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UNDERLYING BASIC PRESUPPOSITIONS:
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The love of God exemplified at the cross (John 3:16)
The Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20)
The remnant are a people with a purpose (Rev. 14:6).
The church move as one body (I Cor. 12:12)

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RECOMMENDED:
To approve the proposed Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle program with its focus on CARE GROUP (small group) MINISTRIES across the Union starting onwards.
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Christ Method of Reaching People
Ministry of Healing, pg. 143
The Method of Jesus: “Christ’s method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, ‘Follow Me.’”
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Christ Method of Reaching People
Ministry of Healing, pg. 143
The Six “C”
C - contact “The Saviour mingled with men . . .”
C – concern “as one who desired their good.”
C – compassion “He showed sympathy for them . . .
C – commitment “ministered to their needs,
C – confident “won their confidence.
C – conversion ‘Follow Me.’”
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Not only is the truth to be presented in public assemblies; house-to-house work is to be done. .. This house-to-house labor, searching for souls, hunting for the lost sheep, is the most essential work that can be done.
(Evangelism p. 431)
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Our people make a great mistake when, after holding a camp meeting and gathering a few souls, they take down the tents and feel that their duty is done. Their work had only just begun. They have preached doctrines that are new and strange to the people who heard them, and then left the seed sown to be picked up by the birds, or else to wither away... (Evangelism P. 431)
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What is Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach Focusing on Care Groups?
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“The formation of small companies as bases of Christian effort is a plan that has been presented before me and by One who cannot err. If there is a large number in the church, let the members be formed into small companies to work not only for the church members but for unbelievers also.”
Evangelism, 115

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What is Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach Focusing on Care Groups?
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Hold Bible readings and pray with families and little companies.-- The best work you can do is to teach, to educate... Continue this work in connection with your more public efforts. Preach less and educate more by holding Bible readings, and by praying with families and little companies.
RH Dec. 8, 1885.

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What is Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach Focusing on Care Groups?
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“The Lord desires that many shall be converted, and act as his helping hand in reaching other.” Gospel Workers, 349
“Believers in the cities can work for God in their neighborhood of their homes”
Gospel Workers , 351
“Let little companies meet together to study the scriptures. You will loose nothing by this, but you will gain much”
The Day With God, 11.

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What is Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach Focusing on Care Groups?
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Hold Bible readings for families and their neighbors.--There is need of a different kind of labor in our churches from what they have had. Those ministers who are inclined merely to preach, and not to visit and put forth personal effort, need to break up this habit by working earnestly in families. Let families invite in their neighbors, and then let the minister hold Bible readings with them, and become acquainted with them

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What is Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach Focusing on Care Groups?
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There needs to be less preaching and more pastoral work done in our churches. Those who have no aptitude for this kind of labor, should educate themselves, and come more into harmony with Christ's manner of working.
HM Nov. 1, 1890.

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Christian Schwartz discovered that small churches were actually 1600 percent more effective in reaching the harvest than mega churches.
Many of the members of our large churches are doing comparatively nothing. They might accomplish a good work if, instead of crowding together, they would scatter into places that have not yet been entered by the truth ... Many of the members are dying spiritually for want of this very work. They are becoming sickly and inefficient.
8T, 224
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What is Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach Focusing on Care Groups?
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It is an evangelism approach which will:
Be owned, committed and participated by all SDA members in SAUM Territory
Bring Revival & Reformation
Be the life experience of church members as they actively involved in care group ministries.

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Where will the CARE GROUPS meet?
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IF POSSIBLE IN THE ADVENTIST HOMES
HOMES OF HOPE AND HEALING

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Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach
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Primarily, composed of family unit/s and other “family groups”
making their homes centers of Hope and Health
to carry out “LOVE IN ACTION” activities in the church as part of the gospel”
Focus on the family units

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Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle Approach
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This is a “family to family” approach and is meant to be a lifestyle of all Adventists that also involve the youth and children in witnessing.
Focus on the family units

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CARE GROUPS Composition:
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Intercessor Family (I F)
Cared Family (C F)
I F + C F = C G
The C G highlights
Intercessory
Prayer!
Focus on the family units

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Who are considered the Intercessor Family (IF)?
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All SDA family unit/s
Other SDA “family groups”
Single professionals
Students
Lone family member
Intercessor
Family

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Who are considered the Cared Family (CF)?
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Non-SDA families
Neighbors and Friends
Relatives
Elite
Professionals
Students
Religious Leaders
Government Employees
Former SDA Members
Intercessor
Family

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What are the materials to be used in Care Group meetings?
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Care Group Materials
Note: The materials to be used are not limited to the above!

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WIN! WELLNESS
Homes of Hope and Happiness
Why WIN! WELLNESS Resources:
It is an integrated balanced lifestyle giving balance/equal treatment to the physical, spiritual, and relational dimensions of life.
Improve health and family relationships
Experience Healthier and happier lives
Become Medical Missionaries
Integrated
Evangelism
Lifestyle

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WIN! WELLNESS
Homes of Hope and Happiness
Why WIN! WELLNESS Resources:
It brings power to heal our past brokenness and helps set us free from everything which holds us back – drugs, addictions, immorality, a sedentary lifestyle, negative habits, twisted thinking, sin.
Make right choices
Enhance peace and harmony
Bring hope
Integrated
Evangelism
Lifestyle

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WIN! WELLNESS
Homes of Hope and Happiness
Why WIN! WELLNESS Resources:
It presents Christ in every factor as the motivating means for transformed, triumphant living.
Speed up the spread of 3 angel’s message
Prepare us for God’s kingdom
Integrated
Evangelism
Lifestyle

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making Adventist homes a centers of Hope and Health
Evangelistic lifestyle
All Adventists involves (youth and children) in witnessing
Family to Family” approach!
to carry out “Love-in-Action” activities in the church as part of the gospel through CARE GROUPS.

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Who are the authors of the WINWELLNESS materials?
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Millie Youngberg, EdD
Wes Youngberg, DrPH, MPH, CNS
John B. Youngberg, EdD

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What are the materials needed?
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Manual
Resource Book
CD – (Scripts & Nurturing materials)
DVD
Devotional Readings
Sample resources
Handouts-non-SDA participants
Materials Needed

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Why “Win Wellness materials?
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Improve health and family relationships
Enhance peace and harmony
Experience Healthier and happier lives
Become Medical Missionaries
Make right choices
Bring hope
Speed up the spread of 3 angel’s message
Prepare us for God’s kingdom
Materials Needed

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Care Groups Meeting – Format
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Acts 2:42, 47
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.

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When & how long will the Care Groups Meet?
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Once a week 60 – 90 minutes
10 minutes – Fellowship
10 minutes – Praise/singing
60 minutes – Bible Study
30 minutes – presentation
30 minutes – discussion
10 minutes – prayer

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Maintaining Care Groups In the Local Church
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Conduct a weekly CG leaders’ meeting – for motivation
Overview the presentation with the presenters
Conduct monthly/quarterly events to bond the CG members
Conduct a yearly/festival event to bring all CG together (Festival of CG)
Etc.

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Suggested care group slogan:
WIN! WELLNESS -
Healthy Lifestyle, Longer Life!
Godly Lifestyle, Eternal Life!

33. “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit”, says the
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TIME IS RUNNING OUT,
Let us all wake up!
“Not by might nor by power,
but by my Spirit”, says the
Lord Almighty. Zech 4:6