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Captured Cultures


There are thousands of cultures that are being held captive. 

               Who are the captured cultures? 
               Why are they in this situation? 
               Who is responsible? 
               What can be done about it? 

Jesus said He came to set the captives free! Yet so many cultures are still held captive to the powers of darkness that have kept them from hearing about the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. It is hard to believe in this day of advanced communication there are still around 8,000 cultures who still don't have a culturally relevant church in their midst. 

Why Are They in This Situation?

The church in general is putting 95% of all its resources into COMFORTABLE CULTURES. These comfortable cultures are situated in places where the gospel has been preached before and where there is already an existing church. Oswald J Smith said "why should the gospel be heard twice when there are places where it hasn't been heard once". 

The Church is Responsible

The Church can only be responsible for the neglect of these captured cultures. The mandate of Christ, to take the gospel to every nation (culture) was given to the Church. The responsiblity rest solely on the Church.

How Can These Captured Cultures be Set Free?

We live in the most exciting time the world has ever known. The ability of mankind to travel and        communicate is greater now than ever before. There are more Christians alive now than any other time. The Church has more combined resources than it has ever had in its history. All these factors lead to one conclussion. The Church is in a better position to storm the gates of hell and set these captives free than at any other point in time. 

The answer is simple and the possibilities are overwhelming. 

  • A global effort of combined prayer 
  • A global redeployment of Church resources 
  • A global strategy to reach the captured cultures 
  • A global unity of believers in order to maximise resources 
 Jesus is coming again, but not until every tribe, language, people and nation have had the opportunity to respond to the saving grace of Christ. Will you be part of the special forces that help liberate the captives? 
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Written by: Chris Aiton 
September 1999 
 



Updated 28-10-01