OUR GOD OUR MISSION OUR COMMISSION

OUR GODOUR MISSION

OUR COMMISSION

Mandeville First Baptist ChurchJanuary 27, 2013

OUR GOD

UNDERSTANDING GOD’S HEARTNow the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-3 ESV) 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah 2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. 3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah (Psalm 67:1–4 ESV)

UNDERSTANDING GOD’S HEART9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:9 ESV)

9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, (Revelation 5:8–9 ESV)

9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, (Revelation 7:9 ESV)

OUR MISSION & OUR COMMISSION

MISSION vs MINISTRY

A Mission:Work that results in new believers or which will result in new churches

It is intentionally focused on these results

A Ministry:Work that ministers to existing believers or churches

THE GREAT COMMISSION IS OUR MISSION

Go therefore and make disciples of

all nations, (panta ta ethne, Root: ethnos)

baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19 ESV)

A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATION

Assessing Progress in Carrying Out the Great Commission

OUR EVALUATION PROCESS• God has shown us in His Word that He views

the world in PEOPLE GROUPS rather than geo-political nations

• The world has 7 BILLION people

• They are divided into 11,342 PEOPLE GROUPS

A PEOPLE GROUP is an ethno-linguistic group with a

common self-identity shared by the various members.

PEOPLE GROUPS

• Biblical viewpoint

• A focus on languages and cultural barriers

• Provides a means of organic multiplication

(when 2% is reached)

SO HOW ARE WE DOING?

Assessing Progress in Carrying Out the Great Commission

Evangelical Christianity

PEOPLE GROUPS

REACHED > 2% are Evangelical Christians

UNREACHED < 2% are Evangelical Christians

UNENGAGED = Nobody is preaching the Gospel

UPG – Unreached People GroupUUPG – Unreached and Unengaged People Group

THE BIG PICTURE

Reached41%

Un-Reached

54%

UnEngaged5%

PEOPLE GROUPS

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity ModelStatus

Description

0 No evangelical Christians or churches.No access to major evangelical print, audio, visual, or human resources.

1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, no active church planting within past 2 years.

2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years.

3 Less than 2% Evangelical. Widespread church planting within past 2 years.

4 Greater than or equal to 2% Evangelical

5 Greater than or equal to 5% Evangelical

6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

7 Unknown

THE BIG PICTURE

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

-250 250 750 1250 1750 2250

15

827

2,189

1,160

1,475

620

315

The Unreached

The Last Frontier•NO Evangelical Christians /churches•NO access to evangelical resources*•NO active church planting in 2 years

• Less than 2% evangelical• Initial or widespread church

planting in the past 2 years

POPULATION

OUR PROGRESS

842,347,024

“The Last Frontier” – Category “0” and “1”

13% of the worlds populationNot So Bad?

OUR PROGRESS

842,347,024“The Last Frontier”Categories

0 & 1

+

3,350,316,792“The Other Unreached”Categories

2 & 3

=

4,192,663,81660% of World Population is Unreached

Categories 0 thru 3

RED IS LESS THAN 2%

What About Mandeville?• 737 PEOPLE GROUPS in US & Canada• 340,609,708 People in US & Canada• Information you just saw did not include them

In West St Tammany - 122,848 population in 2010 • 5.4% of the population are Southern Baptist• 3.0% of the population attends worship services• 1.9% of the population attends Bible Study

24% of the “Christian” population attend church services

What About Your Family?

What About Your Friend?

What About Your Neighbor?

What About Your Co-Worker?

God’s Heart That All People Groups Would Come to

Know Him and Be Saved

Our CommissionGo, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of

the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

The question is not –

what can 12 people in a life group do?

The question is what can we do with God

if we are on mission

FOR Him and WITH Him?

God’s Method

If you have been reconciled to God and thus

consider yourself a follower of Jesus Christ,

then YOU are the tool God will use.

There is NO other plan.

God’s Method

The Bible tells us that as we are reconciled to Him, WE

are, therefore entrusted with the “message of

reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18-19).

