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Voices from the Front Lines of Urban Mission Leading VOICES FROM LEADING THE FRONT BUDDHISTS TO LINES OF FAITH IN GOD URBAN MISSION WINNINGIT’S TIME HEARTS Edited by Gregory and Amy Whitsett WINNING HEARTS WINNING HEARTS LEADING BUDDHISTS TO FAITH IN GOD Edited by Gregory and Amy Whitsett © 2016 by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists ISBN 978-1-943507-07-8 Published by Global Mission Centers, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Global Mission Series Editor: Rick McEdward NKJV: Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NIV: Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ ESV: Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. KJV: Scripture quotations marked KJV are from The Authorized (King James) Version. Rights in the Authorized Version in the United Kingdom are vested in the Crown. Reproduced by permission of the Crown’s patentee, Cambridge University Press. Cover and Interior Text Designer: Ellen Musselman Winning Hearts Leading Buddhists to Faith in God Other Books in the Global Mission Series: Ministering to Mourners: Funeral Rituals and Christians Witness in East Asian Contexts Edited by Gregory and Amy Whitsett It’s Time: Voices from the Front Lines of Urban Mission Edited by Bettina Krause God’s Mission to the Nations: An Old Testament Study Applied in a Hindu Context Written by Andrew Tompkins New York: A Symbol Written by John Luppens Revisiting Postmodernism: An Old Debate on a New Era Edited by Kleber O. Goncalves and Bruce Bauer TABLE OF CONTENTS global mission series introduction by Rick McEdward, Series Editor ������������������������������������������������i introduction by Amy Whitsett, Co-Editor �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������iii PART ONE: Principles of Leading Buddhists to Faith in God chapter 1: Finding Success in Mission by Gregory P. Whitsett �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 chapter 2: Hosting Personal Encounters by Gregory P. Whitsett ���������������������������������������������������������������������19 chapter 3: The Mission of Christ: The Gospel in the Real World by Rick McEdward �����������������������������29 chapter 4: The Mission-Charity Dilemma: Fresh Perspectives from Paul's Practice by Felix H. Cortez ����41 chapter 5: Life Hope Centers: Seventh-Day Adventist Urban Centers of Influence by Gary Krause ��� 53 chapter 6: Help That Doesn't Hurt by Amy Whitsett ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������61 chapter 7: Sowing the Doctrines as Jesus Did by Scott Griswold �������������������������������������������������������������������71 chapter 8: Current Mission Challenges and Opportunities in Buddhist Contexts by Gregory P. Whitsett ���� 85 PART TWO: Case Studies chapter 9: Mingling to Understand: Why Cultural Research Is Important to Your Ministry by Daniëlle Koning ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 103 chapter 10: Mr. Big, Ms. Little, the King, and the Great God: Health Ministry Insights from 2 Kings 5:1–19 for Bangkok and Beyond by Ernesto Douglas Venn ������������������������������������������������������ 121 chapter 11: Making Disciples Among Buddhists in Mandalay, Myanmar by Gavin Johns ��������������������� 141 chapter 12: The Gospel Spreading in China’s Leprosy Colonies and in Japan: Using Christ’s Appointed Method (Isaiah 58) by G. Lee �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������149 chapter 13: Ministry Successes in Myanmar: Following Christ’s Methodology by Dr. Htwe Lay ���������163 chapter 14: Turning Crisis into Opportunities by Prakasit Lekasuwan�������������������������������������������������������175 chapter 15: Operating Business for God in a Small Thai Town by David Tan ������������������������������������������183 chapter 16: Confronted by the Spirits: Is Our God Really More Powerful? by Kyle Tumberg ��������������� 191 chapter 17: Prayer in Missions Strategy by Christopher E. Sorensen ������������������������������������������������������������ 201 GLOBAL MISSION SERIES INTRODUCTION e live in a diverse and often fragmented world that brings fresh challenges to Christian mission. Each day we are confronted with news of war, culture clashes, religious intolerance, and migrant crises.. These events press ChristiansW to an increasingly delicate balancing act as they consider how to be true to God and faithfully share His Word in all nations and cultures of the world. Christian mission continues to face three major challenges: a resurgence of the world religions; the spread of post-Christian or postmodern thought in once-Christian areas; and the call of vast urban areas of the world where the majority of earth’s population dwells. The Global Mission Series is a collection of volumes dealing with the very real mission challenges of today’s global landscape. These books, produced by the Global Mission Centers, are intended to be practical resources to help Christians be a thoughtful witness in religious, geographic, and ideological areas that have been difficult for Christian mission. Because the contexts vary greatly, the books in this collection are also diverse. Some volumes of this series are written by single authors who write out of their experience. Others in this series are edited works from conferences confronting the very real challenges in mission. For years we have heard requests for more works to be published to assist practitioners in their work, and it is for practitioners that the Global Mission Series was initiated by the Global Mission Centers. The Global Mission Centers are a part of the Office of Adventist Mission of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Each of the Global Mission Centers carries a special concern for a particular religious or cultural group. The Global Mission Centers exist to equip Seventh-day Adventists to understand people of other religious and cultural backgrounds, so that our witness may be more effective. RICK McEDWARD Global Mission Series Editor GlobalMissionCenters.org i ii WINNING HEARTS INTRODUCTION s Seventh-day Adventist Christians we believe that our mission is to win hearts for Christ. When we read about the 144,000 and the great, vast multitude that John saw in his visions in Revelation 7 and 14, we are reminded that our Great CommissionA is to make disciples of every nation, kindred, tongue and people. But when it comes down to doing the work, we find that making disciples is not as easy as it sounds. The people we work among have behaviors and beliefs that are deeply rooted in worldviews and assumptions that are at odds with Christianity. This causes either strong resistance to Christian beliefs or an often syncretic adoption of Christian practice. So what is the solution? How do we inspire interest in Christianity in our non-Christian friends and neighbors? What does it take for someone to want to be- come a disciple of Christ? The key is found in Ministry of Healing p. 143: Christ’s method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Sav- iour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, “Follow Me.” Jesus employed a number of activities that built people’s trust in Him and His Fa- ther before He invited them to become disciples. This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 2015 annual conference hosted by the Global Mission Center for East Asian Religions which focused on the “how” of winning confidence as Jesus did, but in a modern Asian context. Part I focuses on the principles of leading Buddhists to faith in God. Pastor Greg Whitsett shares papers about measuring success in mission as well as the importance of personal encounters with God in the pre-discipleship process. Rick McEdward writes about Christ’s mission and how it applies to us today. Felix Cortez shares insights from Paul’s ministry, and Scott Griswold shares insights from Jesus’ ministry. Gary Krause shares practical ideas for ministry in the form of Life Hope Centers, and Amy Whitsett discusses the importance of ministering to people’s needs in ways that empower. iii Part II is a presentation of case studies. Daniëlle Koning shares insights gained while studying the worldview of Thai culture. She offers a list of questions that can be used by other practitioners to dig into the depths of the worldview of the people they are working among. Doug Venn then shares lessons learned from a familiar Old Testament story and how he applied them to medical ministry in Bangkok and other urban settings. Gavin Johns and Htwe Lay share case studies from Myanmar, while Grace Lee focuses on ministry among certain outcast populations in China and Japan. The last four chapters present case studies from Thailand. It is the prayer of the editors that this volume helps inspire the reader with
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