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missions, William Carey, was a have been unjustly imprisoned, and World Prayer Map. increase and focus Christian man ahead of his time. In 1810 especially for those who are giving for the fulfillment of the he proposed a world missions suffering for their testimony to the Vision and Mission Great Commission, we would conference, and he suggested Lord Jesus Christ. We promise to As with the previous Lausanne l i tera l ly see the wor ld Cape Town as the ideal venue! pray and work for their freedom. Congresses, the focus was on transformed. It is a fact that It was 100 years later, in 1910, According to some Chinese the whole church, taking most church members are not that the first world missions s t a t e o f f i c i a l s t h i s i s the whole Gospel, to the giving much of their time, or conference was held in subversive. whole world. The congress talents, or treasure, towards Edinburgh. 200 years after focused on the truth of Christ the fulfillment of Christ's Great

North Korean TestimonyWilliam Carey had proposed it, in a pluralistic, globalised Commission to make disciples One of the most moving Cape Town hosted the Third world, building the peace of of all nations and to teach presentations at the congress Lausanne Congress on World Christ in a divided and broken obedience to all things that He was presented by an 18 year Evangelisation. world, bearing witness to the has commanded. old North Korean girl, Gyeong With over 4,200 invited love of Christ with people of Ju Son. Her father was a high- To Every Nationp a r t i c i p a n t s f r o m 1 9 8 other faiths, and discerning

str a n k i n g c o m m u n i s t God promised that all the countries, and extending the will of Christ for 21 government leader, but, when families of the nations would through Global link sites to Century world evangelisation, he fell out of favour with the be blessed through the seed another 700 venues across 95 calling the Church of Christ political leadership, the family of Abraham (Genesis 18:18). countries, this was the largest back to humility, integrity and fled to China - where they were The Church must bless the and most representative simplicity and partnering in converted to Christ. nations. We need to recognise missions conference in the body of Christ to fulfill the Gyeong related how her that the Biblical term for history. Great Commission.pregnant mother died of nations is ethne (from which The theme of the Cape Town leukemia and her father Confronting the Issues we get our word ethnic). 2010 Congress on World returned to North Korea as a Each morning the plenary Biblically, what we often call a Evangelisation was: God in m i s s i o n a r y. H e w a s Devotional sessions worked nation is a country, composed Christ, reconciling the world to imprisoned for 3 years. Later t h r o u g h t h e b o o k o f of many nations. They are 220 Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19).when he determined to return Ephesians. Each afternoon countries in the world, but The organisers undertook to North Korea to share included study groups, over 9,000 ethno-linguistic extraordinary efforts to make Christ's message of life and regional gatherings and people groups. The Great sure that every region in the hope among the hopeless multiplexes focusing on Commission is not fulfilled by world was represented in people of his homeland, he d i f f e r e n t i s s u e s a n d sending a missionary to a proportion to the number of was arrested and executed. c h a l l e n g e s f o r w o r l d geographic country. The Great Evangelicals in that country. Gyeong Ju Son testified of how evangelisation. One speaker Commission requires making T h e r e w e r e 1 , 2 0 0 she surrendered her heart, declared: Most prominent disciples of every ethno-missionaries, 1,200 pastors soul, mind and strength to the Christian leaders have clearly linguistic people group on the and ministry leaders, 1,200 Lord Jesus Christ to do His will. articulated the problems, but are earth.academics and students and She is determined to follow very unclear on their Christian 600 in secular professions as

Idolatry or Integrity?the example of her father, to answers to these problems. In fact, participants in the congress.The plight of today's church study to be able to speak up the world has never before seen such was compared to the pre-Cyber War for the suffering people of compromise, cowardice, heresy and

thReformation church of the 16 This largest missions congress North Korea and to take the apostasy as is being evidenced in, Century. The main stumbling in history was targeted by the Gospel to her people there. for example, the Episcopal Church blocks that hinder others most massive, malicious cyber in the USA.

Operation World Launched coming to Christ are not found a t tack eve r seen . The Operation World is the most Powerful Potential outside the Church. It is sophist icated computer important missions book Christians form part of the neither persecution nor false network developed for live available today. Yet, when largest, most diverse and most religions, but the integrity of broadcasting to the world was Pat r ick Johnstone f i r s t international movement ever Christian leaders which is targeted by mill ions of a p p r o a c h e d C h r i s t i a n seen in history. When we hurting the Christian cause malicious external hits coming publishers his manuscript was consider the vast resources the most. Idols which need to from multiple locations, most rejected as unmarketable! available to the church be confronted, toppled and from Asia. There was no doubt However, millions of copies worldwide then it is clear that destroyed within our churches that the co-ordinated cyber have been printed of the 7 the potential to change the and lives include: The idol of war against Cape Town 2010 editions of Operation World world is enormous. Yet, plainly power and pride, the idol of originated from China. and they have been translated most of this potential is not popularity and success, and The communist government into 15 languages. being realised. With all the the idol of wealth and greed. of China prevented hundreds

buildings, vehicles, printing of Christian leaders in their New Reformation NeededThe first Operation World was presses, radio stations, country from attending the As one speaker declared: compiled by Patrick Johnstone webs i tes , pub l icat ions , missions congress in Cape Reformation is once again a while he was an itinerant tent computers, manpower and Town. Many Chinese Christian desperate need. He called for evangelist in Rhodesia. The money available, the Church leaders had their passports humil i ty, integr i ty and f i r s t c o m p r e h e n s i v e of Jesus Christ should be confiscated, some were simplicity and a radical missionary survey of every having a far greater impact on detained and many were return to the Lord. We need to nation was published by the culture and world events than sub jected to in tens ive teach the hard truths of the Dorothea Mission in Pretoria. it is. interrogation. Gospel. The Gospel of our George Verwer of Operation Over the last 50 years there Lord Jesus Christ, as clearly Threatened by Freedom World was so impressed by it has been tremendous church proclaimed in the Bible, must Some of these pastors were that Send the Light (now growth, globally, particularly in be proclaimed and practiced. told that the Lausanne Biblica), undertook to publish Asia, Africa and Latin America.

th Not compromised and edited. Covenant undermined the the future editions. The 7 However, these Kingdom We must be Bible people and Chinese state in its section on edition of Operation World successes have been largely work for a new Back to the 'Freedom and Persecution': It was launched at the Cape achieved despite the fact that Bible Reformation, or we will is the God appointed duty of every Town 2010 Congress. Not only Christians are, on average, enter into a new dark age.government to secure peace, justice does OW offer the 1,000 page giving less than 2% of their

and liberty in which the church may handbook, the definitive total income to the church, Dr. Peter Hammondobey God, serve the Lord Jesus guide to every nation on earth, and the average church is

Christ, and preach the Gospel but a CD-Rom edition and giving much less than 10% of without interference. We also enhanced e-book in DVD-Rom its income to missions and

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GAUTENG BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW SEMINAR

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If My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

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Families are the basic building block of society.

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