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Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000801S
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00:01 ONE MISSION. 00:03 THE GREAT COMMISSION TO REACH EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND 00:12 CHILD IN THE 10/40 WINDOW WITH GOOD NEWS JESUS 00:22 CHRIST LOVES YOU. 00:26 GOSPEL OUTREACH PRESENTS "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:33 WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:34 OUTREACH. 00:35 I'M JULIE SANDERS-KEYMER AND WE ARE SO THRILLED 00:38 THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AND WE WANT TO SAY A THANK 00:40 YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:43 AND MAYBE YOU ARE NEW TO THE PROGRAM; MAYBE YOU ARE 00:45 NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:46 WE HAVE OUR FOCUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW FROM TEN TO 00:49 FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR AND IT GOES FROM 00:53 THE COUNTRIES FROM WEST AFRICA ALL THROUGH INDIA, 00:56 PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, NEPAL, THE PHILIPPINES AND 00:57 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT ONE OF THOSE 01:01 COUNTRIES THAT IS HEAVILY, HEAVILY POPULATED WITH SO 01:04 MANY FANTASTIC PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JESUS. 01:07 AND WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME ALONG AS WE TALK 01:10 WITH MANZOOR MASSEY AND PASTOR MOHAN BHATTI. 01:12 WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. 01:13 THANK YOU. 01:14 THANK YOU. 01:15 IT IS GREAT HAVING YOU HERE. 01:17 SO, MANZOOR YOU ARE NOT A STRANGER TO "ADVENTURES IN 01:20 MISSIONS" WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT YOUR 01:21 ROLE HERE IS AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 01:23 I'M A REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR REGION 12. 01:27 REGION 12 IS SOUTHERN INDIA WHICH IS ANDHRA 01:30 PRADESH. 01:31 OK. 01:32 AND YOU HAVE A FRIEND PASTOR MOHAN BHATTI WHO 01:34 HAS JOINED US WELCOME AND WHERE IS HOME FOR YOU, 01:37 PASTOR? 01:38 I'M LOCATED IN NEW DELHI CURRENTLY SERVING NORTHERN 01:42 INDIA UNION AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. 01:44 WELL, IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AND HOW DID 01:47 BOTH OF YOU MEET? 01:49 WELL, IT IS A LONG STORY. 01:51 I HAVE KNOWN PASTOR MOHAN SINCE HE WAS IN SCHOOL AND 01:57 I'VE SEEN HIM AS A VERY ZEALOUS CHRISTIAN YOUNG 02:02 MAN WHO ACTUALLY SERVED IN MANY CAPACITIES IN 02:07 SOUTHERN ASIA. 02:09 HE WAS MOST RECENTLY; HE WAS A YOUTH DIRECTOR FOR 02:12 THE DIVISION. 02:13 OH, FANTASTIC AND WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO 02:17 HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS INTEGRITY AND WHO HAS THIS 02:21 ENTHUSIASM FOR THE LORD. 02:23 ABSOLUTELY. 02:24 AND YOUTH, AS YOU KNOW, IS OUR FUTURE. 02:26 ABSOLUTELY. 02:27 AND SO, HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS WHOLE 02:30 FUTURISTIC THINKING-HOW TO BUILD OUR WORK IN SOUTHERN 02:34 ASIA. 02:35 AND ESPECIALLY IN INDIA AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 02:36 GRAPHIC TO SHOW PEOPLE SO THEY CAN SEE THE COUNTRY. 02:39 SO MANY PEOPLE, RIGHT PASTOR? 02:41 YES, THAT'S TRUE. 02:43 YES, AND THERE IS THE MAP THERE POPULATION 1.3 02:46 BILLION AND THAT'S CHANGING BY THE SECOND AND 02:50 CHRISTIANITY 1.2 PERCENT. 02:51 SO, PASTOR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER RELIGIONS 02:55 THAT YOU HAVE IN INDIA? 02:57 OF COURSE, HINDUISM IS THE PREDOMINANT RELIGION THAT 03:00 IS THE MAJORITY OF ABOUT 90 PERCENT PEOPLE BELONG 03:03 TO HINDU RELIGION AND THEN WE HAVE ISLAM, WE HAVE 03:08 BUDDHISM; WE HAVE SIKHISM; WE HAVE JAINISM AND 03:12 CHRISTIANITY, OF COURSE WHOSE VERY THIN PRESENCE. 03:15 YES. 03:15 LESS THAN TWO PERCENT. 03:16 YES, VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL. 03:18 AH SO TELL US YOUR BACKGROUND. 03:20 DID YOU-DID YOU GROW UP AS A CHRISTIAN? 