“Crowd Mentality”

By Felicity Privado

Many Ministries today are suffering from what is described as “Crowd Mentality” or “Diffusion of responsibility” which is a socio-psychological phenomenon whereby a person is less likely to take action when others are present. The individual assumes others are taking action or have already done so. It tends to happen when the amount of people in a group rises to a certain size and rarely occurs when a person is alone.

To understand what crowd mentality is here is an example: Even with pretty much every person owning a cell phone nowadays, a person could die while injured amongst a crowd of 20 onlookers simply because everyone assumes the person beside them has called for emergency services, and if each person assumes the same it results in no calls for help.

“How this affects ministries”

How this affects ministries is much the same, when ministries send out pleas for support to a long list of contacts. It wouldn’t matter if the ministry asked for as little as 5 people to give $10. the chances are that even though 400 of the 1,000 subscribers feels the desire to give, the phenomenon of diffusion of responsibility kicks in and they assume that since so many others must be responding to the plea that there is no need for themselves to participate. Unfortunately, the end result is an unanswered need.

In our almost 12 years over here we have trudged through the recession and poor economy along with everyone else. We are not ashamed to say that along with the hard times that our support base is a mere fragment of what it once was despite the amount of moral support for the work and what is being accomplished for the kingdom here having grown epically.

“Rome wasn’t built in a day”

At this time, most of our finances come from the monthly social security of my father. It takes every bit of it to pay the mission center payments and some of the bills, but it is never enough to cover everything. I admire my parents for everything they have sacrificed to keep this place going. Words can never describe how proud I am of them for refusing to cancel classes even when the funds were not there to hold them. This is a long tireless work, a work that all of us believers should be pursuing. Rome wasn’t built in a day, well neither was God’s kingdom filled in one either. There is always room for more souls and that is what we are here for, to show as many people the path to Christ as we can while we are on this earth, and to pass our knowledge along to those who will continue doing the same work long after we are gone and until the Lord returns.

It is our desire to do this to the end, but for this to happen we do need help. We give the ministry all we have. There is no cushy salary for my family, nor a retirement account set up for my parents to live off of in later years. All they have, and had has been invested in pursuing this endeavor, and what better to invest in than the souls of men. If you were to ask them, I know that despite the hardships, that you would never hear any regret in our decision to answer this call, and to live this life. Before this we lived a very self-involved existence, but now we have a true purpose, and it is one of the most fulfilling ways to live.

“Break the diffusion of responsibility”

In the end what I am trying to convey is a simple admission that we need help, and I hope that my attempt to express transparency in how our finances are does not come across as whiney, but as an honest showing of the painful truth we face. We desire to be able to run smoothly, without debt having to accumulate over our heads constantly just to keep going. The Lord has been faithful and though the waters have often been troubled He has never once let us sink. We want everyone to please listen to that still small voice within you, even if you think an amount as small as $5 a month could not possibly matter, can you imagine if 500 people decided to do that? That would be $2,500 a month. Nothing is too small or too large. Don’t let the assumption that others are already taking up the gauntlet stop you from taking the step to help. Let’s break the diffusion of responsibility phenomenon. Not everyone is called to move to a foreign country and be a missionary (though all of us are called to be a witness to those around us) but don’t let that stop you from being a part of what is happening here, to share in the impact and reaping of souls into the kingdom.

On an end note, I’d like to put out a special designated plea to help get over the hump of year end expenses. December is admittedly the hardest month for us. On top of our regular expenses, property taxes, insurance renewals, and government mandatory staff bonuses etc…all come due during this time. We would be grateful for any additional contributions during this time.

“We appreciate you!”

For those of you who have stuck with us for all these years with your interceding and support. We want you to know how much we appreciate you! We wouldn’t be here without your unwavering loyalty to this cause. You continue to be such a blessing!

Merry Christmas all of you! We love you, Felicity Privado

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In Philippines, deposit directly in BPI account: Bank : Bank of the Philippine Island Account Name: Dunamis International School of Missions Account No. : 1761-0035-81

Out of the mouths of babes!

Well, all I can say is Wow! Thing is, my baby is now 31 years old and quite mature in the Lord, Amen? Felicity made some real points in her comments and analogies. God has really anointed her with the ability to communicate with wisdom and clarity. I’m proud of her and I agree with her totally.

