ParisBarrs Brochure

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Then I heard the voiceof the Lord saying, Whom

shall I send? And who will

go for us? Then I said,

Here am I, send me!

Isaiah 6:8


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Our StoryThank you for allowing us to share the opportunity wehave to serve the Lord with World Team in France.

Those who were close to us took it in stridewhen we announced our desire to go back intofull-time missionsthis time as church planters inFrance with World Team as our sending agency.

In the mid 80s we were part of Campus Cru-sade for Christ's art department. In 1989 Russellaccepted an offer to join Moody Bible Institutes

in-house ad agency as senior designer and staff il-lustrator. When the department folded we returnedto the freelance life. We continue to work for boththe secular and sacred communities.

In addition to graphic design we also producepottery, and for the last ten years taught pottery,painting and drawing to children and adults out ofour home in Olathe, Kansas.

Q: Ae yu atists missinaies?

A: Yes.CAro: I developed a thirst for missions in the Bap-tist church I grew up in through involvement in theGirls Auxiliary. For the last ve years I've served as

Womens Ministry Program Director at Olathe BibleChurch. My involvement in women's ministries hasgiven me the chance to mentor several of the young-er women there. Russell and I will continue to teachand mentor wherever God leads us.

rUSSE: As a young boy, I struggled to explain my

very real calling as a pastor/missionary/artist to thosearound me. My mother just heard the word "pastor"and was satised.

I was ordained into the ministry in 1986 by myfellow elders at Bales Baptist Church in Kansas City

when we left to join Campus Crusade. Most recentlyI served on the elder board of Olathe Bible Churchand taught in the Homebuilders young adult class.Our spiritual gifts are Pastor/Shepherd, Teachingand Hospitality.

In 2005 we were invited to attend

a prayer conference in Paris

Be caeful what yu pay f.

(And especially whom you pray with!)During that conference hosted by World Team wespent ten days travelling around the Paris area pray-ing with French Christians. While there we learned:

French evangelical believers make up only .6%of the population.

There is only one church for every 33,000people in the country as a whole. In Paris thenumber climbs to one church for approximately80,000 people.

83% of Parisians say they are Catholic. 40% say

they are atheists. 45% of them are Muslim. Thosenumbers add up to only one thingthey need theSavior.

There is a generation rising in France that hasquestions about spirituality and is hungry fortruth and fulllment.

The believers that do already exist in France havelittle to no religious training because there is noaccess to the church.

More workers are needed. French Christians areasking for help.

Prayer gets personal. As artists we resonate with the culture and willseek to be invited into their art community. As fellow Christians weresonate with the church planters who have been there for decades.Now our goal is to be among the number of those we prayed for.


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How might we minister?We will be involved in planting a church within

the Paris metro area, which would include,developing relationships, serving, sharing the

Gospel, teaching the Word, discipleship and

training.

Our giftedness as artists will be our ticket intothe culture. The French love the arts and canbe reached through them. As artists we willhave credibility and plan on getting involvedin various community arts programs.

World Team is moving it's international head-quarters to Paris. The professional skills we'veaccumulated over the years will be called upon.

Russell will help World Team with graphic design.

Organization and Administration are Carol'sgifts. She will help facilitate events such as prayerconferences, internships, seminars, etc.

Be open and receptive to any way the Lordchooses to use us.

France V.I.E.(Vision dimplantation deglises Vision for Planting Churches)1. World Team is part of a larger organization of

evangelicals in France called France V.I.E.2. Some of France V.I.E.s goals are:

To be multi-cultural teams Encourage other evangelical churches to re-

produce and multiply To see 50 new churches planted in the next

20 years

To seek out new leadership and nd 10 newFrench church planters

To establish 7 new pioneer works by 2011


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ORLD TEAM

Purpose:

To glorify God by working together to establish reproducingchurches focusing on the unreached peoples of the world.

Core Values:The Gospel is the message we are called to share. It directs and shapes every

aspect of our lives and ministry.

Prayer and Worship are the expressions of our dedication to God andour totally dependency upon Him to intervene in our lives and work.

Interdependence is the essence of our working together within the Bodyof Christ expressed in teamwork and partnerships to extend Gods Kingdom.

Developing and Releasing Leaders is the most effective andbiblical means of preparing national leaders and missionaries for church plantingand church multiplication.

HistoryH. Grattan and Fanny Guinness started Regions Beyond Missionary Union -

today called World Team. Grattan offered to join the China Inland Mission foundedby Hudson Taylor in 1865, but took Taylor's advice to continue his work in Londontraining missionaries.

In March, 1873 they started the famous East London Missionary Training Institute(also called Harley College) in London. By 1915 the school trained over 1500 mission-aries for 40 missionary societies of 30 denominations.

Harley College was renamed Hulme Cliff College. Now known as Cliff College it

continues to this day training and equipping Christians for mission and evangelism.In 1877 Guinness founded the Livingstone Inland Mission. In 1888, the Congo-

Baolo Mission, and in 1898 initiated the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. RBMUNorth American branch began in 1947 in the US and Canada to represent the needsof the British mission until 1977 when it became autonomous. RBMU merged with

Worldteam in 1995 and are now called World Team.World Team's focus is church planting to unreached areas in 28 countries and 59

people groups around the world.


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A nd this gospel of the kingdom

will be preached in the whole world

as a testimony to all nations, and

then the end will come.

Matthew 24:14


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Ways You Can ParticipatePray!

pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayersand request. With this in mind, always be alert and always keepon praying for all the saints. Eph. 6:10

Encourage!We have different gifts according to the grace given usif it isencouragement, let him encourage. Rom. 12:6-10

Give!for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. 9:7

Go!Therefore go and make disciples of all nations Matt. 28:19

Contact US:russell & Cal [email protected]

Wld Team800-967-71091413 Stuckert Rd.Warrington, PA 18976

www.worldteam.org


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ORLD TEAMSTRATEGY

Show them how

Tell them how

Allow them to try it

Review the results

Turn them loose

www.worldteam.org

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