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Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in the Bronx, NY. He shares his journey in discovering the Biblical truths that moved him from denominational theology to denominational theology.

• How to Search for Answers
• Big God Theology
• Letting God Be True

Pastor Otis (O.L.) Buckley is the teaching pastor of Highpoint Bible Church in The Bronx, NY. He has lived in various places in the United States and has experienced different denominational theologies. He and his wife, Consuela, have been married 15 years and both have over 20 years in business and ministry.

• Matthew 18 : 18
• Matthew 28 : 19
• Acts 2 : 38

• Highpoint Bible Church
• Email Pastor Buckley

00:39 - Introducing Pastor Otis (OL) Buckley

03:44 - Early years in Chicago

04:01 - then the move to Texas

04:51 - and then to Highpoint Bible Church in the Bronx, NY

07:15 - Sabellianism / Modalistic

09:20 - Classic Oneness Pentecostalism

10:39 - Class on Overview of Hebrew Studies

11:18 - Matthew 18 : 18

11:34 - Learning a different interpretation

12:42 - Have I been wrong all these years?

12:57 - What else could I possibly have been wrong about?

13:17 - Another connected event

14:28 - Matthew 28 : 19

14:47 - vs Acts 2 : 38

15:33 - God opens OL's eyes to the Trinity

16:13 - Are people are going beyond the social issues to wrestling with theology?

18:21 - Denominations, Name, Theology, & Social Media

20:27 - The need for clear Biblical theology

22:47 - God's workings to move OL on the journey

23:04 - Every dilemma raises a question

23:12 - And every question creates an opportunity to pivot

23:49 - Do I really know God the way I think I do?

24:37 - Lord, let your Word imposed itself on me.

25:37 - Big God theology

25:54 - Not compartimentalizing God

28:59 - Was this a personal journey of discovery or where there others alongside you?

30:52 - Every question drives one to search for an answer

30:56 - ...three-fold answer

30:59 - ...1. pray

31:12 - ...2. search the Scriptures

31:25 - ...3. right teaching

31:42 - ... and stilling the voices with wrong interpretations of Scripture

34:06 - Abandoning the past

34:22 - Letting God be True

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Anita Rahma currently lives with her family in the slums of Jakarta, Indonesia. She discusses discipleship, incarnational urban ministry, and loving Muslim neighbors.

Book: Downward Discipleship

Book: Beyond Our Walls

• Definition of "slum"
• What downward discipleship is
• Building relationships in Jakarta

Anita’s high school years were spent as an American TCK in the Philippines. For the past decade, Anita and her husband and two children have lived and served in a slum in Indonesia. She enjoys learning piano, playing in the rain, and devouring good books. She is the author of Beyond Our Walls: Finding Jesus in the Slums of Jakarta and Downward Discipleship: How Amy Carmichael Gave Me Courage to Serve in a Slum.

• Servants Asia Website
• Email Anita Rahma

00:39 - Introducing Anita Rahma

03:22 - Anita's choice to live in the urban slums of Jakarta

03:33 - ...grew up in the US as a child of pastors in a modern Mennonite home

03:49 - ...loving God could not be separated from loving those struggling with poverty

03:56 - ...moved to the Philippines during high school

04:06 - ...God working on her heart - her middle-class life vs the homeless around her

04:27 - ... felt that Jesus was saying that He is with the homeless

04:36 - ...desire to return to encounter Jesus while serving the poor

04:51 - ...in college years, went to Urbana Missions Convention, Servants to Asia's Urban Poor

05:10 - ...God is with the poor; we want to be too

05:24 - ...over 1B people live in urban slums

05:59 - Definition of "slum" and why live there

07:06 - ...incarnation: live in the community in which you are serving

07:21 - ...really experience the community to know their needs

07:38 - ...follow Jesus to serve the poor

07:58 - ...great place to learn the language and culture

08:13 - What in Anita's background helped her connect with impoverished people?

09:12 - ...initially, did not want to leave the Philippines and return to America

09:36 - ...God taught a lot about poverty in America

10:09 - ...felt God calling her back overseas

12:19 - Explanation of "downward discipleship"

12:30 - ...bombardment of messages to seek success

12:47 - ...Jesus sets an example of downward mobility - left heaven for earth

13:21 - ...taking the position of a servant

13:37 - ...a disciple is someone who follows

13:55 - Anita's books

13:58 - ...First Book: Beyond Our Walls: Finding Jesus in the Slums of Jakarta

14:04 - ...Second book: Downward Discipleship: How Amy Carmichael Gave Me Courage to Serve in a Slum

14:09 - ......tying in stories of Amy Carmichael

14:44 - ......the struggle of downward discipleship in the American church context

14:57 - ......discipleship happen overseas in the process of learning

15:05 - How to communicate the concept of downward discipleship to the local church

15:27 - ...moving from the need to control to compassion

15:58 - ...compassion means to suffer with

17:23 - Some of the...

Dr. Ryan Martin discusses the importance caring for our missionaries well and how to engage the local church.

Book: Holding the Rope

Blog: The Upstream Collective - Cultivating Missions Awareness

• When does missionary care start
• Practical ways the local church can care for their missionaries
• How pastors can help their congregation be aware of the missionaries' needs

Ryan serves as Director of Missions and Operations with Lightbearers Ministries. He graduated in 2022 with a Doctor of Ministry from Southeastern Baptist Theological seminary, where he also serves as a trustee. He has received a MDiv in Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2008), and an undergraduate degree (2005) from Union University in Jackson, TN. Prior to joining Lightbearers, he served for thirteen years as a missions pastor in the local church. Ryan lives in Fayetteville with his wife, Rebekah, and three children: Hudson, Annie, and Hattie.

• Website: Lightbearers.com
• Twitter: Ryan Allen Martin
• Email: Ryan Martin

02:02 - Introducing Dr Ryan Martin

02:58 - Motivation for writing a book on missionary care

04:07 - ...addressing needs of missionary families

04:34 - ...giving and not being poured back into and filled up

04:41 - ..almost reaching the point of burnout

05:16 - How do we care for them?

05:59 - ...the local church sensed that more tools were needed to care for missionaries well

09:06 - Book - Holding the Rope : How the Local Church Can Care for Its Sent Ones

09:10 - ...Metaphor for the title, "Holding the Rope"

09:21 - ...William Carey sermon

10:28 - Importance of caring for missionaries

11:12 - ...commissioning a missionary is the starting point, not the finish line

11:44 - When does missionary care start?

12:02 - ...getting to know the missionary as he is being trained and developed

12:26 - ...understand where the pressure points might be

12:55 - ...debrief points when the missionary returns

13:16 - ...areas of struggle will be exposed in the field

13:51 - What are practical ways that a church can care for their missionaries?

14:09 - ...evaluate missionaries' readiness

14:16 - ......The Upstream Collective has resources

14:39 - ...pre-field stage

15:07 - ...on the field care

16:04 - ...returning from the field

16:26 - How can pastors help their congregation be aware of their missionaries' needs?

16:32 - ...get to know the missionaries

17:12 - ...look for ways to bring the missionaries before the congregation

17:58 - ...visit missionaries in the field

19:13 - How do we care for missionaries' kids?

20:44 - ...show the children their role and how they can help

21:03 - ...dealing with different ages

21:37 - ...children and teen ministries to pray for missionary kids

21:46 - ...send families with children to visit them in the field

22:24 - ...dealing with abuse and crisis situations

23:33 - ...issues are worldwide, not just isolated