AWOL

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AWOL
New Wine For New Wineskin
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Most influential social institutions for young
people 60s 80s 00s Families Friends M
edia Schools Families Friends Friends
Media Families Church School School Why
the drastic change?
3 deadly Is Influence, Imagine /or identity,
initiative
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It is the 2nd largest global media conglomerate,
MTV is their pearl.
Rubert Murbock has media holdings in the U.S.,
Canada, Europe, Australia,
Latin America
and Asia
German media conglomerate has interests in 600
companies in 53 countries.
95 of influence, image identity,
It's the 3rd largest global media conglomerate.
2000 revenues topped 25 billion.
This is the largest and number one music company
in the world, with roughly 22 of the 2000 global
market.
The largest media merger in history.
In 2001 revenues topped
165 billion
companies in computers, phones,
television and handheld
wireless devices.
Made its name with electronics, but it now has
more than 1,000 subsidaries worldwide.
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THE ARSENAL Television 16 to 17 hrs a week
14,000 sexual innuendos 38 a day 22,000
violent scenes a year Internet 3 hrs a day
90 of teens have viewed pornography online
300,000 adult websites Music 25 radio
segments contain sexual content 42 of top
selling CDs contain sexual content
Advertising 128 billion dollars spent to
grosses 232 billion dollars targeting teens,
without any regard to moral decay of a
generation.
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• RESULT OF ARSENAL
• Increase in erroneous perverted music, love,
  faith, morality, authority,
• salvation, communication, forgiveness, and
  community.
• The result of this
• A pornography invasion through the Internet
• Distress and broken families (52 end in
  divorce)
• Age of technology making youth
  individualistic and avoid
• P Parents that are unloving, unsaved,
  unwanting, and
• undervaluing their children
• V  83 of youth believe that truth is relative
• Corporate America who spends 17 billion in
  advertising will
• pocket 128 billion from targeting teens
  without any regard
• to the moral decay of a generation
• A Society that strives for an American Dream
  rather than the
• kingdom of God

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We believe in the media before we would in the
Word of God.
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We are letting the World and companies sell a
lifestyle instead of giving our youth the True
lifestyle of Jesus Christ.
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Where the Church Is Now
Statistics

• Denominations recorded membership now stands at
  133,844.
• Denomination has been declining since 1960s.
• Latest declines 2005- 1,230 2004- 1,280 2003-
  1,346 2002- 984 2001- 1,051 2000- 2,425
• Only five of the denominations 23 districts
  reported net membership gains in 2004
• Number of Church of the Brethren in U.S. 1,025

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• Results of our church structure
• Outward appearance is not working
  anymore
• The inner is bare with nothing
• Only use it one or twice a week
• Built for structural purposes, not for life
  purposes
• Building from the changes of the world,
  not for changing the world.

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Church no longer needs Christ. All we need is
money, people, and a purpose.
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We need godly living not living a lifestyle for
the world. The church is to change the world,
not world change the church.
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"If you want to be my follower you must love me
more than your own father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters yes, more than
your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my
disciple. And you cannot be my disciple if you do
not carry your own cross and follow me. "But
don't begin until you count the cost. Luke
1426-28 NLT So no one can become my disciple
without giving up everything for me. Luke 1433
NLT
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Topic Christian Disciple Believe Belief
system Life pursuit is to become
like HIM Relationship (w/ Christ) personal,
private intimate, shared Mission mission
trip lifestyle Discipline disregard
sinners love sinners Mentor get people to
look like them disciples makes disciples Judgment
condemn the world not
to condemn the world Church numbers, success,
life, faithfulness Service expects the
church serves others Logic rationa
lize be faithful
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AWOL- another way of living (church of the
Brethren motto) AWOL- transformation from the
status quo AWOL- beginning process of making our
message relevant again to the church and to the
world. AWOL- starts with the youth and young
adults, but for it to work all must begin another
way. AWOL- New wine for new wineskins-- The patch
and the new wine are images of a powerful,
effervescent new relationship with God which
bursts out of the dried-up confines of formal
religion
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How? Slowly, catch ourselves on fire, build
foundation Programs Using what generations know,
Life applications Life hurts, God Heals Living
Life, together
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What we need Encouragement Prayer Support For it
to begin with YOU Financial Support