Lesson 15 – Section 1Lesson 15 – Section 1

Being a Being a

World ChristianWorld Christian

What About Me?What About Me?

Do not start by asking Do not start by asking what God’s will is for you. what God’s will is for you. Instead, ask and seek what Instead, ask and seek what God’s desire is in this God’s desire is in this world and how you can be world and how you can be involved in it.involved in it.

Insert yourself into Insert yourself into God’s Story instead of God’s Story instead of trying to insert Him trying to insert Him into your own.into your own.

Do not waste time waiting for some miraculous call from God to begin a radical life of obedience. Start right away in being obedient to Him in all that He has shown you.

Finding Your CallFinding Your CallWhat creates a divine What creates a divine discontent within you?discontent within you?

What makes your What makes your heart sing?heart sing?

Having a Having a War-Time LifestyleWar-Time Lifestyle

Missions is a Missions is a lifestyle, not simply lifestyle, not simply

an event or an event or activity we do.activity we do.

Our Lives Are ModelsOur Lives Are Models

““You also became You also became imitators of us and of the imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy with the joy of the Holy Spirit.” (1 Thess 1:6)Spirit.” (1 Thess 1:6)

Paul doesn’t talk about Paul doesn’t talk about missions, because it missions, because it was all a part of what was all a part of what they were. they were.

– – Larry WalkerLarry Walker

Live a Simplified Live a Simplified LifeLife

"For where your treasure "For where your treasure is, there your heart will is, there your heart will be also” (Luke 12:34).be also” (Luke 12:34).

Live a purposeful Live a purposeful missional lifestyle missional lifestyle in all seasons and in all seasons and

facets of life.facets of life.

Relating to Relating to the Churchthe Church

What is the What is the church?church?

How do you relate How do you relate to the church?to the church?

When you focus on the When you focus on the task of mission alone, you task of mission alone, you tend to become critical, tend to become critical, skeptical, degrading… skeptical, degrading…

Love the church and treat Love the church and treat it as a bride. it as a bride.

– – Larry Larry WalkerWalker

The missional church The missional church will primarily focus on will primarily focus on people in their own people in their own culture…not the culture…not the 10/40 window. 10/40 window.

- Larry Walker- Larry Walker

Lesson 15 – Section 2Lesson 15 – Section 2

Different RolesDifferent Roles

In MissionsIn Missions

GoingGoing

Acts 1:8Acts 1:8

“ “But you will receive power But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the and to the ends of the earth." earth."

New York City MetroNew York City Metro

2 Million Jews2 Million Jews800,000 Muslims800,000 Muslims350,000 Hindus350,000 Hindus100,000 Sikhs100,000 Sikhs

Short-Term MissionsShort-Term Missions

Almost 1 million Almost 1 million Americans go on a short-Americans go on a short-term mission annuallyterm mission annually

Long-Term MissionsLong-Term Missions

Long-Term Missionaries Long-Term Missionaries are Not Growing in are Not Growing in Number from AmericaNumber from America

SendingSending

Out of every $1,000 given in North American churches, five cents is given to reach the one billion Muslims in the 10/40 Window.

In areas of the 10/40 Window, there is only one missionary for every one million people.

American Christian spend 95% of their offering on home-based ministry, 4.5% on cross-cultural efforts in already-reached people groups, and only .5% to reach the unreached

Ralph Winter – “The nearly two billion dollars American evangelicals give per year to mission agencies is one fourth of what they spend on weight-loss programs.”

Allocating our

resources for mission

Used with permission from Daryl McCarthy, 2007.

Sending entails much Sending entails much more than writing a more than writing a check.check.

Involvement in the lives Involvement in the lives of missionaries is a huge of missionaries is a huge part.part.

MobilizingMobilizing

If there is a wildfire, you do If there is a wildfire, you do not go and try to put it out not go and try to put it out yourself. It is much wiser to yourself. It is much wiser to go and wake up a hundred go and wake up a hundred sleeping firemen! sleeping firemen!

