I AM JONAH

1. I AM JONAH

2. MISSION
1. The Meaning
2. The Purpose
3. The Pattern
4. The Tools
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3. 'Arise, go’ ‘Jonah 1:1-2
‘Go therefore and make disciples’ Matthew 28:18-20
The Meaning of mission
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4. The Purpose of mission

5. 2 MISSIONS OF THE CHURCH
1. INTERNAL
(edification of
believers).
2. EXTERNAL
(evangelism).
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6. The present Canadian context
decline in church attendance
rise in competing ‘spiritualities’
thriving individualism and consumerism
strong environmentalism
deep suspicion of institutions
longing for belonging
improved levels of education & health
pervasive sense of societal decline

7. CONCENTRIC MODEL
The Pattern of mission

8. CONCENTRIC MODEL
A.
INWARD/
OUTWARD
PATTERN
VERSE 18

9. Close Proximity:
INWARD-OUTWARD PATTERN
OUTWARD

10. OUTWARD
INWARD-OUTWARD PATTERN
1. SELF

11. 2. Close friends/ support system
• People you choose to love and
be with
• Folks you see at least weekly
• Extended family (in some cases)
2. Close friends/
support system
1. Family

12. 3. Familiar acquaintances
2. Close friends/
support system
1. Family
3. Familiar acquaintances
•Co-workers, neighbors, parents of kids’
workers,
friends;
• People God has placed in proximity to you
through other major life choices you’ve made;
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work, where to live, kids’ schooling, etc.

13. 4. Social Contacts
3. Familiar acquaintances
2. Close friends/
support system
1. Family
4. Social Contacts
•The guy at Home Depot,
The
• Barista @ Starbucks,
• person who cuts your hair, etc.
• People you have some contact with
regularly i the course of everyday life
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14. 5. Groups in your community
4. Social Contacts
3. Familiar acquaintances
2. Close friends/
support system
1. Family
5. Groups in your
community
•Elderly, Prisoners, At Risk
Kids, etc.
•Where is your burden?

15. 6. Countries/ People Groups
5. Groups in your community
4. Social Contacts
3. Familiar acquaintances
2. Close friends/
support system
1. Family 6. Countries/ People
Groups
•Who are your
contacts outside the
SURREY?
•To Where is your
heart drawn?
•John 3:16, Rev. 5:9-
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16. B. THE URBAN STAR

17. Mo r is B. THE URBAN STARof little children.
name for God in
n lips and hearts

18. The tools of mission

19. SPIRITUAL GIFTS
1. INTERNAL
MISSION
(edification of
believers).
2. EXTERNAL
MISSION
(evangelism).

20. As of 2006, visible 2011 POPULATION:
minority groups in Surrey
are as follows: 484,774
• 27.5% South Asian
• 5.1% Chinese
• 4.2% Filipino
• 2.4% Southeast Asian
• 2.0% Korean
• 1.3% Black
• 1.1% Multiple Visible
Minority
• 1.0% Latin American
• 0.5% Japanese
• 0.5% Arab
• 0.5% West Asian

21. As of 2006, visible religious 2011 POPULATION:
affiliations in Surrey are as
follows:
• 25.8% No religious affiliation
484,774
• 19.2% Sikh
• 16.2% Roman Catholic
• 11.0% Protestant
• 6.4% Other Christian
• 2.9% Muslim
• 2.8% Hindu
• 1.9% Buddhist
• 1.5% Jewish
• 0.1% Coptic Orthodox
(Egyptian) Christian
• 0.1% Other Eastern
Religion
• 0.2% Religion not
mentioned above