Your kingdom come, your will be done on

earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:10

PRESENT PROBLEMSPRESENT PROBLEMS

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” Martin Luther King

Terrorist ThreatTerrorist Threat

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Enron Style CapitalismEnron Style Capitalism

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Modern SlaveryModern SlaveryThere are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world today.

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Global Crime SyndicatesGlobal Crime Syndicates

15% of the world’s GDP.

15% of the world’s GDP

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Lack of LibertyLack of Liberty

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Abuse of the EnvironmentAbuse of the Environment

The basic problem is the greed of man, and the lack of courage from governments to tackle the issues.

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Banking CrisisBanking Crisis

What is God’s Plan? 

Ephesians 3:8-10Ephesians 3:8-10

• Although I am less than the least of all God's people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.

God’s WisdomGod’s Wisdom

• God’s plan has always been for the church to proclaim his wisdom and to dethrone the worldly philosophies and ideologies (Ephesians 3:10)

• In this way we are to occupy the high ground on the battle field of ideas, or the “Commanding Heights” as they have been called (see Ephesians 6:11).

God’s WisdomGod’s Wisdom

• The “churches theological values” must “make sense to those beyond its membership” and must be “given expression through secular debate in a language understandable to a broad constituency of people”.

• I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR GREAT CHALLENGE!

COMPASSIONATE CAPITALISMCOMPASSIONATE CAPITALISM

“By making wealth our goal, we have succumbed to the idolatry of Mammon about which Jesus warned so strongly Matthew 6:24; (Mills, Jubilee, p217).

Keys to Discipling a NationKeys to Discipling a Nation

• Radical converts

• Trained, equipped and released key leaders

• Church planting

• Established bases from which to operate

• Spiritual warfare

Economic JusticeEconomic Justice

• Nehemiah is a PATTERN of Apostolic ministry.

• Nehemiah is concerned for building in three areas:– the spiritual-the house of God. Neh.13:11

– the social-marriage. Neh.13:23

– the economic-trading on the Sabbath. Neh.13:15

• The prophets speak of economic justice. Amos 8:5;Deut 25:15

• Nehemiah remembered the poor.

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Kingdom Strategy & The MarketplaceKingdom Strategy & The Marketplace

HISTORY OF DISCIPLING A NATIONHISTORY OF DISCIPLING A NATION

John Calvin John Wesley William Carey

Three Phases To Disciple A NationThree Phases To Disciple A Nation

George Whitefield

SPIRITUAL REVIVAL

John Wesley

APOSTOLICORGANISATION

William Wilberforce

POLITICALECONOMICREFORMATION

Three Phases To Disciple A NationThree Phases To Disciple A Nation

Base of the PyramidBase of the Pyramid

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God’s desire is to bless us with wealth (Deut 8:18),

and He requires that

we don’t forget the poor (Deut

15:10).

His plan is not higher taxes or endless

handouts, but a

PARTNERING with the poor (Lev 19:10; Deut 24:19).

Social EntrepreneursSocial Entrepreneurs

• Mohammed Yunus-Banker to the Poor

• Microfinancing and partnering with the poor.

www.grameen-info.org

Social EntrepreneursSocial Entrepreneurs

• Loaned out U$3,8 billion to 2.4 million families.

• Copied by over 250 institutions in nearly 100 countries.

• Repayment rate is 98% !

www.grameen-info.org

Social EntrepreneursSocial Entrepreneurs

• Greg Mortenson-Three Cups of Tea

• Starting 49 schools in Pakistan and 9 in Afghanistan

• Model to multiply

www.gregmortenson.com

Social EntrepreneursSocial Entrepreneurs

John Woods Leaving Microsoft to Change The

World

3,600 libraries, 2.8mil books, 287 schools, 2,300 girls scholarships

www.roomtoread.org

Jubilee PrincipleJubilee Principle

The heart of Leviticus 25 and the year of Jubilee is that each family should have security and the ability to produce

because of owning land.

