BMIS 280: World Christian

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BMIS 280 World Christian
World Christian
Course Objectives
1. Broaden our world view
2. Seek to understand God better and what
He is doing in our world
3. Try to discover what God wants us to do
in His world.
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World Vision
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BMIS 280 World Christian
Course Objectives
1. Broaden our world view
2. Seek to understand God better and what
He is doing in our world
3. Try to discover what God wants us to do
in His world.
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World Christian--World Vision

• Objectives of this introductory lesson
• Define World Christian
• Identify key choices we must make to become World
  Christians
• List the ten building blocks of World Vision

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Worldly Christian vs. World Christian

• Worldly Christian
• self-centered preoccupation
• desire for self-fulfillment
• rigid thinking
• narrow vision

• World Christian
• Christs global cause is the overriding priority
  for life
• Life directions transformed by a world vision
• Breaks the mold of a self-centered way of thinking

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Key Choices
Choose to get our eyes off ourselves and to
focus first on God
Choose to build for growth by faithful obedience
to God
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BUILDING BLOCK 1
Scriptures
Dominant Themes
There is salvation in no one else
The basis of mission is to reveal Gods glory
God wants to use us
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Key Choices
Choose to get our eyes off ourselves and to
focus first on God
Choose to build for growth by faithful obedience
to God
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BUILDING BLOCK 2
Current Events
How to See Current Events
With Spiritual Glasses
With bifocals far and near
See ourselves as we are
See God at work in the world
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BUILDING BLOCK 2
Current Events
Ways to Respond to our World
Prayerfully Often it is the only response
Personally dont become calloused
Realistically look for a positive way to have
an impact
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Election Day in Cochabamba
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Protest in Peru
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Banda Aceh Before
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Banda Aceh After
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Banda Aceh Before
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Banda Aceh After
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BUILDING BLOCK 3
Prayer
Matthew 936-38
Prayer reminds us of who is in charge!
Prayer changes us
Those who pray change the world
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BUILDING BLOCK 4
Reading
Why Read?
To be inspired
Learn from past mistakes
Grow in Vision
See the people God uses
Grow in our ability to influence others to serve
God
Pray more effectively
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BUILDING BLOCK 4
Reading
What to read
Biographies
Missions Histories
Current Issues in Missions
Cross-Cultural Understanding
General Missions Resources
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BUILDING BLOCK 4
Reading
What to read
Biographies
Missions Histories
Current Issues in Missions
Cross-Cultural Understanding
General Missions Resources
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BUILDING BLOCK 5
Personal Experience
Making the Most of Our Experiences
Identify our own biases
Become World Christians not just tourists
We must observe, ask, listen
We must be willing to change
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BUILDING BLOCK 5
Personal Experience
In-Depth Firsthand Experience
International Campaigns/Programs
Student Exchange Programs
Internships/Hope Program/Avanti Italia
Teaching English in China
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BUILDING BLOCK 6
Fellowship
Incorporate building blocks into the group
Pray about missions together
Adopt a giving project together
Work together
Evangelize together
Send someone into the harvest fields
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BUILDING BLOCK 5
Personal Experience
First Steps in Firsthand Experience
Try some international cuisine
Speak with an international student
Worship with a congregation of a different ethnic
group
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BUILDING BLOCK 7
Giving
Gods Will Regarding Money
God wants us to be generous
Our stewardship is measured by our response to
the poor and needy
God wants us to keep His kingdom as our top
priority
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BUILDING BLOCK 7
Giving
Principles of Giving
All we have is from God giving is a response to
Gods gifts
True giving implies personal involvement
True giving requires sacrifice
God blesses the generous giver
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BUILDING BLOCK 7
Giving
Gods Will Regarding Money
God wants us to be generous
Our stewardship is measured by our response to
the poor and needy
God wants us to keep His kingdom as our top
priority
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BUILDING BLOCK 8
Missionaries
Meeting and Getting to Know Missionaries
What are some good ways to get to know
missionaries?
Read newsletters write call pray invite them
to visit visit them on the field
How can we relate to missionaries?
Ask about daily life family needs financial
needs spiritual life
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Missionaries to Miami
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BUILDING BLOCK 9
Lifestyle
Lifestyle Choices
A life of devotion and discipline
A life of greater simplicity
A life of spiritual values attitudes about
success, money, affluence
In the world not of the world
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BUILDING BLOCK 10
Other Input
Put the World in World Christian
Make the world our hobby
Keep the world visible
Learn about the places of the world
Start young teach our children
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