Glen Dubois- January 2013

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You have an important role in His redemptive plan for

the Nations.

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missionary ventures 60,000 children in our feeding

centers, medical outreaches and schools.

Equip 5,000 Pastors in Bible schools & Pastors Conferences25 missionaries on the mission field … 6 families a year joining

the MVI family

18 new churches planted

In the past four years we sent out…

This past year we have been able to reach more than…

Mission Teams continue to go out…

When MVI was first birthed in 1983 we were on the cutting edge of sending out short term mission

teams.

I believe MVI understood God’s

heart.

The Twelve Apostles

were asked to do 3 things:

Luke 9:1-2

10:1-12Jesus sent out 72 to do the same thing

This is very significant… WHY?

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Destroyed

All Christians are to GO!

72 Nations of the

earth = Complet

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Luke

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…every day to reach others with the Gospel.

as a group

Habakkuk 2:2

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… Who we are

Our Vision Mission and Structure

Let’s break it down… Involving: to affect some part of or take part; to engage as a participant.

People: humans making up a; group or linked by a common interest (Ours is Christ)

To: movement or action action

Impact: to strike forcefully; a powerful or dramatic effect on something or somebody. Kingdom of God vs. the Kingdom of Darkness

12Impact ( to strike forcefully a powerful or dramatic effect on something or somebody) Kingdom of God vs the Kingdom of Darkness 13Nations “Community of People or people group who share a common ethnic origin, culture, historical tradition or language. 14For (A preposition indicating that something is directed at somebody or done to befit somebody or done on somebodys behalf) Chirst (The Savior who will come to deliver God’s chosen people, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Light of the world, the Way, the Truth and the Light.

13Nations “Community of People or people group who share a common ethnic origin, culture, historical tradition or language.

14For (A preposition indicating that something is directed at somebody or done to befit somebody or done on somebodys behalf)

Chirst (The Savior who will come to deliver God’s chosen people, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Light of the world, the Way, the Truth and the Light.

Nations: A community of people or people group who share a common ethnic origin, culture, tradition.

FOR: done to benefit somebody

Christ: The Savior who will come to deliver God’s chosen people; King of Kings & Lord of Lords, Light of the world, the Way, the Truth and the Light

That clearly declares

Vision

The good news of the KINGDOM of GOD

OUR VISION JESUS

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Reproducing the

life and WORKSof JES

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Each one of you has an Individual vision

BIG vision

that has toalign

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We are all going after the big vision

yet each owning our own vision

At our recent Pastor’s Mentoring meeting, we are hoping to reach 10,000

PASTORS

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Visions lines up with the bigger vision ofReproducing the life works

Pastors Youth &

ChildrenMedica

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To truly reproduce the life and works of Jesus we will have to equip the Pastors, the schools, the medical outreaches, the

children, the youth, businesses, the drug addicts, the prostitutes all areas of society.

Jesus among the nations.

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Let’s talk about our Mission Statement

Reproducing the life worksand

We seek to

JESUS Among Nations

with the love and message of Christ

Reach their own people

indigenous churches

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This is what we DO… whether

it is

partnering with the Nationals.

…planting churches

…building schools

…medical outreaches,

Bible schools

participants by indigenous

invitation only.

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remember the four stages?

Then move on to disciple and partner

with other indigenous leaders.

As a ministry we are always striving to

get to the ‘participation’ stage

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Let’s look at our strategy

We exist to serve and support the indigenous church.

Our aim is to build strategic partnerships to see their God-given visions fulfilled.

Do you see how it’s not our God given visions but theirs?

THEIRS

notours

It’s their vision not ours.

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Our GoalWe desire to see healthy indigenous

churches and projects which are self-governing

Through a balance of limited support, investment and

mentoring

…over time the churches and projects to become strong and self-sustaining.

Finally, we encourage churches and the projects to look beyond their own situations

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with the Great Commission & Great Commandment

…and reach out to the other parts of the world

missionary venturesEphesians 2:10

We are God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good

works which He prepared in advance for us to do.

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Workmanship.

Work of Art. God crafted you and me and this ministry so there are only certain things we can do.

…even the things we do wrongthe sufferings

each make you uniquely ableto minister to others.

the failures

uniquely able

only you can do…Hand only you

can hold

Demons only you

can cast out

Reaching only you

can do…because you are

God’s workmanship

as a work of art, we areequipped to reach others with

The GOSPELJesus

fills us

When we give ourselves FOR JESUS, He always fills us.

We areembraced loved

and

by

the very one who was

How can we as Christ followers

come to gripswith JESUS who

gave EVERYTHING for us ?

What He did for you & me…

What He did on the cross

enables usto give ourselves

to others.