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Plain and simple, we want to see the presence and power of God meet the felt needs and the systemic challenges of our communities and the world at large.
Something extraordinary is going on all over the world. Ordinary people are doing extraordinary things that are radically transforming schools, companies, prisons, cities, and even nations. Today millions of men and women are walking out their call to full-time ministry in the marketplace. These people work as stockbrokers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, farmers, chief operating officers, news reporters, teachers, police officers, plumbers, receptionists, cooks, and much more. Many already know that they are called to play a vital part in the establishment of God’s kingdom on Earth.
Transformation, by Ed Silvso, ch. 1
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The transformation movement is different because it is spiritual without being religious. Even though faith in God is its central tenet, there is no religious flavor to it. In fact, more than in houses of worship, it is taking place in the marketplace.
It is revolutionary without being rebellious.
It is contagious without being infectious.
It is empowering without being overpowering.
It is personal while at the same time touching cities and nations.
It is both death-defying and life-giving, because it is being facilitated by people who are overcoming systemic evil by the blood shed on the cross by the Holy One, people who have exchanged their lives for His life.
Transformation, ch. 1
We are connected by *Five Pivotal Paradigms for Transformation.* To see what we have never seen, we must do what we have never done, or else we will continue to see what we always see. Embracing these five paradigms is the first step of a long and glorious journey.
Transformation, ch. 3
1. The Great Commission is about discipling nations, not just people.
I am a discipler of nations, and a model for people.
2. The marketplace (the heart of the nation) has already been redeemed by Jesus and now needs to be reclaimed by His followers.
I walk and work in confidence that what I do will make an eternal difference.
3. Labor is the premier expression of worship on Earth, and every believer is a minister.
I am equipped by God with unique gifts and talents designed to shine light where there has been darkness.
4. Our primary call is not to build the Church but to take the Kingdom of God where the kingdom of darkness is still entrenched in order for Jesus to build His Church.
I am called to do things in a way that will bring the will of God in heaven to my earth every day.
5. The premier social indicator that transformation has taken place is the elimination of systemic poverty.
I seek to dislodge systems within my sphere of influence that keep me and others poor, spiritually, relationally, materially and motivationally.
We walk out these paradigms through a lifestyle of connecting the problem to a divine solution. We know it as Prayer Evangelism.
Prayer Evangelism, ch. 2
Bless: Speaking peace to people and to the systems that are around us.
I cannot change what I do not embrace.
Fellowship: Listening to find out where the pain and brokenness is.
I cannot fix what I don’t know is broken.
Minister: Talking to God about someone else’s problem.
I connect man’s need with God’s resources.
Declare: Letting it be known that the kingdom of God is near.
I confirm that the power and presence of God is “in the neighborhood”.
In my city– Parañaque City – a City Hall employee attended your seminar, where she realized that she is called to be a minister to local government. She then asked permission to hold daily prayer in City Hall for all the workers and the newly elected mayor. The mayor readily agreed and emphasized the need to pray for elimination of the 1 billion Peso debt he inherited from his predecessor. Since then, tremendous changes have taken place! Graft and corruption were curbed and the income of our city grew by 300% from 900 million to 2.7 billion pesos. The crime rate was trimmed down, a garbage disposal problem was solved, new businesses sprouted all over and employment grew by leaps and bounds. A ‘Healing Room’ was instituted at the Dept. of Social Welfare to pray for the sick and needy. Our Mayor was subsequently awarded as the best mayor of the nation and so was our police force as the best in the nation!
Andrew Rugasira was born into a wealthy entrepreneurial family in Uganda. Educated in London with degrees in law and economics, he decided to return home instead of living comfortably in the U.K. With abrupt changes taking place in the school chalk business in which his father had succeeded, Andrew looked to new investments in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains, where he spent two full years studying the plight of the coffee farmers.
Uganda is a rich coffee-growing nation, but Ugandans do not own a single processing plant. Rather, international brokers buy raw coffee beans from middle men and ship the beans overseas for processing, only to send it back to Uganda as finished product at premium prices with the profit going to the international concerns. Economists term this process “extraction.”
The local middle men made small cash advances to each farmer, which the farmers quickly consumed. As a result, the farmers became obligated to sell their crops at a price that did not allow for the farmers to get past the survival level.
Andrew decided to change all that.
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