Urban Evangelism. Sharing Jesus in the big cities.

1. URBAN EVANGELISM
DECODING THE CITY FOR CHRIST
Stephen L. Williams, Sr., D. Min
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2. Our Presenter

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• Reclaim your faith

4. The Bible, Spirit of
Prophecy, and Health
Evangelism

5. Luke 4
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor;

6. he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance
to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that
are bruised, 19 To preach the
acceptable year of the Lord

7. • Heal
• Preach
• Recover
• Liberate
• Teach

8. Isa 58:6-7
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo
the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break
every yoke?

9. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry,
and that thou bring the poor that are cast
out to thy house? when thou seest the
naked, that thou cover him; and that thou
hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

10. Sealed with the Sabbath
Seal
The fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah contains
present truth for the people of God…Upon
those who keep the Sabbath of the Lord is
laid the responsibility of doing a work of
mercy and benevolence. Medical
missionary work is to be bound up with the
message, and sealed with the seal of God.
--Manuscript 22, 1901. {WM 121.3}

11. 1. You will never be ministers after the
gospel order till you show a decided
interest in medical missionary work, the
gospel of healing and blessing and
strengthening. {CH 533.2}

12. Luke 14:21-23
• 21 So that servant came, and shewed
his lord these things. Then the master of
the house being angry said to his servant,
Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of
the city, and bring in hither the poor, and
the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

13. • 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as
thou hast commanded, and yet there is
room.

14. • 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go
out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house
may be filled.

15. A Fulfillment of Scripture
2. Why has it not been understood from
the Word of God that the work being done
in medical missionary lines is a fulfillment
of the scripture, "Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and bring in
hither the poor, and the maimed, and the
halt, and the blind…

16. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as
thou hast commanded, and yet there is
room. And the Lord said unto the servant,
Go out into the highways and hedges, and
compel them to come in, that my house
may be full." {WM 121.4}

17. Medical missionary work brings to
humanity the gospel of release from
suffering. It is the pioneer work of the
gospel. It is the gospel practiced, the
compassion of Christ revealed…

18. Of this work there is great need, and the
world is open for it. God grant that the
importance of medical missionary work
shall be understood, and that new fields
may be immediately entered. Then will the
work of the ministry be after the Lord's
order; the sick will be healed, and poor,
suffering humanity will be blessed. {MM
239.3}

19. True Gospel Ministry
To take people right where they are,
whatever their position or condition, and
help them in every way possible--this is
gospel ministry. Those who are diseased
in body are nearly always diseased in
mind, and when the soul is sick the body
also is affected.-- Testimonies, vol. 6, pp.
300, 301. {WM 121.2}

20. 3. I wish to tell you that soon there will be
no work done in ministerial lines but
medical missionary work. The work of a
minister is to minister. Our ministers are to
work on the gospel plan of ministering. . . .
{CH 533.1}

21. Medical Missionaries
and The Church

22. The work of every Church
Training Center
• 4. Every church should
be a training school for
Christian workers.

23. The work of every Church
Training Center
• Its members should be taught how
to give Bible readings, how to
conduct and teach Sabbath school
classes, how best to help the poor
and to care for the sick, how to
work for the unconverted.

24. The work of every Church
Training Center
•There should be
schools of health,

25. The work of every Church
Training Center
• cooking schools, and
classes in various lines
of Christian help work.

26. The work of every Church
Training Center
• There should not only be teaching, but
actual work under experienced
instructors. Let the teachers lead the
way in working among the people, and
others, uniting with them, will learn
from their example. -- The Ministry of
Healing, p. 149.

27. The work of Every Church
HEALTH REFORM
• There is a message regarding health
reform to be borne in every church.--
Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 370.

28. The work of Every Church
• The medical missionary work should be
a part of the work of every church in
our land.-- Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 289.

