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Testimonies and principals of thriving in the inner city. Nathan Kwan, Marion Karasiuk, Steve Xu INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRY IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Testimonies and principals of thriving in the inner city.
Nathan Kwan, Marion Karasiuk, Steve Xu INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
MINISTRY IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
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CONTENTS Introduction A Map of Toronto Why Toronto? The Urban
Christian by Bakke, Ray The 10 Principals Sharing from Three
Pastors Resources and Appendix
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MAP OF TORONTO
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MAP OF TORONTO (2) AQP TAC TCBC
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WHY TORONTO? 300,000 Internationals (Migrants, students,
transients) arrive in Toronto each year 50 % and more of the
populations of the residence is born from a country other then
Canada Pan Am Games is to be Hosted in July 2015 Canada is a
Diaspora Nation In Canada, 1 in 5 are from another foreign country
News Release Canada welcomes record number of international
students in 2012 on Citizenship and Immigration Canada Canada to
Double down on the amount of foreign students - GlobeandMail
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THE URBAN CHRISTIAN Bakke, Ray J. The Urban Christian
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PRINCIPALS TO THRIVE IN INNER CITY WORK 1.Nurture your inner
life 2.Nurture your marriage 3.Partnerships 4.Tension, Balances and
short-term to long-term thinking 5.Maintain Unity in Your Team
6.Learning to say no 7.Tenacity sticking in the long run 8.Be
Flexible in a Dynamic Environment
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THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPALS 1.Know God 2.Spiritual Warfare
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STEVE XU Holding Tensions in Balance Learning to Say No
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ESL MINISTRY IN A CHINESE CHURCH(2012-) Field Trip to Saint
Jacob Market in 2013 English Bible Study(A) in 2014 Toronto Chinese
Baptist Church 1967- English Bible Study(B) in 2014 Sharing and
Encouraging in 2014
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HOLDING TENSIONS IN BALANCE Biblical Example Pauls ministry
(First to Jewish Ministry and then to Gentiles Ministry) Practical
Ways I.Balancing short-term goals and long-term kingdom vision
II.Balancing different ministries with your own focused one
III.Balancing of the cultures in the existing ministry
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LEARNING TO SAY NO Biblical Example Jesus said no to
people(John2:23-25) Practical Ways I.Pray for the Right Words to
Respond to the Requests II.Priority of Multiple Tasks III.Preach
the Gospel but Not Just Feed the Needs
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MARION KARASIUK Nurturing your Marriage Nurturing your inner
life Protecting your team-mates
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Background Married, two children Retired engineer Husband a
retired computer programmer Anglican, ordained as a deacon
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International Student Ministry A Quiet Place Outreach Centre
Intersection of University of Toronto campus and Chinatown In a
basement under the local Tim Hortons On Campus At Home Easy subway
ride from campus Field Trips
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Ministry at A Quiet Place English Conversation and Cultural
Exchange + dinner
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Ministry at A Quiet Place Special Events
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Ministry at A Quiet Place ESL Bible Study + dinner
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Ministry at A Quiet Place Sunday worship
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Ministry on Campus Volunteer teacher at campus centre for
international students
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Ministry at Home Cooking classes Family dinners
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Ministry on Field Trips Apple Picking Ice Fishing Maple Syrup
Cherry Blossoms
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Nurturing Your Marriage Priorities Realistic vs. Idealistic
Seasons of Marriage Planning ahead Everyday Intimacy Planning the
week Joint Ministry Boundaries Our Model Chaplain, Silent partner
Communication Praying together Encouragement Small group
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Nurturing Your Inner Life Devotion is different from Study
Silence is different from Playing worship music Sabbath is
different from Cramming in some fun A Retreat is different from A
Workshop
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Protecting Your Relationships with Team-Mates Pray together OK
to have an informal leadership meeting too. Meet together have
formal leadership meetings with minutes. Value diversity its how
the body works Allow time for diversity patiently figure out the
team God has given you. Take the same day off.