We have some critical needs in our ministry and instead of listing them all I will just tell you that it will take $40,000 to get us back where we need to be. The last 3 years we’ve been running a little in the hole each month and we have been praying that the Lord would send us more partners to raise the monthly support so we wouldn’t be running in the hole each month, Amen?

Our ministry is essential to the building and planting of churches where ever we take the Stealth Evangelism Seminars. To date we have invitations to do seminars in 13 different areas of the Philippines and we are getting calls weekly from new ones. We require a minimum of 50 pastors for each seminar which means we will impact close to 50 churches every time. Many of the pastors go on to plant churches with the program they receive from us. We need more help and like Felicity said no amount is too small because when you add it all together ya’ll can help us make a huge difference in so many pastors lives, the life of their churches, and the eternal lives of countless thousands of people added to the Kingdom. We have 4 seminars scheduled for January to kick off the new year. Please help us make sure these push through!

In November we had a Mobile Seminar in Davao City on Mindinao Island. The following are some of testimonies from there.

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Street witnessing in Davao during the school practicums.

Testimonies from Davao

“I’m very thankful to God, very very thankful I finished the 3 days training seminar. In the first night when one of the assistants read the orientation, I felt very sad, very nervous, struggling…because there will be quiz…test…final exam…I have fear…I want to quit, I want to go home since it is night and not come back anymore. But thanks be to God and to Him be the glory…I stayed and learned so many things. A million thanks to Pastor Tony Poole, a man of God, that lead me and inspired me to do the great commission in Matt 28:19-20, to bring many souls to God, by God’s grace…” Virginia Epil Cabel Church of the Awesome God, New Wellington Village, Davao City, Mindanao – won 55 souls during seminar

“Wednesday night during orientation when it was announced about the witnessing/evangelism, my mind became troubled and my heart started to fear. But when the seminar began and Pastor Poole taught about Stealth Evangelism, he shared with us about the fear and how the fear was caused by not knowing what to say. His words transformed my fear into courage!” Pastor Renante Guillardo Christian Talomo Fellowship SBC, Talomo, Davao City, Mindanao – won 54 souls

“I will copy paste or duplicate all that I have learned in this seminar to my local church and create a reapers club, training them how to win souls using the Stealth Evangelism technique…I can see the growth of our church in the near future. Amen!” Associate Pastor Delio B. Beloy Charity of Jesus Community Church Fellowship, Stone Rock Village, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, Mindanao – won 42 souls

“I thank Pastor Tony Poole and the Dunamis team for their effort in advancing the Kingdom of God and teaching us diligently this new and advanced technique in fulfilling the great commission. My prayer is to make evangelism ‘my lifestyle’ for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!” Pastor Jubal Moutoya Church of the Awesome God, Talomo, Davao City, Mindanao – won 38 souls

“First I am so blessed because God answered my prayer of how to evangelize unbelievers with such an easy way. Now I’m so excited to go out with a smile and share the Gospel! I was so amazed how people responded to me.” Marilyn Canvas Worship His Majesty Church, Royal Valley Bangtal, Davao City, Mindanao – won 92 souls

“I almost cannot believe myself after this training that I was able to witness to so many people and win so many souls. I cannot explain what an amazing thing the Lord did in me. God is good, God is great!” Em-Em Lapasaran Worship His Majesty Church, Royal Valley Bangtal, Davao City, Mindanao – won 104 souls during the seminar

More street witnessing in Davao City, Mindanao

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“Win the Philippines! Win the World!”
Let’s do it together!

Mobile training taking flight in the Islands

I want to give you a heads up on the Stealth Evangelism Mobile Trainings that are piling up for us to do. When I say they are piling up, it is because there is such a demand for it that we are getting overloaded with requests and under financed to do them.

Here’s the good part…Many pastors desiring the training, Many churches will participate, Many leaders become trainers, Many church members and leaders become soul winners, Many churches grow, Many churches will be planted, Many pastors may be freed from the bondage of poverty, Pew warmers activated as workers and the whole church is mobilized to advance the Kingdom of God, Unifying the body of Christ through these non-denominational seminars. This is a picture of end times harvesting that God wants to do.

