paul borthwick development associates international
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Paul BorthwickDevelopment Associates
International
• How can we be like the biblical ‘men of Issachar’
• People who “understood their times and knew how the people of God should respond”?
• I Chronicles 12:32
World religions versus pluralism Religious fundamentalism increasing some
places Abandonment of Absolutes elsewhere “JIHAD” vs. “McWorld”
Increased materialism / Increased poverty
Diseases and Disasters
Urbanization & Youth
Persecution and Nominalism
The new faces of mission – “from every nation to every nation”
Given these realities, how do we respond?
The open door of opportunity• Revelation 3:8• I Corinthians 16:9• Colossians 1:6; 4:3
People of INTEGRITY can walk through
the door
INFORMED people can walk through the door
INTERCESSORS can walk through the door
INCARNATIONAL people can walk through the door
INFLUENCERS and INFILTRATORS can walk through the door
INNOVATORS can walk through the door
INSPIRED people can walk through the door
INTREPID (fearless) people can walk through the door
INTERNATIONAL people can walk through the door