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NATHAN KWAN Partnerships Biblical and Theological Mandate for
partnerships
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NATHAN KWAN Born in Ottawa Parents from Hong Kong Graduated
from B.Eng in Computers Systems Moved to Toronto for Seminary M.Div
from Tyndale in Intercultural studies Christian and Missionary
Alliance Started International Student Ministries as a volunteer at
Peoples Church and ISM, by See Kiat Toh and founder Joseph
Sabounji
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TORONTO ALLIANCE CHURCH AND FAITH IN FOCUS Approaching the
problem from a church-plant named Faith in Focus
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SMALL BEGINNINGS AND EXPERIMENTING Hanging out at Coffee Shops
and at a Private English School Started volunteering at the
International Experience (Foreign Student Office) in their English
Conversation Program at University of Toronto Worked with
OneMissions RedFrogs
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MEET UP Tried English Conversation Caf from our friend Combine
it with social media Went to SOCEM Conference Married Faith in
Focus by having the conversation caf right before
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MEET UP
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PARTNERSHIP AND TENACITY Sticking to it Tenacity Partnerships
Theological Reasons Lausanne Covenant in Capetown Koinonia - That
means partnership or fellowship Historical Reasons Both parties
have a mutual benefit
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WHAT DOES PARTNERSHIP LOOK LIKE? Two models of Partnerships
1.Looking At Each Other Prayer, sharing, unity and meetings i.e.
Ministeriums, associations, joint prayer groups 2.Looking At One
Direction Reduce inefficiencies What we can do together that we
cant do apart I.e. Billy Graham crusades, Red Frogs, prayer
movements, volunteering at community meals We must do these
activities. We cant be too busy. We are Better Together
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EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS Meeting regularly for prayer and
sharing Offering workshops for re-tooling that are beneficial for
all parties Asking the other person to step into each other
ministry or work together Going to the others ministry to take a
look, assist and make friendships with international students Going
out to dinner with each others students together Going out to each
others events or activities i.e. Christmas performances, Cherry
Blossoms, Maple Syrup Bush, Icefishing, and Niagara Falls
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CONCLUSION God wants us to not just survive but to thrive
Remember the principals and the underlying principals
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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Partnership Resources Prayer in a City
Tim Keller talk in Lausanne Capetown on Why Urban Cities Matter
Missions Kairos Course Missio Nexus - Diaspora Research
www.globalmissiology.org/ Diaspora Research www Working in
Multicultural teams Perceptions of working relationships among
multicultural members in international mission agencies: a
languacultural analysis by Dr. Jonathan Kim
http://gradworks.umi.com/36/12/3612879.html ESL Resources SOCEM
Southern Ontario Co-op ESL Ministries Spiritual Renewal Life
Together by Dietriech Bonhoeffer CS Lewis Pilgrims Progress James
Houston, Prayer
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APPENDIX Unity Verses: Ps 133, Heb 13, Eph 4:3, John 17, Ph
2:14, 4:8, Titus 3:9-11, Matt 18:15-17, 5:19 Why Partnerships? Gods
apologetics is unity Partnership makes sense when you try to
accomplish something you cannot do on your own The three Cs of
partnership connection, collaboration and communication
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APPENDIX LAUSANNE COVENANT ON UNITY 6. THE CHURCH AND
EVANGELISM We affirm that Christ sends his redeemed people into the
world as the Father sent him, and that this calls for a similar
deep and costly penetration of the world. We need to break out of
our ecclesiastical ghettos and permeate non-Christian society. In
the Church's mission of sacrificial service evangelism is primary.
World evangelization requires the whole Church to take the whole
gospel to the whole world. The Church is at the very centre of
God's cosmic purpose and is his appointed means of spreading the
gospel. But a church which preaches the cross must itself be marked
by the cross. It becomes a stumbling block to evangelism when it
betrays the gospel or lacks a living faith in God, a genuine love
for people, or scrupulous honesty in all things including promotion
and finance. The church is the community of God's people rather
than an institution, and must not be identified with any particular
culture, social or political system, or human ideology. (John
17:18; 20:21; Matt. 28:19,20; Acts 1:8; 20:27; Eph. 1:9,10; 3:9-11;
Gal. 6:14,17; II Cor. 6:3,4; II Tim. 2:19-21; Phil. 1:27) 7.
