David ministers among Muslim immigrants in a major US city.

• How Ramadan affects outreach
• Sharing the gospel more effectively
• Practical steps in cross-culture ministry

David and his family serve as the Strategy Coordinator and unit on the Global Gates West African Team. Though they have a specific people group focus, the vision is reaching the ends of the Earth through global gateway cities. They have served in the West African community for 10 years globally.

• Jeremiah 12 : 5
• Matthew 6 : 33-34
• Matthew 13 : 1-9

• Global Gates

01:01 - Misconceptions to address when ministering among Muslims

01:07 - Not all Muslims are terrorists

01:27 - Christians can visit a mosque

02:06 - Many Muslims do want to know about Jesus

03:10 - What do you love and admire about the people you serve?

03:13 - Value relationship over schedule

03:21 - Hospitality

04:44 - Ramadan

05:27 - Fasting during daylight hours

05:52 - Help reflect on how it feels to be poor

06:02 - Focused prayer and asking for forgiveness

06:16 - Ask God to show the straight path

06:29 - Hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca

07:28 - The Night of Power

08:17 - Christian pray that God would show Jesus to Muslims

08:29 - Hope that God would reveal something during Ramadan

08:46 - Christians can invite Muslims to break fast

08:51 - Bring water or dates to a Muslim might not have broken fast at sundown

09:25 - Opportunities during Ramadan and Outreach

09:51 - Focus on having gospel conversations

10:45 - God has shown that so many organizations are focused on reaching on all the nations

11:17 - Network of organizations working together

12:22 - You may not be the one who leads someone to Christ, but you may be one of the many leading up to it

14:52 - Personal story of faith and knowing that God has him

17:28 - Ask God and God revealed in a dream

19:45 - Family on Mission

20:41 - Each member of the family does something

22:56 - Go-to Bible verses for encouragement

23:05 - Jeremiah 12 : 5

24:36 - Matthew 6 : 33-34

25:02 - Matthew 13 : 1-9

26:31 - Sharing the gospel more effectively

26:50 - Joining existing work

27:14 - Find ministries addressing needs

27:33 - If there is no existing work, pray, search the needs, and then start it

28:20 - Practical things to do to reach out

28:34 - Go to restaurants and enjoy their food

29:10 - Go to places of worship and observe

29:43 - Invite into your home

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Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in the Bronx, NY. He shares his journey in discovering the Biblical truths that moved him from denominational theology to denominational theology.

• How to Search for Answers
• Big God Theology
• Letting God Be True

Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the teaching pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in The Bronx, NY. He has lived in various places in the United States and has experienced different denominational theologies. He and his wife, Consuela, have been married 15 years and both have over 20 years in business and ministry.

• Matthew 18 : 18
• Matthew 28 : 19
• Acts 2 : 38

• Highpoint Bible Church
• Email Pastor Buckley

00:39 - Introducing Pastor Otis (OL) Buckley

03:44 - Early years in Chicago

04:01 - then the move to Texas

04:51 - and then to Highpoint Bible Church in the Bronx, NY

07:15 - Sabellianism / Modalistic

09:20 - Classic Oneness Pentecostalism

10:39 - Class on Overview of Hebrew Studies

11:18 - Matthew 18 : 18

11:34 - Learning a different interpretation

12:42 - Have I been wrong all these years?

12:57 - What else could I possibly have been wrong about?

13:17 - Another connected event

14:28 - Matthew 28 : 19

14:47 - vs Acts 2 : 38

15:33 - God opens OL's eyes to the Trinity

16:13 - Are people are going beyond the social issues to wrestling with theology?

18:21 - Denominations, Name, Theology, & Social Media

20:27 - The need for clear Biblical theology

22:47 - God's workings to move OL on the journey

23:04 - Every dilemma raises a question

23:12 - And every question creates an opportunity to pivot

23:49 - Do I really know God the way I think I do?

24:37 - Lord, let your Word imposed itself on me.

25:37 - Big God theology

25:54 - Not compartimentalizing God

28:59 - Was this a personal journey of discovery or where there others alongside you?

30:52 - Every question drives one to search for an answer

30:56 - ...three-fold answer

30:59 - ...1. pray

31:12 - ...2. search the Scriptures

31:25 - ...3. right teaching

31:42 - ... and stilling the voices with wrong interpretations of Scripture

34:06 - Abandoning the past

34:22 - Letting God be True

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Anita Rahma currently lives with her family in the slums of Jakarta, Indonesia. She discusses discipleship, incarnational urban ministry, and loving Muslim neighbors.

Book: Downward Discipleship

Book: Beyond Our Walls

• Definition of "slum"
• What downward discipleship is
• Building relationships in Jakarta

Anita’s high school years were spent as an American TCK in the Philippines. For the past decade, Anita and her husband and two children have lived and served in a slum in Indonesia. She enjoys learning piano, playing in the rain, and devouring good books. She is the author of Beyond Our Walls: Finding Jesus in the Slums of Jakarta and Downward Discipleship: How Amy Carmichael Gave Me Courage to Serve in a Slum.

• Servants Asia Website
• Email Anita Rahma

00:39 - Introducing Anita Rahma

03:22 - Anita's choice to live in the urban slums of Jakarta

03:33 - ...grew up in the US as a child of pastors in a modern Mennonite home

03:49 - ...loving God could not be separated from loving those struggling with poverty

03:56 - ...moved to the Philippines during high school

04:06 - ...God working on her heart - her middle-class life vs the homeless around her

04:27 - ... felt that Jesus was saying that He is with the homeless

04:36 - ...desire to return to encounter Jesus while serving the poor

04:51 - ...in college years, went to Urbana Missions Convention, Servants to Asia's Urban Poor

05:10 - ...God is with the poor; we want to be too

05:24 - ...over 1B people live in urban slums

05:59 - Definition of "slum" and why live there

07:06 - ...incarnation: live in the community in which you are serving

07:21 - ...really experience the community to know their needs

07:38 - ...follow Jesus to serve the poor

07:58 - ...great place to learn the language and culture

08:13 - What in Anita's background helped her connect with impoverished people?

09:12 - ...initially, did not want to leave the Philippines and return to America

09:36 - ...God taught a lot about poverty in America

10:09 - ...felt God calling her back overseas

12:19 - Explanation of "downward discipleship"

12:30 - ...bombardment of messages to seek success

12:47 - ...Jesus sets an example of downward mobility - left heaven for earth

13:21 - ...taking the position of a servant

13:37 - ...a disciple is someone who follows

13:55 - Anita's books

13:58 - ...First Book: Beyond Our Walls: Finding Jesus in the Slums of Jakarta

14:04 - ...Second book: Downward Discipleship: How Amy Carmichael Gave Me Courage to Serve in a Slum

14:09 - ......tying in stories of Amy Carmichael

14:44 - ......the struggle of downward discipleship in the American church context

14:57 - ......discipleship happen overseas in the process of learning

15:05 - How to communicate the concept of downward discipleship to the local church

15:27 - ...moving from the need to control to compassion

15:58 - ...compassion means to suffer with

17:23 - Some of the...