03:23 DID YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 03:25 MY GRANDFATHER WAS A SALVATIONIST. 03:27 MY FATHER WAS A SALVATIONIST AND I WAS 03:31 DOING MY B.A. 03:33 THIRD YEAR WHEN SOME OF ADVENTISTS PASTORS THEY 03:37 APPROACHED MY FATHER AND THEY EXPRESSED THEIR 03:39 DESIRE TO CONDUCT AN EFFORT MEETING THERE AND 03:42 DR. MANZOOR MASSEY'S FATHER WAS PART OF THE 03:45 TEAM. 03:46 SO, THEY CAME OVER TO OUR VILLAGE CONDUCTED TWO 03:47 WEEKS EFFORT MEETING AND THEN WE WERE TAKEN UP BY 03:48 THE ADVENTIST MESSAGE THAT WAS DELIVERED TO US AND 03:53 THEN I WAS BAPTIZED IN 1984. 04:02 THEREAFTER, I WAS ASKED TO GO TO SPICER COLLEGE. 04:05 I DID MY ENRICHMENT, CAME BACK TO THE FIELD AND 04:09 JOINED THE WORK. 04:10 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. 04:11 I AM FIRST GENERATION ADVENTIST. 04:13 WELL, PRAISE THE LORD, PRAISE THE LORD AND AS THE 04:15 TREASURER OF THE UNION YOU HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY. 04:19 I'M SERVING THE UNION AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. 04:22 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OK AND THAT IS A BIG 04:24 RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. 04:25 YES. 04:26 AND SO, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FIELD. 04:32 TELL US ABOUT THE AREA WHERE YOU SERVE AND THE 04:34 PEOPLE. 04:36 NORTHERN INDIA UNION IS THE LARGEST UNION IN THE 04:38 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION. 04:39 IT COMPRISES OF THIRTEEN STATES AND TWO UNION 04:41 TERRITORIES AND SOME OF THE STATES ARE HIGHLY 04:45 POPULATED LIKE UTTAR PRADESH AND THE TOTAL 04:48 POPULATION OF NORTHERN INDIA UNION IS 757 MILLION 04:53 AND WE HAVE SEVENTEEN OF OUR FIELD IS DIVIDED INTO 04:59 SEVENTEEN MISSION FIELDS IN SECTIONS AND NINE 05:02 REGIONS. 05:03 AND NINE REGIONS. 05:05 YES. 05:06 SO, SHARE WITH US HOW IS THE LORD UM BLESSING HIS 05:08 WORK IN INDIA? 05:10 ARE PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT A LIVING 05:12 GOD INSTEAD OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT IMAGES AND 05:14 EVERYTHING INVOLVED WITH HINDUISM AND ALL THE OTHER 05:16 RELIGIONS? 05:17 ARE PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS NEW AND 05:20 DIFFERENT AND A LIVING GOD? 05:22 YES. 05:24 CHRISTIANITY IS GROWING IN NORTHERN INDIA UNION. 05:26 IT MAY NOT BE AT VERY FAST PACE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO 05:28 MANY CHALLENGES, WE ARE FACING IN NORTHERN INDIA 05:32 UNION BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT-WING HINDU GROUPS. 05:35 RIGHT-WING HINDU GROUPS? 05:37 YES. 05:38 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 05:40 CONSERVATIVE GROUPS. 05:41 REALLY CONSERVATIVE GROUPS WHO ARE NOT VERY FRIENDLY 05:44 WITH THE CHRISTIANITY AND WE HAVE SOME OPPOSITION IN 05:48 THE FIELD BUT WE START TO AFFECT THE OPPOSITION TO 05:51 CHRISTIANITY. 05:52 CHRISTIANITY IS STILL GROWING. 05:55 PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO LISTEN TO THE TRUTH AND 05:59 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORK HAS BEEN A BIG BLESSING TO THE 06:02 NORTHERN INDIA UNION. 06:04 FANTASTIC. 06:05 FANTASTIC AND MANZOOR THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR 06:08 EFFORTS IN INDIA AND WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO 06:13 HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN NORTHERN INDIA? 06:15 OH, THIS IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR BECAUSE NORTHERN 06:17 INDIA UNION HAS BEEN PROBABLY THE HARDEST 06:19 TERRITORY TO SHARE ABOUT JESUS AND THE HINDU FAITH 06:23 IS VERY STRONG, YES, BUT AS THE EDUCATION IS COMING 06:28 IN THE HOLD OF TRADITIONS IS BECOMING WEAKER AND 06:32 WEAKER. 06:33 AND THE HUNGER FOR SALVATION, UH HUH, AND THE 06:38 HUNGER FOR KNOWING ABOUT JESUS IS JUST INCREASING 06:40 TREMENDOUSLY. 