Elly Oliveira, Global Coordinator for Samaritan Strategies, and her husband Cleiton share how people learn by experiencing something new, especially concerning proclamation vs demonstration of the gospel. Cleiton says, “The demonstration of God’s love to a broken world is a message we communicate without words. When we talk about proclamation and demonstration, we remember the story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding. We have no record that Jesus preached a sermon in that occasion. However, the Lord was recognized as one to be obeyed.” Elly speaks about how Samaritan Strategies helps people transition, having a paradigm shift, from a culture that keeps them inactive, to a culture where they are the hands and feet of Jesus in their community. Elly says that people “learn how to demonstrate God’s love with their families, and be a leading letter that can be read by the world.” Elly shares several examples, “What we actually do is facilitate situations where the Holy Spirit works on people’s hearts and they turn their lives to Jesus Christ.”
What does The “Church as a Window” mean?
Bob Moffitt, President of Harvest. Host: Julian Gibb, Executive Director of Harvest. Define the Church as a Window in this podcast. They describe that the Church is the people of God, not an institution. How are we perceived by the world? Does our walk match our talk? People are watching. Serving others is part of being the Church. “If you see a need and can meet it, stop what you are doing, and meet the need”. www.harvestfoundation.org