Module: Organizing
Course: Principles of Environmental Analysis
Chapter 1: The Environment.
Every believer is commissioned to be part of the great spiritual body,known as the church.This main commission given to the church is to take the gospel to all nations.The commission is affected by the environment.
The environment involves the physical, social, cultural and spiritual factors which surrounds a person.It includes all parts of the society in which a person lives and ministers
The environment are in four types: – physical, social, cultural, spiritual environment.
God created and observed that his creations ( the environment) were good but after Adam and Eve’s sin, the environment became corrupted and destroyed, people were born sinners and separated from God and , life spans shorted and people were cursed.
Man’s activities on the environment are obstructed by the enemy- satan and his demons who after rebellion were casted into the earth where they oppress individuals. Man is oppressed by three enemies- the world, the flesh and the devil and the only way of escape is through Jesus Christ.
When you surrender your life to him, you will be in an evil world but live in abundance.