06:42 SO, ARE THE YOUNG PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING 06:44 NEW? 06:45 IS, IS INSTEAD OF GOING ON YOU KNOW TRADITION AND 06:48 WHAT YOU MENTIONED, ARE WE SEEING A GROWTH IN THE 06:51 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WITH CHRISTIANITY OR TELL US? 06:54 WELL, YOU SEE THE TRADITIONALLY PEOPLE 06:56 DEPEND ON POSITION, POWER, POPULARITY, PRIVILEGES 06:59 HOPING THAT THEY WILL FILL THE GAP. 07:04 UH HUH, THAT IS IN OUR HEART. 07:06 RIGHT. 07:07 BUT THEY ARE FINDING OUT THE MATERIAL STUFF IS JUST 07:10 NOT DOING IT AND SO THERE IS A SEARCH FOR THIS WHOLE 07:15 IDEA OF PEACE OF MIND. 07:17 WHAT IS THERE THAT WOULD GIVE US A GOOD LIFE? 07:19 YES. 07:20 AND I THINK THAT THE YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE MORE 07:24 OPEN THAN THE REAL TRADITIONAL BELIEVERS. 07:26 YES, WHO HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR GENERATIONS AND 07:29 THAT'S WHAT WE DO JUST BECAUSE OUR GRANDPARENTS 07:31 HAVE DONE THAT. 07:33 SO, YOU DID MENTION ABOUT GOSPEL OUTREACH AND YOU 07:35 HAVE A CLOSE AFFINITY WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH COULD YOU 07:38 SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT? 07:39 YES, I WAS CONNECTED WITH GOSPEL OUTREACH OFFICE FOR 07:44 THE LAST FIVE YEARS FROM 2010 TO 2015 AND I HAD THE 07:49 PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH BEVERLY THOMPSON, ONE OF 07:52 THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS AND PASTOR JAMES CAMPBELL AND 07:54 I WORKED A SHORT WHILE WITH DR. EDWIN DASS AND OF 07:59 COURSE DR. MANZOOR MASSEY HAS BEEN MY MENTOR AND I 08:02 WAS VERY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH HIM. 08:04 AND I WISH TO APPRECIATE THE KIND OF MINISTRY 08:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS DOING IN NORTHERN INDIA UNION. 08:15 MOST OF THE PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH GOSPEL 08:17 OUTREACH THEY ARE SERVING THIS ORGANIZATION ON A 08:20 VOLUNTARY BASIS. 08:21 THEY DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING BUT THEY ARE GIVING 08:24 SERVICE TO THE MINISTRY AND WE HAVE MORE THAN 350 08:29 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 08:31 MORE THAN 350? 08:33 YES. 08:33 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 08:35 YES, YES. 08:36 OK. 08:38 AND THEY ARE VERY HARD WORKING, COMMITTED AND 08:40 SOMETIMES THEY GO BY BICYCLE, SOMETIMES THEY GO 08:42 BY WALK, SOMETIMES THEY USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 08:45 MEANS TO REACH OUT TO THE UNREACHED PEOPLE. 08:49 YES, WOW. 08:50 BUT IMAGINE 350 WORKERS, YES, BUT HE HAS 757 08:53 MILLION CHILDREN OF GOD WHO NEED TO HEAR ABOUT 09:00 JESUS. 09:01 YES. 09:02 OK LET'S SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE WE NEED TO 09:04 SAY THAT SLOWLY 350+ GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, 09:08 YES, AND 757 MILLION, 757 MILLION RESIDENTS OF THAT 09:14 TERRITORY. 09:15 AND THAT IS JUST IN NORTHERN INDIA, THAT ISN'T 09:18 EVEN THE REST OF INDIA. 09:19 THAT'S JUST THE NORTHERN UNION OF HOW IT'S BROKEN 09:21 UP THERE WITH THE CHURCH. 09:23 SO, PASTOR DOES THAT SEEM OVERWHELMING TO YOU FOLKS? 09:26 I MEAN HOW, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THESE NUMBERS AND TO 09:32 ME, IT'S LIKE OH MY, LORD I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS 09:35 GOING TO HAPPEN BUT HOW IS IT FOR YOU FOLKS? 09:37 ARE YOU HOPEFUL ABOUT THIS? 09:39 YES, VERY MUCH BECAUSE IT IS THE LORD'S WORK AND THE 09:42 FIELD IS TOUGH AND THERE ARE SOME RIGHT-WING HINDU 09:46 GROUPS WHO ARE OPPOSING CHRSITIANITY BUT THROUGH 09:49 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD THAT WORKING ON THE HEARTS 09:54 OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADING THE GOSPEL 09:56 OUTREACH WORKERS, WHO ARE LEADING THE PASTORS AND 09:58 THE LAY PEOPLE AND WE ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE 10:01 UNREACHED PEOPLE. 10:02 INDIA IS THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY ON EARTH AND SO 10:05 BY THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS 10:11 ALLOWED. 