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00:03 mission field in the world and discover 00:05 how you can become an agent of change. 00:07 My name is Jason Bradley, 00:09 and you're watching Urban Report. 00:33 Hello, and welcome to Urban Report. 00:35 My guest today is Felicia Lee, Special Projects Manager 00:39 for the Center for Online Evangelism. 00:42 Welcome to Urban Report, Felecia. 00:44 Thank you so much, Jason. 00:46 I appreciate it. Excited to be here. 00:48 You're very welcome. 00:50 You know, lots changed since you were last here. 00:54 Specifically, your name. 00:56 Absolutely. 00:59 With all the changes happening in the world. 01:01 I'm glad that God is gracious and adds blessings. 01:04 And I've been experiencing the blessing. 01:06 So, yeah, I'm excited to be working with my husband 01:09 and Digital Evangelism. 01:11 So hence the name change. 01:13 I love it. I love it. 01:14 Tell us a little bit about, 01:16 you know, what Center for Online Evangelism? 01:18 We'll call it COE for short, what COE is all about? 01:23 And then, what have you guys been doing 01:25 in the midst of the pandemic? 01:27 Yeah, so the Center for Online Evangelism 01:30 was founded in about 2012. 01:32 By Ed Wagner, he saw this need 01:35 for our presence as Seventh-day Adventists 01:38 to be stronger online, 01:40 simply because almost half of the world's population 01:42 has access to the Internet. 01:44 And when they hear something new 01:45 or they hear the name Jesus Christ 01:47 or Adventists, one of the first things 01:49 that they do is to Google us, 01:50 they want to find out more about us. 01:52 And so Ed Wagner assembled a team 01:55 and has been working feverishly over the past few years 01:59 to help churches and conferences 02:02 and ministries build a stronger presence online. 02:05 So that when people are searching for answers 02:08 when they are searching for Bible truth, 02:10 that they would come across content 02:12 that will really point them to Christ 02:14 and give them an accurate description about 02:17 who we are as a people of faith who we are as a denomination. 02:22 And so that has been our main work 02:26 but ever since the pandemic, 02:28 the responsibilities have gone through the roof 02:31 in helping churches. 02:33 So one of the main things we've been doing 02:34 is conducting training with churches, 02:37 helping them to transition online workshops 02:39 with conferences, training church members, 02:42 now that we are online, 02:44 what you can do to continue to spread the gospel. 02:47 So even though COVID has hit, the gospel does not stop, 02:50 even though we're not physically worshiping together, 02:53 we can still do a lot online, on our social media pages, 02:57 through our websites 02:59 to reach more people for Christ. 03:01 So that has been one of the main things 03:03 that we've been doing and we're going to unravel 03:06 a little bit more as we go on through the program. 03:08 So that is The Center for Online Evangelism 03:11 in a nutshell. 03:12 We have an amazing team behind us doing SEO, 03:16 search engine optimization 03:18 because that is a part of Digital Evangelism. 03:21 A lot of writers, creating content online, 03:24 and a lot of persons have been influenced 03:27 and impacted by the work 03:29 that Seventh-day Adventists are doing in the digital space. 03:31 Amen. 03:33 You know, I like that you said 03:34 an accurate representation of Christianity. 03:37 So prior to all of that there was a misrepresentation 03:42 on gathering when people search for, like, 03:45 what is a Christian or Christianity, 03:47 or whatever the case may be. 03:49 But now with that search engine optimization, 03:52 it lists accurate information towards the beginning. 03:57 Precisely, 03:58 you know, the online field is just like a garden. 04:01 And when, if we lose focus, 04:04 and we're not tending that garden, weeds come up, 04:07 and unfortunately, over the years, 04:09 some weeds have been coming up. 04:11 But God is gracious and good and that He's been blessing 04:15 our church and our ministry with skills to help 04:17 get rid of those weeds and plant flowers instead, 04:20 so people can enjoy that accurate description 04:24 about who we are. 04:25 We've conducted studies and we found that 04:27 almost 60% of people stopped attending a church, 04:32 Seventh-day Adventist Church because they search us online 04:35 and that information isn't accurate 04:37 or a lot of people are searching for truth 04:39 and our websites aren't coming up. 04:42 But a difference has been in the works. 04:45 The results might be a little bit slow, 04:46 but we have been seeing a difference. 04:49 Amen. 04:50 So what have you noticed 04:52 as a result of the work that COE does? 04:56 You know, one example that really comes to mind 05:00 I think it was about last week Wednesday, 05:02 we got an email from one of our websites 05:07 that seeks to answer questions that people have about 05:09 Seventh-day Adventist and the Bible. 