Teaching notes for 801 Mission and Evangelism, taught at LTCi Siliguri

3. The following students will be in the discipleship
group I shall run each Wednesday instead of
cottage prayer - the group will meet at my home,
will last for about 2 hours and will usually have a
meal together, students will be back for that start of
library time at 8pm. Bring your Bible.

4. The following students will be in the discipleship
group I shall run each Wednesday instead of
cottage prayer - the group will meet at my home,
will last for about 2 hours and will usually have a
meal together, students will be back for that start of
library time at 8pm. Bring your Bible.
Horeising
Joyson
Ngayairing
Phungshar
Rahul
Shokami
Tensumenla

5. Mission and
Evangelism!
LTCi course 801
Introductory session:
Time to start thinking

6. John Stott, Christian Mission in the
Modern World (IVP)!
Christopher Wright, The Mission of
God’s People (Zondervan)!
David Horton (Ed), The Portable
Seminary (Bethany House)!
Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship,
BTCP !
Schnabel, Paul the Missionary,
(Apollos)!
Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with
your Faith, (Zondervan)!
M. David Sills, Reaching and
Teaching, (Moody)

7. John Stott, Christian Mission in the
Modern World (IVP)!
Christopher Wright, The Mission of
God’s People (Zondervan)!
David Horton (Ed), The Portable
Seminary (Bethany House)!
Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship,
BTCP !
Schnabel, Paul the Missionary,
(Apollos)!
Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with
your Faith, (Zondervan)!
M. David Sills, Reaching and
Teaching, (Moody)

8. John Stott, Christian Mission in the
Modern World (IVP)!
Christopher Wright, The Mission of
God’s People (Zondervan)!
David Horton (Ed), The Portable
Seminary (Bethany House)!
Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship,
BTCP !
Schnabel, Paul the Missionary,
(Apollos)!
Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with
your Faith, (Zondervan)!
M. David Sills, Reaching and
Teaching, (Moody)

9. John Stott, Christian Mission in the
Modern World (IVP)!
Christopher Wright, The Mission of
God’s People (Zondervan)!
David Horton (Ed), The Portable
Seminary (Bethany House)!
Missions, Evangelism, Discipleship,
BTCP !
Schnabel, Paul the Missionary,
(Apollos)!
Peel, Lardimore, Going Public with
your Faith, (Zondervan)!
M. David Sills, Reaching and
Teaching, (Moody)

11. How would you define
mission?
What are the important
biblical texts in instructing us
about mission?
Who are the prominent
missionaries in the Bible what can we learn from them?

14. Is the incarnation the
greatest evidence in the
Bible of God’s commitment
to mission - can we use it
as an example to follow?!
If we are to follow the
example how do we do it,
what is the pattern - in
words, social justice,
signs and wonders…?

15. Is the incarnation the
greatest evidence in the
Bible of God’s commitment
to mission - can we use it
as an example to follow?!
If we are to follow the
example how do we do it,
what is the pattern - in
words, social justice,
signs and wonders…?

16. Is the incarnation the
greatest evidence in the
Bible of God’s commitment
to mission - can we use it
as an example to follow?!
If we are to follow the
example how do we do it,
what is the pattern - in
words, social justice,
signs and wonders…?

17. Matthew 28:18-20!
Mark 16:15, 19-22!
Luke 24:46-49!
Jn 17:13-20, 20:21-23!
Acts 1:8!
John 3:16!
2 Peter 3:9

18. Rom 10:13-18!
Acts 13:47!
John 12:32!
1 Peter 3:15!
Matt 5:16!
Luke 4:13ff!
Acts 11:19ff!
What Old Testament
ideas?

20. The Great Commission is
the focus for much
modern mission work.
Why are there Five
versions of it in the New
Testament?

21. Command
Matt 28:18-20
Mk 16:15, 19-22
Lk 24:46-49
John 17:13-20,
20:21-23
Acts 1:8
make disciples
Mission Emphasis
Focus
of all nations
purpose - go,
baptise, teach,
obey

22. Command
Matt 28:18-20
make disciples
Mk 16:15, 19-22
preach good
news
Lk 24:46-49
as a witness,
proclaim repentance
and forgiveness
Mission Emphasis
Focus
of all nations
purpose - go,
baptise, teach,
obey
go into all the
world
preach to all
people, signs
confirming
to all nations
personal witness
to the message
John 17:13-20,
20:21-23
personal
into but not of the
I am sending you
representative of
world
Christ
Acts 1:8
Jerusalem,
Holy Spirit power
be my witnesses
Judea, Samaria…
to enable

23. “Mission arises primarily out of the
nature not of the church but of
God himself. The living God of the
Bible is a sending God.”!
John Stott

24. “Mission arises primarily out of the
nature not of the church but of
God himself. The living God of the
Bible is a sending God.”!
John Stott
God
sent
Jonah to
Nineveh

25. What is mission?
Encyclopedia Britannica:
Christian mission is "an
organized effort for the
propagation of the Christian
faith."!
Gotquestions.org: “Christian
missions is following Christ’s
call: sharing the Gospel with
the lost world through God’s
wisdom and strength.”

26. Baker Bible Dictionary: Mission is
the divine activity of sending
intermediaries, whether
Encyclopedia Britannica:
supernatural or human, to speak
or do God's will so that"an
Christian mission is his
purposes for judgment or
organized effort for the
redemption are furthered…”!
propagation of the Christian
faith."!
The biblical concept of "mission"
comprehends the authority of the one
Gotquestions.org: “Christian
who sends; the obedience of the one
missions is following Christ’s
sent; a task to be accomplished; the
call: sharing the Gospel with a
power to accomplish the task; and
the lostwithin the moral framework
world through God’s
purpose
wisdom and strength.”
of God's covenantal working of
judgment or redemption.

