Chapter 3/ Section 1

The cover page of this chapter portrays various spheres of influence
in society which should be ruled over by Believers, with a Kingdom of
God mindset.

Society is made up of many spheres, arenas, segments, disciplines,
orders or groups. All based on common interests or direction.

Nearly every discipline or segment, has its own language, customs,
culture and mindset. This is true whether you speak of the medical
community, the legal community, the sports community, the music
community, or any of hundreds of groups, sects or sphere's.

Sometimes within a sphere such as sports, there will be many segments
or disciplines. For example, golf, tennis, baseball, football, soccer
basketball and cricket are all sports. But, the language, skills, tools and practices are very different.

There are a few "spheres of influence" that we will deal with in this
chapter which greatly effect how society will function and the
boundaries within which it will operate.

Abraham Kyper listed 8 arenas of societal influence in his writings,
in which Christians should lead. Bill Bright and Loren Cunningham
listed 7 in their assessment and Lance Wallnau also listed 7, which
he called, 7 mountains of influence.

New Covenant, Kingdom of God, Believers can change the way the world
operates. Not by mass crusades, not by petitions, or marches, not by
missionary campaigns and certainly not by mega church development.

These are all good things, but they do not change the societies in
which they attempt to establish a presence.

To change the world, the way the world thinks, pursues and prepares
for life, must be changed. The church must invade the workplace and
every arena of influence.

The areas for emphasis are:
* Arts, entertainment, sports
* Business, finance, technology
* Religion
* Family
* Education
* Media (radio, TV, magazines, newspapers)
* Government/Politics
* The Net (blogs, twitter, facebook, chat rooms, programming,
Utube with a message)
* Science (as opposed to pseudo-science and culture driven
fo-science)

These are major areas needing change and redirection. These spheres
of influence, shape, direct, impact and conform societies. By
transforming them, we can change the way the world thinks, change the
way people think. Change the way people do things and you change the
culture.

The message of conversion alone, though powerful and heart changing,
is not enough to change a world driven by carnal mindsets and flesh
driven pursuits.

To produce Kingdom of God fulfillment in the earth, every segment,
arena, sphere or discipline must be invaded, re-directed and Word
of God undergirded.

Proverbs 10:20 (NAS) The tongue of the righteous is as choice
silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little.

To go outside the walls of the local assemblies, we must think out-
side the walls, break with ineffective traditions and encourage
people to pursue career choices that shine light into darkened areas
of society.