10:12 YOU DON'T STOP BUT WHAT PASTOR BHATTI IS TALKING 10:19 ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT COERCION TO HAVE PEOPLE 10:24 CONVERT, YES, IS NOT ALLOWED. 10:26 AH. 10:27 AND SO, YOU -THE PRINCIPLES OF HEAVEN, UH 10:31 HUH, LOVE, SERVICE, AND FREEDOM. 10:33 AND SO, ACCORDING TO OUR CONSTITUTION IN INDIA, 10:36 PEOPLE CAN PRACTICE WHATEVER FAITH THEY WANT 10:39 ITS JUST THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE FORCING THEM OR 10:42 BRIBING THEM, YES, TO CONVERT. 10:44 GOT IT. 10:45 AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY LEGITIMATE, YES, REASON 10:49 BECAUSE WHEN YOU-WHEN THAT HAPPENS YOU GET RICE 10:52 CHRISTIANS RATHER THAN REAL CHRIST CHRISTIANS. 10:54 YES, THAT HAS TO BE A CHANGE OF THE HEART. 10:56 YES, YES. 10:57 AND THE OTHER PART IS ON ANOTHER POSITIVE POINT IS 11:02 THAT WHEN FIRST A CHRISTIAN STARTS, 11:05 CHRISTIANITY ALWAYS FLOURISHES. 11:05 YES. 11:08 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY TO A KID DON'T TOUCH THIS 11:11 CANDY, YES RIGHT THERE, THAT'S EXACTLY THE CANDY 11:13 HE WANTS. 11:14 YES EXACTLY. 11:15 SO, I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THIS 11:18 FAITH IS WORTH DYING FOR, YES, BECAUSE IT IS BASED 11:21 ON LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, YES, AS YOURSELF. 11:24 AND OUR GOAL IN INDIA FOR SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS 11:27 IS NOT SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD BECOME MEMBERS OF 11:30 OUR CLUB. 11:31 IT IS THAT THEY WILL KNOW THE REAL GOD, YES. 11:35 THE HINDUS WORSHIP, MUSLIMS WORSHIP, 11:37 CHRISTIANS WORSHIP WE ARE ALL ONE FAMILY AND THIS IS 11:41 THE NOTION WE ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE. 11:44 JESUS IS NOT FOR CHRISTIANS ONLY. 11:46 JESUS BELONGS TO THE WORLD. 11:48 YES. 11:49 HE BELONGS TO HINDUS AS MUCH AS HE BELONGS TO US. 11:52 YES. 11:54 AND GREAT PHILOSOPHER, VIVEKANANDA, WHO IS A VERY 12:00 GREAT REVERED HINDU PHILOSOPHER, HE SAID, "IF 12:05 I LIVED WHEN JESUS LIVED, I WILL WASH HIS FEET NOT 12:11 JUST WITH ORDINARY BLOOD BUT WITH THE BLOOD FROM MY 12:15 HEART." 12:16 BECAUSE HE GOT IT, BECAUSE HE IS THE SAVIOR OF MY 12:20 SOUL. 12:21 INTERESTING. 12:22 AND YOU SEE, AND HE-THIS IS THE PHILOSOPHER, A 12:24 HIGHLY REVERED HINDU PHILOSOPHER IN INDIA. 12:27 AND HINDU RIG VEDA STATES WE WAIT FOR THE ONE WHO 12:33 WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN AND WHO WAS, WHO RECEIVED FIVE 12:38 WOUNDS, WAS CRUCIFIED AND IS COMING BACK. 12:42 WOW. 12:43 AND THAT FITS ONLY TO JESUS, SURE. 12:45 THERE IS NO OTHER PERSON. 12:47 NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT AND SO THE HINDU FAITH BELIEVES 12:48 MOST EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE BIBLE. 12:50 WE JUST DON'T STUDY AND FIND THOSE COMMON GROUNDS. 12:51 ISN'T THAT SOMETHING? 12:52 FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WORSHIP THE ROCK. 12:53 WHO IS THE ROCK OF SALVATION? 12:54 JESUS. 12:54 THEY WORSHIP THE TREE. 12:55 WHO IS THE TREE OF LIFE? 12:56 JESUS. 12:57 JESUS. 13:01 THEY WORSHIP THE SUN. 13:02 WHO IS THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS? 13:09 JESUS. 13:10 THEY WORSHIP THE WATER. 13:15 WHO IS THE WATER OF LIFE? 13:16 LIVING WATER, JESUS. 13:17 EXACTLY AND THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD THE WOMAN AT THE 13:19 WELL, YES. 13:20 IF YOU ASK ME, I'LL GIVE YOU THE WATER, YOU'LL 13:23 NEVER HAVE TO COME BACK. 13:24 BUT ISN'T THAT INTERESTING HOW IT IS ALL INTERWINED 13:27 EVEN IN HINDUISM. 13:28 YES, SEE INDIA IS THE SPIRITUAL MECCA OF THE 13:34 WORLD. 13:34 TRUE. 13:35 AND VERY SPIRITUAL COUNTRY, VERY 13:38 ACCOMMODATING COUNTRY AND IN FACT, HINDUISM 13:42 ACCOMMODATES EVERYTHING. 13:43 IT DOES NOT OPPOSE IT JUST TAKES IN. 13:46 YES. 13:47 THEY WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM IN ACCEPTING JESUS THEY 13:50 JUST CANNOT GIVE UP SOME OF THE OTHER BELIEFS. 