Talking Points
DOES GOD HAVE A PLAN TO REACH EVERY NATION? The open fields for evangelism and missions are getting smaller. More countries are saying “no American missionaries”. Billions are behind closed doors when it comes to American missions. It is sad but too many Christians are assuming that this limits God’s plan and they say we [...]
Key Point 13American’s are not the only ones who can give the gospel and plant churches. “Do we pray, plan and encourage cross culturally empowering others to carry the message where we can’t?” Many American’s have a subconscious response that questions the ability of people from another culture to properly give out the Gospel. I [...]
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Key Point # 12: We should assist ethnic believers where it is necessary but always allow them to have ownership of their own passion and ministry. Have you found a way for church members from two or more cultural backgrounds to serve in harmony? Let’s talk about it. Post your comments below. Often we think [...]
Key Point #11: We should become brothers with people of another ethnicity to such and extent that they will be able to share their views and needs.Often we detect the attitude; if only he would listen to me we could work together. It is troubling when this response of “do it my way” limits service [...]
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Key Point # 10 Some ethnic people may return to their home country but we should not try to program them for that purpose.Each person is very loyal to his heritage, his culture. In fact you and I are loyal to ours so it should not surprise us that others have a defensive attitude toward [...]
Key Point # 9 People from other nations can find ways to send the Gospel even where it is dangerous for them to return to their homeland.People from other cultures and political systems have learned many survival and defensive skills from living in countries of oppression and economic poverty. I have watched as I traveled [...]
Key Talking Point # 8 Ethnic people have the best insight into how to communicate the message to their own ethnic group. It was very humbling to me when I first met the Kachin believers in Burma. They had no contact with American missionaries for 35 years but when I met them they had formed [...]
Key Talking Point #7 Ethnic People can develop a Spiritual passion for their own people group if we demonstrate a passion for the lost of their nation.Most materialistic Americans think people immigrate to America for personal greed. Generally this is not their real motive. Their greatest motive is to provide for their family here and [...]
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Key Talking Point #6 Ethnic People living here need freedom from their religion based on fear. I saw fear as the basis of other religions in clear demonstration when I traveled to foreign countries. I saw this in contrast to Christianity, at least to authentic Biblical Christianity. We can offer a confident HOPE; “…shall never [...]
Key Talking Point #5: Churches are organized and have potential workers. We don’t need professional missionaries to begin this type of program.I believe we have the ORGANIZATIONS already in place and that they are sleeping giants? Organized mission agencies are needed to train and oversee evangelism and church planting in most areas of the world; [...]
# 4 Key point for E-tem. God has moved people from most of the nations and people groups of the world to the USA.Immigration (legal and illegal) is a hot topic. When asked, I say there are two sides to this. 1, there is a national and political issue we should be attentive to. BUT, [...]
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Key point #3: We need to look for changes that will allow us to be a part of reaching the world. The World Is Getting Smaller. In many ways the world is more accessible. But, have you noticed that many churches are so busy and so over loaded with what they are doing that it [...]
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God’s plan for redeeming man has not changed but many of the national, communication, economic, travel and language barriers have been revolutionized. This is the second point of 13 “Key Talking Points” to present the Ethnic to Ethnic Ministries concept. First, the Great Commission Has Not Changed! [that was last week] Therefore, have we and [...]
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Is the Great commission only for professional missionaries we send away from our church?We have focused on the word “world” in Mk 16:15 so much that the word “nations” in Mt 28:19 means some distant land of another culture and language. Oh, I know that we say that every man in every place, including the [...]
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