COOPERATION IN EVANGELISM We affirm that the Church's visible unity
in truth is God's purpose. Evangelism also summons us to unity,
because our oneness strengthens our witness, just as our disunity
undermines our gospel of reconciliation. We recognize, however,
that organisational unity may take many forms and does not
necessarily forward evangelism. Yet we who share the same biblical
faith should be closely united in fellowship, work and witness. We
confess that our testimony has sometimes been marred by a sinful
individualism and needless duplication. We pledge ourselves to seek
a deeper unity in truth, worship, holiness and mission. We urge the
development of regional and functional cooperation for the
furtherance of the Church's mission, for strategic planning, for
mutual encouragement, and for the sharing of resources and
experience. (John 17:21,23; Eph. 4:3,4; John 13:35; Phil. 1:27;
John 17:11-23) 8. CHURCHES IN EVANGELISTIC PARTNERSHIP We rejoice
that a new missionary era has dawned. The dominant role of western
missions is fast disappearing. God is raising up from the younger
churches a great new resource for world evangelization, and is thus
demonstrating that the responsibility to evangelise belongs to the
whole body of Christ. All churches should therefore be asking God
and themselves what they should be doing both to reach their own
area and to send missionaries to other parts of the world. A
reevaluation of our missionary responsibility and role should be
continuous. Thus a growing partnership of churches will develop and
the universal character of Christ's Church will be more clearly
exhibited. We also thank God for agencies which labor in Bible
translation, theological education, the mass media, Christian
literature, evangelism, missions, church renewal and other
specialist fields. They too should engage in constant
self-examination to evaluate their effectiveness as part of the
Church's mission. (Rom. 1:8; Phil. 1:5; 4:15; Acts 13:1-3, I Thess.
1:6-8) 9. THE URGENCY OF THE EVANGELISTIC TASK More than 2,700
million people, which is more than two-thirds of all humanity, have
yet to be evangelised. We are ashamed that so many have been
neglected; it is a standing rebuke to us and to the whole
Church.
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APPENDIX USING MEET UP Meet Up is a social media tool that many
international students use to find social events in the city.
(www.meetup.com) Meet-up connects events and people together.
People search for the events they want to visit and they are
connected with the events in their geographic area. It also
notifies them of events that they are interested. Internationals
use the Internet because it contains a wealth of information in
their language and in English and they use it to keep in contact
with their home. They can easily translate English web-sites into
their own native language using google translate. The church
members speak English because of their roots. They are most ideal
to be the teachers and the bridge builders into the international
community and the rest of the culture. The church plays a unique
role in sharing the truth, not only in the language but also the
truth in scripture. This is thinking outside the box
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APPENDIX TORONTO FACTS AND STATS MINT numbers in Canada/ GTA
According to this website -
http://www.international.gc.ca/experience/intro_incoming-
intro_entrant.aspx?view=d - about 50,000 people from 32 countries
come into Canada annually for working holiday visas. Most of these
end up in the
GTA.http://www.international.gc.ca/experience/intro_incoming-
intro_entrant.aspx?view=d According to this chart from StatCan,
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-
som/l01/cst01/demo33b-eng.htm, Ontario had 101,000 new immigrants
in Jul 2011- Jun 2012 (118,000 in 2010). Of these, 92,000 landed in
Toronto -
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/permanent/11.asphttp://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-
som/l01/cst01/demo33b-eng.htm
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/permanent/11.asp
According to this website,
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010-summary/06.asp,
in 2010 Toronto had 50,000 of the 85,000 foreign students that came
to
Ontario.http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010-summary/06.asp
According to this,
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/28.asp,
Toronto had 36,000 of the 58,000 refugees in
Ontario.http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/28.asp
According to this,
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/07.asp#countries
there were 182,000 foreign workers in Canada in 2010. 30,000 of
them were in Toronto, see
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/09.asphttp://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/07.asp#countries
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/09.asp
See this overall chart 661,000 MINT peoples in Canada in 2010 -
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/02.asp#december
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2010/temporary/02.asp#december
At least 300,000 MINT peoples in Toronto each year!!!
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APPENDIX - TERMS UoT University of Toronto TCBC Toronto Chinese
Baptist Church TAC Toronto Alliance Church AQP A Quiet Place A
church-plant of ANIC ANIC Anglican Network in Canada C&MA
Christian and Missionary Alliance
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APPENDIX (WEB-SITES AND LINKS) UoT Mowat Report by Public
Policy Institute -
http://mowatcentre.ca/diaspora-nationhttp://mowatcentre.ca/diaspora-nation
ThisToronto and OneMission on Facebook SOCEM
ESLministries.orgESLministries.org
www.meetup.com/english-conversation-cafe - promotion via social
media www.meetup.com/english-conversation-cafe www. Faithinfocus.ca
- Toronto Alliance Church church plant www.tcbc.on.ca/en/node -
Toronto Chinese Baptist Church www.tcbc.on.ca/en/node
christtheredeemer.ca Christ the Redeemer (A Quiet Place)
christtheredeemer.ca Torontos History See Toronto the Good articles
etc.