 WORSHIP EACH SABBATH. ♪ 14:22 >> WE'RE INSIDE A MALL. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST IN TOWN, 14:25 AND THIS FACT ALONE MAKES THIS PLACE UNIQUE. 14:28 SOME PEOPLE WON'T ATTEND A REGULAR CHURCH, SO THEY HAVE 14:32 COME TO THE MALL. THERE ARE MANY GUESTS HERE THAT 14:35 DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH BEFORE, BUT AS THEY ARRIVED AT THE MALL, 14:40 THEY FOUND OUR THEATER CHURCH, AND LIKED IT, AND REMAINED HERE. 14:47 >> THIS REPRESENTS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR MISSION. 14:52 MANY HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LOVE OF JESUS. 14:58 THIS IS THE LAST DISTRICT WITHOUT AN ADVENTIST 15:01 CONGREGATION. IT IS CHALLENGING FOR A 15:05 TRADITIONAL CHURCH TO ENTER AN AFFLUANT NEIGHBORHOOD. 15:19 THIS AT -- ATTRACTED THE INTEREST OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO 15:26 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHURCH AND THE BIBLE. 15:28 >> AS A RESULT OF OUR DECISION TO CONGREGATE IN THE MALL, THIS 15:33 OPENED THE DOOR TO SEVERAL NEW PEOPLE WHO AT TEN HERE. 15:39 OUR WORSHIP STYLE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 15:45 IT'S VERY LIVELY AND ENERGETIC. EVEN OUR DRESS IS MORE RELAXED 15:49 AND INFORMAL BY LOSING THE TIE AND SUIT JACKET, IT'S EASIER TO 15:56 RELATE TO VISITORS THIS WAY. PEOPLE SHOPPING AT THE MALL LOOK 16:01 JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE SITTING IN CHURCH. 16:04 THEY FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG WHEN WE DON'T LOOK TOO DIFFERENT AT 16:10 THEM. >> THE SIGN IS AN INTRIGUING 16:12 INVITATION TO SOME, AND A FAMILIAR RE MINDER OF HOPE 16:17 CHANNEL, WHERE SHOW HOSTS OFTEN INVITE VIEWERS TO VISIT CHURCHES 16:24 LIKE THIS. 16:35 >> IN AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT A GREATER DIVERSITY, ADVENTISTS IN 16:41 THE COMMUNITY FORGED RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH A SPECIAL 16:45 GROUP CALLED THE CLASS OF FRIENDS. 16:48 IN THIS GROUP, PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FAMILIARIZE 16:53 THEMSELVES ARE BIBLICAL TEACHINGS. 16:56 >> OUR CLASS IS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 60 STUDENTS. 17:00 YOU SEE PEOPLE TAKING BABY STEPS. 17:02 COMING TO THE MALL AND FINDING A STUDY GROUP 17:06 SO THEY SLOWLY MOVE CLOSER AND BEGIN ATTENDING CHURCH WITH US. 17:21 OUR GROUP IS VERY DIVERSE AND THIS MAKES IT ALL THE MORE 17:25 INTERESTING. THERE ARE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, AND 17:28 PEOPLE OF MANY PROFESSIONS. WHAT IS MOST INTERESTING TO ME 17:32 IS THE RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND SOME WHO ARE PART OF SPIRITUAL 17:39 GROUPS NATIVE TO BRAZIL. WHICH INTERACT WITH A DIFFERENT 17:46 MIXTURE OF VIEWS, BUT ARRIVE AT THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE BIBLE 18:00 ALONE. >> AS HIS SERVANTS TO TRIBES, 18:04 NATIONS, AND TONGUES, WE SHOULD CONTEXTUALIZE THE HOPE WE ARE 18:11 GIVING. PLEASE PRAY FOR ADVENTIST 18:15 CHURCHES AS THEY PLANT CHURCHES USING UNIQUE METHODS AROUND THE 18:21 WORLD. ♪ 18:22 >> AMEN. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A 18:25 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN A MALL, BUT WHAT A GREAT IDEA. 18:28 BECAUSE HERE IS WHERE THE SECULAR COMMUNITY COMES, AND WE 18:33 ALL HAVE SOME SORT OF GOD-SHAPED HOLE INSIDE OF US, THAT SOMETIME 18:39 MAYBE WHEN YOU LIE YOUR HEAD ON THE BED AT NIGHT, YOU THINK IS 18:45 THIS ALL THERE IS TO LIFE? IS THERE SOMETHING I'M MISSING? 18:48 SO I CAN IMAGINE THAT PULL WHEN THEY WOULD WALK BY THE SIGN AND 18:53 SAY, I WONDER WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 18:56 SO WHAT A GREAT WAY TO WITNESS. >> THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE 19:01 FIRST CITIES IN THE WHOLE WORLD THAT THE ADVENTIST HAS ACTUALLY 19:06 A CREATIVE PRESENCE IN EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY. 19:13 LIKE THERE WAS A PHYSICIAN WHO HAS A HOUSE CHURCH. 19:17 AND THERE IS A JEWISH COMMUNITY THERE, SO WE HAVE A CENTER FOR 19:22 THEM WHERE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, MINISTER TO THAT 19:27 CULTURE IN THAT CONTEXT AS WELL. >> I LOVE THAT. 19:30 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CONTEXTUALIZE THE GOSPEL? 