God has chosen YOU, the church, to be His messenger to

the world.

God’s Method

It is up to EVERY believer and EVERY church to proclaim

the message of the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

There are many who do not yet believe because they

have not heard, and how can they hear unless WE go

and tell them (Romans 10:14-15).

A Time of Prayer

OUR PAST HISTORY

OF MISSIONS WORK

Our Past Mission Work

Missionaries Called to Plant Churches• Hot Springs, South Dakota• Bend, Oregon

Short Term Mission Trips• West Africa• Costa Rica• Peru• Laredo

Local Mission Work• Hurricane Effects• Crisis Pregnancies• Samaritan Center• Heritage Manor

Our Limited Involvement Internationally

25 current members have been participants on international mission trips

15 of the 25 were either pastors or youth (at the time)

Average of 169 attended our adult Life Groups last year

6% of our Life Group members have been involved in International missionary efforts

Our Limited Involvement Locally

Burt Class - Heritage Manor

Some Individuals – Samaritan Center

Single Mom’s Group – Crisis Pregnancy Center

Youth – Secret Service Projects

Hurricanes have been the trigger for our action in the past

Much involvement but not as a group

CONCLUSION:

Our Involvement Both

Internationally and Locally

Has Been Limited

QUESTIONS

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OUR 1st GOALEvery

Life Group Member

Become A Missionary

OUR 2nd GOALEvery Life Group Develop

“NEAR” and “FAR”

Mission Projects

NEAR and FAR?

NEAR Mission Project – St Tammany Parish

FAR Mission Project – Outside St Tammany Parish

OUR PRIORITIES AND TIMELINEOur Priorities:1st - NEAR mission work2nd - FAR mission work

Our Goals for Each Life Group:May 2013 – A NEAR project identified Sep 2013 – Plans for NEAR & FAR projectsMay 2014 – Active NEAR & FAR projects

OUR CHALLENGEHow Can We Develop

Mission Opportunities

For Every Life Group

Both Near and Far?

NEAR Mission Opportunities

• Samaritan Center, Mandeville• Hospice, Northshore• Jail Ministry, St Tammany Parish• Fairview Children’s Home, Covington• Homeless Students, St Tammany Parish• Youth Services Bureau, Covington• Northlake Crisis Pregnancy Center, Covington• BIG Brothers BIG Sisters, Northshore • Chaplaincy to Sr. Adult Living Facilities

Potential FAR Mission Opportunities

2013 . • West Africa• Other African Countries• Barcelona Spain• New York City• Miami

• Baptist Children’s Home• Louisiana College• New Orleans• World Changers

2014:SenegalBelarusDr. HerrodLaredo (Mardi Gras)

Other Places God

Leads Us to

Accomplish His

Mission

QUESTIONS

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PROJECT GUIDELINES

PROJECT GUIDELINES

• Pray for God to Work with Your Group• Coordinators Can Help You from Your Group• Coaching Strategy Incorporated Into Projects• NEAR Project Working Before FAR Project• Everybody Should Have a Role – A Team Effort• Giving Money By Itself Is Not Involvement• No Funding Planned for NEAR Projects• Keep Mission Team in the Loop

FAR PROJECT GUIDELINES• Pray for God to Work with Your Group• FAR Projects:

– Detailed Planning and Coordination with Missions Team– Are Not Vacations– Require Passports– Immunizations– Visas (some cases)– Require More Personal Risk or Sacrifice than NEAR

• Essential to Develop Relationships – Therefore , we need a recurring presence among a PEOPLE GROUP – Therefore, Don’t Plan Large Groups of People – Rather Frequent Teams of 2-4 (preferable 2 married couples)

• Pray About a PEOPLE GROUP You Can Choose to Pray for, Adopt, Reach with the Gospel

FOR ME AND EVERYBODY

• Don’t Give Money Unless You’re Praying

• Don’t Volunteer NEAR Unless You’re Praying

• Don’t Go FAR Unless You’re Praying

INFORMATION TODAY

QUESTIONS

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