27. Baker Bible Dictionary: Mission is
the divine activity of sending
intermediaries, whether
Encyclopedia Britannica:
supernatural or human, to speak
or do God's will so that"an
Christian mission is his
purposes for judgment or
organized effort for the
redemption are furthered…”!
propagation of the Christian
faith."!
The biblical concept of "mission"
comprehends the authority of the one
Gotquestions.org: “Christian
who sends; the obedience of the one
missions is following Christ’s
sent; a task to be accomplished; the
call: sharing the Gospel with a
power to accomplish the task; and
the lostwithin the moral framework
world through God’s
purpose
wisdom and strength.”
of God's covenantal working of
judgment or redemption.

28. Mission in Acts
Acts is the follow up to, “all that
Jesus began to do and teach” - so
from it we should get some
understanding of what the first
believers thought mission should
look like.!
From your knowledge of Acts what
features characterised mission in
the early years of Christianity? Let’s
look at the church at Antioch first
then more generally.

29. Mission in Acts
Acts is the follow up to, “all that
Jesus began to do and teach” - so
from it we should get some
understanding of what the first
believers thought mission should
look like.!
From your knowledge of Acts what
features characterised mission in
the early years of Christianity? Let’s
look at the church at Antioch first
then more generally.

30. Acts 11 - the church is established at Antioch!
Meanwhile, the believers who had been
scattered during the persecution after Stephen’s
death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and
Antioch of Syria. They preached the word of
God, but only to Jews. 20 However, some of the
believers who went to Antioch from Cyprus and
Cyrene began preaching to the Gentiles[f] about
the Lord Jesus. 21 The power of the Lord was
with them, and a large number of these Gentiles
believed and turned to the Lord.

31. 22 When the church at Jerusalem heard what
had happened, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
23 When he arrived and saw this evidence of
God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he
encouraged the believers to stay true to the
Lord. 24 Barnabas was a good man, full of the
Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And many people
were brought to the Lord.

32. 25 Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to look
for Saul. 26 When he found him, he brought
him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed
there with the church for a full year, teaching
large crowds of people. (It was at Antioch that
the believers[g] were first called Christians.)

33. 27 During this time some prophets traveled
from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them
named Agabus stood up in one of the
meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a
great famine was coming upon the entire
Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the
reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in
Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers
and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as
much as they could. 30 This they did,
entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to
take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

34. 27 During this time some prophets traveled
from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them
named Agabus stood up in one of the
meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a
great famine was coming upon the entire
Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the
reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in
Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers
and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as
much as they could. 30 This they did,
entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to
take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

35. 27 During this time some prophets traveled
from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them
named Agabus stood up in one of the
meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a
great famine was coming upon the entire
Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the
reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in
Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers
and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as
much as they could. 30 This they did,
entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to
take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

36. 27 During this time some prophets traveled
from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them
named Agabus stood up in one of the
meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a
great famine was coming upon the entire
Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the
reign of Claudius.) 29 So the believers in
Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers
and sisters[h] in Judea, everyone giving as
much as they could. 30 This they did,
entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to
take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

37. Prayerful - 1, 4!
Unity of believers, support of
one another - 1, 4, !
Bold proclamation of the in
the power and conviction of
the Holy Spirit - 2!
Personal and corporate purity
- 1, 5!
Persecution (which did not
stop their proclamation) 4, 5,
7, 8, 11

38. Started at home with the
Prayerful - 1, 4!
people around them - 2!
Unity of believers, support of
Dynamic, living activity of the
one another2, 1, 4, !
- 3, 5,!
Holy Spirit Bold proclamation of the in Directed / led by Holy Spirit
the13, 16,!and conviction of
power
11,
the Holy Spirit - 2!
Supportive of other churches Personal and corporate purity
11, !
- 1, 5!
Strong in teaching / training Persecution (which did not
2, 4, 8, 13!
stop their proclamation) 4, 5,
Open11 outside groups
to
7, 8,
(Gentiles) - 10, 11

39. Outward looking - 13!
Openly discussed and dealt
with problems - 15!
Made disciples - !
Planted new churches!
Established elders!
Practised team ministry with
people of differing gifts!
Developed and encouraged
leaders - 20

40. Frank Viola (Finding
Organic Church)
suggests that Acts gives a
number of different
patterns of church
development:!
Jerusalem model - based
around a group of apostles
raising up one large church
- after some years this is
then transplanted into
other cities - the workers
visit these churches and
help in foundation laying

41. Antioch model - workers are
Frank Viola (Finding
sent from a mother
Organic Church) church to
plant new churches - they
suggests that Acts gives a leave
quickly of give regular help and
numberbutdifferent
encouragement!
patterns of church
development:!
Ephesian model - an older
worker stays in a city developing
Jerusalem model - based
and helping young workers
around a group of apostles - he
then send them out church
raising up one large to local
places to start new works!
- after some years this is
then transplantedChristians from
Roman model - into
other cities - the workers
a variety of cultures come
visit these churches establish a
together in a city to and
help church
new in foundation laying

42. Antioch model - workers are
Frank Viola (Finding
sent from a mother
Organic Church) church to
plant new churches - they
suggests that Acts gives a leave
quickly of give regular help and
numberbutdifferent
encouragement!
patterns of church
development:!
Ephesian model - an older
worker stays in a city developing
Jerusalem model - based
and helping young workers
around a group of apostles - he
then send them out church
raising up one large to local
places to start new works!
- after some years this is
then transplantedChristians from
Roman model - into
other cities - the workers
a variety of cultures come
visit these churches establish a
together in a city to and
help church
new in foundation laying