mission & evangelism session 1: introduction

The following students will be in the discipleship group I shall run each Wednesday instead of cottage prayer - the group will meet at my home, will last for about 2 hours and will usually have a meal together, students will be back for that start of library time at 8pm. Bring your Bible.

The following students will be in the discipleship group I shall run each Wednesday instead of cottage prayer - the group will meet at my home, will last for about 2 hours and will usually have a meal together, students will be back for that start of library time at 8pm. Bring your Bible.

Horeising Joyson

NgayairingPhungshar

RahulShokami

Tensumenla

Mission and Evangelism!

LTCi course 801

Introductory session:

Time to start thinking

John Stott, Christian Mission in the Modern World (IVP)!Christopher Wright, The Mission of God’s People (Zondervan)!David Horton (Ed), The Portable Seminary (Bethany House)!Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship, BTCP !Schnabel, Paul the Missionary, (Apollos)!Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with your Faith, (Zondervan)!M. David Sills, Reaching and Teaching, (Moody)

John Stott, Christian Mission in the Modern World (IVP)!Christopher Wright, The Mission of God’s People (Zondervan)!David Horton (Ed), The Portable Seminary (Bethany House)!Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship, BTCP !Schnabel, Paul the Missionary, (Apollos)!Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with your Faith, (Zondervan)!M. David Sills, Reaching and Teaching, (Moody)

John Stott, Christian Mission in the Modern World (IVP)!Christopher Wright, The Mission of God’s People (Zondervan)!David Horton (Ed), The Portable Seminary (Bethany House)!Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship, BTCP !Schnabel, Paul the Missionary, (Apollos)!Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with your Faith, (Zondervan)!M. David Sills, Reaching and Teaching, (Moody)

John Stott, Christian Mission in the Modern World (IVP)!Christopher Wright, The Mission of God’s People (Zondervan)!David Horton (Ed), The Portable Seminary (Bethany House)!Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship, BTCP !Schnabel, Paul the Missionary, (Apollos)!Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with your Faith, (Zondervan)!M. David Sills, Reaching and Teaching, (Moody)

How would you definemission?

What are the importantbiblical texts in instructing us

about mission?Who are the prominent

missionaries in the Bible -what can we learn from them?

Is the incarnation the greatest evidence in the Bible of God’s commitment to mission - can we use it as an example to follow?!If we are to follow the example how do we do it, what is the pattern - in words, social justice, signs and wonders…?

Is the incarnation the greatest evidence in the Bible of God’s commitment to mission - can we use it as an example to follow?!If we are to follow the example how do we do it, what is the pattern - in words, social justice, signs and wonders…?

Is the incarnation the greatest evidence in the Bible of God’s commitment to mission - can we use it as an example to follow?!If we are to follow the example how do we do it, what is the pattern - in words, social justice, signs and wonders…?

Matthew 28:18-20!Mark 16:15, 19-22!Luke 24:46-49!Jn 17:13-20, 20:21-23!Acts 1:8!John 3:16!2 Peter 3:9

Rom 10:13-18!Acts 13:47!John 12:32!1 Peter 3:15!Matt 5:16!Luke 4:13ff!Acts 11:19ff!What Old Testament ideas?

The Great Commission isthe focus for much

modern mission work.

Why are there Fiveversions of it in the New

Testament?

Command Mission Emphasis Focus

Matt 28:18-20 make disciples of all nationspurpose - go,

baptise, teach, obey

Mk 16:15, 19-22

Lk 24:46-49

John 17:13-20, 20:21-23

Acts 1:8

Command Mission Emphasis Focus

Matt 28:18-20 make disciples of all nationspurpose - go,

baptise, teach, obey

Mk 16:15, 19-22 preach good news

go into all the world

preach to all people, signs

confirming

Lk 24:46-49as a witness,

proclaim repentance and forgiveness

to all nations personal witness to the message

John 17:13-20, 20:21-23 I am sending you into but not of the

world

personal representative of

Christ

Acts 1:8 be my witnesses Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria…

Holy Spirit power to enable

“Mission arises primarily out of the nature not of the church but of God himself. The living God of the Bible is a sending God.”!

John Stott

“Mission arises primarily out of the nature not of the church but of God himself. The living God of the Bible is a sending God.”!

John Stott

Godsent

Jonah toNineveh

Encyclopedia Britannica: Christian mission is "an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith."!

Gotquestions.org: “Christian missions is following Christ’s call: sharing the Gospel with the lost world through God’s wisdom and strength.”

