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Missions MobilizationPerspectives and Principles
Jesus’ Mobilization Prayer
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His
harvest. Matthew 9:38 (NKJV)
God is the original sender…
the only “un-sent sender”
What role did Jesus and the Holy Spirit have in your mobilization into
missions?
What role did an influential person play in
your mobilization into missions?
Mobilization Call - Isaiah 58
“Shout it aloud, do not hold back.
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Declare to my people their rebellion
and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.
Mobilization Call - Isaiah 58
What is your perspective on Mobilization?
Mobilization!Mobilization is the process of envisioning
and educating God's people about His strategic plans for the world, and it is the
means of keeping them involved and moving forward until they find their specific
place and role in world evangelization.
Your PerspectiveWhy is Mobilization
important?
• Reaching Individuals• Starting Movements to Jesus• Transforming Nations
Nation?
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
belonging to God”-1 Peter 2:9
It takes a “nation” to disciple a “nation”
The Whole Church bringing the Whole Gospel to the Whole
World…
Jesus’ Mobilization Prayer
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His
harvest. Matthew 9:38 (NKJV)
Mobilizers!
Mobilizers inspire, mentor and connect individuals to strategic opportunities to live and work within God’s global purpose.
Mobilizers!
Mobilizers stir other Christians to active concern for reaching the world. They
coordinate efforts between senders, the local churches, sending agencies, and
missionaries on the field. Mobilizers are essential.
Mobilizers!Mobilizers are those who channel key
resources, training, and vision for world evangelization to the Body of Christ. It has
been said, that to improperly appreciate and support the role of the mobilizer is to
seriously hinder the functions of the goer, sender, and welcomer.
Bridge People
UnreachedOur ChurchOur City
The Whole Church!In the twenty-first century, it is important to realize that the responsibility for reaching Muslims, Hindus
and Buddhists is too large for the missionary enterprise. While missionaries will always be at the forefront of innovative strategies, the whole Church needs to participate in inviting people of other faiths
to consider Jesus Christ. - Todd Johnson
Majority World Mobilization
God is transforming the “mission field" into the
“mission force”
CSGC Report
"of the ten countries sending the most missionaries in 2010…
three were in the global South: Brazil, South Korea, and India."
Student Volunteer Movement
The SVM mobilized approximately
20,000 missionaries to the
field and 80,000 supporters
Mott and SpeerProbably no two people in
history are traceably responsible for more
missionaries going to the field than John R. Mott and
Robert E. Speer
Why Are Mission Mobilizers Crucial?Local Churches Need Skilled Heart TransplantsA mission mobilizer owes it to the church and the nations to acquire the skill and knowledge necessary to help do an effective heart transplant of vision and understanding.
Why Are Mission Mobilizers Crucial?
Romans 10:15 asks this question:
“…And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?”
Why Are Mission Mobilizers Crucial?
More go’ers (preachers) requires more senders
Mobilizers envision, equip and connect both the go’ers (preachers) and the
senders
Prioritizing the Unreached“All men are equally lost but not all men are equally needy” - Dr Ralph
WinterTriage = evaluate and prioritize where
the need is greatest
Fewer Mobilizers = Fewer Missionaries
But there would be few missionaries unless there were also intensely
committed and skilled mobilizers.
The Dark side of Mobilization?
Love vs. JudgementLove is the central command in Scripture and judgment
the central prohibition. Indeed, judgment is the “original sin” in Scripture.
This is why the forbidden tree in the center of the garden…was called the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good
and Evil”.― Gregory A. Boyd, Repenting of Religion
Love vs. JudgmentOur fundamental sin is that we place ourselves in the position of God and divide the world between what we
judge to be good and what we judge to be evil. And this judgment is the primary thing that keeps us from doing
the central thing God created and saved us to do, namely, love like he loves.
― Gregory A. Boyd, Repenting of Religion
You Could Be Right…
It might be true that the community you are trying to mobilize is selfish and lazy…
but mobilizing with judgment will not bring life!
What does it look like to mobilize from the Tree of Life?
Can You Really Love Jesus and Hate the Church?
The Bride of Christ
Jesus loves His Bride!
The Bride of Christ
His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should
be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.
(Ephesians 3:7-12)
Jesus please help us see your Bride from your
perspective!
What does it look like to mobilize from the Tree of Life?
Roots = Beliefs
Trunk = Values
Branches = Behavior
Fruit = Consequences
Casting Seed = Multiplication
Belief Tree
Illustration: Dave Hudson
Seed = DNA
People
PrayerFinances
Deal with the roots, not just the fruits
Roots not just Fruit!