19:34 >> WELL, THIS NEXT VIDEO, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO 19:38 PAKISTAN, AND THERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE FLAVOR AND THE 19:44 CULTURE ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION 19:49 AND AREA CAN RELATE TO, AND SO IT IS THAT JESUS WHEN HE CAME 19:55 FROM HEAVEN SO EARTH, ACTUALLY -- HE TENTED WITH US. 19:58 >> YES. >> AND WE SEE THAT FROM THE OLD 20:05 TESTAMENT. >> DWELLED AMONG US. 20:08 AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING CHRIST'S 20:15 EXAMPLE OF LIVING WITH PEOPLE TO SPREAD THE THREE ANGEL'S 20:22 MESSAGE. >> AND PAUL SAID I HAVE BECOME 20:23 ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE. SO IT IS DRESSING IT FOR 20:29 DIFFERENT CULTURES. NOT CHANGING IT, BUT MAKING IT 20:35 UNDERSTANDABLE AND ATTRACTIVE. >> SO LET'S GO TO PAKISTAN. 20:40 ♪ >> WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 210 20:46 MILLION, PAKISTAN IS THE WORLD'S FIFTH MOST POPULOUS NATION. 20:51 99% OF ITS PEOPLE ARE MUSLIM, AND IT'S URBAN POPULOUS IS 20:57 STEADILY GROWING. LOCATEDED NEAR THIS BORDER, THIS 21:00 IS ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, WITH A 21:05 POPULATION OF OVER 11 MILLION, IT IS STEEPED IN RICH HISTORY 21:09 AND CULTURE. TO REACH THIS BUSTLING CITY, 21:12 LOCAL ADVENTISTS BEGAN BY SHARING THE HEALTH MESSAGE. 21:16 THEY CONDUCTED HEALTH SEMINARS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON HEALTH AND 21:20 WELL-BEING.-pDONNA IS ONE OF THE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO BENEFITED. 21:24 SHOW IS THE MOTHER OF TWO, AND JUST LIKE MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE 21:28 IN A BUSY CITY SHE HAS NO TIME TO COOK, SO SHE BECME A REGULAR 21:34 CUSTOMER AT CAST-FOOD CHAINS. BUT AFTER SHE ATTENDED AN 21:41 ADVENTIST SEMINAR ON HEALTHY EATING, HER APPETITE FOR 21:46 FAST-FOOD, SOON TURNED BLAND. 21:57 >> BEFORE COMING TO THE HEALTH SEMINARS, DONNA HAD HEARD ABOUT 22:02 THE BENEFITS OF A HEALTHY DIET, BUT STRUGGLED TO CHANGE. 22:10 SHE WASN'T SURE HOW TO MAKE THE CHANGE, UNTIL SHE ATTENDED THE 22:14 CHURCH'S HEALTH SEMINARS. THERE SHE UNDERHOW HEALTHY 22:19 CHOICES COULD TRANSFORM HER WELL-BEING. 22:22 >> Translator: I REALIZED THAT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED 22:25 TODAY -- THIS WAS MISSING FROM MY LIFE 22:27 THE THINGS THAT I MISSED IN MY LIFE WERE VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. 22:33 THESE PRECIOUS GIFTS OF GOD WERE MISSING IN MY FAMILY'S LIFE. 22:38 THAT'S WHY WE HAD SO MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS. 22:43 >> DONNA NOW PRACTICES WHAT SHE LEARNED AND IS SHARING HER 22:47 EXPERIENCES WITH THE REST OF HER FAMILY. 22:49 SHE SAW AMAZING RESULTS GRADUALLY TAKE PLACE IN HER AND 22:53 HER SON'S HEALTH. SHE DISCOVERED NEW WAYS TO MAKE 22:57 THEIR DAILY MEALS EXCITING AND COLORFUL. 23:01 THESE LIFESTYLE CHANGES ENCOURAGED HER TO LEARN MORE 23:05 ABOUT HOW SHE COULD LIVE AN BALANCED LIFE. 23:08 THERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO NEED HELP TO CHANGE THEIR 23:15 LIFESTYLES. THE ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE, 23:19 DREAMS OF BUILDING AN URBAN LIFE CENTER. 23:28 ULTIMATELY THEY ASPIRE TO HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MANY 23:34 OTHERS. >> Translator: THE ADVENTIST 23:36 DIET IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR FAMILIES, BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS 23:40 PREPARED AT HOME WITH THINGS AVAILABLE AT HOME. 23:43 FOOD PREPARED AT HOME IS PREFERRED OVER FAST-FOODS, SO WE 23:48 NEED TO TEACH EVERYONE ABOUT HOW FRUITS AND GREEN VEGETABLES CAN 23:52 HAVE GREAT MEANING IN YOUR LIVES. 23:55 >> THIS QUARTER, PART OF YOUR 13TH SABBATH OFFERING, WILL HELP 24:05 MAKE THIS CENTER A REALITY. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING 24:08 ADVENTIST MISSION. 24:15 . >> YOU KNOW THAT FOOD LOOKED 24:16 REALLY GOOD. >> IT DID. 24:18 COULD THAT BE BECAUSE I'M HUNGRY? 24:20 >> IT COULD BE. BUT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A 24:23 HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND HERE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, IT'S A IT 24:29 WILL -- A LITTLE LATE. BUT I REALLY LIKED THE HEALTH 24:33 MESSAGE, BECAUSE ALL OF US WANT TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH. 24:36 SO I THINK THAT IS VRY POWERFUL. 24:39 IT'S A GREAT ROLL, DOUG. >> WELL, AND HERE -- AND 24:43 THIS -- THIS COUNTRY, I HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY HELP PLAN 24:47 THIS MISSION OFFERING WHEN I WAS AT THE DIVISION. 24:49 >> OH. >> SO ANY WAY THAT WAS ONE OF MY 24:53 LAST CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, TO PLAN 24:57 FOUR YEARS IN ADVANCE FOR -- YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THESE PROJECTS 25:00 GOING TO BE? AND WHEN I HAD A CHANCE TO 25:04 ACTUALLY VISIT THE COUNTRY TO SEE HOW -- THERE'S SUCH A HUNGER 25:11 FOR TH THREE ANGELS' MESSAGE, BUT IT'S NOT A DIRET HUNGER. 