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31. Dr. Avery Willis interview 2000

Beschreibung:
Dr. Avery Willis was the Senior Vice President for Overseas Operations. The interview begins with Dr. Willis giving a background of his call to missions and his life in ministry (00:00-05:47). He briefly speaks on the restructuring of the IMB into regions (05:48-07:34). Dr. Willis defines the “new paradigm” of missions of seeking to find what God is doing in bringing people to saving faith (07:35-09:22). Dr. Willis defines the “cutting edge” in missions as being on edge of lostness, and he argues why they IMB needed to be restructured to focus on people groups and to get more laymen involved in missions (09:23-13:45). Dr. Willis defines the difference between “harvest field” and “unreached,” and this is reflected in the move towards looking at people groups rather than nations (13:46-15:13). He believes that there is a biblical mandate to reach everybody including both categories of the “harvest fields” and the “unreached” (15:14-16:09). Dr. Willis speaks on the how the funding for resources going towards the evangelization of unreached people groups has gone up over time and mentions how resources and have been shifted specifically for unreached people groups (16:10-19:36). Dr. Willis makes the prediction that a larger percentage of people will be involved in international missions, the third world will be producing more missionaries, and the center of the church will move to the third world by 2010 (19:37-22:20). Dr, Willis’ closing comment is that the church must always be listening to God and discovering his strategy for reaching the unreached, and he believes that today is the great day for mission (22:21-23:52).
Fach:
Missions, Reorganization, Ethnic groups, and Evangelistic work
Schöpfer:
Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
Owner:
ddickerson@sebts.edu
Sprache:
English
Datum hochgeladen:
02/12/2026
Datum geändert:
02/13/2026
Datum erstellt:
2000-03-08
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifikator:
Dr. Avery Willis 8Mar00_orig_1_1

32. Theresia Muchere interview 1 of 2

Beschreibung:
Theresia Muchere was a Kenyan Baptist missionary. The interview begins with Muchere describing her early life at the end of the colonial era in Kenya, and she gives her story of how she joined the Baptist church in Nairobi (0:00:00-0:13:45). Muchere describes the market next to the Baptist Center, and she describes an incident that God used to help the Baptist Center become self-sustaining (0:13:46-0:19:37). Muchere describes her role in the church as a teacher and a deaconess, and she speaks about the church’s plan to partner with existing churches to plant new churches (0:19:38-0:27:08). Muchere speaks about the struggle for people to give in the church, and she speaks about the church’s work through primary schools in the nearby city of Mombasa (0:27:09-0:37:41). Muchere says her involvement specifically with Southern Baptist work has been minimal but was an active member of one of their churches, and she describes her work with women in her church (0:37:42-0:52:30). Muchere talks about the leadership of the churches and how they came to their positions, and she defines the difference between the church and the mission (0:52:31-0:59:40). Muchere describes the process of training and communication with the mission in planting a new church, and she believes the mission has achieved its target purpose (0:59:41-1:03:29). Muchere speaks about the growth of the church to every part of Kenya, but she believes a weakness can occur when the church forgets whom they serve (1:03:30-1:10:55). The first part of the interview ends with Muchere talking about the areas in Kenya where work still needs to be done (1:10:56-1:14:59).
Fach:
Church work with teenagers, Evangelistic work, Church work with women, and Missions--Kenya
Schöpfer:
Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
Owner:
ddickerson@sebts.edu
Sprache:
English
Datum hochgeladen:
02/12/2026
Datum geändert:
02/13/2026
Datum erstellt:
2004-04-20
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifikator:
Theresia Muchere 20th April 04 1 of 2

33. Theresia Muchere interview 2 of 2

Beschreibung:
Theresia Muchere was a Kenyan Baptist missionary. The second part of the interview begins with Muchere describing the beginning years of the church in Nairobi, and she speaks about the reason many people attended the church and the outside perception of the Baptists in the city (00:00-05:04). Muchere moves to talk about the initial growth of the church in Mombasa and the difficulties of women and youth outreach (05:05-12:01). Muchere speaks about the current issue of keeping urban churches in line with Baptist procedures, and she describes the church planting campaigns that happened from 1960 to 1990 (12:02-20:26). Muchere speaks about the Kenyan people’s desire for freedom near the end of colonialism, and she talks about the continual need for missionaries, denominational partnership, and the spread of the gospel in Kenya (20:27-24:20). The interview concludes with Muchere giving a word of appreciation to the American church and their work in helping the church in Kenya (24:21-29:08).
Fach:
Church work with youth, Evangelistic work, Church work with women, and Missions--Kenya
Schöpfer:
Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
Owner:
ddickerson@sebts.edu
Sprache:
English
Datum hochgeladen:
02/12/2026
Datum geändert:
02/13/2026
Datum erstellt:
2004-04-20
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifikator:
Theresia Muchere 20th April 04 2 of 2

34. Dr. Avery Willis interview 1998

Beschreibung:
Dr. Avery Willis was the Senior Vice President for Overseas Operations of the International Mission Board. The interview begins with Dr. Willis giving a background of his call to missions and his life in ministry (00:00-05:47). He briefly speaks on the restructuring of the IMB into regions (05:48-07:34). Dr. Willis defines the “new paradigm” of missions of seeking to find what God is doing in bringing people to saving faith (07:35-09:22). Dr. Willis defines the “cutting edge” in missions as being on edge of lostness, and he argues why they IMB needed to be restructured to focus on people groups and to get more laymen involved in missions (09:23-13:45). Dr. Willis defines the difference between “harvest field” and “unreached,” and this is reflected in the move towards looking at people groups rather than nations (13:46-15:13). He believes that there is a biblical mandate to reach everybody including both categories of the “harvest fields” and the “unreached” (15:14-16:09). Dr. Willis speaks on the how the funding for resources going towards the evangelization of unreached people groups has gone up over time and mentions how resources and have been shifted specifically for unreached people groups (16:10-19:36). Dr. Willis makes the prediction that a larger percentage of people will be involved in international missions, the third world will be producing more missionaries, and the center of the church will move to the third world by 2010 (19:37-22:20). Dr, Willis’ closing comment is that the church must always be listening to God and discovering his strategy for reaching the unreached, and he believes that today is the great day for mission (22:21-23:52).
Fach:
Missions, Reorganization, Ethnic groups, and Evangelistic work
Schöpfer:
Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
Owner:
ddickerson@sebts.edu
Sprache:
English
Datum hochgeladen:
02/12/2026
Datum geändert:
02/13/2026
Datum erstellt:
1998-03
Resource Type:
Audio
Identifikator:
Dr. Avery Willis Mar98_orig_1_1