Missions Advocacy for the Future of the Unreached

2. Missions Advocacy for the Future of the Unreached

3. Welcome • Security • Please use wisdom • Do not e-mail using people group and the name of the missionary in the same e-mail or publication.

4. Why Are We Here ? • We want to connect with those that are looking to work with _____ people group and field people __________. • We hope to work together and develop viable ideas on how to work with one another. • We would like to present some ideas to you for your consideration for the future.

5. How Did We Get to This Point of Meeting Today?

6. Good Things are happening in Missions: • People are beginning to go on short term mission trips more than ever. • Attention is being brought more to World A or the 10/40 Window. • Churches are beginning to take a more active role in missions involvement

7. We Still Have a Long Way to Go

8. Something else is happening: People are also taking a perspective on missionsthat in my opinion is not the best.

9. Something else is happening: • We have found that many churches and other places think missions is about a trip. • Once the trip is over many say : • “I have done missions”. • Missions is not accomplsihed till Matt. 24:14 is fullfilled.

10. Something else is happening: • Missions, to some, has become about going to poor places to make their lives better. • That can be a part but , that is not missions. • Others can view missions as going to foreign places. • Some foreign places are sharing the gospel better than we are, even though they are poor. • IE: Chinese church

11. Something else is happening: • Some have handed missions off to others to do on their behalf. “ It is not the job of the IMB to do missions on behalf of Southern Baptist…” • Jerry Rankin, President, IMB, SBC.

12. Who Owns You? Who Loves You? Who cares for you? Keith • He had teams come and they: • Some helped with money. • One put in a dental chair. • Brought some trips teams over. But…

13. But… There was no one working with Keith in an ongoing strategic basis to help reach the people of the Ukraine. • In his city: • 2 Million People • A hand full of churches. • The churches were very legalistic. • They do not go to where the people were. • The people had a bad image of the churches and did not desire to go to their building.

14. How Did We Get This Way ?

15. Some previous models of partnering among SBC entities People Group Missionary 75% , at the most, stays here for various causes IMB or ? 25% to IMB Cooperative Program Trips $ Church A Church B Group A

16. Some previous models of partnering among other entities People Group Missionary Org. A Trips $ Students Church A Church B Group A

17. Why Are We Here ? We want to set forth a different model of missionsengagement that we think will be much more effective in reaching the ________ People.

18. Some previous models of partnering among SBC entities People Group Missionary 75% , at the most, stays here for various causes IMB or ? 25% to IMB Cooperative Program Trips $ Church A Church B Group A

19. Some previous models of partnering among other entities People Group Missionary Org. A Trips $ Students Church A Church B Group A

20. New Model People Group Seeking to reach the UPG Church A + SIL } The Team = Field Team Church B + IMB + Church A + Golden Hills Community Church + WEC

21. Isn’t This What we Have ? Church LBC Field Church A School A Billy Group A

22. Here is What We Could Have The field needs to be free to develop discipling relationships Field Church IB People Church Church A School A Group A Billy

23. Characteristics of the New Model • Each individual group owns the task of reaching the UPG. • This is not for the field person. • This is working with field people on the same team to reach the UPG. • This is a network which means each group/person is responsible for making it happen.

24. Characteristics of the New Model • Has the long term in mind. • This take time to see the strategy come to fruit. • Some may not take the long run approach, that is OK. • Stateside churches and groups work together in order to carry out the task. • Example: Golden Hills Community, Sonlight and LBC in working among the C.A. people. • Field and stateside work on strategy together.

25. A Question to Consider • Who leads the team? • Christ is the leader in helping us work as a body. • All have input and work together. • Each team member has their role and expertise. • Consider this…

26. …Consider How the Body Works, • Missionaries live on the field and their role is to help determine field appropriate strategy. • But the missionary is not the only one to suggest strategy.

27. …Consider How the Body Works, • Stateside can also suggest new ideas. • But… we must remember that the field is the one who lives there and understands better what will work or not work.

28. On This Side of the Ocean • We work to help establish stateside mobilization. • The field works with us and is free to suggest new strategies and plans for reaching churches. • Even though we are the ones trying to formulate the plan here the field can see things we overlook .

29. This Is a Team Built on the Body of Christ Principle • It is like a family relationship. • There are problems. • There are things to work through. • But we commit to work through them.

30. Other Things to Consider When Working Together As a Team • Honest Communication • Communicate often • Lay aside the pride

31. Failure to Do So Could Mean That These Guys Live a Life Without Christ .

32. By flying in a “V” formation, a flock of Geese add 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone. People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling together as a team.

33. The end products for these two days: • Get to know one another. • That we could brain storm some ideas and find creative ways to connect with each other in order to increase our effectiveness in reaching the IB people.

34. For some , we could develop some strategic plans in the following areas: • Strategic prayerinitiatives. • Develop projects that are strategic to seeing a CPM among the IB people. • Seek new strategic partners willing to commit to the long run of reaching the IB people.