1. + Homework No. 3 October 17 th, 2010 From the movie “ Spirit ”, please pick out 10 Christian concepts. ====== For the link attendees -who do not have this movie-: From 2Timothy Chapter 3: Please clarify the challenges that might face the Evangelists & the commitments that he should abide to.

2. Approaches of Evangelism

3. A) Short-Term Missions Channels of Evangelism

4. I - Significance of Short-Term Missions Are they of any value ??!!

5. A - Tasting the beauty of Evangelism by experiencing people of different cultures, races and religions and by living among them. 1 – To the Servants B- Expanding the scope of service away from the experienced local service activity. D- Getting chances of being asked for a longer-term missionary, whereby a servant discovers his life’s mission and God’s will towards him. C - Improving their performance.

6. 1 – To the Servants E- Meeting other servants of various styles, talents, programs and interchanging experiences. F- Exploring the specific talents of each servant through the eyes of the Team leader.

7. 2 – To the Served Area A- Exploring most creative and attractive approaches to match this area based on earlier studies related to: Culture Habits Problems Standards Everything …

8. 2 – To the Served Area C- Supporting local priest and servants, bringing in new tools of services, programs, forms, ideas and developing their service. B- Helping preach the Orthodox Truth and strengthening the locals whether from the Copts or the natives

9. 2 – To the Served Area E – Planting local servant training and/or Business for Evangelism approach or other coming approaches. D - Delivering the word of God to few villages, kids and youth and pursuing the seed by any channel like mailing or on-sites follow up. “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isa 55 : 11)

10. 1 - Good background about Evangelism by: 2 - Praying hardly for God to use them to: What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!! Attending Courses Studying the Word of God Plant His word Spread His Faith

11. 3 – Preparing the necessary inputs namely; A – Staff for the trip (personal & group) B – Spiritual material of lectures, lessons, kids activities, gifts, toys, crosses, pictures, caps, t-shirts,..… C – Supplying food and clothes to some poor areas as part of evangelism What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!!

12. 4 – Preparing the necessary studies to be aware of: Nature of the area Expected problems Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technical, Environmental and Legal factors Medical / Psychological orientation What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!!

13. 5 – Preparing Evaluation Reports on: A – Status of the local church B – Available services (Coptic and others) C – Status and characteristics of local servants D – Team members performance standard What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!!

14. 5 – Preparing Evaluation Reports on: E – Matters needing further assessment F – Mission’s channels of communication G – Proposal and plans for future visits What are the Requirements for the Short Term Mission Servants??!!

15. Is it of any value ??!! B) Local Servant Training Channels of Evangelism

16. OBJECTIVES A – Preparing good local servant staff capable to preach the word of God to their families & community to be later devoted; as priests and nuns… to deepen the relations with the mother church B – Choosing suitable candidates C – Developing deep relation with Coptic servants

17. to strengthen their loyalty to match and integrate into the culture based on the outcome of the training D – Scheduling visits to the mother church in Egypt E – Deciding on the best approach for the area F - Proposing new plans for the service in this area OBJECTIVES

18. What are the Characteristics of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes) Spiritual Highly Educated Bible minded Very Orthodox Disciplined Devoted to the Mission Extended time commitment (3 months to 1 year) Language Local/current Team Working

19. 1 – Programs & Curriculum DogmaticBiblical Church Order Church History Development Skills (Leadership) Soft Skills What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes)

20. Comfortable place 2-Accommodation Not far from their homes Large enough to accommodate at least 25 students What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes)

21. Allocate Funds To cover: 3 – Budgeting Leaders’ expenses, traveling tickets…. Equipments, computers, books, CDs… Served Food and giveaways… What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes)

22. 4 – Supervision Head of service in this area; The Bishop or the Priest The Support Service group in Cairo Head of service of the Evangelism Team What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes)

23. 5 – Reporting By Emails and messages about: Recommendations and subsequent proposal steps Current status, progresses, problems Necessary replacements and /or changes What are the Tasks of the Leaders of Local Servants’ Training??!! (Discipleship classes)