Nuts and Bolts of Missions
in the local church
Comprehensive and Strategic Missions
•Prayer
•Education
•Promotion
•Inspiration
•Motivation
•Activation
Prayer
•First task of the missions team
•Teach the whole church to pray about
mission concerns- missionaries,
the persecuted church, world events,
etc. keep it before them
Global Missions Praises and Prayer Requests
June 15 – 21, 2015
Global Missions: Thank the Lord for our Regional Coordinators
and for the productive meeting with the Global Mission staff this week.
Church of God Convention: Pray for safe travels for all attending
the convention; pray that there will be a renewal and anointing
of the Holy Spirit in the movement.
Uganda: Pray for Missionary Tim Stevenson as he continues to
recover from a bout of Malaria.
Germany/US: Praise God that Josh and Audrey Weiger and
family have reached 100% of support and are working on the last 10%
so they can go to their field of service in early September!
EDUCATE
• The whole church- start with the
children
4/14 Window
http://www.4to14window.com/category/all_resources/articles/
Focus on evangelism and discipleship
with children
I praise you, Father,
Lord of heaven
and earth, because
you have hidden
these things from
the wise and learned,
and revealed them to
little children.
Yes, Father, for this
was your good
pleasure.
Matthew 11:25-26
Most people who will every make a decision to
follow Christ, will do so during the critical years
between the ages of 4/14
“From a missions standpoint, our interest in the 4/14 age group
is not only because they are the most receptive, but also
because as we will see, they are often the most effective agents
for mission.” -Luis Bush
World Population
in the 4/14 Window
4/14 Population (2010)
India
China
Indonesia
Nigeria
USA
248,253,120
180,084,594
42,716,276
42,116,276
41,819,347
Pakistan 38,068,928
Bangladesh 36,068,928
Brazil
35.263,734
Ethiopia 23,990,943
Mexico 20,855,453
Total
709,595,962
Global total 1,218,517,366
“Millions are also at risk from prosperity! Many children and
young people today have everything to live with, but nothing
to live for.” -Dan Brewster
“It is imperative that we act
decisively, inspired to raise
up a new generation from
the 4/14 Window to
transform the world”
-Luis Bush
“We need to understand
again that God can and
does use children and
young people – their
prayers, their insights,
their hands and their feetin changing the hearts
of mankind”
– Luis Bush
Celebrate 4/14 Day in your
church
How will you challenge
children?
EDUCATE
• Biblically literate- God’s heart for
missions
•Train the team- orientation, seminars,
assign tasks etc.
Above all else, guard
your heart for it is
the wellspring of life.
-Proverbs 4:23
“Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all
your mind…love your neighbor as
yourself ”
-Matthew 22: 37-39
Religion that God our Father accepts as
pure and faultless is this: to look after
orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted
by the world.
-James 1:27
Therefore go and make
disciples of ALL nations,
baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded
you. And surely I will be with
you always, to the very end
of the age.
-Matthew 28:19 & 20
But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes
on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem,
and all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth
-Acts 1:8
EDUCATE
• Train the team- orientation, seminars,
assign tasks etc.
http://www.perspectives.org/
Educate
•What we do- focus
• Who we support –criteria,
develop a relationship, communicate
• How we serve- opportunities for
involvement
Promote
The missions’ team is the
cheerleader for Acts 1:8 missions
in the church – know your focus
Be creative and inclusive
Inspire
The Missions Team
Help the church dream big
Help the church identify the people
God is calling and inspire and
encourage them
Motivate
The church
The missionaries
The called
Activate
Pray for it
Plan for it
Just do it!