Ministry in a Multi-Cultural and Unchurched Society

Ses s i on 1: Tra i n i ng Cros s -Cu l tura l Mi n i s ter s 19

F. Our vision: to facilitate evangelical movements among the poor through coordinated leadership networks and their churches

G. Bottom Line: It is more efficient and effective to equip an urban worker than to train a foreign missionary!

H. Feel the urgency of the hour. . . . “ We are not a post-war generation, but a pre-peace generation. Jesus is coming ” (Corrie ten Boom).

V. D – Don’t Delay in Strategic Focus on the Unreached Cities of the World.

A. Scriptures

1. John 4.35 (ESV) – “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.”

2. Rom. 13.11-14 (ESV) – Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. [12] The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. [13] Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. [14] But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

3. 2 Cor. 6.1-2 (ESV) – Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. [2] For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you,