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ELDER’S LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATION LEVEL - 1. Church Program - Tell the World. TELL THE WORLD. Church program for 2011-2015. It is not a new church program. All 13 divisions are involved. TELL THE WORLD.
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ELDER’S LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATION LEVEL - 1
TELL THE WORLD • Church program for 2011-2015. • It is not a new church program. • All 13 divisions are involved.
TELL THE WORLD It is a call to each church member to invite their friends to fellowship, introduce them to Jesus, and share the great truth of God’s Word.
TELL THE WORLD Slogans and strategies to mobilize, train, and motivate church members 1 7 6 8 4 3 2 5 Small Groups Integrated Evangelism Impact Hope Public Evangelism Share the Hope Easter Weekend Go Forward Harvest Campaign
TELL THE WORLD • The Main Goal: • To mobilize divisions, unions, conferences, missions, and churches to participate in the Integrated Evangelism program to reach one million new members every year until 2015.
TELL THE WORLD Important dates April January November Easter Weekend for Preaching About Jesus Launch the Program of Prayer and Bible study Worldwide Baptism of One Million People 10 Million Guests in our Church
TELL THE WORLD Revival and Reformation Emphasis – January The world church will be called to prayer and Bible study. Each member will be asked to plead for the Holy Spirit, seeking God’s will and purpose for their life.
TELL THE WORLD Easter Weekend – April We will initially use the spiritual visibility of Easter weekend to draw people to a relationship with Jesus. The global church will call the world to a celebration of HOPE.
TELL THE WORLD Easter Weekend – April Every Seventh-day Adventist member would invite at least one guest to a 3-night serieson Jesus’ life, death, resurrection and second coming. Divisions, unions and conferences/missions would work together creating an inspiring Easter weekend presentation on Jesus, the Hope of all ages.
TELL THE WORLD Harvest Week and Baptism – November A world-wide baptism on November, 2011 will welcome one million new members to the Seventh-day Adventist church.
TELL THE WORLD The Entire Church is Involved “Those who stand as leaders in the church of God are to realize that the Saviour's commission is given to all who believe in His name.” (The Acts of the Apostles, p. 110)
TELL THE WORLD The Entire Church is Involved “The work of God in this earth can never be finished until the men and women comprising our church membership rally to the work, and unite their efforts with those of ministers and church officers.” (Gospel Workers, 352)
TELL THE WORLD The Entire Church is Involved Pastors, administrators, teachers, students, literature evangelists, church workers, leaders, and members will be involved in the program “Tell the World.”
TELL THE WORLD The Entire Church is Involved All institutions, services, and media centers will be involved. “Time is short, and our forces must be organized to do a larger work.” (Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 27)
TELL THE WORLD Divisions, Unions, and Conferences • Culturally, specific plans will primarily be developed by divisions, unions, and conferences/missions.
TELL THE WORLD The General Conference • The role of the General Conference will be to use global resources, networks of communications and material development to assist local expression of “Tell the World.”
TELL THE WORLD Preparation and Promotion • Revival and Reformation Emphasis. • Magazines: Adventist Review, Ministry, and Elder’s Digest. • Newsletters: Presidential and Departments. • Administrative, Pastoral, and Church Board Meetings.
TELL THE WORLD “The church of Christ on earth was organized for missionary purposes, and the Lord desires to see the entire church devising ways and means whereby high and low, rich and poor, may hear the message of truth.” (Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 29)
TELL THE WORLD “We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us and His teaching in our past history.” (Ellen G. White, Life Sketches, 196)