05:11 And there was this gentleman who said that he was agnostic, 05:14 but he was searching. 05:16 He wanted to know more about God. 05:17 And he had these questions about how, 05:20 some of the doctrines that we teach according 05:22 to how the Bible, teaches it. 05:25 And so that is just one example amongst the many out there 05:29 of persons who are searching for truth, 05:31 they come across one of the websites, 05:34 this one, specifically 05:35 by the Center for Online Evangelism, 05:37 even though we're still working on it. 05:39 And here is this person 05:40 who is now coming to know truth, 05:43 studying more about the Bible. 05:45 And he's come across that this information 05:48 because he's searching 05:49 and we have the answers available online. 05:52 So that's one example that I can give. 05:54 Other than that, with a training 05:56 that we've been conducting with church members, 05:59 I would receive messages of persons who say, 06:01 "I started a YouTube channel ministry or I started a blog, 06:05 or I started a podcast" 06:06 because they attended training 06:08 by the Center for Online Evangelism. 06:11 We were working with the General Conference 06:14 to help increase the number of people 06:16 who are visiting adventist.org, 06:18 which is the official website 06:20 for the Seventh-day Adventist church. 06:22 And we can begin to see the results slowly but surely. 06:26 So hearing the testimonies of people coming across truth, 06:29 seeing church members active online, 06:33 are just a few examples of the results that will be. 06:36 Oh, that is incredible. 06:39 You recently rolled out an amazing new resource 06:42 to help people do online ministry. 06:44 Tell us a little bit about that. 06:47 Yeah, so we recognize that, 06:49 you know, we're a small but powerful team. 06:52 Unfortunately, we cannot answer all of the calls 06:55 that we're getting to visit conferences and churches. 06:58 So what we decided to do 07:00 is to put together an online missionary course 07:02 so for persons who do want to start something, 07:05 whether they are 15, 25, or 75. 07:09 And they recognize, "Hey, I'm at home anyway, 07:12 and I can't meet physically with people, 07:14 but I can get on my computer, 07:16 I can pull up my phone I can record a video, 07:18 or I can write a blog, or I could record a podcast." 07:22 So what we've done is to create an online missionary program 07:26 that has four courses. 07:28 And these courses cover 07:29 how to start podcast for ministry, 07:31 how to start a blog, 07:32 how to start an online small group, 07:34 everyone's meeting on zoom anyway, 07:36 and how to start a YouTube ministry. 07:39 Each of these courses has about four videos, 07:42 about 12 to 20 minutes in length. 07:45 Each of those sessions then give you activities to do 07:48 to help you build that platform, 07:51 we give you assignments, we give you reading, 07:54 to help you understand 07:56 a little bit more about Digital Evangelism. 07:58 And so as you work through each session, 08:01 you will find that your platform is growing 08:03 and eventually that you can have a YouTube Channel 08:07 that's ready for ministry. 08:09 Nice. 08:10 So that's what I've been doing. 08:13 Wow, it sounds like you've been extremely busy. 08:16 The great thing about this too 08:19 is its giving people a productive outlet, 08:22 especially during this time of isolation. 08:24 You know, people are constantly searching 08:26 for communication, different ways to communicate. 08:30 And I think that this what you're doing 08:32 is providing people with a positive outlet. 08:37 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. 08:40 And of course, if they want to find more information, 08:42 they can visit the website 08:43 learn.centerfor- onlineevangelism.org. 08:47 But that's just one part of the project. 08:50 We have an entire SEO team. 08:52 They're working on these websites, 08:54 we have writers 08:56 who are constantly pumping out articles, 08:58 again, answering questions that people have. 09:01 And so it's a wide variety of things that we're doing. 09:06 But what we hope is that the Holy Spirit 09:08 will continue to work through these resources 09:11 on our website itself. 09:13 We have resources that persons can download for totally free, 09:16 we have a guide. 09:17 If you want to be an online missionary, 09:19 what you can do if you are 09:20 the communications director of our church, 09:22 and you want to improve your website, 09:25 we have resources that you can immediately access 09:29 and start putting that into practice 09:31 to improve your online presence. 09:33 Wow, that's beautiful. 09:34 How did you get involved in all of this? 09:38 Oh, that's a good question. 