welcome integrated evangelism lifestyle sabah april 1-2, 2014

WELCOME

Integrated

Evangelism

Lifestyle

SabahApril 1-2,

2014

SESSION #1

WHAT IS IEL?

(Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle)

#302 REAPING GOD’S HARVEST – A GLOBAL

EVANGELISTIC INITIATIVE

1. Scheduling two worldwide days of prayer and fasting – focus specifically on winning people to Christ and His truth. Members will be encourages to especially pray for family members, neighbors, friends and working associates.

2. Appealing to every church member to lead someone to Christ from July 2014 to June 2015.

3. Emphasizing evangelistic reaping events in every Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide sometime between July 2014 and June 2015.

#302 REAPING GOD’S HARVEST

– A GLOBAL EVANGELISM

INITIATIVE



4. Encouraging all Seventh-day Adventist Church employees to be actively involved in some form of evangelistic outreach between July 2014 and June 2015.

5. Encouraging all of our institutions to be actively involved in some form of evangelistic outreach during the target period ...

6. Encouraging our publishing houses to print a Christ-centered doctrinal book to use in evangelistic outreach



INITIATIVE



7. Designating June 20, 2015 as a worldwide baptism day with the goal of adding one hundred thousand believers that day to the membership of the Seventh-day Adventist church.



INITIATIVE

#2012-046 Creation of Integrated Evangelism Committee

Voted, To create an Integrated Evangelism Committee for SSD to plan for the evangelistic endeavours of the Division for the remainder of the quinquennium. The committee will include the following initiatives in their planning: 1. Mission to the Cities, 2. One Year for Missions(youth

initiative), 3. Medical Missionary Work, 4. Special Evangelism Years for

Woman, 5. Small Group Ministry, 6. The Great Controversy distribution,7. Hope Impact initiative, etc. 8. As well as contributions from every

department toward successful evangelism in SSD

OUR THEME REFLECT OUR DESIRE TO WITNESS FOR OUR FAITH

2011 – 2015 Theme: Revival, Reformation, Discipleship and Evangelism1. 2011 – Revived by His Word2. 2012 – Revived for Mission3. 2013 – Revival and the Christian

Life4. 2014 – Revival and the Prophetic

Truth

Purposes for Revival:5. Wake up call from spiritual

slumber6. Call to personal involvement -

reach up, reach out and reach across

7. Prepare to meet “Thy God.”

Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle

What is Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle?

“It is a program of all the departments in the church that integrates revival and reformation in the life experiences of church members as they actively involve in evangelism“



It is an evangelism approach which will be owned, committed and participated by all SDA members in SSD Territory, with the hope and prayer that by doing so, Revival & Reformation be the life experience of church members as they actively involved in care (small) group ministries.



It is a comprehensive biblical view of evangelism as a process (beyond the evangelism-as-event model) as follows:

1. Evangelistic life-style must be outlined and modelled attractively and contagiously.

2. Program that nurtures church members to grow strong in the faith and to enable them to take part in witnessing.

3. Train members for service in order to fulfil the mission of the church.


It is a comprehensive biblical view of evangelism as a process

The farmer analogy:

1. Clearing the farmland

2. Preparing the soil/ploughing

3. Planting of the seeds

4. Caring the plants/weeding/fertilizer

5. Harvest and Storage

The cycle is repeated over again

Evangelism is a process and not an event

INTEGRATED EVANGELISM LIFESTYLE


It is a comprehensive biblical view of evangelism as a process

Luke 9:52

And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;

Luke 10:1

1 “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

Ground work is paramount important to successful evangelism


1. Evangelism as a Lifestyle! Cultivate a harvest mentality

Each soul a candidate for heaven

Operation “Andrew” Always on a look for

souls/interests to bring to Jesus Start with family and relatives Neighbors and friends

Dorcas mentality Reaching out to all strata of

society Community services – reach out to

the poor and needy

Five Loaves and Two Fishes concept Best way to multiply yourself is to

give away what you have – time, talent, money and etc.


Cultivate a Harvest Mentality

2. Nurturing Members to Grow in Faith and Witness!

Faith grow through witnessing Victories won through struggle

– “They overcome him through the blood of the lamb and the testimonies of Jesus Christ.” Our testimonies. Our testimonies confirm our faith

Races won through constant practices and submission to rules

Strength is the result of activities – putting ourselves under stress of labor and burden.