13:53 WHAT THE OTHER THINGS, YES AND THAT'S THE HARD PART 13:54 BECAUSE THAT THE CULTURAL PART. 13:56 WELL, MANZOOR AND PASTOR MOHAN THANK YOU FOR BEING 13:59 HERE. 14:00 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 14:01 GOSPEL OUTREACH AND WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION TO 14:03 SHARE WITH YOU. 14:05 AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED 14:07 IN ALL THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS UNTO ALL NATIONS 14:10 AND THEN SHALL THE END COME. 14:13 JOIN US NOW FOR A JOURNEY THAT MAY CHANGE FOREVER 14:15 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF FOREIGN MISSION WORK AND 14:18 THE FULFILLMENT OF THE GREAT COMMISSION. 14:21 WE ARE GOING TO TRAVEL TO AN AREA OF THE WORLD 14:23 LARGELY IGNORED BY CHRISTIANS LOCATED BETWEEN 14:26 10 DEGREES NORTH AND 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE. 14:30 ITS KNOWN AS THE 10/40 WINDOW. 14:32 IT STRETCHES FROM NORTH AFRICA TOWARD THE RISING 14:35 SUN ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, AND 14:39 SOUTHWARD TO CATCH THAILAND AND THE 14:41 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 14:43 ALL TOLLED, NEARLY 70 COUNTRIES LIE WITHIN THIS 14:46 WINDOW. 14:47 THE AREA ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF THE 14:50 WORLDS LAND MASS YET 4.5 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE HERE. 14:54 THAT'S NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. 14:57 POVERTY, HUNGER, ILLNESS, ILLITERACY, OPPRESSION, 15:02 IDOL WORSHIP, FEAR AND HOPELESSNESS ARE WAYS OF 15:07 LIFE FOR MANY. 15:08 DOMINANT RELIGIONS INCLUDE ISLAM, HINDUISM, AND 15:12 BUDDHISM. 15:14 WORLDWIDE AN ESTIMATED 2.84 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE 15:17 YET TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 15:20 IF YOU WERE TO GUESS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 15:22 UNREACHED LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, WHAT WOULD 15:24 YOU SAY? 15:25 FORTY PERCENT? 15:26 SIXTY PERCENT? 15:28 EIGHTY PERCENT? 15:30 ACTUALLY, THE STUNNING ANSWER IS NINETY-SEVEN 15:33 PERCENT. 15:34 VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE WORLD'S UNREACHED PEOPLE 15:37 LIVE IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 15:39 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T EVEN ONCE HAD A 15:42 CHANCE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL. 15:44 DESPITE THE GREAT NEED FOR THE GOSPEL IN THE 10/40 15:47 WINDOW, LESS THAN TWO PERCENT OF CHRISTIAN 15:50 MISSION GIVING GOES HERE. 15:51 THERE IS ENOUGH EVANGELISM TAKING PLACE TODAY TO 15:55 REACH THE WORLD DOZENS OF TIMES UNFORTUNATELY, MOST 15:59 OF IT IS HAPPENING AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY 16:01 HEARD THE GOSPEL. 16:02 IN ALL CANDOR AND TO OUR CONTINUING SHAME, LESS US 16:06 ADMIT THAT THE WORLD'S PERISHING UNREACHED PEOPLE 16:09 ARE VERY SELDOM MENTIONED OR THOUGHT ABOUT IN ALMOST 16:12 ALL CHURCHES. 16:13 GOSPEL OUTREACH WAS FOUNDED TWENTY YEARS AGO 16:16 TO HELP INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS IN THE 10/40 16:19 WINDOW. 16:20 THE ALL VOLUNTEER STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE 16:22 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 16:24 THE GOAL: RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT NATIVE EVANGELISTS 16:28 AND BIBLE WORKERS. 16:29 THESE WORKERS ARE HIRED AND TRAINED BY LOCAL 16:33 ADVENTIST CONFERENCES. 16:34 THROUGH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH ADOPT-A-WORKER 16:38 PROGRAM A WORKER CAN BE SPONSORED FOR $150 16:41 MONTHLY. 16:43 COMPARED TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES COMING INTO A 16:45 COUNTRY, NATIVE WORKERS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES. 16:49 FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, RELIGION 16:52 AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE. 16:54 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE SOUTHERN 16:58 ASIA DIVISION. 