Disclosure: I was on a team of people that helped refine this global missions strategy and now serve as one of three advisors to the Global Missions Director. At the same time I am president of The Ember Cast, a student missions mobilization organization. Ember is not associated with Grace Community Church although my family and I attend Grace. Grace is one of Ember's 2012 clients.
Whole Gospel - Whole World - Whole Church
+ Whole Gospel
proclamation and declaration
Mt 4:23 - Jesus preached as well as healed
through the whole portfolio of projects there will be both.
singular projects may look one sided perhaps. [this is a tension to be managed, not a problem to be solved]
+ Whole World
Col 1:6
came up with 5 focus areas based upon current existing relationships
East Africa - Kenya and Uganda
closed SE Asian country - family from Grace moved there 12 years ago
closed middle eastern country - two families moved there in the last year in close proximity focused on a specific people group
Latin America - lots of medical mission teams there in the past few years
Europe - focus area that is embryonic and hoping to grow into something - church + city, not a huge cultural distance, postChristian
+ Whole Church
Panel of people who went Beyond [the name of the missions ministry]
prayer
long term missionary mentoring [lots more to be said on this - the two couples running this are awesome - a one year process for guidance and training for those considering cross cultural service]
small group - adopt a missionary
social justice advocate
kids ministry
short term missions coordinator
17 missional experiences being offered for 2012
"long term missionary mentoring [lots more to be said on this - the two couples running this are awesome - a one year process for guidance and training for those considering cross cultural service]"
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. Who are the couples?
yeah if it works, its going to be pretty cool.
ReplyDeletethe Rs are one of them =)