Around 1900, the population of San Francisco was doubling every few years. Tens of thousands of people came to the city - and Adventists were ready to help out. They established a network of restaurants, shops and treatment centers. They provided homes for orphans, gave jobs to unemployed people and shared the love of God with them. They were working for God full-time, in a self-sustainable way. They were missional entrepreneurs.

<p>Around 1900, the population of San Francisco was doubling every few years. Tens of thousands of people came to the city - and Adventists were ready to help out. They established a network of restaurants, shops and treatment centers. They provided homes for orphans, gave jobs to unemployed people and shared the love of God with them. They were working for God full-time, in a self-sustainable way. They were missional entrepreneurs.</p>

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Illinois gives that gives that prophecy where she says, when the cities are work, as God would have them. So we're following that method, the beehive method, Then that will set in operation a mighty movement, such as we have not yet witnessed which she's talking about the Lattery movement. And this is actually the real motivation behind starting hive. The biggest potential that we have within our church, right? It's with the lay people, that's where all the resources are. That's where all the, all the talent is and tapping into that and getting all of them involved. That is a key in advancing God's work at this time of verse history. There is one reason, and one reason only why hive exists. And today we're gonna learn about it. Jesse Wicker, founder of hive is with me in the studio. And before we're gonna talk about Ellen White's vision that she had in 1876, let's start with the name hive, Jesse, what does that mean? So hive comes from the word beehive, which is used in Illinois writings just a few times, not, not too many, but basically it comes from a vision that she had in the 1870s. She had this vision of San Francisco being a beehive. Actually she talks about San Francisco being a beehive. She talks about Oakland, also being another beehive. And, and, and then she describes in that vision, what she saw on how we were gonna reach that city of San Francisco with this beehive. And she, she goes on to describe all these little bees, essentially little, little businesses and ministries in the city and outside around the city, all to have that influence of really supplying the most pressing needs of society. And then being able to share with them the hope that we have in, in Jesus and in the gospel. So, so that was really the beehive where, where this, where the name comes from the beehive in San, in San Francisco. Hmm. That's interesting. So tell me a little bit more about how it looked like, how, how did this beehive look like in San Francisco? What was Ellen white describing? How was life like in San Fran back in the days? You know, the beehive to me, it was so intriguing when I first read that because she describes like, I don't know, at least 15 to 20 different types of activities that the people, the church members were doing to really supply the needs of society in during that time, she talks about, she talks about the, the church members doing starting restaurants. Actually she SA, she talks about multiple restaurants starting in San Francisco in the same city, multiple vegetarian restaurants that were open six days a week, entirely closed on Sabbath. Right. And then, and then about sanitariums around the city St. Alina Sanitarium, which is now the hospital there, she talks about, she actually mentions a lot about like orphans, us taking care of orphans, like having an agency where we help orphans getting 'em off the street and, and, and providing an, an AIST family to, to help them to take them in, but not just employ, not just orphans, but also employment, like helping people with unemployment, trying to get them employed into, into one of our bees. You know, one of our entities, one of our businesses and ministries and getting them, getting them back on their feet. She talks about ship, mission work. She talks about the schools. She talks about like daycare, kids, schools, many things, a whole bunch, an array of like a clinic. Okay. A clinic in the city of doing treatments, they were doing ship mission work. I mean, just imagine this is in 1900 when it actually happened in, in, in San Francisco around 1900, 19 0 6. This is where the population in San Francisco was doubling like every, every few years simply because everybody was moving into that, that this is a coast. I mean, this is like the west coast and everybody was coming by ship, mostly coming on to the San Francisco bay and not having showered in, you know, six weeks or whatever. Right. And, and, you know, the conditions in these, in these, in these ships that were coming, you know, many of 'em didn't have bathrooms. I mean, they, they weren't all going in first class, you know? And so they were coming off and, and they did a lot of what they called ship mission work, where, where they would bring food, they would bring clothing, they would bring ways for them to shower on the bay. Okay. Like on the shore, right. When they would come, Adventists were known for helping these people come off the ground. They there's re there's records of people saying, Hey, are you guys Adventists? You know, they're calling down from the ship, you know, and, and trying to make sure that they've got the evidence on the ground, helping them, because Adventists were known for helping these, all of these people, a good friend of mine, Doug VIN, he he's, he he's writing his, his doctoral thesis on the beehive and on, on, on what they were doing. It's quite impressive. It's amazing what they were doing and, and how these cities were supposed to be worked, you know? And so they really were such a force for good, for unemployment, for orphans, for all these things for health, right. They were doing cooking classes. They were doing also call porting. Okay. I mean, they were doing all kinds of things, reaching that city, demonstrating that God really cares for these people, you know? And, and, and because of it, people had this sense of man, what motivates you guys to be so extremely nice to us, you know, like go out of your way to, to do this. And then she says, they then conducted evangelistic meetings and they had to read large halls to fit all these people that were interested in hearing about what they had to say because of how they demonstrated the gospel before they tried to preach the gospel. Does that make sense? So I really love that, that picture of this beehive and of all this entrepreneurial, you know, missional, entrepreneurship going on in, in that one city, not just having the pastors do the work, but really incorporating all of the laypeople full time in all of these kinds