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Missions in the 21st Century

• Paul Borthwick
• Development Associates International

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• How can we be like the biblical men of
  Issachar
• People who understood their times and knew how
  the people of God should respond?
• I Chronicles 1232

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Understanding Our Times

• World religions versus pluralism
• Religious fundamentalism increasing some places
• Abandonment of Absolutes elsewhere
• JIHAD vs. McWorld
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Understanding Our Times

• Increased materialism / Increased poverty

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Understanding Our Times

• Diseases and Disasters

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Understanding Our Times

• Urbanization Youth

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Understanding Our Times

• Persecution and Nominalism

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Understanding Our Times

• The new faces of mission from every nation to
  every nation

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• Given these realities, how do we respond?
• The open door of opportunity
• Revelation 38
• I Corinthians 169
• Colossians 16 43

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• People of INTEGRITY can walk through the
  door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INFORMED people can walk through the door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INTERCESSORS can walk through the door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INCARNATIONAL people can walk through the door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INFLUENCERS and INFILTRATORS can walk through the
  door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INNOVATORS can walk through the door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INSPIRED people can walk through the door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INTREPID (fearless) people can walk through the
  door

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KNOWING WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD SHOULD DO

• INTERNATIONAL people can walk through the door