1 00:00:14,884 --> 00:00:18,652 I'm Leigh Rice, leader of discipleship ministries for the South Pacific. 2 00:00:18,652 --> 00:00:22,227 I'm in Port Moresby today and excited to be with Pastor Kove Tau, 3 00:00:22,227 --> 00:00:25,069 leader of the church in this city of 800 thousand people. 4 00:00:28,350 --> 00:00:31,808 Discovery Bible reading is at the heart of our disciple-making process. 5 00:00:32,888 --> 00:00:36,632 Members invite family, friends, work colleagues, fellow students 6 00:00:36,876 --> 00:00:39,055 to come together to read the Bible. 7 00:00:42,420 --> 00:00:45,266 We asked Brother Peter to come and do some training for us. 8 00:00:46,699 --> 00:00:51,938 Peter has taught us the method of Jesus, which is simple, 9 00:00:52,162 --> 00:00:56,069 anybody can do it, it's reproducible, 10 00:00:56,069 --> 00:00:57,238 at no cost. 11 00:01:00,231 --> 00:01:03,681 We decided to restructure the way we do the ministry of our churches. 12 00:01:04,727 --> 00:01:07,077 We follow the model in the Book of Acts, 13 00:01:07,077 --> 00:01:09,217 how the new testament church grew. 14 00:01:10,257 --> 00:01:12,369 We turned our Sabbath school classes 15 00:01:12,369 --> 00:01:15,185 into discovery Bible reading groups. 16 00:01:16,325 --> 00:01:19,349 We've restructured our church Sabbath school classes 17 00:01:19,694 --> 00:01:22,914 according to the place where the members are living. 18 00:01:24,115 --> 00:01:28,397 We bring the church to their houses and their houses become churches. 19 00:01:32,516 --> 00:01:34,426 My name is Nathan. 20 00:01:34,426 --> 00:01:37,016 I got excited seeing the method 21 00:01:37,016 --> 00:01:40,506 in which we can share God's word. 22 00:01:42,781 --> 00:01:45,220 I heard of that idea and decided 23 00:01:45,220 --> 00:01:48,019 that I had to bring that idea to my home. 24 00:01:48,593 --> 00:01:51,751 Now, this is where we meet every Sabbath. 25 00:01:55,681 --> 00:02:01,896 When we started this discovery Bible, reading with my family and neighbors, 26 00:02:01,896 --> 00:02:07,311 it really had a big impact on our spiritual life. 27 00:02:07,902 --> 00:02:12,933 My family and my kids, all three teenagers, 28 00:02:13,173 --> 00:02:16,205 were able to discuss the Bible for themselves 29 00:02:16,205 --> 00:02:18,469 and we were having fun with it. 30 00:02:23,497 --> 00:02:27,515 Starting with the gospel of Mark, read one story at a time, 31 00:02:27,515 --> 00:02:29,790 commencing with a prayer obviously. 32 00:02:29,790 --> 00:02:31,555 A second person reads it 33 00:02:31,555 --> 00:02:35,169 and then one person in the group retells the story in their own words. 34 00:02:36,905 --> 00:02:39,728 The process is built around five simple questions. 35 00:02:39,935 --> 00:02:41,073 What is new? 36 00:02:41,383 --> 00:02:42,835 What surprises you? 37 00:02:42,835 --> 00:02:44,633 What don't you understand? 38 00:02:44,633 --> 00:02:47,902 What will you obey or apply to your life? 39 00:02:47,902 --> 00:02:50,456 And what will you share with someone else this week? 40 00:02:50,899 --> 00:02:52,424 After discussion, we pray, 41 00:02:52,424 --> 00:02:54,044 "Father thank you for being with us. 42 00:02:54,044 --> 00:02:56,493 Please help us as we follow Jesus this week." 43 00:02:58,444 --> 00:03:01,028 I work for [ALAS] construction company 44 00:03:01,028 --> 00:03:03,792 as a building supervisor. 45 00:03:04,337 --> 00:03:07,212 After running that group in my home, 46 00:03:07,212 --> 00:03:10,832 I decided to bring that idea to my workplace. 47 00:03:11,785 --> 00:03:16,223 It had a very big impact on my boys. 48 00:03:21,129 --> 00:03:24,567 I know an old blind man. I call him "Vinegar," 49 00:03:25,190 --> 00:03:30,370 I found out he lived in a makeshift sort of house. 50 00:03:30,370 --> 00:03:33,480 I had this idea of building a house. 51 00:03:33,663 --> 00:03:37,031 I wanted to discuss that with my boys. 52 00:03:37,031 --> 00:03:42,150 They got excited, and they voluntarily put their hand up to help me. 53 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:45,564 I believe Jesus is my savior. 54 00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:47,990 I trust in Him. 55 00:03:47,990 --> 00:03:50,905 One day He will return, and I will go with him. 56 00:03:52,241 --> 00:03:55,303 Every Sabbath, there are two to three baptisms 57 00:03:55,303 --> 00:03:56,687 in each church. 58 00:03:57,093 --> 00:03:59,360 By way of record, this quarter, 59 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,037 this has been the biggest baptism 60 00:04:02,037 --> 00:04:04,984 ever taken place in the Central Papua Conference. 61 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:08,908 I am seeing a paradigm shift in the way we do church. 62 00:04:08,908 --> 00:04:10,472 Because the churches now are seeing 63 00:04:10,472 --> 00:04:14,431 that we have to bring the church to where the community is. 64 00:04:26,317 --> 00:04:28,135 God uses ordinary people 65 00:04:28,135 --> 00:04:31,306 to carry out His extraordinary plans.