David ministers among Muslim immigrants in a major US city.
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.
01:13 - Family is the first ministry
01:31 - Partnership at home
03:08 - Being a missionary in your own backyard
04:00 - Acts 17 : 26-27
04:36 - God moves nations and people groups to us
05:09 - The need to connect with these immigrant people groups
05:26 - We are supposed to GO
05:43 - Matthew 28 : 19-20
06:11 - What if I'm not comfortable sharing?
06:23 - Model, assist, watch, and leave
06:51 - Disciples that make disciples
07:05 - Training might be needed before going
07:22 - Cultural makeup and demographics of mission field
07:46 - Diverse, but mainly West African
08:36 - Different groups gravitate to different opportunities
09:18 - Cities are fruitful mission fields
09:59 - People tend to stay in their own cultural community
11:14 - Follow-up opportunities
11:30 - 1st conversation: I am a follower of Jesus
12:07 - Identifying people groups to serve
12:24 - 5000+ people in a community
12:55 - Reach out to community leaders
13:06 - Ask the leaders what the community needs
13:52 - Take care of the physical need to meet the spiritual need
14:50 - Often starts as a family unit working with a people group
15:07 - Advocating for the people group and asking for help
15:31 - Training in simple and reproduceable methods
15:50 - Favorite ways to connect with people
15:58 - 1. Start conversations on the subway
16:18 - Able in pinpoint someone from West Africa 95% of the time
16:28 - Greet someone in their language and have a conversation
16:46 - Step by step, back and forth - interested in talking about God?
16:59 - 2. Networking
17:10 - people who are not interesting in talking about God may know people who are
17:26 - Common barriers in cross-cultural contact
17:40 - Language
17:45 - Learning greetings in the language shows interest in the people
18:43 - Bring your family to meet their family
19:20 - Smile
19:26 - Barriers are based on their comfort level with you
20:04 - To reach people's hearts, learn greetings in their specific language
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