25:17 SO THAT'S WHY THIS PLAN TO SET UP THIS CENTER OF INFLUENCE AND 25:22 MEET THE HUNGER, AND ALSO HELP THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE 25:28 FAMILIES, LIKE DONNA, AND THEN TO SHARE THE THREE ANGELS' 25:31 MESSAGE AND TO PREPARE THAT BEAUTIFUL NATION FOR THE SOON 25:35 COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. >> AMEN. 25:37 WHAT A BLESSING. HOW OFTEN DO THE CENTER OF 25:41 INFLUENCES USE HEALTH -- OR THE HEALTH MESSAGE? 25:43 >> MANY DO IT ALL THE TIME. YES, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST 25:49 EFFECTIVE MEANS THERE IS. >> AND WHY WOULD THAT BE? 25:52 >> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT COMING STRAIGHT IN ON THE 25:56 SPIRITUAL, WHEN THEY ARE NOT READY FOR IT. 25:59 I THINK THEY SEE HOW YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH 26:03 THEIR HEALT, AND THEN BUILD UP THE TRUST. 26:05 MAYBE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION, THAT'S 26:09 IMPORTANT TOO. >> AND THIS ROLL, RICK, YOU SAID 26:15 99% ARE NON-CHRISTIAN. >> THAT'S CORRECT. 26:17 >> THAT'S HUGE. 99%. 26:20 >> I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THERE ARE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD 26:24 THAT SUCH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THEM IS NON-CHRISTIAN. 26:30 ONLY A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE WORLD'S POPULATION IS CHRISTIAN. 26:37 >> AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE SPIRITUAL THINGS. 26:41 >> IT IS ALSO HOW JESUS WORKED. HE MET THE NEEDS, AND MANY TIMES 26:46 IT WAS -- MAYBE THE FAMILY OR A RELATIONAL HEALTH NEED, OR MAYBE 26:51 IT WAS A -- THE PHYSICAL NEED, AND SO THAT'S WHERE -- WE'RE 26:56 JUST FOLLOWING THAT -- THAT EXAMPLE OF CHRIST. 26:58 >> AMEN. I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE LIKE 27:02 GEOGRAPHY. I LIKE GEOGRAPHY, AS WE HAVE 27:04 BEEN TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD WITH THESE STORIES. 27:08 WHAT COUNTRY ARE WE OFF TO NEXT? >> WE'RE HEADED TO GERMANY. 27:13 WESTERN EUROPE IS A MISSION FIELD TODAY. 27:15 WE SEE CHRISTIANITY IN DECLINE. THE CHURCH IS STRUGGLING. 27:19 >> IT'S SECULAR. >> EXACTLY. 27:22 AND ELLEN WHITE SAID THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN CITIES WHO WILL 27:29 NEVER BE REACHED BY PUBLIC MEETINGS. 27:31 AND THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT IN THE CITY OF -- WHICH 27:36 ONE IS IT IN? WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN WE WATCH THE 27:39 VIDEO. >> OKAY. 27:40 LET'S DO IT. ♪ 27:45 >> TONIGHT'S ACTIVITY IS COOKING A MEXICAN DINNER WITH BEANS, 27:52 TORTILLAS, GUACAMOLE AND HOMEMADE SAUCE. 27:57 AND THEN ENJOY THE RELAXED ATMOSPHERE, YOU MAY MAKE A NEW 28:02 FRIEND OR TWO? ARE YOU INTERESTED? 28:05 WELCOME ON BACK TO THE KITCHEN. TONIGHT YOU ARE A CHEF ALONGSIDE 28:09 OTHER VOLUNTEERS. LET'S GET COOKING. 28:10 ♪ 28:18 >> WHEN THE MEAL IS READY, OUR HOST WELCOMES THE GUESTS. 28:22 HE ALSO EXPLAINS WHERE WE ARE. >> THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE 28:28 CAN GET TOGETHER, EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, 28:32 AND ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION AND IN GOOD HUMAN ENCOUNTER. 28:37 >> IN THE HIGHLY URBANIZED CITY OF FRANKFORT, GERMANY, THIS 28:44 LOUNGE OFFERS A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES. 28:52 FOLLOWED BY ENGAGING GROUP DISCUSSIONS. 28:55 >> AND ALL OF THESE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED FOR 28:57 PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER, LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, EXPERIENCE 29:03 INSPIRATION, AND GROWTH IN THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEYS. 29:05 ♪ 29:41 [ APPLAUSE ] >> Translator: FOR ME THIS IS A 29:53 TASTE OF CULTURE AND MUSIC, SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T FIND 30:00 EASILY. TONIGHT EVEN WITH HAD A SMALL 30:04 CIRCLE DISCUSSION. >> I RECEIVED [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 30:12 IT WAS AFEST WITH A CONCERT. TO BE A PART OF THE LOUNGE IS 30:17 VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME, BECAUSE I MET ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING 30:27 PEOPLES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF 30:33 THEM. >> PRESENCE CULTURE LOUNGE WAS 30:37 INSPIRED BY CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH FRIENDS. 