Global Ministries 101 Quiz

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Conference Center project. The objectives of The
Shalom Center include Supporting a culture of
peace, justice and stewardship based on
Christian Principles encouraging reconciliation
among people of different creeds And cultures
and between creation and the creator.

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Discussion Questions

• What has been the impact of repression, military
  regimes and civil war on the people You met in
  the segment?

• How has the Church helped them heal as
  individuals?

• How is the Church a positive force in rebuilding
  the
• Society?
• How did you see income-generating projects and
  small micro-credit loans making a difference and
  enabling people to provide for their families?
• What importance did you see placed on respecting
  and maintaining indigenous culture?

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Discussion Questions

• How did some of the projects Global Ministries
  supports help in this area?
• How did you see educational programs for
  children and youth bringing hope to people in the
  DVD segment?
• Why do you think there are so many youth
  involved in church activities in these countries?
• What might we learn from them about working with
  youth in our country?
• Is your church a Happy church?
• What did that mean for the person in the DVD who
  used that expression, and what might it mean for
  us?

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Micah 6 1-16

• MIC 61 Listen to what the LORD says "Stand up,
  plead your case before the mountains let the
  hills hear what you have to say.
• MIC 62 Hear, O mountains, the LORD's
  accusation listen, you everlasting foundations
  of the earth.
• For the LORD has a case against his people he
  is lodging a charge against Israel.
• MIC 63 "My people, what have I done to you?
  How have I burdened you? Answer me.
• MIC 64 I brought you up out of Egypt and
  redeemed you from the land of slavery.
• I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and
  Miriam.
• MIC 65 My people, remember what Balak king of
  Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor
  answered.
• Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal,
  that you may know the righteous acts of the
  LORD."
• MIC 66 With what shall I come before the LORD
  and bow down before the exalted God?
• Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
  with calves a year old?
• MIC 67 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands
  of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil?
• Shall I offer my firstborn for my
  transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin
  of my soul?
• MIC 68 He has showed you, O man, what is good.
  And what does the LORD require of you?
• To act justly and to love mercy and to walk
  humbly with your God.

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Micah 6 9-16

• MIC 69 Listen! The LORD is calling to the
  city-- and to fear your name is wisdom--"Heed
  the rod and the One who appointed it.
• MIC 610 Am I still to forget, O wicked house,
  your ill-gotten treasures and the short ephah,
  which is accursed?
• MIC 611 Shall I acquit a man with dishonest
  scales, with a bag of false weights?
• MIC 612 Her rich men are violent her people
  are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
• MIC 613 Therefore, I have begun to destroy
  you, to ruin you because of your sins.
• MIC 614 You will eat but not be satisfied
  your stomach will still be empty.
• You will store up but save nothing, because
  what you save I will give to the sword.
• MIC 615 You will plant but not harvest you
  will press olives but not use the oil on
  yourselves, you will crush grapes but not drink
  the wine.
• MIC 616 You have observed the statutes of Omri
  and all the practices of Ahab's house, and you
  have followed their traditions.
• Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your
  people to derision you will bear the scorn of
  the nations. "

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Bible Questions

• What are some of the specific aspects of the
  controversy God has with the people in this
  chapter?
• What might God say to our community if God had a
  controversy with us today?
• What are some of our specific sins that God is
  not pleased with?
• How does verse eight give us a summary of what
  God requires of us at any given time in history?
• Give examples of how you saw the people in the
  DVD doing justice, loving kindness and walking
  humbly with God.

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Bible Questions

• What can you do with the help of your
  congregation in living these directives in the
  context of Global Relationships?

Let Us pray together!
Still Speaking God, Enable us to hear your voice
and be your prophets In our world today!