29. To my ministering brethren I would say,
Prosecute this work (Medical Missionary
Work) with tact and ability. Set to work the
young men and the young women in our
churches. Combine the medical
missionary work with the proclamation of
the third angel's message…

30. Make regular, organized efforts to lift the
churches out of the dead level into which
they have fallen, and have remained for
years. Send into the church workers who
will set the principles of health reform in
their connection with the third angel's
message before every family and
individual…

31. Encourage all to take a part in work for
their fellow men, and see if the breath of
life will not quickly return to these
churches.--Letter 54, 1898. {WM 124.2}

32. URBAN EVANGELISM
AND THE CHALLENGES
OF THE CITY

33. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEupN5xvWEM
• Crwded earth. where is everyone going to live
• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=evangelism+cities
• Moving out of the cities by DAvid Westbrook.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqFz0c7INMY
• Reclaim your faith
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hXxzK_B_ms
• Pope Francis
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fcDF3PESXI
• City Slums
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB3XnUGsOwU

34. • In every large city there should be corps of
organized, well-disciplined workers; not
merely one or two, but scores should be
set to work. But the perplexing question is
yet unsolved, how they will be sustained. .
. .

35. • More attention should be given to training
and educating missionaries with a special
reference to work in the cities. Each
company of workers should be under the
direction of a competent leader,

36. • and it should ever be kept before them
that they are to be missionaries in the
highest sense of the term. Such
systematic labor, wisely conducted, would
produce blessed results.- --Medical
Ministry, pp. 300, 301. (1892)

37. • There should be no delay in this well-
planned effort to educate the church
members. Persons should be chosen to
labor in the large cities who are fully
consecrated and who understand the
sacredness and importance of the work.

38. • Do not send those who are not qualified in
these respects. Men are needed who will
push the triumphs of the cross, who will
persevere under discouragements and
privations, who will have the zeal and
resolution and faith that are indispensable
to the missionary field.--Testimonies for
the Church, vol. 9, pp. 118, 119. (1909)

39. • Repeatedly the Lord has instructed us that
we are to work the cities from outpost
centers. In these cities we are to have
houses of worship, as memorials for God;
but institutions for the publication of our
literature, for the healing of the sick,

40. • and for the training of workers, are to be
established outside the cities. Especially is
it important that our youth be shielded
from the temptations of city life.--Selected
Messages, book 2, p. 358. (1907)

41. The City
As a means of overcoming prejudice and
gaining access to minds, medical
missionary work must be done, not in one
or two places only, but in many places
where the truth has not yet been
proclaimed… Every city is to be entered
by workers trained to do medical
missionary work. Testimonies, vol. 7, p.
59. (1902) {Ev 515.4}

42. • Oh, that we might see the needs of these
cities as God sees them! At such a time as
this every hand is to be employed. The
Lord is coming; the end is near, yea, it
hasteth greatly!--Testimonies for the
Church, vol. 9, p. 101. (1909)

43. • These cities have been neglected for
years. The angels of God are waiting for
us to give our labors for their inhabitants.
From town to town, from city to city, from
country to country, the warning message
is to be proclaimed, not with outward
display, but in the power of the Spirit, by
men of faith.--Evangelism, p. 428. (1908

44. • In connection with the proclamation of the
message in large cities, there are many
kinds of work to be done by laborers with
varied gifts. Some are to labor in one way,
some in another. The Lord desires that the
cities shall be worked by the united efforts
of laborers of different capabilities.

45. • All are to look to Jesus for direction, not
depending on man for wisdom, lest they
be led astray. As laborers together with
God they should seek to be in harmony
with one another.

46. • There should be frequent councils and
earnest, wholehearted co-operation. Yet
all are to look to Jesus for wisdom, not
depending upon men alone for direction.--
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, p. 109.
(1909)

47. • The Lord is calling upon the men and
women who have the light of truth for this
time to engage in genuine, personal
missionary work. Especially are the church
members living in the cities to exercise, in
all humility, their God-given talents in
laboring with those who are willing to hear
the message that should come to the
world at this time.

48. • There are great blessings in store for
those who fully surrender to the call of
God. As such workers undertake to win
souls for Jesus, they will find that many
who never could be reached in any other
way will respond to intelligent personal
effort.--Medical Ministry, p. 332. (1910)

49. E. G. White. EV 100.1
The workers in the large cities must act their several
parts, making every effort to bring about the best
results. They are to talk faith and to act in such a
way as to impress the people. They are not to
narrow the work down to their own particular
ideas.

