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“No Half Gospel”

“No Half Gospel”. What is the State of the Gospel? the Gospel is just fine!. Where we are now? A Global Faith. Majority Religions. Buddhist. Non-religious. Christian. Islam. Hindu. Annual Growth Rate of World Religions. Where we are now The Western Church.

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“No Half Gospel”

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  1. “No Half Gospel”

  2. What is the State of the Gospel? the Gospel is just fine!

  3. Where we are now? A Global Faith

  4. Majority Religions Buddhist Non-religious Christian Islam Hindu

  5. Annual Growth Rate of World Religions

  6. Where we are now The Western Church

  7. World Christianity – Continent by Continent

  8. EUROPE LATIN AMERICA PACIFIC AFRICA NORTH AMERICA ASIA WHAT PERCENT OF CHRISTIANS ARE EVANGELICAL IN FAITH? 30% 0% 10% 20% 40%

  9. Where we are now The Majority World Church

  10. World Evangelicals – Continent by Continent

  11. 3% CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONARIES WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

  12. The World’s Mission Force West 70%? Majority World

  13. How many Christians to send 1 missionary?* *includes only Protestant, Anglican and Independent

  14. The Task Remaining Geography and Population

  15. Majority Religion Buddhist Non-religious Christian Islam Hindu

  16. And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached as a testimony to all nations and then the end will come Matthew 24:14 ethne

  17. Unreached People Groups

  18. Countries with the Most Unreached Peoples Country # Peoples # Unreached Peoples China Nepal India Pakistan Bangladesh

  19. The Task Remaining Imbalanced Sending

  20. World Population Foreign Missionaries

  21. Missionary Presence

  22. The Task Remaining Strategic Issues

  23. Getting The Job Done • Priorities • Mobilizing • Sacrifice • Partnership • Prayer

  24. When man works, man works; When man prays, GOD works.

  25. When man works, man works; When man prays, GOD works.

  26. Peter Kuzmic is distinguished professor of mission and European studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also the founding president of Evandjeoski Teoloski Fakultet in Osijek, Croatia and is widely regarded as the foremost evangelical scholar in Eastern Europe.

  27. Kuzmic lamented the prevalence of “half-gospels” that do not take seriously the cross or human pain. These half-gospels, he said, lead to self-sufficiency, competition, duplication, and an “emotionally-driven Christianity that has no transformative effect.” Addressing the world’s complex problems requires a whole gospel.

  28. To comprehend the whole gospel we must first understand, that “the Great Commission begins with the Great Foundation.” This foundation is expressed in the verses preceding what is typically thought to be the Great Commission. Christ’s commandment to disciple the nations does not begin with “go.”

  29. Rather it is anchored in Christ’s astonishing declaration of cosmological sovereignty. “All authority on heaven and earth has been given to me,” Jesus said, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.

  30. When the Great Foundation, the Great Commandment and the Great Commission are held together, Christians are emboldened to preach biblical truth in all spheres of life. We were, we are challenged to be holistic gospellers!

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