09:39 Again, as I stated, 09:41 it was really Ed Wagner and his team 09:43 along with Dave Sharpe, 09:44 who were really setting the foundation 09:47 and about three years ago 09:49 because I hadn't even heard of Digital Evangelism. 09:52 I was using social media and using that to, 09:55 you know, tell persons about 09:57 you know, the gospel of sharing personal testimony, 09:59 but it was a meeting, Ed Wagner, 10:02 the founder for Center for Online Evangelism, 10:04 and he told me about it, and I said, 10:06 "Well, this is brilliant. 10:08 If we assume that Adventists are given this mandate 10:10 to spread the three angels' message 10:12 to the ends of the world, 10:13 what better way to do that than online." 10:16 And so after connecting with him, 10:18 that's how I got connected with COE. 10:20 And then we started expanding the digital missionary 10:24 side of the program. 10:26 So I, of course, giving credit to God, but definitely, 10:29 Ed Wagner and Dave Sharpe was how I got involved 10:32 in Digital Evangelism. 10:33 Amen, Amen. 10:35 What does a typical day for you look like? 10:38 Or is there even a typical day? 10:41 There are typical days 10:43 but sometimes it's not typical at all. 10:45 What I can do is give you a snapshot 10:47 of my typical day and probably for some of the others, 10:51 but for me, specifically, 10:53 sometimes answering questions that persons might have 10:57 as to how can I start an online ministry? 10:59 So I know just last night, 11:01 someone reached out on Facebook to my personal page 11:04 and then, of course, through Center 11:06 for Online Evangelism's Facebook page, 11:08 that main question, 11:09 "What can I do online to spread the gospel? 11:12 How can I reach more people?" 11:14 So it's answering questions like that, 11:16 and then writing newsletters 11:18 to send out to some of our supporters 11:20 to let them know what we're doing, 11:22 and then giving them ideas 11:24 of how they can get involved in online evangelism. 11:27 And then the course, 11:28 the online course was the main thing 11:30 that had my focus over the past few months 11:33 and then creating resources for persons to access. 11:36 So that's for me but for some of our writers, 11:39 it is doing research, keyword research 11:42 to find out what are people plugging 11:44 into Google to learn about Christ or the Bible, 11:47 or Seventh-day Adventists. 11:48 So they are busy with that and then writing articles 11:52 to answer those questions. 11:53 And then we have our marketing team, 11:55 which is the team that my husband works on, 11:58 where it's a lot of website design, 12:02 again, to answer questions 12:04 that people have about the Bible and about Christ. 12:06 So although we might have a typical day, 12:08 it sort of varies on a day to day basis 12:10 because the world of technology is continuously expanding. 12:14 Yes, why don't you provide us with a few tips 12:17 like an answer to some of the questions that you get, 12:20 just give us like a brief rundown 12:23 of what someone can do to start online? 12:25 Sure. Sure. 12:28 So it's usually sometimes young adults, 12:31 who are asking the question, you know, what can I do? 12:34 So one thing that I would say is you use YouTube 12:37 anyway, right? 12:39 And it is totally free to start a YouTube channel. 12:42 First of all, think about your target audience. 12:45 This is the part that we usually walk people through 12:47 because we can't talk 12:49 to every single person on the planet, 12:51 we're separated by language barriers 12:53 or by various religious backgrounds. 12:56 So think about, maybe it's you want to reach out 12:59 to other young adults or your age 13:02 or specifically men or specifically women, 13:04 do you want to reach Christians, 13:06 agnostics, Hindus, Buddhists, 13:08 think about your target audience. 13:10 When you think about your target audience, 13:12 consider what are their interests, 13:14 their fears, their values, what questions do they have. 13:18 And that sort of data will help you to know 13:21 what kind of content then you can create. 13:23 And then if you are familiar on camera, 13:25 and you have, let's say, a webcam, or a phone, 13:28 and you have good lighting in front of a camera, 13:31 maybe you want to start a YouTube channel 13:33 because you feel comfortable in front of the camera. 13:35 So begin creating content, and of course, 13:37 I'm saying all of this, 13:39 starting with the basis of you are in prayer 13:41 and asking the Holy Spirit for help 13:43 you then begin creating video content 13:46 to reach your target audience with that information. 13:49 Perhaps you feel more comfortable 13:51 with writing because you have the gift of writing. 13:54 Again, you're thinking about 13:56 what kind of people do I want to reach? 