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1 Apostolic EVANGELISM OF GRACE SPIRITUAL IN NATURE – CIVIC IN EXECUTION EVANGELISM OF GRACE SPIRITUAL IN NATURE – CIVIC IN EXECUTION NO ONE ELSE IS COMING!
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SPIRITUAL IN NATURE –CIVIC IN EXECUTION
Apostolic
Church of God
EVANGELISM OF
GRACESPIRITUAL IN NATURE – CIVIC IN
EXECUTION
EVANGELISM OF GRACESPIRITUAL IN NATURE – CIVIC IN EXECUTION
NO ONE ELSE IS COMING!
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PASTORAL WELCOME
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Evangelism of Grace is a spiritually
focused initiative that provides
planning, training and support, to
people of faith and others, who are
striving to bring their community’s
back to a place that is vibrant, safe
and nurturing.
WHAT IS THE EVANGILISM OF GRACE?
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WHY ARE WE DOING THE EVANGELISM OF
GRACE?
MISSION STATEMENT – PARAGRAPH #3
“It is essential that we nourish and cultivate the
Christian lives of our parishioners; that we
concern ourselves with giving aid and comfort to
the poor, to work for better living conditions in
society in general, and in our community in
particular. In order to effectuate this purpose, the
ministries and auxiliaries of the Apostolic Church
of God were founded.”
IT’S IN THE DNA OF OUR CHURCH !
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God is sovereign and still in charge. God
sees the oppression and hears the cries of
the oppressed. God by His grace comes
down to deliver and raises up leaders to
deliver by mobilizing us to change our
neighborhoods through our spiritual and
communal power (Exodus 3:7-10).
It is God’s response to the oppression of His people.
WHY ARE WE DOING THE EVANGELISM OF
GRACE?
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IT’S THE CALL GOD HAS PLACED UPON
THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CHURCH !
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IT’S NO ACCIDENT - IT’S BY DESIGN!
13TH ADMENDMENT
Our communities are suffering under
spiritual and societal oppression !
WHY ARE WE DOING THE EVANGELISM OF
GRACE?
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No One Else is Coming
“Why is the black community so weak in its ability to defend itself?
The stripping out of a generation of leadership by the FBI.”
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Root Cause Strategy
Restoration Ecosystem
4 Components
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Root Cause
•The root cause of the mass incarceration of black people is the maintenance and perpetuation of an economic system of racial and social control.
•Social caste system of economic exploitation.
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Strategy EmployedSlavery
• Legalization of blacks from indentured servants to chattel property
Convict Leasing
• Black arrests skyrocket and labor used to rebuild South
• Black men depicted as evil brutes
• “The Birth of A Nation” revitalizes KKK
Jim Crow
• Legalization of blacks as a permanent underclass through segregation
Mass Incarceration (New Jim Crow)
• Criminalization of black men
• Destabilization of black infrastructure
• Cutting of social servicesCivil Rights and Voting Rights
acts passed
Tactics of KKK
no longer
socially
acceptable
13th Amendment forbids
involuntarily servitude with
the exception of criminals
Executive Enforcement
Nixon’s era of “law & order”
• Crime proxy for race
Reagan’s “war on drugs”
• Criminalize drug abuse
Clinton’s “tough on crime”
• Mandatory minimums
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Ecosystem
• Law Enforcement
• Prosecutors
• Judges
• Dept. of Corrections
• Prison Industrial Complex
• News
• Entertainment
• Executives
• Legislatures
• Govt. Agencies
• Racism
• Prejudice
• Discrimination
White Supremacy
& Fear
Political System
Criminal Justice System
Mainstream Media
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Restoration
Restore the human dignity of black people
Rebuild black leadership
Put the system on trial
How do we repair the
damage?
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1) By adhering to our calling to go
outside the walls of our Church and
into our communities with an
Evangelism of Grace that builds
Advocacy, increases Intervention
and extends Care for our people!
NO ONE ELSE IS COMING!
How do we restore our communities
and repair the damage?
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2) By understanding that this is not
a carnal war, it’s a spiritual war!
How do we restore our communities
and repair the damage?
EPHESIANS 6:1212For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.
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3) By understanding that spiritual
war requires spiritual weapons!
How do we restore our communities
and repair the damage?
CORINTHIANS 10:4
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strong holds.
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4) By knowing that no amount of
governmental policies, social
service programs or police, will
restore and repair our communities!
How do we restore our communities
and repair the damage?
Only an Evangelism of Grace will work!
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GOD GAVE THE PASTOR THE VISION TO USE ZIP
CODES TO EXECUTE OUR WORK SO
THE STEERING COMMITTEE CHOSE FOUR!
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THE SELECTED ZIP CODES WERE MADE MORE
MANAGABLE BY DIVIDING THEM INTO QUADRANTS
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THE SELECTED ZIP CODES WERE MADE MORE
MANAGABLE BY DIVIDING THEM INTO QUADRANTS
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THE SELECTED ZIP CODES WERE MADE MORE
MANAGABLE BY DIVIDING THEM INTO QUADRANTS
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THE SELECTED ZIP CODES WERE MADE MORE
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OVER THE NEXT FEW SESSIONS WE WILL
BEGIN ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY LIFE TEAMS!
Saints that live in the Community, Good Life Graduates, other Residents and Stake Holders
Who are they?
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THE COMMUNITY LIFE TEAMS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING
IN THE THREE AREAS THAT WILL GUIDE OUR MISSION !
ADVOCACY
INTERVENTION
CARE
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ONCE TRAINED WE DEPLOY
TO CARRY OUT THE EOG MISSION !
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NO ONE ELSE IS COMING!
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EOG WILL BE WELL SUPPORTED !
Dr. Brazier
Eld. Hayes
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Strategy Operations
Support Admin Asst
Southwest quadrant
Session 1
Mission Review
Session 1History of the Church
& 13th Documentary
Session 1
Assessment &
Meet and Greet
Follow up session
Follow up session
Session 1
Registration
Community Life Team Planning Sessions
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ADJOURNMENT !
Meet 3 people and tell them your …
•Name
•Neighborhood
•No. of years at ACOG
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PASTOR’S
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