16:59 MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED 17:01 INTO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AS A 17:04 RESULT OF GOSPEL OUTREACH SPONSORED WORKERS. 17:06 NOT ONLY ARE THEY EFFECTIVE, THEY ARE 17:09 EFFICIENT. 17:10 ON AVERAGE EVERY $6 INVESTED IN THEIR WORK 17:14 RESULTS IN A DECISION FOR JESUS THAT LEADS TO 17:17 BAPTISM. 17:18 BY CONTRAST, IT COSTS THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF 17:21 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER BAPTISM IN THE UNITED 17:24 STATES. 17:25 IN THE 10/40 WINDOW, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 17:28 HONEST-HEARTED PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING. 17:30 THEY NEED HOPE. 17:32 THEY NEED THE SAVIOR. 17:33 YET, THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE 17:36 STORY OF JESUS. 17:38 TODAY, IT IS UP TO US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 17:41 WE MUST HELP HASTEN THE LORD'S RETURN. 17:44 WE BELIEVE. 17:45 LET'S ACT. 17:46 AND WELCOME BACK TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" 17:58 HERE AT GOSPEL OUTREACH. 17:59 WE ARE JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AND WE 18:02 ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE PARTNERING WITH US. 18:04 YOU CAN ALSO GO TO FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM FOR 18:07 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN SOME 18:09 EVENTS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICA AND 18:12 AROUND THE WORLD. 18:13 AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATION. 18:16 WE JUST SO APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR DONATIONS 18:19 AND THAT'S WHAT HELPS FUND THE MORE THAN 2000 GOSPEL 18:22 OUTREACH WORKERS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 18:24 SO, THANK YOU. 18:26 NOW TODAY WE HAVE MANZOOR MASSEY AND PASTOR MOHAN 18:29 BHATTI HERE WITH US AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NORTHERN 18:32 INDIA AND PASTOR THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE FROM AND YOU 18:35 FOLKS ARE LAUNCHING A SPECIAL REVOLUTION, A 18:37 SPECIAL INITIATIVE WHAT IS IT? 18:39 YES, IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IN FACT LAST 18:42 YEAR IN DECEMBER, AH WE INTRODUCED FROM THE 18:46 ADMINISTRATION SIDE, A NEW INITIATIVE: REVIVAL AND 18:50 REAPING. 18:51 AND THAT WAS DONE IN THE CONTEXT OF 100 YEARS OF 18:54 MINISTRY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF NORTHERN INDIA UNION. 19:02 IT WAS CELEBRATED ON JUNE 18, 2019 AND DR. TED 19:03 WILSON AND NANCY WILSON THEY WERE THERE WITH US TO 19:08 GRACE THE OCCASION AND THE INITIATIVE WAS REVIVAL AND 19:10 REAPING OUR HARVEST 2019. 19:12 AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO PLANT NEW CHURCHES AND 19:17 PROMOTE LAY PEOPLE AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE WORKERS 19:23 TO GO OUT-COME OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES TO 19:27 REACH OUT TO THE UNREACHED PEOPLE PREPARE SOULS FOR 19:30 THE KINGDOM AND THE EMPHASIS WAS GIVEN ON THE 19:35 PRAYER, STUDY OF THE WORD AND ASKING FOR THE 19:42 OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 19:44 PRAISE THE LORD. 19:46 AND I CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT THIS WAS A VERY 19:49 SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE THAT WAS INTRODUCED AND A LOT 19:54 OF PEOPLE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS AND LAY 19:59 PEOPLE,THE ELDERS, THE TEACHERS WERE PREPARED AND 20:02 THEY ALL WERE INVOLVED IN THE BIBLE STUDY, IN THE 20:06 SINGING, IN THE PRAYER GROUP MINISTRY AND 20:09 VISITATIONS AND ALL THAT. 20:12 AND WE REACHED A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. 