Here’s the not so good part…the evangelism machine needs GAS! We need your monthly support to keep this movement moving to reach this nation which will ultimately reach out to the other nations of the world. We have no doubt that it is the Heart of God and we are focused with all our heart and soul on the mandate of the Great Commission being fulfilled with this effective yet simple technique. Please don’t wait any longer to sow your seeds into these lost souls, so they may inherit the Kingdom of God just like you and me!

The following are the scheduled Mobile Seminars through March. There are others tentative, not yet scheduled with dates:

1. Nov. 26-29 ……. Davao City, Mindanao Island
2. Dec.16-19 …….. General Santos City, Mindanao
3. Jan.20-23 ……… Zamboanga City, Mindanao Island
4. Feb. 3-6 ………… Baguio City, Luzon Island
5. Feb. 17-20 …….. Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island
6. Mar. 3-6 ………… Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Luzon
7. Mar. 17-20 …….. Occidental Mindoro Island
8. Mar. 31-Apr. 3 .. Legaspi, Bicol, Luzon Island
9. Others tentative dates still pending!

Pastor/Professor Ted Macalagay (a volunteer trainer at Dunamis) and Pastora Remy Mordeno (Dunamis staff) will be flying with me to Davao City, Mindano the 25th of November for a 50 pastor mobile seminar to be held there on the 26th through the 29th. I’m very excited about this one because we are going to be impacting so many churches there at one time. When these leaders are trained they will take the Stealth Evangelism Training back to their churches and train a reapers team in each church which will mean 10’s of thousands of souls brought into the Kingdom in the years to come, actually next year!HaHa! I’m not joking with you! MANY SOULS, Amen? We will give you a full accounting in the December newsletter. We are believing for at least 3,000 souls saved during the seminar! Please be praying for us that it will be a huge success.

Once the pastors establish a reapers club in their churches there will be a stream of perpetual souls coming into the Kingdom from now on. This causes their churches to grow with new members, and with new members they have more workers and finances for more ministry in their city.

Friends, these seminars are not expensive in comparison to the US standards. It will cost us around $1,200 to complete the seminar which not inclusive of salaries for staff, but we can make it happen for that. For that $1,200.00 we will see approximately 3,000 people come to the Lord and be born again. That’s a pretty cheap price for that number of souls, but in all actuality that is only the beginning of the rest of those pastor’s lives in the ministry. There will be hundreds of soul winners come out of the training that we do there. Praise the Lord Jesus! We are going to be doing at least one maybe two per month of those 50 man seminars and you have the opportunity to sow into all those souls for as long as we can do them. I pray that you will hear the voice of the Lord concerning this effort to help pastors build the Kingdom of God. You can sow into these seminars monthly whatever you feel the Lord is telling you. We need your help to make these happen. We currently have two more seminars for December coming up and another in January. Plus there are at least 4 more that are waiting on us to make it happen. Let’s partner together in reaching the lost every month big time!

We love you all,
Tony and Calli Poole

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In U.S. Send your tax deductable contribution to: Revival Fire Ministries International P.O. Box 30487 Amarillo, TX 79120

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Vivien sharing Jesus with young man on the street during class practicum this month.

rom the mouths of babes!…This is one of the best testimonies I’ve read. Vivian has a way of expressing exactly what we all have felt at some time in our Christian walk. Please take the time to read her account of her experience at Dunamis this month. Powerful! Now she’s a warrior for Christ! – Calli

Now a warrior for Christ!

Vivien D. Canunayon
Jesus Our Shalom International Ministries
Imus, Cavite

I am 20 years old, a Christian for 7 or 8 years, from a Christian family, my father is a pastor. I’ve been a part of the praise and worship team also for 7 years and I’ve been a worship leader for 4 yrs. I served the Lord thru singing, but I didn’t want to JUST sing for him. I know in my heart He called His children to evangelize by sharing the gospel to unbelievers. But…I don’t know how to do that….I don’t know what to say!

I felt some disappointment from my spiritual growth because I haven’t even tried to share God’s Word with even my closest friends and relatives. The reason is I have this great fear in my heart that they wouldn’t take me seriously and they might reject me. Even more, it might also damage our relationship, because if I attempt to do that without knowing what to do or say, I know I would fail. How could I share the gospel if I’m like this?

Little did I know that the Lord has a bigger plan for me. He is truly a great God. He wants to use His children for the growth of the population of His Kingdom.

