Ministry in a Multi-Cultural and Unchurched Society

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Mi n i s t r y i n a Mu l t i -Cu l tura l and Unchur ched Soc i et y

children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. [15] Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, [16] from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

2. 2 Tim. 2.2 (ESV) – . . . and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

3. Acts 20.28 (ESV) – Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

4. James 2.5 (ESV) – Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

B. Concentrate on equipping not just ministry: Train workers for ministry: “A fish sandwich give-away ministry” versus “A fisherman’s training school.”

C. Concentrate on multiplying indigenous laborers for the urban harvest (2 Tim. 2.2).

D. Concentrate on seeding unreached urban poor fields with urban laborers.

E. TUMI’s current partners: 31 satellites, four countries, with a goal to expand to 150 over the next four years