30:41 THEY OFTEN TALKED ABOUT LIFE JOURNEYS. 30:44 AT TIMES THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED OVER A MEAL, OR WERE 30:49 SPARKED BY A MOVIE OR BOOK THEY READ. 30:53 SO HE MADE IT OPEN TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACIAL OR 30:58 RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND. >> WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE, WE 31:01 COMMUNICATE OPENLY THAT THIS IS A PROJECT OF THE SEVENTH-DAY 31:04 ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND THEY ALSO HERE FROM ME THAT I'M A PASTOR, 31:10 AND IT IS A CHANCE -- OR A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CHURCH 31:16 TO -- TO SERVE OTHERS, AND -- AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE 31:19 WHO COME HERE, HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 31:24 CHURCH EVEN EXISTS. >> IN A CONTEXT WHERE PEOPLE 31:28 AREN'T ATTRACTED TO RELIGION OR INSTITUTIONS, THIS PROVIDES A 31:33 SPACE FOR NEW EXPERIENCES. EACH EVENT IS CAREFULLY CRAFTED 31:37 TO ENCOURAGE THE OPEN AND SINCERE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. 31:42 VISITORS COME REGULARLY TO EXPAND THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND 31:45 GROW IN NEW WAYS. MANY ADVENTIST CENTERS OF 31:50 INFLUENCE OPERATE ACROSS THE GLOBE. 31:52 THEY OFFER PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON LIFE AND FIND 31:55 ANSWERS. ALTHOUGH EACH CENTER'S APPROACH 31:58 DIFFERS IN EACH REGION, ADVENTIST MEMBERS GET CREATIVE 32:03 WAYS TO ENGAGE THE PEOPLE CHRIST CAME TO LOVE. 32:08 PLEASE PRAY FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST URBAN CENTERS OF 32:11 INFLUENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF GLOBAL MISSION. 32:13 ♪ 32:20 >> WOW, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE CENTER, AND AGAIN, THEY HAD FOOD 32:23 THERE. AND I THINK I HAVE CHANGED MY 32:26 MIND. I THINK WE SHOULD EAT TONIGHT. 32:28 I AM GETTING HUNGRY. [ LAUGHTER ] 32:30 >> PASTOR GARY, YOU WERE THERE. >> YES, I VISITED THAT CENTER, 32:33 AND IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BECAUSE YOU 32:37 HOLD A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND NOBODY COMES. 32:42 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HARD CORE SECULARISM HERE, WHRE PEOPLE 32:46 ARE RICH WITH GOODS AND THEY FEEL AS IF THEY NEED NOTHING. 32:51 SO HOW DO YOU TOUCH THEIR LIVES? YOU HAVE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY 32:57 ARE. AND THEIR INTEREST MAY BE IN 33:00 MUSIC, OR ART OR, PHOTOGRAPHY. SO AROUND THE WORLD THERE ARE 33:06 DOZENS OF DIFFERENT CENTERS OF INFLUENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE 33:09 WANT TO SEE. >> AND HE IS A YOUNG PASTOR. 33:13 >> YEAH. >> HE SEEMS SO EXCITED. 33:16 >> AND HE HAS THOUGHT THIS THROUGH. 33:17 HE HAS PRAYED THROUGH THIS. >> SO WHAT A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE 33:21 A CULTURAL CENTER.-I LOVE THAT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT 33:25 THEN -- THE -- THE CHURCH OWNS THE BUILDING -- 33:28 >> THEY ARE RENTING THE BUILDING. 33:31 >> OKAY. >> YEAH. 33:32 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES FROM THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE 33:35 OFFERING, IS THAT IT HELPS FUND THESE CENTERS OF INFLUENCE. 33:40 PROVIDES SEED MONEY T GET IT STARTED FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS, 33:43 AND THEN THE GOAL IS THAT THEY BECOME SELF SUPPORTING AFTER 33:47 THAT. >> THAT WAS A GREAT SEGUE. 33:51 >> THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SEGUE. WE BELIEVE IN WHAT GOD IS DOING 33:56 THROUGH ADVENTIST MISSION, AND AT 3ABN, WE WANT TO STAND IN 34:01 SUPPORT OF THAT AS WELL. SO THE CONTACT INFORMATION: 34:18 NOW ON YOUR WEBSITE, I KNOW YOU SAID THERE'S STORIES, AND YOU 34:22 CAN DONATE, BUT IS THERE ALSO WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN GET 34:25 INVOLVED? NOT FINANCIALLY, BUT IN OTHER 34:28 WAYS? I KNOW THAT'S NOT EXACTLILY THE 34:31 PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM. BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GET 34:36 PHYSICALLY INVOLVED. >> THERE ARE LINKS THAT GO TO 34:40 DIFFERENT PLACES. THERE'S A LINK TO ADVENTIST 34:46 VOLUNTEER SERVICES, AND TENT MAKER'S PAGE. 34:49 AND PAUL WAS A TENT MAKER WHO SUPPORTED HIS MISSION WORK BY 34:53 MAKING TENTS, SO THERE ARE AREAS OF THE WORLD, WHERE IT'S VERY 34:59 DIFFICULT TO GO AS A MISSIONARY, BUT YOU CAN GO BECAUSE YOU HAVE 35:04 A SKILL AND A JOB THAT YOU CAN TAKE INTO THAT COUNTRY, BUT YOU 35:08 ARE LIVING AND WORKING THERE AS A REGULAR TENT MAKER, BUT YOU 35:12 ARE WITNESSING AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET. 35:15 SO WE ACTUALLY HELP TENT MAKERS WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING WHEN 35:20 THEY ARE GOING INTO SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES. 35:22 >> YOU CALL THEM TENT MAKERS. >> WE CALL THEM TENT MAKERS. 