Urbana 2009 Sharing

Urbana 2009

State of Christianity

Presentation Structure

ObjectivesWhat is Missions?What is Urbana?

Schedule Layout

Main Takeaways Pauline Mayline Tim Jonathan

Now What?

Objectives

To share what we learned at UrbanaTo empower YOU with the resources to share the gospel

(i.e. further Urbana’s mission!)To break your misconceptions about missions.And… to get you excited!!!! =D

What is Missions?

The Great CommissionOverseas OR domestic activities or lifestyles that create

disciples of Jesus, spread the Good News, reflect God’s love, etc.

Your neighborhood is your missions field. It is smaller and bigger than you thought.

What is Urbana?

Since 1946, Urbana conferences have been providing a place for college students to learn about God’s global mission. Students learn about critical global issues from dynamic teachers, worship with thousands in one of the most diverse gatherings in North America, and hear testimonies about God’s faithfulness to the ends of the earth.

At Urbana, attendees participate in: General body assemblies (plenary session) Manuscript Bible studies Seminars on specific topics Praise and worship sessions Connexions (opportunities to get involved)

Testimonies!

Embracing weakness as outreach – A missionary in China who is in a wheelchair

Working in dangerous places (Afghanistan) – Name withheld A slight woman, lived in Afghanistan for 30 years. The sacrifices. The courage.

Knowing that she might be killed. Live to be forgotten! Leaving your father’s house – Patrick Fung

(http://www.vimeo.com/8433862)Human Trafficking – Ruth Padilla Borst

(http://www.vimeo.com/8323712) , (http://www.vimeo.com/8324378), (http://www.vimeo.com/8433949)

The stories of the impact that individuals can have - Alec Hill (http://www.vimeo.com/8508849)

http://www.vimeo.com/8433862





Pauline’s Main takeaways

Unity. Taiwan and China, Korean/Japanese joint prayer meetings Praise in different languages

Tangible reminder of the vastness of God’s family. If you ever feel alone in your faith where you are, remember the millions of

others there are out there even if they aren’t right next to you. Rejoicing together!

God calls us to rejoice; it was amazing to see so many members of God’s family rejoicing together

Awareness Many others out there are suffering for their faith; different social injustices

are rampant. It’s not enough to do good works, they must be connected to the gospel

Mayline’s Main Takeaways

John 1 “He dwelled among us”Inductive Bible StudyPrayer: Pray big and pray bold! “How do we change

cliché-ridden prayers that simply repeat back to God what He already knows, into spiritual defiance, of what is in the name of what God has promised? - Sundar Krishna (http://www.vimeo.com/8467883)


Mayline’s Main Takeaways

Timothy’s Main Takeaways

Justice Message of the Kingdom: global and communal transformation

Evangelism Message of the Gospel: personal salvation and transformation

The modern American Church has dichotomized these two messages


"The university is a clear-cut fulcrum with which to move the world... More potently than by any other means, change the university and you change the world.”

- Charles Habib Malik, former President of the UN General Assembly


Globally ConsciousMystically HungrySocially ConcernedCivically ActiveResource InterdependentEnvironmentally CommittedMultiethnically Assumptive

If Jesus is not seen first as globally relevant, He will not be seen as personally relevant


Human trafficking is the third most profitable criminal activity, second after drugs and arms trafficking

There are more slaves today than were trafficked in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Child prostitutes serve between 100-1500 clients per year, per child

One of the fastest-growing markets for child prostitution is the United States


“If you want your light to shine brightly, go to dark places”

“Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.”

-Isaiah 58:6,8


“He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain-first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come’”

-Mark 4: 26-29


Mysterious & Organic vs. Psychological & Binary

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Restored for BetterSent together to heal

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Jonathan’s Main Takeaways

BAMMM! Brian Chan David Batstone

The Prayer Room

Now what?

http://www.urbana.orghttp://www.vimeo.com/8467883Missions opportunitiesYou are empowered; go forth and make an impact in

Jesus’ name!

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