Unlocking fall 2015

Unlocking fall 2015 Matthew 28:18-20 (NASB) 18  And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19  "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20  teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20 (NASB) 18  And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19  "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20  teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

Unlocking fall 2015 Acts 1:8 (NASB) 8  but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Acts 1:8 (NASB) 8  but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Our job is to make Jesus Christ famous

John Lennon 1966 “We’re more popular than Jesus!” Unlocking fall 2015 John Lennon Quote 1966 “Christianity would end before rock music. He added that "Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.“ The statement originates from an interview conducted by journalist Maureen Cleave, who included it in a March 1966 article for the London newspaper the Evening Standard, which drew no public reaction at the time. When Datebook, a US teen magazine, quoted Lennon's comments five months later in August, extensive protests broke out in the Southern United States. John Lennon 1966 “We’re more popular than Jesus!”

Unlocking fall 2015 1986 “97% of the world had heard of our product. 72% had seen in and 51% had tasted it” Coca Cola made this comment in 1986 “97% of the world had heard of our product. 72% had seen in and 51% had tasted it”

Unlocking fall 2015 The Manila Manifesto is an elaboration of The Lausanne Covenant fifteen years later. The participants in Lausanne II, the Second International Congress on World Evangelization, in Manila in the Philippines in July 1989 deliberated on the prospects for the fulfillment of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The uniqueness of Jesus Christ The Gospel and social responsibility Unlocking fall 2015 Our human Predicament Good News for Today The uniqueness of Jesus Christ The Gospel and social responsibility God the Evangelist The Human Witness The integrity of the witness The local church Our Human Predicament Men and women have an intrinsic dignity and worth, because they were created in God’s likeness to know, love, and serve him. But now through sin every part of their humanness have been distorted. Human beings have become self-centered, self-serving rebels, who do not love God or their neighbour as they should. In consequence, they are alienated both from their Creator and from the rest of his creation, which is the basic cause of the pain, disorientation, and loneliness which so many people suffer today.

Unlocking fall 2015 Proclaim Jesus until He returns A Christian life without a mission statement is a contradiction of terms A church without a mission statement is not a church of Jesus Christ