THE COMMISSION Matt. 28: 19,20

- Go - All nations - Baptize - Involvement - I am with you

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ISAIAH 61:1,2 “….The Lord hath anointed me

Preach good tidingsBind-up the broken heartedProclaim liberty to captivesOpen prisonsProclaim the acceptable year of the Lord”

2 Corinthians 5:20

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ

{RC 251.3}Whenever the Lord has a work to be done, He calls not only the commanding officers, but all the workers.

Isaiah 43:10

Ye are my witnesses

I Peter 2:9But ye are;

A chosen generationA royal priesthoodA holy nationA peculiar people

YearPopulation

1200 million

1000275 million

1500450 million

1650500 million

1750700 million

1804 1 billion1850 1.2 billion

World Population Growth

19001.6 billion

1927 2 billion

19502.55 billion

19552.8 billion

1960 3 billion

19653.3 billion

19703.7 billion

1975 4 billion

19804.5 billion

19854.85 billion

19905.3 billion

19955.7 billion

1999 6 billion

20066.5 billion

20096.8 billion

2011 7 billion

20258 billion

20439 billion

208310 billion

REACH OUT TO THE BIG CITIES

953:1Ratio of Adventists in the World’s Largest Cities

423:1Ratio of Adventists Outside the World’s Largest Cities

WORLD

Cities (>10 Million People) 22

Unentered Countries and Areas 29

Unentered People Groups (>100,000) 118

Adventist Fast Facts

Members

Regular Bible Study 51%

Regular Prayer 53%

Witnessing 55%

Involved in Community Service 31%

Returning Tithe 56%

Confident of Salvation 92%

Mission Offerings as a Percent of Tithe 3.5%

NEW CONGREGATIONS PER DAY1990

2011

1 New congregation per day

11 New congregations per day

Acts 5:14“And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women”

JOHN 10:3“He calleth His own sheep by name”

ROMANS 9:25“I will call them my people which were not my people”

LUKE 19:10“For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost”

{RC 242.2}“As the outcasts come--and they will come, as they came to Christ--we are to forbid them not. We are to reach out to them a helping hand. “

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Seventh-day

Adventist church is to make disciples of all people, communicating the everlasting gospel in the context of the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14:6-12, leading them to accept Jesus as personal Savior and unite with His remnant church discipling them to serve Him as Lord and preparing them for His soon return.

RUSSIA

The first 25 years

FIRST BAPTISM

1882 Southern Russia

FIRST CHURCH ORGANIZED

JULY 1886

19 MEMBERS

FIRST PUBLICATIONS

1888 35 CONVERTED FROM PUBLICATIONS - 1889

FIRST CHURCH OF RUSSIANS

1890 ORGANIZED IN STAVROPOL

FIRST GENERAL MEETING

1890 100 MEMBERS 356 ATTENDING

FIRST RUSSIAN PUBLICATION

1899 RIGA STEPS TO CHRIST

1905

1000 SDA’S

1900 28 CHURCHES 4 COMPANIES

2566 MEMBERS

1907 41 CHURCHES 31 WORKERS

GERMANY

FIRST BAPTISM IN GERMANY

Jan 8, 1876

Eight people were baptized at Solingen

FIRST CHURCHES IN GERMANY

SolingenVohwinkel

1884 – Joined the Swiss Conference

Colporteur Work Organized

GERMANY ENTERS WORLD MISSION

1889

International Tract Society

With 100 members distribution began on ships in Hamburg harbor

RAPID GROWTH

1897

The German Field had more than 1000 members

FIRST MISSIONARY SENT

1898

Mr and Mrs F Stuhlmann and a colporteur sent to Brazil

FIRST TRAINING SCHOOL

1899

Training school named Friedensau established near Magdeburg

FIRST MEDICAL WORK

1901

SDA medical institution opened in Friedensau

INVOLVEMENTNot the only essential value of mission

INVOLVEMENTInvolvement Requires

Commitment to missionPreparationSacrifice

TimeResources

Ellen G White

1896The world Church:

Churches established on all continents

12 colleges on 5 continents

189610 publishing houses on 5 continents

3 health food companies on 3 continents

1896

3 Hospitals on 1 continent

111 UNIONS

.78 Correlation

Correlation between the % of annual growth and the % of involvement

Ellen G White 1896 – PH 007

“DUTY OF THE CHURCH TO LET ITS LIGHT SHINE”

“I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first love” Rev 2:4 (3.1)

DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS

“Because they neglect the practice of those things which are pleasing in the sight of God.” (4.1)

“NO ONE IS TO BE AN IDLER” “….duty of the church to

shine....No one is to be an idler in the vineyard.” (5.2)

“LABORS TOGETHER WITH GOD” “…. They will make every

interest secondary to the interest of His work and cause. With such workers the heavenly intelligences will cooperate.” (5.3)

“DILIGENCE IN THE MASTERS WORK” “Are we endowed with the Holy

Spirit….no time now for the watchman to become sleepy….if the followers of Christ watch and pray, they may have light to comprehend and appreciate the movements of the enemy. “ (6.1)

“WINNING SOULS TO CHRIST OUR CHIEF AIM”“The work of the gospel is not to depend solely upon the minister; every soul should take an active part in advancing the cause of God.” (7.1)

“TRAINING THE CHILDREN”

“They should be taught to be diligent in the missionary work; and from their earliest years, principles of self-denial and sacrifice for the good of others should be inculcated, that they may be laborers together with God. “ (7.2)

“A TRANSFORMATION NEEDED” “Oh, that all may arouse and

manifest to the world that this is a living faith, that a vital issue is before the world, that Jesus will soon come! Let men see that we believe we are on the borders of the eternal world.” (9.1)

DUTY OF THE MINISTERS TO INSTRUCT

“Has there been a line of work devised and laid out before the people in such a way that each one saw the necessity of taking part in the work? “ (9.2)

“EVILS OF INACTION” “The ability God has given, if not

exercised, will degenerate….(11.1) The very simplest modes of work should be devised, and set in operation among the churches. If members will cooperate with such a plan, and perseveringly carry it out, they will reap a rich reward….” (11.2)

“SET THE MEMBERS TO WORK” “….lay out before these inactive

ones the line of work that they could do….It will be by doing your might what your hands find to do that you will develop talents and aptitude for the work, and it is by neglecting your daily opportunities that you become fruitless and withered.” (12.3)

“ANGELS WAITING TO CO-OPERATE”

“….The angels of God are waiting to cooperate with the human agent….” (13.1)

“MINISTERING TO OTHERS”

“We must teach the members of the church how they may effectually minister to others.” (14.1)

“CO-OPERATION WITH GOD”

“The living Christian is one who has not left his first love, and his candlestick is not removed out of its place.” (20.1)

“CHURCH MUST BE QUICKENED” “We are to be waiting, watching,

working: it is most inconsistent for the church to whom has been opened the treasuries of truth, to be dull, worldly, and indifferent. Casting away all unbelief, we should by faith put every capability and every power into exercise.” (22.1)

“CHURCH MUST BE QUICKENED”“The Lord God of heaven would have the entire church devising ways and means whereby high and low, rich and poor, may hear the message of truth” (22.2)

“WATCH AND GIVE THE TRUMPET A CERTAIN SOUND”

“Our numbers are increasing our facilities are enlarging, and all this calls for the union among the workers, for entire consecration and thorough devotion to the cause of God. There is no place in the work of God for half-hearted workers, for those who are neither cold nor hot.” (24.2)

“EVERY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER” “The church of Christ has been

organized on earth for missionary purposes, and it is of the highest importance that every individual member of the church should be a sincere laborer together with God, filled with the Spirit, having the mind of Christ.” (27.2)

“EVERY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER”

“Work while it is day; for the night cometh, in which no man can work” John 9:4 (29.1)

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