Jubilee PrincipleJubilee Principle

• Hernando de Soto, the Peruvian economist, argues that the poor do not have the legal systems to raise capital; they have houses but not titles; land but not deeds; businesses but not statutes of incorporation.

Many different groups formed an integrated and

united assault against slavery

STRATEGYSTRATEGYLOOKING AT THE ABOLIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLIONISTS

John NewtonTheology & song, writer of “Amazing Grace” and 279 other hymns.

Former slave ship captain and belated abolitionist.

STRATEGY STRATEGY LOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTS

Olaudah EquianoBest-selling autobiography of a slave who earned his freedom.

STRATEGYSTRATEGYLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTS

William WilberforcePolitician, movement’s chief voice in parliament for nearly 40 years.

STRATEGYSTRATEGYLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTS

Josiah WedgewoodCommerce,

“AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER” logo

STRATEGYSTRATEGYLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTS

Granville SharpLaw, pamphleteer and pioneer anti-slave crusader

STRATEGYSTRATEGYLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTS

Thomas Clarkson25 year old leader and anti-salve crusader

STRATEGYSTRATEGYLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTS

STRATEGYSTRATEGYLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTSLOOKING AT THE ABOLITIONISTS

The Clapham SectA team of Christians informally getting together to press for change.

Worked with Wilberforce.

Clapham Circle Clapham Circle DiscussionDiscussion

• Quakers.

• Religious Society of Friends.

• Started by George Fox in 1652 in England.

STRATEGYSTRATEGY

Businesses and organisations founded by Quakers…

  NEW REFORMATIONNEW REFORMATION

• “There cannot be true revival unless there has been reformation; and reformation is not complete without revival”. Francis Schaeffer

• There has to be a NEW THEOLOGY, and there has to be a NEW PENTECOST, so that there can be a NEW REFORMATION.

10 Strategic Areas to Disciple a Nation10 Strategic Areas to Disciple a Nation

• Government

• Economics

• Science and Technology

• Church

• Family

• Education

• Communication

• Arts and entertainment

• Community

• Environment

John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes

Ideas are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else... Sooner or later it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

The Commanding Heights, Yergin and Stanislaw

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RESOURCES RESOURCES • Patricia Aburdene, Megatrends 2010: The rise of Conscious

Capitalism, 2005, Hampton Roads Publishing

• Fred Catherwood, The Creation of Wealth: Recovering a Christian understanding of money, work and ethics, 2002, Crossway Books

• Landa Cope, An Introduction to The Old testament Template: Rediscovering God’s principles for discipling all nations, 2006, The Template Institute Press

• * W. A de Klerk, The Puritans in Africa, 1975, Bok Books

• Peter F. Drucker, Post-Capitalist Society, 1993, Harper Business

• Stuart L. Hart, Capitalism at the Crossroads, 2005, Warton School Publishing

• Roy Hattersley, John Wesley: A brand from the burning, 2002, Abacus

• * Jubilee Manifesto: A framework, agenda & strategy for Christian social reform, Editors: Michael Schluter and John Ashcroft, 2005, IVP

RESOURCES RESOURCES

• * Alan Lewis, Morals, Markets and Money: Ethical, green and socially responsible finance, 2002, Prentice Hall

• Vishal Mangalwadi, The Quest for Freedom and Dignity: Caste, conversion and cultural revolution, 2001, GLS Publishing

• * Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty: How we can make it happen in our lifetime, 2005, Penguin

• * Francis Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live? The rise and decline of Western thought and culture, 1976, Crossway Books (Also on DVD).

RESOURCES RESOURCES • Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction:

Christian faith and its confrontation with American society, 1983, Nelson

• Charles Villa-Vicencio, A Theology of Reconstruction: Nation-building and human rights, 1992, Cambridge

• Jim Wallis, God’s Politics: Why the American right gets it wrong and the left doesn’t get it, 2005, Lion

• *Fareed Zakaria, The future of Freedom: Illiberal democracy at home and abroad, 2004, Norton

• Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights, 1998, 2002, Touchstone. (Also on DVD).