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Ambassadors of the Kingdom CHURCH DEVELOPMENT

Ambassadors of the Kingdom CHURCH DEVELOPMENT

Bangladesh – in 20 years: over 3,000 churches and

100,000 Nazarenes

You are ambassadors of reconciliation, hope, and

love… transforming people, communities, and

nations.

YOU ARE THE YEAST OF THE WORLD!

• What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast… (Lk 13:20) • We think of ourselves, our church,

and our denomination as small and insignificant.• Jesus sees us as the Kingdom of

God yeast that will leaven the whole world to the glory of God!

• This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground… Whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain. (Mk 4:26-28)

•We must plant the seed – God makes it grow!

• Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (Mat. 5:9-10 NIV)• We are asking that God’s

purposes be achieved among us.

Ambassadors of the Kingdom

A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business with this until I come back. (Luke 19:12-13 NASB)

Ambassadors of the Kingdom

The first appeared, saying, Master, your mina has made ten minas more… The second came, saying, Your mina, master, has made five minas… Another came, saying, Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief; for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man. (Lk 19:16-21)

Ambassadors of the Kingdom

By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave… Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest? Then he said to the bystanders, Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.

(Luke 19:22-24 NASB)

Ambassadors of the Kingdom

• Faithfulness is not enough.• Take responsibility for results

and for fruitfulness.• The King is coming and we will

all give an accounting as AMBASSADORS of the KINGDOM of GOD

Ambassadors of the Kingdom

• What if each Nazarene would win ONE person to Christ and to the church every 3 years?• What if each Nazarene

would gather 5 disciples during the next 7 years?• What if each Nazarene

church would launch ONE new church every 3 years?

Ambassadors of The Kingdom

Would it please the Lord for our global fellowship

to grow to 10 million Nazarenes in 120,000 congregations...

by 2020?

Ambassadors of The Kingdom

You are ambassadors of reconciliation, hope, and

love… transforming people, communities, and

nations.