December 9, 2009 by Tony Reinke
Categories: Conferences | Missions
Video is now online of Dave Harvey’s message “The Pastor’s Mission: What Makes the Great Commission Great?”, recorded at our 2009 Pastors Conference. In this message, Dave gives an overview of our missiology and how we seek to apply it in the U.S. and abroad.
Below are the video and an outline of the message (with timestamps).
The Pastor's Mission from Sovereign Grace Ministries on Vimeo.
Message outline:
Introduction [0:09]
Five reasons the Great Commission is great:
1. Our commission is great because it starts with the finished work of Jesus Christ. [9:07]
2. Our commission is great because it extends to the church. [14:30]
3. Our commission is great because Christ provides the strategy:
Strategy 1: Planting local churches [20:15]
Strategy 2: Sending apostolic ministry [26:08]
“Does Sovereign Grace Ministries want to play a part in reaching unreached people groups?” [31:48]
Three lessons learned from our international ministry experiences: [32:46]
Lesson 1: The strategy of relocating westerners to non-western countries seems to have more weaknesses than strengths. [33:18]
Lesson 2: The strategy of investing in indigenous leaders seems to be working. [35:00]
Lesson 3: The Pastors College strategy seems to be working for expansion. [37:25]
4. Our commission is great because we can all participate. [39:40]
5. Our commission is great because it comes with the promise of God’s enduring presence. [54:00]
Conclusion [57:15]