13:57 What questions do they have about the Bible, 14:00 conducting that research, keyword research, 14:02 for example, to see what they're plugging in, 14:05 and then creating content based on that? 14:07 So one, recognizing your target audience, 14:09 two, recognizing which platform they are present on 14:13 and which platform you feel more comfortable in, 14:16 and then we always point them to additional resources 14:18 that would help them 14:20 so like the sdadata.org at the North American Division, 14:25 they have a YouTube manual that you could follow 14:28 and then, of course, on our website, 14:30 you can download those resources 14:31 to help you to build your channel. 14:33 So those are just a few things that we begin to direct people 14:36 to help them build their online ministry. 14:38 Nice. Nice give us that website. 14:40 One more time SDA... 14:43 SDAdata.org. 14:46 Okay, Wow! 14:47 You know what's interesting is like, 14:49 I see Christ method in this so, 14:53 you know, you're getting to know your audience 14:55 and who it is that you want to reach, 14:57 what are they looking for, what do they need. 15:00 Then you're figuring out how you can meet those needs 15:02 by delivering the content 15:04 that's going to add value to their lives 15:07 and hopefully eternal value to their lives as well. 15:10 I mean, that's incredible. 15:12 What's the next phase of your work? 15:16 Yeah, and this is something that we are excited about 15:19 as a team, once again, 15:21 Ed Weiner has been just a phenomenal leader 15:24 in helping us to expand our work. 15:27 We don't just want to focus here, 15:29 you know, in the US or in the developing world, 15:33 we're shifting our focus, and what he's decided to do 15:36 is to look at vulnerable populations 15:39 in developing world, 15:41 specifically Seventh-day Adventist refugees, 15:44 Congolese refugees 15:45 who are living in refugee camps in Rwanda. 15:48 And he had this question, 15:50 what is it that we can do 15:51 to provide them with working opportunities, 15:54 and we find out that there are more than 60, 000 15:57 Seventh-day Adventists 15:59 who are currently in refugee camps in Rwanda. 16:02 Wow. 16:03 They cannot leave these refugee camps 16:05 if they don't have a job. 16:07 And for many of them with a lack of education 16:10 and no job opportunities, 16:11 that means that it's almost like 16:13 they're wasting their life. 16:14 And so Ed Wagner partnered with Impact Hope 16:18 and took students who were in the refugee camps, 16:22 put them through school, 16:23 and then are putting them through university 16:25 to help them to build their English language skills, 16:28 to learn the local language. 16:29 And then more specifically, 16:31 teaching them digital marketing skills. 16:34 This then will allow them to find jobs online. 16:37 And once they can find jobs online, 16:40 they can also be digital missionaries. 16:43 That will help them to improve their lives. 16:45 And then they can also bring their families 16:47 outside of the camp. 16:48 So digital evangelism is not simply going on YouTube 16:51 and creating great videos, while that is great, 16:54 or improving your church's website 16:57 or your social media presence, 16:58 it's also extending your hand 17:01 to those who are less fortunate situations, 17:04 teaching them those skills, 17:06 and then helping them 17:08 to be online to spread the gospel 17:10 and also to create work opportunities. 17:13 And so it's our wonder project, and currently, 17:15 we have 14 students enrolled in that project. 17:19 And they're going through university, 17:21 and then we're going to teach them 17:22 digital marketing skills. 17:24 And so that's why we need all hands on deck 17:26 with this phase of the project. 17:28 Absolutely. 17:29 And so you're currently looking for volunteers correct? 17:32 Yes. 17:33 We need volunteers right now specifically to engage 17:37 with them in English, just for an hour a week. 17:41 You get on Zoon with one of these students, 17:43 and you talk to them, 17:44 you tell them about your life here in the US 17:47 if you are living in the US, your day to day life, 17:51 you're asking them question and giving them the opportunity 17:53 to practice their English, 17:56 maybe reading the Bible together 17:58 or reading a passage of steps to Christ together to help them 18:02 to build their English language skills. 18:04 So that's primarily the kind of volunteers 18:07 that we are looking for in this program. 18:09 Then later on, I'll just share 18:10 a few stories about some of these students. 18:12 But, yes, we do need volunteers 18:14 and supporters for this program. 18:15 That sounds great. 18:17 And how do they sign up for that? 18:18 How do they become a volunteer? 18:20 How do they become a supporter? 18:22 Yeah, right now, 18:23 as they're watching this program, 18:24 they can actually send us an email 18:26 at info@centerfo- ronlineevangelism. org. 18:32 And all they have to say is I want to be a volunteer 18:36 and type in Rwanda project immediately, 18:39 we're going to connect you to our student coordinator. 