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F O C U S O N R E P R O D U C T I O N

1. It emphasizes the concept of “every person ministry,” Eph. 4.11-13

2. The missionary wins the lost, but then equips the newly saved to share within their oikos , 2 Tim. 2.2.

3. Oikos evangelism takes advantage of the desire for testimony so fresh in a new believer, Mark 1.40-45.

The idea of household management extends to stewardship and economy (from the Greek word oikos, “house”) and then further to “steward- ship of the world,” and then it becomes a word for “the world” itself. It is used in this sense, for example, in Matthew 24.14 (and Luke 2.1, 4.5; Acts 17.6; Rom. 10.18; Heb. 1.6; Rev. 16.14). ~ Leland Ryken. Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. (electronic ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000. p. 394.

4. Believers are to share the Gospel in the midst of their oikos .

III. Implications of Oikos for Urban Evangelism

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A. Challenges

1. Some oikia are not open to the Gospel, and will repel the one who seeks to penetrate its ranks with it.

a. Matt. 10.34-39

b. Cf. Mic. 7.6

c. Mark 13.12

d. Luke 21.16