35:27 THE SITE IS ACTUALLY CALLED TOTAL INVOLVEMENT. 35:32 >> TOTAL EMPLOYMENT. >> TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, SORRY. 35:36 >> WE ARE THINKING TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 35:39 >> YEAH, THIS IS CALLED TOTAL EMPLOYMENT. 35:42 IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, IT'S TOTAL EMPLOYMENT OF BEING ABLE TO 35:46 WITNESS AS WELL AS WORK. >> AMEN. 35:49 NO MATTER WHAT LINE OF WORK WE'RE IN, GOD CALLS US. 35:54 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> I BELIEVE THE DAYS OF MISSION 35:57 OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ARE THE BRIGHTEST BEFORE 36:00 US, AS WE SEE THE DARKNESS HERE AT THEN OF TIME, THIS IS OUR 36:04 TIME TO SHINE, AND WHETHER THAT'S WITH OUR GLOBAL MISSION 36:08 PIONEERS, PASTORS, AND VOLUNTEERS, MEMBERS AT THESE 36:12 LIFE HOPE CENTERS OR CENTERS OF INFLUENCE, OR WITH THESE OTHER 36:17 CREATIVE INITIATIVE WITH TOTAL EMPLOYMENT. 36:20 >> YEAH. FANTASTIC. 36:21 >> AMEN. >> I AGREE WE ARE IN THE LAST 36:24 DAYS, SO TOMORROW IS NOT GUARANTEED. 36:27 WE HAVE TODAY, TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. 36:30 PASTOR GARY, WHERE ARE WE OFF TO NEXT? 36:33 >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MISSION IN FRONT 36:37 OF US. >> ALL RIGT. 36:39 LET'S GO TO THAT ROLL RIGHT NOW. ♪->> EVERY DAY PEOPLE BEGIN TO 36:47 LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN THE MORNING. 36:49 THEY CROWD THE STREETEDS. CARS, TRUCKS, PEDESTRIANS, AND 36:53 EVEN BICYCLES BEGIN THE JOURNEY TO SOMEWHERE. 36:55 DO YOU EVER LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU AND WONDER HOW MANY 37:00 OF THEM KNOW JESUS? WHAT IF WE LOOK AT THE WORLD? 37:03 THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES ALL 37:07 AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT IF WE COULD SEE ALL OF 37:10 THESE PEOPLE, AND ASK OURSELVES HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE KNOW 37:14 JESUS? SO LET'S LOOK AT THE WORLD 37:18 TODAY. JUST HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE DO 37:20 NOT JESUS? TODAY THERE ARE SOME 7.5 BILLION 37:24 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE PLANET. CHRISTIANS MAKE UP ONE THIRD OF 37:28 THAT NUMBER, WHICH MEANS THAT ABOUT 4.5 BILLION PEOPLE DON'T 37:32 KNOW JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR. FOR SOMETIME, MANY CHRISTIAN 37:38 DENOMINATIONS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE 1040 WINDOW AS AN IMAGINARY 37:44 RECTANGLE DRAWN ON THE WORLD TO SHOW THE AREA LEAST REACHED BY 37:49 THE GOSPEL. THE 10-40 WINDOW STRETCHES FROM 37:54 NORTHERN AFRICA TO ASIA.-IT INCLUDES THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. 38:00 ALTHOUGH IT'S A SMALL PART OF THE ENTIRE WORLD, IT'S DENSELY 38:05 POPULATED. NEARLY 60% OF THE WORLD'S 38:08 POPULATION LIVES HERE. TRADITIONALLY, THIS REGION HAS 38:10 BEEN HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S POOREST PEOPLE, AND IT IS HOME 38:14 TO MOST OF THE MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS, INCLUDING JUDAISM, 38:21 UNDUISM, BUDDHISM, AND ISLAM, WHO'S FOLLOWERS MAKE UP MOST OF 38:25 THE POPULATION. THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE DO NOT 38:31 FOLLOW ANY RELIGION.-THE 10-40 WINDOW IS ALSO HOME TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S 38:39 FASTEST-GROWING CITIES. PEOPLE ARE FLOODING INTO MAJOR 38:46 CITIES, WHERE THEY CAN FIND WORK. 38:49 AS THEY GROW, THESE CITIES ARE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO 38:53 INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 38:55 IN OTHER WORDS NOT ONLY ARE THESE CITIES GROWING. 38:58 THEY ARE ALSO IMPROVING, LIKE ANY CITY, THERE ARE ALSO AREAS 39:04 WHERE PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO MAKE A LIVING. 39:06 WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF MISSION WORK, THEY OFTEN THINK 39:09 OF REMOTE VILLAGES. PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN REMOTE 39:14 VILLAGES, BUT AS MORE PEOPLE FLOCK TO THE CITIES, YOU COULD 39:17 SAY THE VILLAGES HAVE BEEN VERTICAL. 