Medical Mission Mobilization Trends for the 21st Century Presented at CCIH Annual Conference, May 29

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Medical Mission Mobilization Trends for the 21st
Century Presented at CCIH Annual Conference,
May 29, 2005
Neil O. Thompson, MD FACS National Director OMF
International-US
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Medical Mission Mobilization
Historical Perspective Dr. Peter Parker
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Blocking the Harbor, 1838, preceding the Opium War
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Signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, ending the
Opium War, 1842
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Medical Mission Mobilization Trends for the 21st
Century

• Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
• who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
• - Psalm 84.5

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Wannee Neil, Kevin Nathan
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MEDICAL MISSION MOBILIZATIONMY STORY

• Jesus went through all the towns and villages,
  teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good
  news of the kingdom and healing every disease and
  sickness.
• When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on
  them, because they were harassed and helpless,
  like sheep without a shepherd.
• Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is
  plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord
  of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers
  into his harvest field.
• - Matthew 9 35-38

Manorom Christian Hospital
Central Thailand
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Missionary Surgeon ? Leadership Mobilization
Manorom Christian Hospital
High Quality Surgical Care
Staff Development
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• MOBILIZATION
• - the preparation of an army for active service
  (from Latin mobile and French mobile), and its
  passage from a peace to a war footing
• - Encyclopedia Britannica, 1959

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The United States and World War II MOBILIZATION

• So who was Rosie the Riveter? With her sleeves
  rolled up, her biceps flexed, Rosie the Riveter
  was a popular icon, whose slogan, "We Can Do It!"
  helped mobilize millions of American women to
  replace the men who left to fight in battle.
  During the war years, she began to stand for all
  the women who fought the war at home -- most
  famously, as welders, machinists, mechanics, pipe
  fitters, electricians and boilermakers.
• (San Francisco Chronicle, 29 March 2004 on the
  website www.rosietheriveter.org)

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Rosie the Riveter,Tell your home front story
now.
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The United States and World War II MOBILIZATION

• Tell your home front story now.

- Wanda the Welder and Rosie the Riveter
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MISSION MOBILIZATION

• "Essentially mobilization refers to any process
  by which God's people are awakened and kept
  moving and growing until they find their place
  for strategic involvement in the task of
  completing world evangelization. Mobilizers are
  those who channel key resources, training and
  vision for world evangelization. It has been
  said, that to improperly appreciate and support
  the role of the mobilizer is to seriously hinder
  the functions of the goer, sender, and welcomer."
  
• - Wesley Tullis, former Director of Prayer
  Mobilization for YWAM

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The Editorial of Ralph D. WinterFounder of the
U.S. Center for World Mission Tuesday, January
10, 1995
This issue throbs with the drumbeat of
mobilization. I will propose to identify a Prime
Mover in mobilization--namely, that the "frozen
church" unfreezes when God kindles a fire in the
hearts of at least one family and that family
actually goes to the field Suppose I have 1000
able and committed young volunteers to serve in
missions. Where should I send these people to
have the maximum impact on world mission?
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Are there lessons that the Church in America
needs to learn from the World War II mobilization
experience?
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• So,
• WHY are we MOBILIZING?
• Whats the point?

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The MISSION of OMF- USA

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• to glorify God
• through the mobilization of resources
• for the urgent evangelization of East Asias
  peoples.

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• WHAT are we MOBILIZING?
• WHO are we MOBILIZING?

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The Church in America

• 400,000 Protestant churches
• 60,000 (15) waking up to mission
• 12,000 (3) actively engaged in mission
• 400 involved with OMF

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• WHAT is MOBILIZATION?
• HOW does it happen?

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Angie Mackey, Serve Asia Coordinator
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Serve Asia Team
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The Four Principles of OMF Mobilization

• Kingdom focused
• Investment paradigm
• Follow Up
• Partnership

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James Dougherty, Follow Up Coordinator
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The Four Principles of OMF Mobilization
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. - Psalm
84.5
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The Six Practices of OMF Mobilization

• Pray
• Send
• Welcome
• Mobilize
• Go
• Learn

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Summary of Mobilization
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Mobilization ? Evangelization
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Medical Mission Mobilization

• The Probing Questions
• The People
• The Profession
• The Practice and the Practitioners

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Medical Mission MobilizationThe Profession
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Medical Mission MobilizationThe Profession
Preparation for Effective Creative Access Ministry
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Medical Mission MobilizationThe Profession
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Medical Mission MobilizationThe Profession
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Medical Mission Mobilization The Practice and
the Practitioners
Drs. Cary Karla CampanellaDrs. Paul Jennie
KimDrs. George Tram Tsao-WuDrs. Dan Nancy
LuDrs. David Lara NaritaDr. Don Maggie
HastingsDr. Kreg Jenny MallowDr. David
Vivien Leung
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Medical Mission Mobilization The Practice and
the Practitioners
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The Practitioners

• Campanella Family

• Qinghai Province, western China

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Medical Mission Mobilization The Practice and
the Practitioners
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Drs. Cary Karla CampanellaLeo, Ross Jessie
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We have done screenings on school children
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and held community seminars to teach basic
health related issues.
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The Practitioners

• Drs. Paul Jenny Kim

• Language Study, Praying for a People Group,
• In Mekong Area, South China

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Medical Mission Mobilization The Practice and
the Practitioners
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The Practitioners
Drs. Dan Nancy Lu
Kunming, south China
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The Practitioners

• Don Maggie Hastings

• In Language Study,
• Praying for a People Group in Mekong Area

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The Practitioners

• Drs. David Lara Narita

• Cambodia

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Dental Ministry in Rural Cambodia
The Practitioners
Dr. Kreg Jenny Mallow
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The Practitioners

• Drs. George Tram Tsao-Wu

• The Future- Viet Nam, Orphanage Ministry

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The Practitioners

• Dr. Andrew Mui

• Dali, western Yunnan Province, China

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Medical Mission Mobilization Trends for the 21st
Century

• Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who
• have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
• - Psalm 84.5

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OMF Internationals VISION

• is to see God glorified by the establishment of
  an indigenous biblical church movement in each
  people group in East Asia, evangelizing their own
  people and reaching out in mission to other
  peoples.

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MISSION MOBILIZATIONThe PROBLEM

• Here is the tragic fact
• Only about one out of hundred missionary
  decisions results in actual career mission
  service. Why? There is no one to nurture, guide
  and equip them to complete the process. In other
  words, the potential workers are plentiful but
  the mobilizers are few!
• - Dr. Ralph Winter

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