- Ralph - Ralph WinterWinter

WelcomingWelcoming

International StudentsInternational Students

Over 650,000 international Over 650,000 international students and scholars are in the students and scholars are in the United States annuallyUnited States annually

Around 80% of these will never Around 80% of these will never set foot in an American homeset foot in an American home

Around 50% of the heads of state Around 50% of the heads of state around the world once studied in around the world once studied in AmericaAmerica

Returning Returning MissionariesMissionaries

AdjustmentAdjustmentAcknowledgementAcknowledgementCounselingCounselingLogisticsLogistics

PrayingPraying

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Lesson 15 – Section 3Lesson 15 – Section 3

Partnering In Partnering In MissionsMissions

The Need ofThe Need ofPartnershipPartnership

Definition of Definition of PartnershipPartnership

“ “Association of two or more Association of two or more autonomous bodies who form a trusting autonomous bodies who form a trusting relationship and fulfill agreed upon relationship and fulfill agreed upon expectations by sharing expectations by sharing complementary strengths and complementary strengths and resources to reach their mutual goal.” resources to reach their mutual goal.”

– – Luis Luis BushBush

Types ofTypes ofPartnershipPartnership

Your Own Your Own ChurchChurch

Other Churches Other Churches with a Similar with a Similar VisionVision

Mission Mission AgenciesAgencies

Missionaries Missionaries

People GroupsPeople Groups Business and Business and

DevelopmentDevelopment GovernmentsGovernments Two-Thirds Two-Thirds

World World MissionsMissions

Partnering With:Partnering With:

Partnership with the Two-Partnership with the Two-Thirds WorldThirds World

Abundance of Abundance of WealthWealth

70% of all finances 70% of all finances in the evangelical in the evangelical world today are in world today are in North America and North America and the UKthe UK

And the Scripture Says…And the Scripture Says… “…“…to whom much is given, from him much to whom much is given, from him much

will be required” (Luke 12:48).will be required” (Luke 12:48). ““But whoever has the world’s goods, and But whoever has the world’s goods, and

sees his brother in need and closes his sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?” (1 John 3:17)God abide in him?” (1 John 3:17)

““For this is not for the ease of others and For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality – for your affliction, but by way of equality – at this present time your abundance being at this present time your abundance being a supply for their need, so that their a supply for their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for abundance also may become a supply for your need, that there may be equality” (2 your need, that there may be equality” (2 Cor 8:13-14).Cor 8:13-14).

The first Christians “began The first Christians “began selling their property and selling their property and possessions and were sharing possessions and were sharing them with all,” (Acts 2:45), them with all,” (Acts 2:45), and “not one of them claimed and “not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things was his own, but all things were common property to were common property to them” (Acts 4:32).them” (Acts 4:32).

Avoid the ExtremesAvoid the Extremes Of being so afraid of Of being so afraid of

dependency that no funds are dependency that no funds are given.given.

Of saying that the Two-Thirds Of saying that the Two-Thirds World is poor and that all World is poor and that all funds should come from funds should come from elsewhere.elsewhere.

Guidelines for Healthy Guidelines for Healthy PartnershipsPartnerships

• Have a common goal Have a common goal or purposeor purpose

• Have a teachable Have a teachable spiritspirit

• Share ownership Share ownership including financesincluding finances

• Westerners need to Westerners need to stop being stop being controllingcontrolling

• Missionaries should Missionaries should model the waymodel the way

• Prepare people with Prepare people with partnership in mindpartnership in mind

• Invest less capital Invest less capital • Enable self-Enable self-

developing developing capabilities of the capabilities of the Two-Thirds Word Two-Thirds Word churchchurch

• Fund mission Fund mission efforts, not national efforts, not national churches/pastorschurches/pastors

• Give through Give through organizations, not organizations, not directly to peopledirectly to people

Guidelines for Healthy Guidelines for Healthy Partnerships (cont.)Partnerships (cont.)

• Establish Establish appropriate appropriate accountability accountability structuresstructures

• Research Research potential partners potential partners locallylocally

• Make sure the Make sure the right personnel right personnel and leadership and leadership are in placeare in place

• Communicate Communicate openly with one openly with one anotheranother

• Agree on Agree on partnership detailspartnership details

• Need to be flexible Need to be flexible and willing to take and willing to take risksrisks

• Commit to being Commit to being led by the Holy led by the Holy SpiritSpirit