What is mission?

Encyclopedia Britannica: Christian mission is "an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith."!

Gotquestions.org: “Christian missions is following Christ’s call: sharing the Gospel with the lost world through God’s wisdom and strength.”

Baker Bible Dictionary: Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that his purposes for judgment or redemption are furthered…”!

The biblical concept of "mission" comprehends the authority of the one who sends; the obedience of the one sent; a task to be accomplished; the power to accomplish the task; and a purpose within the moral framework of God's covenantal working of judgment or redemption.

Encyclopedia Britannica: Christian mission is "an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith."!

Gotquestions.org: “Christian missions is following Christ’s call: sharing the Gospel with the lost world through God’s wisdom and strength.”

Baker Bible Dictionary: Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that his purposes for judgment or redemption are furthered…”!

The biblical concept of "mission" comprehends the authority of the one who sends; the obedience of the one sent; a task to be accomplished; the power to accomplish the task; and a purpose within the moral framework of God's covenantal working of judgment or redemption.

Acts is the follow up to, “all that Jesus began to do and teach” - so from it we should get some understanding of what the first believers thought mission should look like.!

From your knowledge of Acts what features characterised mission in the early years of Christianity? Let’s look at the church at Antioch first then more generally.

Mission in Acts

Acts is the follow up to, “all that Jesus began to do and teach” - so from it we should get some understanding of what the first believers thought mission should look like.!

From your knowledge of Acts what features characterised mission in the early years of Christianity? Let’s look at the church at Antioch first then more generally.

Mission in Acts

Acts 11 - the church is established at Antioch!Meanwhile, the believers who had been scattered during the persecution after Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of God, but only to Jews. 20 However, some of the believers who went to Antioch from Cyprus and Cyrene began preaching to the Gentiles[f] about the Lord Jesus. 21 The power of the Lord was with them, and a large number of these Gentiles believed and turned to the Lord.

22 When the church at Jerusalem heard what had happened, they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord. 24 Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And many people were brought to the Lord.

25 Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to look for Saul. 26 When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people. (It was at Antioch that the believers[g] were first called Christians.)

27 During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could. 30 This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

27 During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could. 30 This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

27 During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could. 30 This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

27 During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could. 30 This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

Prayerful - 1, 4!Unity of believers, support of one another - 1, 4, !Bold proclamation of the in the power and conviction of the Holy Spirit - 2!Personal and corporate purity - 1, 5!Persecution (which did not stop their proclamation) 4, 5, 7, 8, 11

Prayerful - 1, 4!Unity of believers, support of one another - 1, 4, !Bold proclamation of the in the power and conviction of the Holy Spirit - 2!Personal and corporate purity - 1, 5!Persecution (which did not stop their proclamation) 4, 5, 7, 8, 11

Started at home with the people around them - 2!Dynamic, living activity of the Holy Spirit - 2, 3, 5,!Directed / led by Holy Spirit - 11, 13, 16,!Supportive of other churches - 11, !Strong in teaching / training - 2, 4, 8, 13!Open to outside groups (Gentiles) - 10, 11

Outward looking - 13!Openly discussed and dealt with problems - 15!Made disciples - !Planted new churches!Established elders!Practised team ministry with people of differing gifts!Developed and encouraged leaders - 20

Frank Viola (Finding Organic Church) suggests that Acts gives a number of different patterns of church development:!Jerusalem model - based around a group of apostles raising up one large church - after some years this is then transplanted into other cities - the workers visit these churches and help in foundation laying

Frank Viola (Finding Organic Church) suggests that Acts gives a number of different patterns of church development:!Jerusalem model - based around a group of apostles raising up one large church - after some years this is then transplanted into other cities - the workers visit these churches and help in foundation laying

Antioch model - workers are sent from a mother church to plant new churches - they leave quickly but give regular help and encouragement!Ephesian model - an older worker stays in a city developing and helping young workers - he then send them out to local places to start new works!Roman model - Christians from a variety of cultures come together in a city to establish a new church

Frank Viola (Finding Organic Church) suggests that Acts gives a number of different patterns of church development:!Jerusalem model - based around a group of apostles raising up one large church - after some years this is then transplanted into other cities - the workers visit these churches and help in foundation laying

Antioch model - workers are sent from a mother church to plant new churches - they leave quickly but give regular help and encouragement!Ephesian model - an older worker stays in a city developing and helping young workers - he then send them out to local places to start new works!Roman model - Christians from a variety of cultures come together in a city to establish a new church