LIFT UP CHRIST TELL THE WORLD

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A call to equip our members and employees with
the knowledge and skills to Lift Up Christ and
Tell the World about Him
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MOTIVATION

• And the things that you have heard from me among
  many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who
  will be able to teach others also.

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MOTIVATION

• He is hereby urging the establishment of a
  training and equipping ministry whereby our
  members and employees can be helped to acquire
  the knowledge, and develop the skills,

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MOTIVATION

• which are necessary for them to become effective
  partners in ministry and evangelism. The content
  or syllabus for this training will be determined
  largely by the requirements of the other four
  initiatives.

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MOTIVATION

• In laboring where there are already some in the
  faith, the minister should at first seek not so
  much to convert unbelievers, as to train the
  church members for acceptable co-operation. Let
  him labor for them individually,

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MOTIVATION

• endeavoring to arouse them to seek for a deeper
  experience themselves, and to work for others.
  When they are prepared to sustain the minister by
  their prayers and labors, greater success will
  attend his efforts.Gospel Workers, p. 196
  (1915).

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MOTIVATION

• Pauls Method is an initiative in which we
  mandate our leadersat all levelsto devote a
  significant portion of their time to the training
  of members and employees, thereby assisting them
  to become skillful and committed
  soul-winnerstrue partners in ministry and
  evangelism!

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MOTIVATION

• Every church should be a training school for
  Christian workers. 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.

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MOTIVATION

• There should be schools of health, cooking
  schools, and classes in various lines of
  Christian help work. There should not only be
  teaching, but actual work under experienced
  instructors. Ministry of Healing, pp. 148 149.

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MOTIVATION

• There are clear indications in the writings of
  Ellen White that Pauls Method will accelerate
  the close of our work here on earth

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MOTIVATION

• With such an army of workers as our youth,
  rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the
  message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming
  Saviour might be carried to the whole world!
  Education, p. 271.

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GOAL

• Some of the very specific Pauls Ministry goals
  during this quinquennium include the following
• 1. All union department directors trained by
  2007.
• 2. All employees trained by 2007.

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GOAL

• The training of members as follows
• 25 in 2006
• 50 in 2007
• 75 in 2008
• 95 in 2009

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ACTION PLANS

• 1. Ensure that there are committees to oversee
  the plans and the activities of this initiative,
  Pauls Method, at every level of the church in
  the SID and to ensure that there is regular and
  proper evaluation.

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ACTION PLANS

• 2. Designate a responsible person to coordinate
  this initiative at every level ensure regular
  reports on participation, special projects, etc
  promote the method and organize the distribution
  of any training material associated with it.

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ACTION PLANS

• 3. Task the Personal Ministries and Youth
  Directors of the SID with the preparation of a
  Training Resources Database or catalogue that
  will showcase all the various materials available
  for those engaged in Pauls Method activities.

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ACTION PLANS

• Where possible the expertise of other specialists
  should be used, for example, those from our
  colleges and universities.

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ACTION PLANS

• 4. Encourage all unions, conferences, fields and
  institutions to prioritize the training of
  members and to budget specific funds for this
  purpose.

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ACTION PLANS

• 5. Ensure that the training meets the needs of
  all groups within the church structure employees
  and laypersons, and the trainers among these
  groups. The unique training needs of Youth, Women
  and any other special groups, including
  minorities, are not to be neglected,

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ACTION PLANS

• and a special effort must be made to provide them
  with relevant soul-winning/evangelism skills.

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ACTION PLANS

• 6.Request the departments of the SID to consider
  developing a Pauls Method Pre- and
  Post-baptismal Courses that become a requirement
  for all those who join the church. These courses
  should contain pertinent

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ACTION PLANS

• information on Bible doctrines, practical
  Christian living, Request the departments of the
  SID to consider developing a Pauls Method Pre-
  and Post-baptismal Courses that become a
  requirement for all those who

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ACTION PLANS

• join the church. These courses should contain
  pertinent information on Bible doctrines,
  practical Christian living, and how to witness to
  family and

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ACTION PLANS

• friends in order to effectively evangelize the
  wide range of non-member contacts that new
  Adventists usually have.

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ACTION PLANS

• 7. Request that unions, conferences and fields
  explore the possibility of establishing
  Evangelism Training Schools where members can
  receive intensive practical training in the
  various forms of soul-winning from hand-picked
  experts.

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ACTION PLANS

• Certification should be given for such training
  whether it is conducted at a training centre or
  in the field. A special course can be run for the
  Training of Trainers who will be prepared to
  train members in remote areas, or for those who
  are not able to attend the training schools.

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ACTION PLANS

• The Ministerial Association could be of great
  help in setting up these schools.

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ACTION PLANS

• 8. Promote the initiative as widely as
  possible using such vehicles as Hope Channel, the
  Echo, union and conference newsletters, etc.

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ACTION PLANS

• 9. Challenge each SID minister to run a
  carefully planned training program for those
  members under his care.

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ACTION PLANS

• 10. Hold an annual division-wide Pauls Method
  Convention during which members and ministers can
  share the results of this initiative and
  encourage others to participate. The same idea
  could be implemented on a union or
  conference/field basis.

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ACTION PLANS

• 11. Require regular reporting from the unions on
  their progress with this initiative during the
  SID Mid-year and Year-end committees.

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ACTION PLANS

• 12.The development of training programs which
  will assist members in reaching special groups
  such as those living with HIV/AIDs

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ACTION PLANS

• the business and professional community Muslims
  and other non-Christian faith communities
  children etc.

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