Beginning a new church-planting project is a task that requires much responsibility and effort. It is not a light-hearted venture. Nor is it a task that has a one-size-fits-all model or method. Each church plant has unique elements because it reaches unique people in unique places throughout the world. It is a humbling yet exhilarating experience to be called by God to this task of planting a church among a specific group of people. This paper will discuss the work of planting a church among the
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LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY JOSCELYN R. JONES LYNCHBURG, VA March 7, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………3 Regional Map………………………………………………………………………………………..............4 Background: A Closer Look at The Swahili People’s History, Language and Culture…………………..………………………………………………………………………………...4 Background: A Closer Look at The Swahili People’s Economy, Religion, and Family……………..………………………………………………………………………………7 Survey of Missions Work……………
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It has been said that worship is the core or center of mission. The ultimate goal of any missionary is to bring people (entire people groups) into a passionate, relationship with God. John Piper states, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man…It is a temporary necessity.” Taking it a step further, it is out of God’s love for Him that makes missions possible. The reality
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sanctification. The Biblical proof of being baptized in the Holy Spirit was the speaking of tongues. This idea was not new to the Holiness movement, however; the Biblical evidence of speaking in tongues is what made Parham’s concept unique. Shortly after having attended Parham’s school in Houston, Texas, Seymour was invited to pastor at an African American church in L.A., California because the head pastor was heading out to do missions work. Seymour hadn’t experienced the “third blessing” yet,
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Economy……………………………………………………………………7 Religion……………………………………………………………………..8 Survey of Missions Work……………………………………………………….11 Church Status………………………………………………………….....11 Known Believers………………………………………………………….12 Challenges……………………………………………………………......13 Present Strategies…………………………………………………....….14 Proposed Strategy………………………………………………………..…….15 Accessing the Country…………………………………………………..15 Discipleship and Church Planting Strategy…………………………...16 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………....18 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………
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“The movement of Christianity from one culture to another can be explained by the concept ‘mission’” (1) is one of the main points in Christian Mission: How Christianity Became A World Religion written by Dana L. Robert. In Part 1, Robert divides the mission history into three parts: “From Christ to Christendom”, “Vernaculars and Volunteers, 1450-”, and “Global Networking for the Nations, 1910-”. In the beginning of “From Christ to Christendom”, Robert starts out with an example of British rock
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2015 Contents Introduction 1 ABSTRACT ……………………………………………..…………………………………….2 HISTORY 3 LANGUAGE 4 CULTURE AND FAMILY 5 ECONOMY 6 RELIGION 7 SURVEY OF CURRENT MISSION WORK 8 STATUS OF THE CHURCH 9 HOW MANY BELIVERS 10 CHALLENGES…………………...………………………………..……………………………11 PROPOSED STRATEGY 12 THE 10/40 WINDOW 13 STRATEGY ONE 14 STRATEGY TWO 15 CONCLUSION 16 BIBLIOGRAPHY 17 ABSTRACT The Saharawi fall into
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1 New Testament Texts Relating to Missions 2 The Nature of God and Missions 3 Two Aspects of Missions Theology: Ecclesiology and the Trinity 4 Two Key Motifs of Mission Theology 5 Mission Theology and a Missionary, Church Leaders, and Lay People 6 Bibliography 7 i Introduction What is theology? According to a theological dictionary, it is simply the study of God and His creation. After the fall of Lucifer and his
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Unreached People Group Project Submitted to Dr. David H. Campbell, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course GLST 500-B10 LUO Global Studies Survey by José C. Caballero March 6, 2015 Abstract God has a plan to reconcile His relationship with man after sin entered the world. This plan revolves around making His name known throughout all tribes and nations. From the Old Testament
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work, time itself becomes an ally of the forces of social stagnation(p.24).” It is clear to King that to fulfill his vision of the future, he and others must be willing to work for it. This is what fuels the writing of his letter. Clergy in the church who believe time and only time will bring equality called his actions “unwise and untimely” (p.1). We can see that even those that should
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