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World Mission Report

World Mission Report. South Central District WELS Family Conference – Galveston, Texas October 8-9, 2009. The Advance of the Gospel in the World. The Apostolic Age. The Advance of the Gospel in the World. The Apostolic Age Jesus gives the word to “Go!”.

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World Mission Report

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  1. World Mission Report South Central District WELS Family Conference – Galveston, Texas October 8-9, 2009

  2. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The Apostolic Age

  3. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The Apostolic Age • Jesus gives the word to “Go!”

  4. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The Apostolic Age • Jesus gives the word to “Go!” • 12 become 120 in Upper Room after Jesus’ Ascension into heaven

  5. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The Apostolic Age • Jesus gives the word to “Go!” • 12 become 120 in Upper Room after Jesus’ Ascension into heaven • Increase to over 3,000 on Pentecost Day

  6. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The Apostolic Age • Jesus gives the word to “Go!” • 12 become 120 in Upper Room after Jesus’ Ascension into heaven • Increase to over 3,000 on Pentecost Day • Half a million believers by end of first century

  7. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The Apostolic Age • Jesus gives the word to “Go!” • 12 become 120 in Upper Room after Jesus’ Ascension into heaven • Increase to over 3,000 on Pentecost Day • Half a million believers by end of first century • Christians by then in Middle East, Asia Minor, Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Spain, Persia, India, Egypt, and Africa

  8. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The first millennium

  9. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The first millennium • By end of second century, ten million Christians in world

  10. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The first millennium • By end of second century, ten million Christians in world • By end of fourth century all heathen temples destroyed or turned into churches

  11. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • The first millennium • By end of second century, ten million Christians in world • By end of fourth century all heathen temples destroyed or turned into churches • By end of ninth century, 100 million believers

  12. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • At the dawn of the 21st century

  13. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • At the dawn of the 21st century • Number of believers grown to two billion

  14. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • At the dawn of the 21st century • Number of believers grown to two billion • Estimated that of all believers from first century to present, 70% came to Christ since 1900

  15. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • At the dawn of the 21st century • Number of believers grown to two billion • Estimated that of all believers from first century to present, 70% came to Christ since 1900 • Shift of center of Christian gravity from Global North to Global South

  16. The Advance of the Gospel in the World

  17. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Undeterred by hardship and affliction

  18. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Undeterred by hardship and affliction • Persecution in early church

  19. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Undeterred by hardship and affliction • Persecution in early church • In our times average of 182,000 believers a year worldwide martyred for faith

  20. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Undeterred by hardship and affliction • Persecution in early church • In our times average of 182,000 believers a year worldwide martyred for faith • But accompanied by unprecedented spread of gospel

  21. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Undeterred by hardship and affliction • Persecution in early church • In our times average of 182,000 believers a year worldwide martyred for faith • But accompanied by unprecedented spread of gospel • Christian Church built on blood of martyrs

  22. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle

  23. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle • Hans Egede to Greenland

  24. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle • Hans Egede to Greenland • Judson in Burma

  25. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle • Hans Egede to Greenland • Judson in Burma • Morrison in China

  26. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle • Still awaiting a breakthrough in Japan

  27. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle • Still awaiting a breakthrough in Japan • The lesson of the South Sea Islands

  28. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle • Still awaiting a breakthrough in Japan • The lesson of the South Sea Islands • Europe in the Dark Ages

  29. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Mission work always a struggle • Still awaiting a breakthrough in Japan • The lesson of the South Sea Islands • Europe in the Dark Ages • Do we have the patience and trust in the Gospel to persevere?

  30. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on

  31. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Africa in 1900 had 7.5 million Christians

  32. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Africa in 1900 had 7.5 million Christians • Today more than 400 million, expected to top 630 million by 2025

  33. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Africa in 1900 had 7.5 million Christians • Today more than 400 million, expected to top 630 million by 2025 • Percentage of Africans who are Christian has risen from 10% in 1900 to 45% today

  34. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Africa in 1900 had 7.5 million Christians • Today more than 400 million, expected to top 630 million by 2025 • Percentage of Africans who are Christian has risen from 10% in 1900 to 45% today • Lutheran Church of Central Africa had 700 members in 1971 when this speaker went as missionary; 50,000 today

  35. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Wolamo & Kembatta tribes in Ethiopia

  36. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Wolamo & Kembatta tribes in Ethiopia • Christianity in Korea

  37. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Wolamo & Kembatta tribes in Ethiopia • Christianity in Korea • Marxist, atheistic China

  38. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Ludwig Nommensen to Indonesia in 1861

  39. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Ludwig Nommensen to Indonesia in 1861 • starts work among Batak peoples, known for cannibalistic ways

  40. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Ludwig Nommensen to Indonesia in 1861 • starts work among Batak peoples, known for cannibalistic ways • By 1900 becomes largest Christian church in Asia with 180,000 members

  41. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Ludwig Nommensen to Indonesia in 1861 • starts work among Batak peoples, known for cannibalistic ways • By 1900 becomes largest Christian church in Asia with 180,000 members • Batak Church today nearly 9 million members

  42. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Gospel marches triumphantly on • Ludwig Nommensen to Indonesia in 1861 • starts work among Batak peoples, known for cannibalistic ways • By 1900 becomes largest Christian church in Asia with 180,000 members • Batak Church today nearly 9 million members • For first time since Dark Ages great numbers of Muslims (half a million) converted to Christ

  43. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • A myth that can be laid to rest

  44. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • A myth that can be laid to rest • Islam is not the fastest growing religion in the world

  45. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • A myth that can be laid to rest • Islam is not the fastest growing religion in the world • People worldwide are being brought to Christ at the astounding rate of one million per week

  46. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Much work needs to be done

  47. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Much work needs to be done • Six billion people in the world

  48. The Advance of the Gospel in the World • Much work needs to be done • Six billion people in the world • Four billion of whom are unsaved

  49. The Advance of the Gospelin the World • Much work needs to be done • Six billion people in the world • Four billion of whom are unsaved • But God’s program of “each one reach one” (personal evangelism) makes the mathematics manageable

  50. The Advance of the Gospelin the World • Much work needs to be done • Six billion people in the world • Four billion of whom are unsaved • But God’s program of “each one reach one” (personal evangelism) makes the mathematics manageable • The world can be evangelized in our generation

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