18:42 He's currently in Kenya, 18:44 but he coordinates with the students in Rwanda. 18:46 And he will connect you to one of the students 18:49 and just like that, you get connected with them. 18:51 And then you get hop on zoom or maybe a WhatsApp call 18:54 whatever is most convenient, 18:56 and you can begin just talking with them 18:58 going through the Sabbath School lesson, 19:00 just engaging. 19:01 It's as easy and simple as that. 19:03 Wow. 19:04 I see why the digital field is the biggest mission field. 19:09 Oh, yeah, absolutely. 19:10 Yeah, that's huge. 19:12 So okay, so you need volunteers. 19:15 What else does your organization need? 19:18 Yeah, for sure we need supporters. 19:21 So for example, writers, 19:22 we're always looking for writers to help us 19:24 answer these questions 19:26 that people have online, 19:28 and sometimes sharing your testimonial 19:30 where the Lord has done for you putting that in writing form. 19:34 That's something that can help. 19:35 If you don't mind, Jason, 19:37 I just want to go back to the Rwanda project... 19:38 Absolutely. 19:39 Just for a little bit 19:41 and tell you why this project is so dear 19:44 to the Center for Online Evangelism families. 19:48 In particular, this one student his name is Rafeeque. 19:51 He had lost his father. 19:52 He has his mom and three siblings, 19:55 he had lost his father and because of civil unrest 19:58 in the Congo, 20:01 they had to flee their home and had to walk for miles 20:05 in order to get to a bus 20:06 that would take them to the border to Rwanda border 20:09 in order for them to be refugees. 20:11 But he had experienced, 20:13 you know, a gun being pointed to his head. 20:15 You know, there are a lot of rebel soldiers 20:17 who get young children, young boys, teenage boys 20:20 in order to join their rebel army. 20:22 And he recalls the story of him, 20:25 just walking with a gun pointed to his head 20:27 and all the soldiers surrounding him, 20:29 and he thought he was going to lose his life. 20:31 And in that moment, the only thing that he could do 20:34 was pray and ask the Lord to spare him. 20:38 And eventually, they let him go by the grace of God, 20:41 he was able to be reunited with his mom and his siblings. 20:45 And that's when they were able to cross into Rwanda 20:49 and put into refugee camps. 20:51 Now the UN only gives a certain allowance to them 20:55 every single day for free, 20:57 which is sometimes less than a dollar 20:59 but the family would sometimes sacrifice or give him 21:02 that money so he could be able to go to school. 21:05 So when we as the Center for Online Evangelism 21:08 come together, and with the viewers, 21:10 as supporters worth a referee helping students 21:13 like Rafeeque, finish his schooling, 21:16 find a job, learn more about the gospel 21:19 so that he can bring his family into a better situation. 21:22 And so, again, that's what it's so exciting 21:24 about digital evangelism. 21:26 Wow, what an incredible story. 21:29 What other stories do you have that you can share with us? 21:32 Yeah, so actually, just yesterday, 21:35 I was meeting with a church, a very small church, 21:40 and they're trying to grow their online presence. 21:44 And the pastor called and said, 21:45 you know, that he had watched one of the Center 21:47 for Online Evangelism's presentation 21:50 and he gathered together his team, 21:52 and they wanted to know what they can do 21:55 in order to grow their presence online. 21:57 So within that time, what we help the church to do 22:00 was to look at their community. 22:02 And they found that the highest problems that they were having 22:05 had to do with teenage pregnancy 22:07 or persons who are leaving prison 22:09 and not knowing how to integrate themselves 22:12 back into the community. 22:13 So we walk through this series of how the church can 22:16 actually start creating content online 22:19 to specifically meet those individual needs, 22:24 learning how to use social media advertising, 22:28 to target persons, specifically within their community. 22:32 And that way, when these persons are online, 22:34 they see this content, 22:36 they get connected to that church, 22:37 they can join an online small group 22:39 that the church has. 22:41 And as they are building connections, 22:43 building relationships, that increases trust, 22:46 and then allows them to be more open 22:48 to a personal invitation to church, 22:50 let's say this is post the post COVID world 22:53 when persons are able to go into church. 22:55 So that's one experience just to be able to see 22:58 how that church has now new ideas 23:00 because so many are discouraged that they cannot meet in person 23:05 and they cannot practice traditional evangelism means 23:08 and simply through this training, 23:10 they had so many ideas, 23:11 we can still continue to function as a church 23:15 with all of these ideas. 