of activities, reaching, reaching that city. But when we look back, we realize it's a beautiful story, and it's very inspiring for us to hear about it and to kind of do the same today. But when we look at our cities today and also the bay area, we don't see it anymore. And we certainly don't see beehives in every major advent in the city around the world. Why didn't it happen, Jesse? You know, I think we just kind of lost sight, you know, Ellen white, there's a story of Ellen white telling repeatedly telling the general conference president that they should not just do the beehive in, in San Francisco, but really do it, especially in New York because New York is such a hub for all kinds of cultures and everything mixing together, you know, 800 languages being represented just in one city. And so she really focused on New York saying, this should be the model beehive. You know, this should be the model symbol of how we should reach the cities. And, and if this is the symbol, then every other city should be reached in that same way, in that, in this, in this beehive model way where we don't just conduct evangelistic series, but we really do evangelism in a much more sustainable self-sustainable way with all of these enterprises, having a permanent influence in this, in that society. So, so, and, and she's like telling the, telling the conference president, he needs to be doing this elder Daniels, right? He needs to do this. He needs to do this. And then he ends up coming to visit her over in ELs Haven, back in California. And she refuses to see him. And then he asks like, why won't you see me? Right? And she says, I have told you what you need to be doing multiple times. And until you do what, you've, what, you know you need to be doing. And he had already done some stuff. He had already done some evangelistic campaigns. He had set aside some budget to do some evangelism in New York, but it was not enough because because Illinois, Illinois gives that gives that prophecy where she says, when the cities are worked, as God would have them. So we're following that method, the beehive method, then that will set an operation, a mighty movement such as we have not yet witnessed which she's talking about the Lattery movement. Okay. So, so it's about, it's really about doing the God doing God's work as God would have us do them really doing this comprehensive beehive model, not just in New York, but in every city of the world. And, and that, you know, and that will produce essentially it will, it will mean that we are actually listening to the holy spirit. We're listening, we're implementing the will of God. And, and that will in effect, allow God to pour out more of his spirit on us and will create that swelling of the loud cry in the time of the end. So, so I really think that this work, and this is actually the real motivation behind starting hive. You know, it's, it's, it's desiring to really create this a, a system create an organization that will allow it for, for every city to be able to set up these beehives all over the world and for it to just be easier for the advancement of the God of God's work for the incorporation of all these talents into the, into, into this work and work the cities properly so that the laddering can be more fully poured out. We know it's trickling, you know, it's coming as we, as we do God's work, as we pray, God, God gives us more and more and more. And, and, but this will swell into that loud Christ. So this is actually the work that we have in front of us. This is why we're doing this. This is why we ended up calling hive hive, you know, is because of this being our vision. Now, how does that vision practically look like? How does your vision for hive look like, and how can we be a part of it? You know, I, I wish I really wish that we didn't have to start this, this organization and this topic now, because if this is over a hundred years later from when it was supposed to happen, right? And, and I don't know what has been happening for the last 108 years, but for, at least from what I can see now, there is really a need for us to focus on this and try to revive this idea in the consciousness of our people and, and, and for us to really collaborate for us to, to work together, to, to, to, to do this. So what we've done to try to make this, you know, easy for people to integrate is we've, we've started a membership, so people can become a member. This is free, totally free. Anybody, any, any, any business, any ministry, any entity can become part of this beehive network. And first, right now, we're just doing it on a, on a global scale. Like anybody can join. They become part of our platform where we can direct message each other, and you can set up your, your profile or your business profile. And so we understand who does what, and how can we support each other. And then long term, we really wanna create this referral network, like kinda like the Jewish economy, you know, where, where we all help each other. We refer clients to each other, not just for economic purposes, but really to devise missional strategies on a local level to create these beehives on, you know, on a local level Countrywide, but then really citywide. So that we integrate with the local churches, with local conferences, with the unions, et cetera, to really advance the work of God, incorporating all of that lay people, you know, which I don't like that term, but, you know, the, the, the business people, the professionals that are not necessarily working as pastors, but are working on their projects and incorporating that, teaching them how to do missional stuff with their, with their business, but then, but then, but then really integrating it with the work of the, of the local church, local conference, et cetera, and with other, with all the other businesses and ministries that are doing that are doing stuff. And so really creating these, you know, strategizing groups that are developing these kinds of beehives all over the world, that's really the that's really, that's our, that's our focus. This is what we do. So yes, I invite you be part of it, become a member. You know, you can, you can sponsor, you can, you can organize a local group, like let's, let's do this. Let's make this happen to advance the work of God. Because I really think that that the biggest potential that we have within our church is in these lay people, right? It's with the lay people, that's where all the resources are. That's where all the, all the, all the talent is and, and tapping into that and, and getting all of them involved that, and especially businesses, actually many businesses. I mean, there are thousands of businesses that are owned by AIST Christians, you know, that have thousands of clients, right? So really taking advantage of that potential is a key in advancing God's work at this time of verse history.

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