20:15 PRAISE THE LORD AND HOW IMPORTANT IS PRAYER IN ALL 20:18 OF THAT? 20:19 PRAYER IS JUST LIKE FOOD IS TO THE BODY PRAYER IS 20:24 TO SPIRITUAL LIFE. 20:26 IF WE DON'T-I THINK IF WE STOP PRAYING, WE WILL BE 20:29 ALMOST SPIRITUALLY DEAD. 20:31 SO, PRAYER IS THE BREATH, LIFE AND BREADTH OF THE 20:39 SPIRITUAL LIFE OF A PERSON AND I MYSELF, HAVE 20:41 EXPERIENCED WHENEVER, WHEREVER I WAS LACKING A 20:44 PRAYERFUL LIFE, I THOUGHT I WAS VERY WEAK 20:47 SPIRITUALLY AND I FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSING 20:51 FROM MY LIFE. 20:52 AND MORE I PRAYED, MORE PASSIONATE TOWARD THE 20:56 MINISTRY AND MORE ENERGY AND I FEEL AND I FEEL THAT 21:01 WHEN I SPEND MORE TIME IN PRAYER AND MORE TIME IN 21:05 THE STUDY OF THE WORD I FEEL THERE IS SOME UNSEEN 21:07 FORCE THAT LEADS ME TO ACCOMPLISH MORE FOR THE 21:11 LORD'S WORK. 21:12 PRAISE THE LORD. 21:13 THERE IS POWER IN THE WORD, YES, AND THERE IS 21:16 POWER IN PRAYER. 21:17 SO, THERE IS A SCRIPTURE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 21:20 AND THAT COMES TO MIND AS WE THINK OF THIS AREA AND 21:22 MANZOOR WHAT IS THAT SCRIPTURE? 21:24 JOEL 3:14 AND JOEL 3:14 IT TALKS ABOUT MULTITUDES AND 21:29 MULTITUDES IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION. 21:33 WELL, THAT TEXT IF YOU COULD STAND IN THE CENTER 21:38 OF THE SQUARE IN DELHI, OR BOMBAY OR CALCUTTA YOU 21:43 WILL SEE PERHAPS JOEL WAS STANDING THERE WHEN HE 21:47 WROTE THIS. 21:48 ALL THESE PEOPLE. 21:49 MULTITUDES AND MULTITUDES AND LITERALLY WHEN YOU 21:52 HAVE A COUNTRY WITH 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE AND 21:56 NORTHERN UNION 757 MILLION THAT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE 22:01 THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. 22:04 AND WE HAVE ONLY 350 WORKERS OVER THERE -GOSPEL 22:08 OUTREACH WORKERS. 22:10 SO, THAT'S WHAT JOEL WAS TALKING ABOUT AND HOW CAN 22:14 WE FINISH THE WORK OF GOD? 22:16 THIRTEEN MILLION PEOPLE ARE ADDED TO INDIA'S 22:20 POPULATION EVERY MONTH. 22:22 THIRTEEN MILLION? 22:24 THIRTEEN MILLION EVERY MONTH. 22:25 EVERY MONTH. 22:26 EVERY MONTH. 22:27 AND SO, YOU WONDER WILL WE EVER BE ABLE TO CATCH UP? 22:31 WOW, YES. 22:33 AND IT REMINDS ME OF MARK 10:27 NOT BY MEN BECAUSE 22:35 ONLY WITH GOD IT IS POSSIBLE. 22:36 ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING. 22:44 IT SEEMS LIKE A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE BUT OUR GOD 22:47 SPECIALIZES IN MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION 22:51 POSSIBLE. 22:52 POSSIBLE EXACTLY BECAUSE IN JOEL WHERE IT SAYS HERE 22:55 THE MULTITUDES IN THE VALLEY OF DECISION FOR THE 22:58 DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR. 22:59 YES, FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR IN THE VALLEY 23:03 OF DECISION. 23:04 SO, A VIEWER, VIEWERS ARE WATCHING AND WHAT CAN THEY 23:07 DO TO HELP SUPPORT WHAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING IN 23:09 NORTHERN INDIA. 23:12 I WOULD LIKE THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW THAT THE GOSPEL 23:15 OUTREACH MINISTRY IS DOING EXCELLENT WORK IN NORTHERN 23:20 INDIA UNION AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 23:22 CONNECTED WITH THE GOSPEL OUTREACH THEY ARE GIVING 23:25 COMPLETELY UNSELFISH SERVICE TO THE HEAVENLY 23:29 KINGDOM. 23:30 THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR HEART, MIND AND SOUL AND I 23:33 WISH TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FOR 23:37 THE GOSPEL OUTREACH MINISTRY AND THE DONORS 23:39 WHO ARE THE-WHO ARE PRODUCING, GIVING THEM 23:45 RESOURCES TO MOVE FORWARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE 23:48 AN APPEAL TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING ME 23:51 THAT THEY SHOULD SPEND MINIMUM TIME AS MUCH AS 23:58 THEY CAN, IN PRAYING FOR THESE PEOPLE, PRAYING FOR 24:03 THE LEADERSHIP IN NORTHERN INDIA UNION AND PRAYING 24:06 FOR ALL THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE 24:08 WORKING IN OUR FIELD. 24:11 YES, THANK YOU. 24:13 SO, IF YOU GO BACK TO JOEL 3:14 YES, UH HUH, IT TALKS 24:15 ABOUT MULTITUDE, MULTITUDE BUT IT SAYS HERE BECAUSE 24:17 THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR. 24:20 NEAR. 24:21 AND I AM APPEALING TO ALL OF OUR DONORS AND ALL OUR 24:23 LISTENERS, IF WE SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT THE LORD IS 24:27 COMING AND AS HE SAYS, I COME QUICKLY. 