23:17 One more story I can think about 23:19 is there was this church in Florida, 23:21 and they had a lot of senior members 23:24 over the age of 50. 23:26 And their fear was that, 23:29 they didn't know anything about technology, 23:31 they didn't know how to start a YouTube channel, 23:33 or how to start a podcast. 23:35 In just one weekend, 23:37 we were able to take a group of more than a dozen people 23:40 over the age of 50, 23:42 who some of them did not even have an email address 23:45 but by the end of that weekend, 23:48 all of them knew how to have an email address, 23:51 how to sign on to YouTube, 23:52 how to start a Facebook account 23:54 and just be able to share their personal stories 23:56 or begin to share the gospel. 23:58 And so that is something 24:00 that we really love to give churches, 24:03 innovative ideas, and to not limit themselves 24:06 and thereby not limiting God with what he's able to do 24:10 through these Digital means. 24:11 And we have so much more. 24:14 But yeah, those are really things 24:16 that inspire me to do digital evangelism. 24:19 Amen. Amen. 24:20 How has, you know, partaking in this digital evangelism 24:24 and doing what you do now, 24:25 how has that impacted your life on a spiritual level? 24:32 You know, when you get a message from someone 24:35 on the other side of the world, 24:37 specifically, I'm thinking about a young lady in Germany, 24:40 who messaged me because she had seen a video 24:42 that I posted on YouTube about increasing her faith in God. 24:47 When you get a message from someone like her 24:49 who says that video truly inspired me 24:53 when you get an email from a young lady 24:55 who was living in Tennessee, she was 21, 24:57 and she said, "I watched a video that you posted, 25:01 and I have been encouraged in my walk with God. 25:03 And I've started reading the Bible and praying, 25:06 " those things really encourage you, 25:08 and then it points you back to Christ 25:10 because you realize that you can only give, 25:12 you cannot give what you don't have. 25:14 And so it pushes me to spend more time with the Lord, 25:19 it pushes our team. 25:20 So we're always sending out prayer requests, 25:22 making sure that 25:24 we are spending time before God. 25:25 So the content that we put out 25:27 will always point people to Jesus Christ. 25:29 And that has helped me spiritually, 25:32 I think about my husband, 25:33 his own personal story of coming to know the Lord 25:36 because a friend came across online content. 25:39 Unfortunately, there were family members 25:41 who, again, Google Seventh-day Adventists, 25:43 and some of that information was not good. 25:45 And they were turned off from the church but to see 25:48 how he has stuck with it and continued to pursue truth 25:53 and now fully invested. 25:56 And proclaiming that truth online, 25:58 all of those things helps to confirm 26:01 and increase my faith in God 26:03 and what he is able to do through us 26:06 and through our technology and through our machines, 26:08 if we will consecrate them back to Him. 26:11 Amen. Amen. 26:12 So it really strengthens your faith walk 26:14 and your journey, as well as that's wonderful. 26:17 What advice would you have to that young person 26:21 or that older person that's out there that says, 26:25 "You know, I really want to do something for the Lord?" 26:30 And where would you recommend that they start? 26:34 One of the first things that I say 26:36 is to always start with what you have, start small, 26:40 take the device that you have in your hand 26:43 and consecrate that back to the Lord, 26:45 always look at what you're holding in your hand, 26:48 God use Moses, and he only had a stick, 26:51 and he was able to lead 26:52 a nation of slaves into freedom. 26:55 God can use that cell phone that you're currently holding 26:57 or that laptop that you have, once you put that back to Him, 27:01 He will be able to use that 27:02 to fill you with the Holy Spirit 27:05 so that you can reach someone else. 27:06 Start small, don't limit the Holy Spirit, 27:10 consecrate yourself in prayer. 27:12 Think about the number of friends that you have online 27:14 who have yet to know Christ, and then allow the Holy Spirit 27:18 to work through you to reach them. 27:22 And then, of course, I would encourage churches 27:24 to not be afraid of being creative 27:26 and being innovative. 27:28 Visit our website, they can learn more. 27:30 So that's what I would say start small, trust God. 27:32 Wow, excellent advice, excellent advice. 27:35 Thank you so much, Felecia. 27:37 Thank you for sharing with us today. 27:39 Well, we've reached the end of another program. 27:41 Tune in next time and remember, 27:43 it just wouldn't be, couldn't be 27:45 the same without you. |
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