+ Homework No. 3 October 17 th , 2010

1. +Homework No. 3October 17th, 2010 From the movie “ Spirit ”, please pick out 10 Christian concepts. ====== For the link attendees -who do not have this movie-: From 2Timothy Chapter 3: Please clarify the challenges that might face the Evangelists & the commitments that he should abide to.

2. Approaches of Evangelism

3. Channels of Evangelism A) Short-Term Missions

4. I - Significance of Short-Term Missions Are they of any value ??!!

5. 1 – To the Servants A - Tasting the beauty of Evangelism by experiencing people of different cultures, races and religions and by living among them. B- Expanding the scope of service away from the experienced local service activity. C - Improving their performance. D- Getting chances of being asked for a longer-term missionary, whereby a servant discovers his life’s mission and God’s will towards him.

6. 1 – To the Servants E- Meeting other servants of various styles, talents, programs and interchanging experiences . F- Exploring the specific talents of each servant through the eyes of the Team leader.

7. 2 – To the Served Area A- Exploring most creative and attractive approaches to match this area based on earlier studies related to: Culture Habits Problems Standards Everything …

8. 2 – To the Served Area B- Helping preach the Orthodox Truth and strengthening the locals whether from the Copts or the natives C- Supporting local priest and servants, bringing in new tools of services, programs, forms, ideas and developing their service.

9. 2 – To the Served Area D - Delivering the word of God to few villages, kids and youth and pursuing the seed by any channel like mailing or on-sites follow up. “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isa 55 : 11) E – Planting local servant training and/or Business for Evangelism approach or other coming approaches.

10. What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!! 1 - Good background about Evangelism by: Attending Courses Studying the Word of God 2 - Praying hardly for God to use them to: Plant His word Spread His Faith

11. What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!! 3 – Preparing the necessary inputs namely; A – Staff for the trip (personal & group) B – Spiritual material of lectures, lessons, kids activities, gifts, toys, crosses, pictures, caps, t-shirts, ..… C – Supplying food and clothes to some poor areas as part of evangelism

12. What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!! 4 – Preparing the necessary studies to be aware of: Nature of the area Expected problems Medical / Psychological orientation Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technical, Environmental and Legal factors

13. What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!! 5 – Preparing Evaluation Reports on: A – Status of the local church B – Available services (Coptic and others) C – Status and characteristics of local servants D – Team members performance standard

14. What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!! 5 – Preparing Evaluation Reports on: E – Matters needing further assessment F – Mission’s channels of communication G – Proposal and plans for future visits

15. Channels of Evangelism B) Local Servant Training Is it of any value ??!!

16. OBJECTIVES A – Preparing good local servant staff capable to preach the word of God to their families & community B – Choosing suitable candidates to be later devoted; as priests and nuns… C – Developing deep relation with Coptic servants to deepen the relations with the mother church

17. OBJECTIVES D – Scheduling visits to the mother church in Egypt to strengthen their loyalty E – Deciding on the best approach for the area to match and integrate into the culture F - Proposing new plans for the service in this area based on the outcome of the training

18. What are the Characteristics of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes) Highly Educated Bible minded Spiritual Very Orthodox Disciplined Devoted to the Mission Extended time commitment (3 months to 1 year) Language Local/current Team Working

19. What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes) 1 – Programs & Curriculum Dogmatic Biblical Church Order Church History Development Skills (Leadership) Soft Skills

20. What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes) 2-Accommodation Comfortable place Not far from their homes Large enough to accommodate at least 25 students

21. What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes) 3 – Budgeting Allocate Funds To cover: Leaders’ expenses, traveling tickets…. Equipments , computers, books, CDs… Served Food and giveaways…

22. What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes) 4 – Supervision Head of service in this area; The Bishop or the Priest Head of service of the Evangelism Team The Support Service group in Cairo

23. What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes) 5 – Reporting By Emails and messages about: Current status, progresses, problems Recommendations and subsequent proposal steps Necessary replacements and /or changes