Churches in the Pacific impacting the world
September 2015
Vol. 45, No. 5
in this issue HPBC Annual Meeting See all the details for this year’s meeting. Page 4 Week of Prayer Hawaii churches get involved in state missions. Pages 6-7
‘At the Crossroad’ seafarers’ ministry Give thanks for the vision of a seafarer’s ministry on Oahu. Chris and Judy Evans began the “At The Crossroads” Hawaii Pacific Seafarer’s Church and Ocean Fellowship. They ask churches to adopt boats so as they return, Christians can meet physical needs, provide a fellowship meal, and share the gospel. Rejoice as many have been saved and baptized on the docks. Pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to draw seafarer’s to the “Living Water.” On January 7, 2015, “At the Crossroads” Seafarer’s Church held its first service. Led by Dr. Chris and Judy Evans, “At the Crossroads” Seafarer’s Church brings church to the fishermen and seafarers at Piers 35-38. They seek to the be the seafarer’s family away from home and to get to know crews through day visits,
Hurricane Katrina Looking back at Baptist relief and the work still left to do. Pages 10-11
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See more stories about Hawaii Pacific Missions on Pages 6-7
September Emphasis is the Hawaii Pacific Missions Offering Week of Prayer: Sept. 6-13 Hawaii Goal: $115,000 hospitality, dinner fellowships, practical help gifts, and sharing the Gospel with the crews at their after-dinner Christ-centered Bible studies. They are praying for more “adopters” of boats and crews. This would involve providing a dinner for about 10 to 12 people every three weeks or so, See SEAFARERS..Page 6
Photo by Clyde Kakiuchi
Epic Life Conference and evangelism training held on Oahu Honolulu, Oahu—The Epic Life Conference was held at the Hawaii Baptist Academy Chapel and Nuuanu Baptist Church August 28 and 29 to invite, encourage and empower an evangelistic lifestyle. Each session opened with worship featuring a local band called “Scarlett Cord.” Speaker for the event was Todd Phillips, the visionary Founder and Executive Director of The Last Well. After a radical conversion experience at age 24, Todd devoted the next 20 years to reaching primarily young adults around the world with the life-transforming message of Jesus Christ as an evangelist and pastor. His ministries reached over 40,000 young adults with the Gospel. He recently
served as Teaching Pastor at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas before taking on his current fulltime role with The Last Well in March 2013. During his presentations, he asked the question, “How are we to see the human race?” The answer - The way Jesus sees people. In Matthew 9:36-38, He says, “loving large, developing a heart.” Phillips noted, “He saw them with compassion (v36). Sometimes we see the crowd with condemnation. Jesus knows us better than we know ourselves (ps.139). He knows our failures and sin - he looks on us with compassion. Compassion definition, deep awareness of the suffering of another with great passion to relieve them
Below: At the last session of Epic, leaders shared the awesome expiernces during the hands-on ministries.. Right: Todd Phillips speaks at the Epic Conference.
from suffering.” Phillips urged the participants to see people like a sheep without a shepherd. He says, “In Psalm 23, the Bible tells us what it means to have a shepherd. Jesus offered himself to provide a way for those who are without a shepherd. We are the ones called by God to share the answer. It’s a lot easier to get compassionate with a cause as opposed seeing them the way God sees people. Biblical compassion necessitates action. Simply feeling badly is not a proper response - it is not compassion. Start engaging the harassed and the hopeless.” See EPIC LIFE...Page 3
Moving? See page 2 (0401)