OVERVIEW OF THE 7 SPHERES 27 July 2014

A. THE “FINGERPRINTS” OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. THE CHALLENGE OF THE MEGA-CITIES IN THE 21 ST CENTURY “NEW FORMS OF CHURCHES”

2. “RE-SHAPING OF CULTURE ACCORDING TO KINGDOM PRINCIPLES” Beyond 1. Reaching Individuals 2. Reaching Unreached People Groups Baptizing the Nations TRANSFORMATION!

B. THE GOSPEL & TRANSFORMATION

“... make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them …” (Matt 28:19) CONFERENCE ON WORLD MISSIONS & EVANGELISM BRAZIL, 1996

BASICALLY A MISSION TO CULTURE Human beings create culture in the attempt to harness the resources of their ecosystem for their own sustenance.

“Bringing under the gospel mandate all that constitutes a nation - her ecosystem, rulers, people, and culture”

C. THE PENANG STRATEGY

THE ONE RING THAT BINDS THEM ALL “THE RING OF UNITY”

“UNITED INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH” WITH STATE GOVERNMENT AND “GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT” VIA THE 7 SPHERES

“DISCIPLING THE CITY” Through Engaging The 7 Spheres Of Culture GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT (WORLD CHRISTIAN- LED, NOT PASTOR- LED) CITY-WIDE NETWORK “SPHERES TRANSFORMATION TEAMS” COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION NOT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC & STRUCTURAL EVIL (ADVOCACY & INFLUENCING WITHIN) THEOLOGICALLY FOUNDED

“WORLD CHRISTIANS” QUALITIES “SALT & LIGHT” WITNESS “FINISHING LINE” CONSCIOUSNESS CALLED & COMMISSIONED TO THE “NATURAL SPHERE OF INFLUENCE “ “SACRIFICIAL LIVING” - ONE WHO MAXIMISES RESOURCES FOR COMPLETING THE “MISSIO DEI” “UNITY FOCUSED” JOHN 17

D. THE NEPALIS MIGRANT MINISTRY

SHAPING THE CULTURE OF “NEPALIS” RELIGIONFAMILYEDUCATION ECONOMY & BUSINESS ARTS & ENTERTAINME NT MEDIAGOVERNMENT

AN EXPOSITION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ON THE MEANING OF HISTORY AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN IT ot.com/

PRESENTLY: SERVING THE “GLOBAL MARKETPLACE” (the centrepiece of our current educational ventures ) Structuring our Schools to prepare “Students to become competitive in that emergent global sphere”

ALTERNATIVE PUSH: SERVING “MOTHER EARTH” An increasing number of thinkers, especially those with New Age inclinations, are preaching against education serving the Market.

“We have seen this business- education marriage. It has been a marriage that has contributed to the detriment of our natural world and habitat.”

They suggest, education, including religious education, is to SERVE “MOTHER EARTH”.

CHRISTIAN APPROACH: SERVING THE “MAKER” a. Serving the Market is an expression of MATERIALISM as industrial capitalism assumes that all that matters or exists is the material.

b. Serving Mother Earth is an expression of NEW AGE PANTHEISM which treats the earth as a goddess.

But if one believes in theism, education has to SERVE THE MAKER so that it contributes to fulfilling the Creation Mandate.

God’s will for education then is to prepare and equip people to fulfill a “CALLING or VOCATION”