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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Pastor Conference Number 1 (pt 1)

Yesterday was pastor conference number 1.  Moses had told us from the start of our trip planning that we were going to be speaking for several hours at a pastor's conference he was organizing.  Here's the brochure for 2 guys from America coming to Moses' church.





From the beginning, my heart had been set on teaching the Walk Thru the Bible to these men in India.  The Walk Thru message is powerful and transferable and offers so many opportunities to share the truth of the Gospel with non-believers as well as teach and encourage believers.  I give all the setup on Walk Thru because an event is usually 4 to 5 hours.  When we finally got the details on the conference worked out, we were only speaking about 4 hours.  There would not be enough time when speaking through a translator.

But God had other plans anyway.  (And, yes, His plans were AWESOME!)

120 pastors from a radius of about 60 miles came to hear God's word, be encouraged and enjoy fellowship.  This was a humbling idea.  All the time up til now I was coming to teach Walk Thru, but now, Jay and I were speaking to these men that were laboring for God.

In the church, everyone takes off their shoes before they enter.  It is Holy ground and everyone goes without shoes.

And Jay and I walked into this picture.



The day was amazing.  In the first session, Jay started with talking about the comparison between the Indian church and Acts 17.  There are so many gods and idols around, and as pastors they have an opportunity to share that is unlike any other.  He also encouraged them that God had placed them in India and they were to act like the Indian church, not try to copy other churches from other countries.  A good word indeed!  Then,  we spoke on the 4 deadly questions and the need to talk "to" people where they are rather than "at" them.  This really hit some of the pastors as they were able to really begin to have a renewed heart for reaching the lost.

Humbling to say the least.


4 Deadly Questions for Evangelism
1)  What do you mean by that?
2)  Where do you get your information from?
3)  How do you know that to be true?
4)  What happens if you are wrong?

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