39:22 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ONE HIGH-RISE BUILDING EQUALS AS 39:27 MANY OR MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN MANY OF THOSE SMALL 39:31 VILLAGES, AND TODAY'S HIGH-RISES ARE STARTING TO ACCEPT THEIR 39:34 ROLE AS VILLAGES. MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES TODAY 39:38 HAVE ONE OR TWO FLOORS, USUALLY NEAR THE GROUND LEVEL THAT 39:42 FEATURE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, SORT OF LIKEA VILLAGE CENTER. 39:51 THESE PEOPLE RARELY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR VILLAGE EXCEPT TO 40:01 WORK. SOME HAVE STARTED SMALL CENTERS 40:07 OF INFLUENCE TO OFFER A CONNECTION POINT. 40:09 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE 10-40 WINDOW, ESPECIALLY FOR 40:14 THE VERTICAL VILLAGES HERE, AND PRAY FOR MISSION IN THIS MOST 40:18 CHALLENGING FRONTIER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MISSION 40:20 OFFERINGS, THAT ARE HELPING TOUCH LIVES IN THE 10-40 WINDOW. 40:25 ♪ >> IT'S AMAZING THE CHALLENGES. 40:31 THEY ARE SO DIFFERENT THAN HERE IN THE STATES. 40:33 THE CHALLENGES OF THE 10-40 WINDOW, AND I THINK IT SAID 3 40:38 BILLION PEOPLE IN THAT REGION, DON'T EVN KNOW JESUS. 40:42 >> YES. IT'S KIND OF A VERY 40:46 UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING WHEN YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, NOW, 40:50 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT JESUS, AND THEY LOOK TO THEIR FRIEND, 40:56 AND THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD THE NAME BEFORE. 40:59 >> WOW. >> RICK? 41:01 >> WE HAVE A VIDEO CLIP WHERE THEY ASKED TWO YOUNG WOMEN ON 41:05 THE STREET IN THAILAND, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF JESUS BEFORE? 41:09 AND THEY KIND OF LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SAY NO. 41:12 AND WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM A 41:16 CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, COUNTRY. 41:18 >> TRUE. >> WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER CLIP. 41:21 WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE GARY AGAIN. 41:24 >> ON A BIKE AGAIN? >> NOT A BIKE. 41:26 >> A BOAT? >> A TROLLY? 41:29 >> JUST ON MY TWO FEET. >> FANTASTIC. 41:32 LET'S GO TO THAT RIGHT NOW. >> AS WE LOOK AT THE MISSION 41:37 OPPORTUNITIES STILL FACING US, THE CITIES LOOM LARGE. 41:40 THIS IS WHERE MOST PEOPLE NOW LIVE ON PLANET EARTH, AND THAT'S 41:44 WHERE WE HAVE THE FEWEST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, BUT WHAT 41:47 A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 41:50 SUPPORT OF GLOBAL MISSION THAT HELPS US START NEW GROUPS OF 41:55 BELIEVERS AROUND THE WORLD. AND THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE 41:58 OFFERING IS A SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY EVERY YEAR WITH 42:01 EVERY CENT GOING TO HELP GLOBAL MISSION. 42:04 SO SUPPORT GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS, TO START CENTERS OF 42:07 INFLUENCE, TO START NEW GROUPS OF BELIEVERS IN CHALLENGING AREA 42:12 AROUND THE WORLD. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH 42:16 FOR YOUR CONTINUING PRAYERS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND 42:20 INVOLVEMENT. LET'S GO VISIT A GLOBAL MISSION 42:24 PIONEER NOW. ♪ 42:32 >> THIS IS A GLOBAL MISSION PRY NEAR IN NEW DELHI, INDIA. 42:43 GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS ARE SENT OUT TO START NEW GROUPS OF 42:47 BELIEVERS IN UNREACHED NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS. 42:52 THIS WOMAN SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE. SHE KNOWS THE CULTURE. 42:56 SHE MINGLES WTH THE PEOPLE. NEW DELHI IS ONE OF THE MOST 43:02 DENSELY POPULATED CITIES, WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T 43:06 KNOW JESUS. THIS IS A CHALLENGING AREA TO 43:10 SPREAD THE GOSPEL. OVER TIME, SHE HAS MADE FRIENDS 43:13 IN HER COMMUNITY. HER RELATIONSHIPINGS HAVE 43:17 ALLOWED HER TO SHARE HER CHRISTIAN FAITH. 43:20 BY GOD'S GRACE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OPEN TO THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, AND 43:25 WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JESUS. 43:34 SHE SPEAKS EVERY SABBATH TO A GROWING CONGREGATION THAT MEETS 43:39 IN THIS SMALL ROOM. >> Translator: INITIALLY THERE 43:47 WAS NO ORGANIZED GROUP HERE, THERE WERE JUST SOME PEOPLE 43:51 SCATTERED AROUND HERE AND THERE. I USED TO PRAY TO THE LORD TO 43:56 GIVE ME A CONGREGATION. SLOWLY PEOPLE STARTED COMING TO 44:02 LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE THAT I WAS SPREADING. 