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One of the most
successful evangelistic programme in Inter-American Division,
Pentecost and More, will be hosted by every Union within the
Division, and Central Jamaica Conference has been selected as the
host site for West Indies Union for 2009. For the past two years the
programme was a centralized one, in which all the Unions
participated in a single broadcast form a territory within the
Division, but come 2009, this will be changed.
Pastor Kevin Danvers conducting a
baptism in the Linstead Pastoral District of Seventh-day Adventist
Churches, in the Pentecost and More 2008 programme.
In 2007 the
Pentecost and More programme was hosted in the Dominican
Union and saw over 48,000 persons being baptized across the
Inter-American Division. This year it was hosted by the West Indies
Union and over 49,000 persons gave their lives to God in the
Division. Come next year, there will be no centralized execution of
the programme, so every Union will be the host of the programme.
Hence the theme that is chosen, ‘It’s My Time Now’.
Pentecost and More is a first quarter evangelistic
programme that fits under the three strategic issues within the
Division: the “Use of Technology in the Church, Improving Church
Image, and Growth and Consolidation.” It is expected that each Union
will conduct one church service on March 21, 2009, with all the
churches in the territory participating.
Despite the fact that the unions will be planning and executing the
programme at their respective levels, the intent of Pentecost and
More must be maintained, that is; community impact/social
intervention programmes, reaching the highest levels of society,
evangelistic campaigns, baptism and nurturing programmes.
The objectives of Pentecost and More 2009 are:
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To keep evangelism and soul winning as the premier and most
celebrated activity of the Church in Inter-American Division.
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To provide meaningful motivation and inspiration for all the
stakeholders involved in evangelism and soul winning.
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To demonstrate regionally and internationally the dynamics
involved in soul winning, nurturing and retention in IAD.
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To give general report and recognition of soul winning and
conservation initiatives.
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To promote unity as an indispensable value of the gospel
commission.
Let us work for the
Master and fulfil the great commission of salvation: that of winning
souls. Ellen G. White states, “The church is God’s appointed agency
for the salvation of men. It was organized for service, and its
mission is to carry the gospel to the world” (Acts of the Apostles
p.9)
-Article and photo by Kemar T. J. Douglas
Source Document:- West Indies Union Conference Year-end Meetings
2007 Booklet, November 18-29, 2007, Mandeville Jamaica p. 33, 34.C
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