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THE POWER OF AN Invitation Being invited means that you’re wanted. And being wanted requires a Response. We have been invited to serve Malawi as pastoral trainers. The Slater Six We believe that Spirit-filled, biblically-trained leaders are the hope of Africa.

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Page 1: Invitationf049e6c6bc51d6086828-1f3d9bf827f6f62072870f1ea348709c.r40.cf2.rackcdn.… · NEALE DONALD WALSCH Fo!ow me “He said to them… ” “The spirit of Christ is missions

T H E P O W E R O F A N Invitation

Being invited means that you’re wanted.And being wanted requires a Response.

We have been invited to serve Malawi as pastoral trainers.

The Slater Six

We believe that Spirit-filled, biblically-trained leaders are the hope of Africa.

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What would you do if Jesus

invited You?

“While he (Jesus) was walking beside the Sea of Galilee…”

M A T T H E W 4 : 1 8 - 2 2

“…he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting their net into

the sea, for they were fishermen.”

"I am no prophet," said Amos, "nor a prophet's son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees,

and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'"

A M O S 7 : 1 4 - 1 5

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“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”N E A L E D O N A L D W A L S C H

Follow me“He said to them…

“The spirit of Christ is missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.”

H E N R Y M A R T Y N

“…They immediately left their nets and followed him.”

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Without , we will simply accumulate a collection

of good ideas and regrets.

courage

“…I will make you fishers of men…”

“He went on from there and saw other two brothers, James, Zebedee's son, and John, his

brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father getting ready their nets for use. So he called them. They immediately left their boat and their

father, and followed him.”

“There is no comfort in the growth zone. There is no growth in the comfort zone.”

S T E V E C L A R K

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Being means you are wanted. And being wanted requires

a response.

invited

Being not only means you are wanted, but God has

already prepared those he invites.

invited

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God

prepared in advance for us to do.”

E P H E S I A N S 2 : 1 0

THE

FOR GOD’S INVITATION

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in

transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.”E P H E S I A N S 2 : 4

Prerequisite

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“Christ’s love compels us…”2 C O R I N T H I A N S 5 : 1 4

BY THE INVITATION WE ARE EMBRACING THE FULL EXTENT OF

GOD’S LOVE FOR US.

“We know what God wants us to do; God has prepared long beforehand the kind of life He wants us to live, and has told us

about it in His book and through His son. We cannot earn God's love; but we can and must show how grateful we are for

it, by seeking with our whole hearts to live the kind of life which will bring joy to God's heart.”

W I L L I A M B A R C L A Y

Accepting

There remains 240 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa alone that have not yet been

reached with the gospel of Christ.

867 unreached people groups that do not have viable access to a life-giving

church in their region.

Although numerically growing, we have a crisis of discipleship — the training of healthy leaders

to spiritually lead newly planted congregations.

The Christian church in Africa is a mile wide and an inch deep.

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“Our significance is measured by the size of the cause that we live for and the price that

we are willing to pay to accomplish it.”

D r. J o h n Yo r k F O U N D E R , A F R I C A ’ S H O P E

T H E P O W E R O F A N Invitation