44:06 >> SHE VISITS THE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME TO GET TO KNOW THEM. 44:09 THIS GROUP HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL FEW TO A CROWDED ROOM. 44:14 >> Translator: I TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, AND AFTER 44:17 THAT, I TAKE SOME OF THE LADIES FROM MY CONGREGATION WITH ME, 44:21 AND WE GO TO DIFFERENT HOUSES WHERE THE NEEDS ARE. 44:24 MAYBE THE NEED FOR PRAYER, THE NEED FOR VISITATION, THE NEED 44:28 FOR CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL FEELING DOWN. 44:31 THAT'S HOW I DO IT. I DO SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, 44:36 VISITING DOOR-TO-DOOR, HOUSE-TO-HOUSE, AND THAT'S HOW 44:40 PEOPLE ENJOY THE CHURCH HERE. >> ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO HELPS 44:49 IS THIS WOMAN. SHE VISITED HER OFFICE REGULARLY 44:53 TO TALK. HER MOTHER HAD BEEN SICK IN BED 44:58 FOR 25 YEARS WITH LITTLE HOPE FOR RECOVERY. 45:01 SHE HEARD THEM TALKING ABOUT JESUS. 45:03 HER MOTHER DID NOT WAN HER DAUGHTER TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN. 45:07 SHE WARNED HER NOT TO TRUST KAMLA. 45:19 KRISHMA DIDN'T WANT TO UPSET HER MOTHER, BUT TRULY BELIEVED THE 45:23 ADVENTIST MESSAGE, SO SHE WENT AGAINST HER MOTHER'S ADVISE AND 45:29 WAS BAPTIZED. KAMLA CONTINUED TO VISIT AND 45:34 BEGAN TELLING THE MOTHER ABOUT THE HEALING POWER. 45:37 EVENTUALLY HER MOTHER ACCEPTED JESUS INTO HER LIFE AS WELL. 45:41 AND SOON AS SHE ACCEPTED JESUS INTO HER LIFE, SHE WAS ABLE TO 45:46 WALK AGAIN. AFTER 25 YEARS OF SICKNESS, SHE 45:50 WAS HEALED. GOD'S HEALING POWER TRANSCENDS 45:55 ALL POSSIBILITIES. AS CONGREGATIONS LIKE THIS 46:00 CONTINUE TO GROW, SO WAS OUR WORLD POPULATION. 46:03 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD DON'T KNOW JESUS. 46:07 GLOBAL MISSION PIONEERS ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THE 46:10 GREAT NEED. PLEASE PRAY FOR GLOBAL MISSION 46:14 PIONEERS LIKE KAMLA. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING 46:20 MISSION. ♪ 46:28 >> AMEN. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE MORE 46:30 THAN ANYTHING IS THE STORIES. THE STORIES OF PEOPLE'S LIVES 46:34 WHO HAVE BEEN CHANGED.-THINKING OF KARISHMA, AND SHE WINED TO HER MOM, AND THEN HER 46:42 MOM WAS HEALED. NOT JUST SPIRITUAL HEALING, BUT 46:46 THE PHYSICAL HEALING AS WELL. IT MUST REALLY FILL YOUR HEART, 46:51 TO KNOW PASTOR DOUG THAT PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED 46:59 FOR AN ETERNITY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 47:02 >> AMEN. >> AND THIS NEXT CLIP YOU ARE 47:05 GOING TO SEE ME -- THIS IS A CLIP FROM THE CITY, AND WE HAD 47:08 BEEN WORKING IN A WORKING CLASS, OR A SLUM COMMUNITY FOR MANY 47:13 YEARS, AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS HAD ASKED US TO BE THERE 47:19 FULL-TIME. WE HAD BEEN DOING HEALTH EXPOS, 47:22 AND WEEKLY DIABETES CLASSES, AND ALL OF THIS OTHER EDUCATION, BUT 47:27 BECAUSE OF A LACK OF MISSION OFFERING, WE FACED -- WE 47:30 COULD -- WE HAD A LOST OPPORTUNITY. 47:34 SO LET'S COME WITH ME TO THE STREETS OF BANGKOK. 47:37 OKAY. >> WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR 47:44 YEARS SERVING THE PEOPLE, AND BOYS AND GIRLS AND FAMILIES. 47:48 >> YOUR LACK OF GIVING TELLS OTHERS THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT 47:53 THE PEOPLE THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH. 47:55 IT SENDS A LONG SIGNAL THAT SAYS DON'T EXPAND. 47:58 DON'T REACH OUT TO THE POOR. WE ARE TELLING THEM, AND THE 48:02 UNIVERSE THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE LOST SOULS FOR WHOM 48:06 CHRIST DIED, SO WHY SHOULD THEY? WE'RE SAYING THAT OUR MONEY IS 48:10 MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAN THOSE PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE BEEN TELLING 48:13 THEM THIS FOR DECADES. >> THESE ARE THE WORKING CLASS. 48:21 PEOPLE WHO THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO GET THEM OUT OF 48:24 POVERTY, AND WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EDUCATION, THEY ARE COMMUNITY 48:31 LEADERS -- YOU KNOW, TO TEACH IT, COMMUTERS, MEDIA, TO HELP 48:37 THEM GET OUT OF THIS CYCLE OF POVERTY. 48:45 AND OUR OWN [ INAUDIBLE ]. ♪ 49:23 >> THAT ONE IS HEAVY. >> THAT IS. 49:27 >> BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PARRISHING WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS, 49:30 MAYBE BECAUSE I DIDN'T CARE. WHY IS THERE A DECLINE IN 49:33 GIVING? I KNOW WE HAVE ONE MORE ROLL, 49:36 BUT WHY IS THERE A DECLINE IN GIVING? 