Nurturing Members to Grow in Faith and to Witness

3. Members Fulfilling the Mission of the Church!

“Every Christian a Missionary.” “Every Adventist Home – a

Home of Hope and Healing.” “Every Church an Evangelistic

Center” “Every Church Institution a

Caring Center.” Practice the concept of “loving

thy neighbor as thyself.” “Go ye therefore . . .” inclusive

of everyone.


Members Involvement in Fulfilling the Mission of the Church

SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

1. OUR ENVIRONMENTa) In most of our fields the

evangelistic approach as regular or irregular events without prior personal contact.

b) Our societies are secular, often anti-institutional and post-modern.

c) Churches are often seen as almost irrelevant as Institutions of the past, although people seem to sense more “spiritual needs”


Why We Need Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle?


2. OUR CHURCHESa) We have all the elements of the

post-modern society in our own church.

b) Church members have their individual “full program” into which other “events” must be carefully planned.




2. OUR CHURCHESc) The idea of professionalism has

taken over, which means:

i. Evangelism is for the “professionals” who are paid for their task

ii. This includes other elements used in evangelism: i.e. music; interview, etc

iii. Evangelism is too big for the local scene: so let the media-centre, or the Bible

Correspondence Schools do it.




2. OUR CHURCHESd) Evangelism is being largely seen as

a series of doctrinal lectures given by professionals. Its contents are well known and seem to have little relevance to everyday life.

e) Church events (other than Sabbath morning) are not necessarily on the priority list.




2. OUR CHURCHESf) Church members seem to have few

links between their weekly “church-life” on Sabbath morning and their life-context during the week (departmentalised life).




3. OUR MISSIONS, UNIONS, AND DIVISION



The departmental system does not seem to filter through as an integrated system.

The word “integration” to mean to “work together” “put together” “synergize” “incorporate” – in short to focus our aim and objective toward achieving one common goal.

WHAT IS OUR COMMON GOAL?

MEMBERSHIP STATISTICAL

REPORT

CHURCH MEMBERSHIPBEGINNING VS. ENDING QUARTER

2013

CAM SAB

SAC

VAM

SAUM

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

90000

100000

BEGINNINGENDING

Membership beginning of 2013 – 93,383

Ending Membership of 2013 (3rd. Quarter) – 91,780


REPORT

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP DISTRIBUTION

AS OF QTR. 3

CAMPEMSABSAKSACTAMVAMLAF

CAM 6.63%

PEM 5.95%

SAB 33.08%SAK

20.51%

SAC 3.16%

TAM 16.14%

VAM 12.21%

LAF 2.29%




REPORT

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP DISTRIBUTION

BY COUNTRIES

CAMMALSGETHAIVNMLAO

MAL59.67%

CAM 6.63%

LAF 2.29%VAM

12.21%

TAM 16.14%

SAC 3.16%




REPORT

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP DROPPED

1ST. 2ND. & 3RD. QUARTER

MISSING & APOSTASY

CAMPEMSABSAKSACTAMLAF

MEMBERSHIP DROPPED

3,183

LAF0.15%

PEM0.15%

SAB2.63%

SAK78.13

%

TAM18.12%

CAM0.62%

SAC0.47%


REPORT

MEMBERSHIP RATIO TO POPULATION

COUNTRIES POPULATION

MEMBERSHIP

RATIO

BRUNEI 399,000 0

CAMBODIA 14,138,000 6088 1:2,322

LAOS 6,201,000 2102 1:2,950

MALAYSIA 28,401,000 54678 1:519

SABAH

3,205,312 30364 1:105

SARAWAK

2,420,009 18827 1:128

PENINSULAR

22,775,679 5487 1:4,150

SINGAPORE 5,086,000 2902 1:1,752

THAILAND 69,122,000 14821 1:4,663

VIETNAM 87,848,000 11209 1:7,837

SAUM 211,195,000

91780 1:2,301

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS1. The Mission of the Church

must be and must be seen central in the overall operation of the Church (Finance, personnel, issues, theology, etc)


POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS2. New definition and

adequate communication of a more comprehensive biblical view of evangelism as a process instead of as events:1. Evangelism as life-style

must be outlined and modelled attractively and contagiously

2. Program that nurtures church members to grow strong in the faith and to enable them to take part in witnessing

3. Train members for service in order to fulfil the mission of the church


POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS3. The departments of the

church on every level must find ways to present an integrated approach, rather than their own individual agenda which often seem to be in competition with each other and a waste of the resources of the church.


POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

welcome integrated evangelism lifestyle sabah april 1-2, 2014

Documents

global evangelism initiative

successful evangelism

evangelism approach

special evangelism years

reaping gods

evangelistic reaping

missionsyouth initiative

revival reformation