The Gospel

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The Gospel Transforms the World
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The Gospel Transforms the World

• Acts 111-18
• Just another amazing story from The Acts of the
  Apostles?
• Birth of the first Gentile church
• Biblical Mandate for Cross Cultural Mission

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Biblical Mandate for Cross Cultural Mission (OT)

• Genesis 1-9 Creation
• Genesis 10 The Table of Nations
• Genesis 11 The Tower of Babel
• Genesis 12 The Call of Abram
• Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David,
  Daniel, Jonah

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Biblical Mandate for Cross Cultural Mission
(Jesus)

• Philippians 2 in appearance as a man
• John 4 The Samaritan Woman
• Luke 10,11 Short Term Mission Teams
• Matt 24 Testimony to All Nations
• Matt 28 Make Disciples of All Nations

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Biblical Mandate for Cross Cultural Mission (NT)

• Philip, Paul, Barnabas
• Rev 79 a great multitude from every nation,
  tribe, people and language

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The Hesitations of the Apostles

• Peter
• Surely not!
• Weve never done it this way before
• wondered, still thinking hesitating
• Amazed and astonished

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Cross Cultural Mission these days

• Flexible, shorter, contextualised
• Short Term Mission Teams
• Societies, to agencies, to consultants
• Missioners arriving to the UK
• The Global Gospel on my street

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