I came to Dunamis with doubt in my mind and fear in my heart, but after hearing the Stealth Evangelism Method from Pastor Tony Poole and after practicing in the workshops, that feeling of doubt and fear was washed out and gone.

We went on with our practicum and shared the Word of God with TOTAL STRANGERS and this is my first time to do it, but after doing the steps taught to us I saw a tremendous breakthrough in my life. It’s so amazing that you can bring lost souls to Jesus Christ with this technique and they will accept Him into their life in an instant, in just 5 to 7 minutes.

This experience at Dunamis International School of Missions changed me from a shy, introverted, unconfident, and doubtful person to a fearless child of God with the heart to win souls for Jesus Christ!

I will bring this tool with me for the Stealth Evangelism technique is already carved into my heart. I’m excited to impart this experience to my church mates, and make soul winning my way of life.

To God be all the Glory and Praise! My experience here has had an eternal impact in my life. I’m blessed, revived, and renewed!

Above: Edmond sharing the in the Gospel of John lady on the street during class practicum.

These blind eyes now see!

Edmond Rey S. Basister, 19 yrs. old
Men’s Youth President
Jesus Our Shalom International Ministries
Imus, Cavite

“Yes we have eyes but we cannot see.
We have a mouth but we cannot talk.”
“Meaning we are ‘Christian’ but cannot see the people all around us that we need to share the Word of God with. We have a mouth but do not share the Gospel”

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…” Matt.28:19

Edmond may have come to Dunamis with spiritually blind eyes, but he left with his eyes wide open and his mouth proclaiming the Gospel! Praise the Lord! – Calli

Sister Jing (in red shirt) sharing Christ with lady she met on the street.

Bulls Eye Boldness!

Jing P. Bacosa, Elder
Global Victorious Christian Church
Nasugbu, Batangas

To God be the glory for the Stealth Evangelism Training seminar. Evangelism was never as easy and direct. It hits the hearts of the lost. Bulls eye!

Honestly, this tool brought on the boldness in me in sharing the Gospel to others. It was adrenalin to my system that boosted my drive to win souls. Simply not to reach quotas, but in obedience to the Lord’s Great Commission. The program instilled in me the urgent necessity to move now (no further delays and excuses.) Share the Good News of being BORN AGAIN before it’s too late. Plant the seed as per leading of the Holy Spirit, and with unwavering faith, believe that God will do the rest.

This is a very humbling experience…a moment of submission…the moment of learning to EMPTY myself of everything if only to contain the 357 Magnum tool of evangelism as initiated by the lectures, workshops, and practicums. Eventually becoming my way of life.

This is applied servant hood…a time when no other considerations for my personal advantages are taken but simply having in mind…working against all odds, penetrating strongholds of the enemy for my Lord and Savior and the growth of His Kingdom.

The seminar training equipped me to be an effective and consistent reaper of souls…a zealous, committed and dedicated worker in the Lord’s vineyard.

My heart rejoices in thanksgiving to the Lord in using DUNAMIS to give me the expertise in sharing the Good News of Being Born Again.

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!
And to all the Coras* out there, I will find a way to you soon.

*A reference to the forgotten people, from a story we teach about a woman named Cora who dies without being reached for Jesus.

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Opportunity knocking for you!

We printed the two manuals shown above back in May of this year. The bill was about $1,700 at the time and we tried to raise the money for it. So far we’ve paid all of it but the remaining $750. Our printer Brother Dong is a wonderful man, who has always worked with us on both the printing costs and payment plans. He just had a heart attack and was in the hospital for several weeks, during which he had 6 stints put in, and the cost of his hospital stay was almost 2 million pesos or $40,000 dollars. He’s always been such a patient supporter of ours, always treating us well, and helps us by trying to keep our costs lowered as much as possible. We pray that someone will sow into the manuals above by helping us take care of our remaining debt to Dong, and thus helping him in return. These manuals are being given to pastors every month to train them, which eventually leads to the training of their own church members. Each manual represents hundreds and even thousands of souls as they take this priceless training back home and share it. If you pay all or part of this bill for $750 you are sowing seed into all the pastors hands that receive them, and will be a part of all the souls that are reaped into the Kingdom because of them. So let’s help brother Dong by getting the bill paid.

Love you so much, Tony

“Win the Philippines! Win the World!”
Let’s do it together!