Roots
Fruit
Unreached
Roots not just Fruit!
Roots
Fruit
Church
Unreached
Mobilization is to the “reached” what
Evangelization is the “unreached”
The Mirror Principle
Church
Unreached
GO! CHURCH
The message:God’s heart for
the nations.
GO!UNREACHED
The message:Salvation andthe Kingdom.
Roots = Beliefs
Trunk = Values
Branches = Behavior
Fruit = Consequences
Casting Seed = Multiplication
Belief Tree
Illustration: Dave Hudson
Seed = DNA
People
PrayerFinances
What are some of the roots that lead to a lack
of missions fruit?
Worldview Roots?What is the Gospel?What is the Church?What is God’s End Goal?Nature and Character of God?
Selfishness?Fear?Humanism?Fatalism?
Community Development Principles
1) Development begins with me!
Community Development Principles
2) Remember God is already there!
Calling forth original design
Community Development Principles
3) Deal with the root not just the fruit!
Roots = Beliefs
Trunk = Values
Branches = Behavior
Fruit = Consequences
Casting Seed = Multiplication
Belief Tree
Illustration: Dave Hudson
Seed = DNA
People
PrayerFinances
Community Development Principles
4) Be a learner…forever!5) Serve!… the image of God in people6) Tell Stories
Story Telling
Contextualization in Mobilization?
The Evangelical ChurchGOD
Relat
ionsh
ip
The Truth of God
WORD
Speaking the Gospel
Explains a Relational God
Social Physical
Spiritual
PEOPLE
The Charismatic ChurchGOD
CREATION
Relat
ionsh
ip Ownership
The Power of God
WONDERWORD
Display the Power of the Gospel
Confirms a Powerful God
SocialPhysical
Spiritual
The “Mainline” Church
CREATIONPEOPLE
Relat
ionsh
ip Ownership
Stewardship
The Love of GodWORKS
Social Concern of the GospelDemonstrates a Providing God
SocialPhysical
Spiritual
GOD
CREATIONPEOPLE
Relat
ionsh
ip Ownership
Stewardship
The Truth of God The Power of God
The Love of God
WONDERWORD
WORKS
Speaking the Gospel Display the Power of the Gospel
Social Concern of the Gospel
The Evangelical Church The Charismatic Church
The “Mainline” Church
Explains a Relational God
Confirms a Powerful God
Demonstrates a Providing God
SocialPhysical
Spiritual
Community Development Principles
7) Meet real needs through felt needs.
What are ‘felt needs’?
A felt need is simply that – something in any area of my life that I perceive as a need.
Community Development Principles
8) Work through the man of peace
Man of Peace PrincipleWhen you enter a house, first say, `Peace to this house.’ If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. Stay in that house, eating and drinking
whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from
house to house. - Luke 10:5-6
Community Development Principles
9) Start Small… Build Slow10) Create Ownership
Creating Ownership?Ask Questions!Give ResponsibilityOpportunities to InvestOpportunities to Hear from God
Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Community Development Principles
11) Pass the Baton! - Developmental Leadership
360 Leadership“leading from underneath”
Community Development Principles
12) Don’t do for them what they can do for themselves13) Seek God for open universe answers
Jesus walked in an open universe
They have no wine. - Jn 2:1 - 11There are no fish. - Lk 5:1 - 11We are perishing! - Mt 8:23 - 27Where could we find food? - Mk 8:1 - 9Does your master pay taxes? - Mt 17:24Lock the doors. - Jn 20:19You don’t have any fish, do you? - Jn 21:5-8
Open & Closed Universe Thinking
90%
10%
95%
5%
Local Least-Reached
Triage"All men are equally lost, but not all are
equally needy.” -Dr. Ralph WinterTriage -the assignment of degrees of
urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number
of patients
ACTS 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses first in Jerusalem, and then in all Judea and Samaria, and then to the ends of
the earth.
ACTS 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses either in Jerusalem, or in all Judea and Samaria, or to the ends of the earth.
ACTS 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
ACTS 1:8
EITHER/ ORFIRST/ THEN
BOTH/ AND
The Church
Our Own
PeopleReached
PeoplesUnreached
Peoples
Overall Mission of the Church
God Blesses Us...
To Bless Every PeopleJerusalem
Judea
Samaria
Ends of Earth
Romans 10:13-15 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved.”How, then, can they call on the one they have not
believed in?And how can they believe in the one of whom they
have not heard?And how can they hear without someone preaching to
them?And how can they preach unless they are sent?”
Beautiful Feet?
Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good
things!”
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