Psalm 2:8(NLT) Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.
1. Getting the big picture
The great co-mission – redemption
Neighbor – City – Country – World
Evangelism – Social Justice
Go to the world – world coming to us – 6000 Burmese refugees in Fort Wayne
2. Embracing new paradigms
New Zealand’s Martin Aircraft Company – Jetpack – range of 31 miles – 63 miles per hour – $100,000 – ultralight
New frontiers – internet over 1 billion users – mobile phone has changed our lives – internet paradigm shift 100 times greater than that of mobile phone – virtual world mission field – Church of Fools experiment 2004/41 thousand logged on for services – Life Church TV.com – virtual campus – 1400 on a weekend in 2007 – launched first mission trip in real world from people who met in virtual world – 70 million people in virtual world – 1% being reached – largest unreached people group – one of the founders of Church of Fools remarks – “it’s like someone has created a new town and no one has thought to build a church there”
We must be open to the creativity of the Holy Spirit
We must take advantage of technology – global opportunities
We must make redemption – front and center – relationally – social networks
3. Making it personal
The significance of prayer
The release of resources – supported missionaries – projects
The opportunity to be “hands-on”
Mike Mortensen – Uganda
Love Church/Stacey and Jodie Weaver’s Community Group
Wings/Associated Churches/Interfaith/FWSUM/Allen County Jail
New ministry launches
Tom Hinton – Dominican Republic/Haiti
Joe and Lana Fritz – prison ministry/street ministry
Peter Connor – Water for the Children
Upcoming opportunities
Rolling Thunder 2010
Associated Churches Haiti trip
Youth Dominican Republic/Haiti trip
Psalm 2:8(NLT) Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.