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Reaching
Germanic Peoples of South Brazil
Our Team's End Vision
Leadership will be voluntary and come from within each locality. Teams of church planters who have proven themselves faithful and who are gifted by the Holy Spirit will train others, who will train others, to begin new churches. Through these teams of church planters the Gospel will be abundantly sown and new churches and new networks formed. The churches in these networks will be encouraged to meet together for joint worship. There is no need to buy land or build buildings so the financial burden is lighter. The churches will provide sacrificial gifts for evangelizing and the planting of new churches. The goal is to reach 12,000 churches so that there is one church planted for every 500 people.
Training will occur through small groups that meet to pray, study the Word, worship, and observe the Lord’s Supper and baptism. New leaders will be selected from among those believers that demonstrate faithfulness and meet the character qualifications found in 1 Timothy and Titus. From these will be selected individuals in order to train as church planters and/or strategy coordinators. Each will be placed in leadership according to their spiritual gifting as recognized by the churches.
Meetings may occur completely in Hunsriker or Portuguese, or a combination of both. In Spanish speaking communities this might also include Spanish. An oral Bible will be the principal means of abundant Gospel sowing among Hunsriker speakers. Where German descendants are more assimilated, Portuguese will predominate. Both storying and literate means will be implemented where applicable. Where new Germanic languages are found, strategies will be developed to abundantly sow the Word in order to plant churches. Music will be culturally relevant reflecting both heart language and world view.
As evidence that these churches will be a force of kingdom expansion, there will be a definite transformation of life as they return to the God of their forefathers. There will be less isolation among the Germanic peoples, passion for God, and desire for all people to know Him. They will come weeping, sorry for their sins and confessing that Jesus is the Christ and that God has raised him from the dead. Every believer will become a full participant in the Great Commission.
Racism will be out and bars emptied. Fathers will be in their homes providing spiritual leadership and love. Fornication and adultery will cease and fidelity abound. A man’s word will be of more value than a legal document. Families will be governed by the love of Christ and his commands. Father’s will discipline in love and not out of annoyance. Honesty will govern all transactions. Strangers will be treated with respect and kindness. Idolatry and witchcraft will be out and God alone praised. Christ will be seen as their priest and the only one who can forgive sins. Mary will be respected for her faith but not prayed to or worshipped. They will fervently pray to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ and will no longer pray to the dead asking for anything. They will know that the Holy Spirit lives in them and that they are the temple of the living God. Miracles will take place. Suffering and persecution will as well but they will persevere for the cause of Christ. They will know that they have both authority and responsibility to proclaim the Gospel of Christ: make disciples, baptize them, and pass on all that they have learned about Christ to faithful men.
Last Updated on
07/09/2007
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