49:39 >> I DON'T KNOW. IT'S BEEN JUST A STEADY DECLINE. 49:42 I GUESS PEOPLE ARE GIVING TO MANY OTHER THINGS. 49:47 WE SEE A RISE IN GIVING TO THE LOCAL CHURCH -- 49:51 >> WHICH IS GOOD. >> YEAH, IT'S VERY GOOD. 49:54 AND IT'S EXPENSIVE TO RUN A CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA, FOR 49:58 EXAMPLE. BUT I THINK PERHAPS WE HAVE LOST 50:01 G SOMETHING OF OUR MISSION VISION, AND EACH OF US NEEDS TO 50:08 MAKE A RECOMMITMENT TO THAT. >> AMEN. 50:10 >> WHAT ARE WE GETTING READY TO SEE? 50:14 >> YES, PERHAPS AS WE DRAW TO THE END OF THE PROGRAM HERE. 50:17 THIS IS A VIDEO -- IT'S JUST A MUSIC VIDEO, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY 50:21 FOR US TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN THE QUIET TO RECONSIDER 50:26 AND THINK AGAIN, AND PRAY TO THE LORD ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO 50:30 MISSION IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHAT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO 50:35 MISSION AROUND THE WORLD. SO MAYBE IT WILL BE A TIME FOR 50:39 QUIET MEDITATION. ♪ 51:08 ♪ IF BROKE AND BETRAYED ♪ ♪ WOUNDED AND SO AFRAID ♪ 51:16 ♪ LIFE EMPTY OF HOPE ♪ ♪ SEARCHING FOR JOY ♪ 51:28 ♪ ON MY WAY ♪ ♪ HEADING FOR THE WORLD ♪ 51:36 ♪ THERE TAKING THE DRINK ♪ ♪ BESIDE THE WELL HE WENT ♪ 51:58 ♪ COME SEE THE WORLD ♪ ♪ HE SPOKE TO ME ♪ 52:05 ♪ OH, COULD HE BE ♪ ♪ HE SETS ME FREE ♪ 52:18 ♪ SOME OF MY MEMORIES ♪ ♪ WASH OFF MY SIN ♪ 52:29 ♪ NEVER AGAIN ♪ ♪ HURTING NO MORE ♪ 52:39 ♪ STANDING THERE THE ONE WHO HAS CHOSEN ME ♪ 52:45 ♪ PEACEFUL, GENTLE AND CALM ♪ ♪ GIVE ME A DREAM ♪ 52:55 ♪ IF HE ONLY ♪ ♪ WHAT HE WOULD FOREVER DO ♪ 53:00 ♪ SHE'S ASK HIM DO ♪ ♪ FOR THE OFFER WE BRING AND 53:06 ETERNAL SPRING ♪ ♪ HE'LL GRANT IT ALL FOR FREE ♪ 53:16 ♪ SATISFIED YOU'LL EVER BE ♪ ♪ COME SEE THE WORD ♪ 53:27 ♪ HE TOLD ME ALL I'VE DONE ♪ ♪ HE SPOKE TO ME ♪ 53:32 ♪ OH, COULD HE BE ♪ ♪ THE CHOSEN ONE ♪ 53:38 ♪ HE SETS ME FREE ♪ ♪ COME IN MY MEMORY ♪ 53:49 ♪ WASH OFF MY SIN ♪ ♪ NEVER AGAIN ♪ 53:54 ♪ SEARCHING NO MORE ♪ ♪ SEARCHING NO MORE ♪ 54:02 ♪ COME SEE THE WORD ♪ ♪ HE SPOKE TO ME ♪ 54:10 ♪ OH, COULD HE BE THE CHOSEN ONE ♪ 54:14 ♪ HE SETS ME FREE ♪ ♪ OF ALL MY MEMORY ♪ 54:26 ♪ WASH OFF MY SIN ♪ ♪ NEVER AGAIN ♪ 54:30 ♪ SEARCHING NO MORE ♪ ♪ SEARCHING NO MORE ♪ 54:39 ♪ SEARCHING NO MORE ♪ 54:51 ♪ 55:04 >> WOW, THAT IS POWERFUL MUSIC, BUT ALSO POWERFUL IMAGES. 55:09 AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORLD CHURCH. 55:11 GOD DIED FOR EACH PERSON, DIDN'T HE? 55:14 >> AMEN. >> ME, YOU AT HOME. 55:16 YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO HELP SUPPORT GLOBAL 55:20 MISSION, ADVENTIST MISSION, TO TOUCH SEASON FOR ETERNITY, THE 55:24 DOLLAR YOU GIVE, THE THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHAT THAT FIGURE IS, IT 55:29 MAY NOT BE UNTIL HEAVEN THAT YOU K -- ACTUALLY MEET THE PERSON. 55:38 I IMAGINE SOMEONE RUNNING UP AND SAYING IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT 55:42 I'M HERE IN THE KINGDOM. I WAS LOOKING AT THAT LADY 55:45 DIPPING THAT WATER OUT OF THAT MUD HOLE. 55:48 THAT WAS FOR SURVIVAL, AND YET, WE CAN GIVE THE WATER OF LIFE TO 55:57 SOMEONE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THAT 56:00 INFORMATION UP. >> YES, IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO 56:03 SEE WHAT YOUR WORK IS DOING. WE HOPE AND PRAY, YOU HAVE BEEN 56:08 INSPIRED. SO WE WANT TO PUT UP THE CONTACT 56:12 INFORMATION ONE MORE TIME: 56:25 IF YOU DID NOT GET THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION TONIGHT, YOU CAN 56:30 ALWAYS CONTACT US HERE AT 3ABN. WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT YOU IN 56:34 TOUCH WITH ADVENTIST MISSION, OR GLOBAL MISSION, AND I JUST WANT 56:37 TO MAKE A SPECIAL APPEAL TO YOU TONIGHT, IF YOU HAVE NOT ASKED 56:42 THE LORD JESUS CHRIST INTO YOUR HEART, WHY NOT DO IT JUST NOW? 56:46 TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION, SO PASTOR GARY KRAUSE, RICK 56:51 RICK, AND PASTOR DOUG VENN -- THERE WE GO. 56:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE. 56:57 THANK YOU FOR YOUR MINISTRY. >> THANK YOU FOR THE 57:00 OPPORTUNITY. GOD BLESS YOU. 57:02 >> IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU HERE. 57:06 YOU AT HOME, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 57:09 WE LOVE YOU. AND WE'LL PRAY FOR YOU. 57:13 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. BYE-BYE. 57:14 ♪ |
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