50. E. G. White. EV 100.1
In the past too much of this has been done by us as
a people, and it has been a drawback to the
success of the work. Let us remember that the
Lord has different ways of working, that He has
different workmen to whom He entrusts different
gifts.—Testimonies For The Church 9:144-146
(1909). {Ev 100.1}

51. E. G. White. EV 104.4
Do Not Block the Wheels—There are some minds
which do not grow with the work but allow the
work to grow far beyond them.... Those who do
not discern and adapt themselves to the
increasing demands of the work, should not stand
blocking the wheels, and thus hindering the
advancement of others.—Letter 45, 1889. {Ev
104.4}

52. E. G. White. EV 105.1
Methods to Be Improved—There must be no fixed
rules; our work is a progressive work, and there
must be room left for methods to be improved
upon. But under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
unity must and will be preserved.—The Review
and Herald, July 23, 1895. {Ev 105.1}

53. E. G. White. EV 105.2
Different Methods From the Past—Means will be
devised to reach hearts. Some of the methods
used in this work will be different from the
methods used in the work in the past; but let no
one, because of this, block the way by criticism.—
The Review and Herald, September 30, 1902. {Ev
105.2}

54. E. G. White. EV 105.3
New Life in Old Methods—Men are needed who
pray to God for wisdom, and who, under the
guidance of God, can put new life into the old
methods of labor and can invent new plans and
new methods of awakening the interest of church
members and reaching the men and women of
the world.—Manuscript 117, 1907. {Ev 105.3}

55. E. G. White. EV 106.2
Method Determined by Class of People—Let us
not forget that different methods are to be
employed to save different ones.—The Review
and Herald, April 14, 1903. {Ev 106.2}

56. E. G. White. EV 129.1
Devising Methods to Reach the People—Workers
with clear minds are needed to devise methods
for reaching the people. Something must be done
to break down the prejudice existing in the world
against the truth.—Letter 152, 1901. {Ev 129.1}

57. E. G. White. EV 75.2
Large Halls in Our Cities—The
large halls in our cities should be
secured, that the third angel’s
message may be proclaimed by
human lips. Thousands will
appreciate the message.—Letter
35, 1895. {Ev 75.2}

58. QUESTION
• How the gospel
spreads?

59. Key Scriptures
• Acts 1:15- 120 (core group)
• Acts 2:41- 3,000 (public launch)
• Acts 2:47- Lord Added Daily
• Acts 4:4- 5,000 Men
• Acts 6:7- Increased rapidly, large # Priests
• Acts 11:26- Taught many people
• Acts 12:24- Continued to increase & spread
• Acts 17:6- Turned world upside down
• Acts 19:20- Spread widely & grew in power
• Acts 21:20- Many thousands of Jews

60. Reasons The Church
Grew

61. Viral Spread
5. Through the united and motivated efforts of
the growing numbers of Christian believers,
who invited their friends, relatives, and
neighbors to share the “good news.”
Stark. P.208

62. Gospel Examples
• Demon Possessed Man:
Mark 5:19
• Zacchaeus: Luke 19:9
• Royal Official: John 4:53
• Matthew: Mark 2: 14-15
• John 4: Women at Well

63. Sociology of
Conversion

64. 3 Universal Units
• Family
• Community
• Tribe
• The Early
converts of
Jesus
belong to
these Units.

65. What about today?

66. WHY?
Why is the viral spread of the gospel
through social networks so effective?

67. • Trust
• Time
• We live in a Skeptical Age, but people still
trust their friends.
• Transformation

68. Viral Evangelism Unleashed
• 1. Build a trust network
• 2. Get to know the families in your
community
• 3. Start a Facebook account and expand
your friend network.
• 4. Establish a live stream
• 5. Involve your children

69. Online Tools
• LinkedIn.com
• Google+
• YouTube.com
• Twitter.com
• Slideshare.com
• Pinterest.com
• 3Angelstube.com
• Facebook.com
• Website
• Blog

73. FACEBOOK.COM/JASDA.ORG

78. HOW TO PLAN AND
ORGANIZE AN
EVANGELISTIC
CAMPAIGN

79. Date
• DATE
• GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• TERRITORY
• VENU
• STAFF
• MATERIALS – 8 weeks to wellness
• BUDGET
• FUND RAISING

80. The End