24:31 I'M EVEN AT THE DOOR. 24:33 DOOR. 24:35 IF HE IS THAT CLOSE, AND PETER SAYS, WITH THIS KIND 24:39 OF ENVIRONMENT WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE SHOULD WE BE? 24:44 AND WHAT I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE OUR AUDIENCE IS 24:48 SELECT ONE DAY A MONTH WHEN YOU WILL FAST AND 24:52 PRAY FOR SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION AND PARTICULARLY 24:57 NORTHERN UNION BECAUSE IT IS A TOUGH CALL TO SPREAD 25:01 THE WORD OF GOD IN INDIA IN SOUTHERN ASIA AND SO, 25:05 FAST AND PRAY NUMBER ONE. 25:08 NUMBER TWO DO YOUR FAMILY BUDGET AND IF THE NEEDS 25:11 ARE MET, INVEST WITH GOD AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. 25:16 TIME WILL COME ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE, ALL THE 25:19 RESOURCES WE HAVE THEY WILL MEAN NOTHING. 25:21 TRUE. 25:22 AND SO THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE, WHEN WE HAVE THE 25:26 FREEDOM TO SHARE THE LOVE OF GOD. 25:28 AND WHEN WE HAVE THE PEOPLE, THE BOOTS ON THE 25:31 GROUND SO TO SAY, WE NEED TO GET BEHIND THEM. 25:34 BE THE WIND BENEATH THE WINGS SO THEY COULD REALLY 25:37 DO A GREAT JOB AND I WANT TO SALUTE GOSPEL OUTREACH 25:41 AND ITS LEADERSHIP. 25:42 THE TREND AND THE DIRECTION THAT IS SET HERE 25:47 IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME AND SO, 75 PER CENT OF ALL THE 25:52 WORK GROWTH IN SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION IS THE 25:55 RESULT OF THE WORK OF GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 25:58 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT? 25:59 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT. 26:00 MANZOOR, REALLY OF -FROM GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS. 26:02 YES. 26:03 WELL PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. 26:04 AND SO, OUR LISTENERES AND OUR DONORS CAN FEEL VERY, 26:06 VERY GRATEFUL, YES, TO THE LORD WHAT HE IS DOING, 26:09 YES, THROUGH THEIR SACRIFICES. 26:10 YES, AND THESE ARE THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS 26:13 WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR, THE 26:17 VILLAGES, THE MARKETS. 26:18 WHAT ARE THEY DOING, PASTOR MOHAN IN THE 26:20 NORTHERN INDIA DIVISION? 26:22 WHERE ARE THEY MEETING- THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 26:23 PEOPLE, WHERE ARE THEY MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE? 26:25 THEY START THEIR WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING AFTER 26:29 HAVING THEIR BREAKFAST AND THEY SPEND TIME IN THEIR 26:32 PERSONAL DEVOTIONS THEN THEY VISIT FROM HOME TO 26:35 HOME. 26:36 THEY CONDUCT BIBLE STUDY CLASSES WITH THEM. 26:39 THEY SPEND TIME WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEN THIS 26:45 IS THE WAY THEY PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THE KINGDOM. 26:47 YES. 26:48 SOME OF THEM MEET THEM AT THE WORKPLACE. 26:49 YES, EXACTLY AND SOME UNDER THE TREES, YES, THE 26:51 MARKET. 26:52 THEY DON'T HAVE FANCY CHURCHES EVERYWHERE. 26:54 NO. 26:55 SO, WE -THEY ARE MEETING IN ALL KINDS OF PLACES SO 26:59 THEY COULD MEET THE LORD. 27:00 BUT AS I CONTINUE TO SAY, WE ARE ALL GOSPEL OUTREACH 27:03 WORKERS. 27:04 YES. 27:05 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 27:06 THAT'S RIGHT. 27:07 WE ARE ALL GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS FOR JESUS TO SHARE 27:09 THE GOOD NEWS. 27:10 WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU MANZOOR 27:13 AND PASTOR MOHAN FOR BEING HERE AND PLEASE GREET THE 27:17 GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WHEN YOU GO BACK AND SAY 27:19 THANK YOU FOR SHARING JESUS. 27:20 SURE. 27:21 THANK YOU. 27:22 AND YOU HAVE HEARD THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE 27:23 HAPPENING IN NORTHERN INDIA AND AS MANZOOR HAS 27:26 ENCOURAGED YOU TO SPEND A DAY AND FAST AND PRAY AND |
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