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WORKING WITH
BIBLE BELIEVING CHURCHES TO GROW BY FACING FACTS CONCERNING
THE CHURCH "HELPING
CHURCHES TO GROW" TARGET 20/50 MISSION TEAM.
We believe that we can
offer some of these churches what they need in order to
grow. The approach to growth is called Helping churches to
grow and at its heart there are three important aspects.
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1)
Change. Working with the congregation to introduce
positive change
where needed is the first stage towards growth.
Introducing change is
difficult but also essential if Christ is to be
represented in a relevant way
for today’s people. By its very nature, the Gospel
message is not subject
to change but methods used to present it are,
together with the way in
which we conduct our worship and services. They have
been subject to
change since Pentecost.
2) Missions. Once the interested church has decided
to accept the challenge
of the project they are offered a three month
programme. This begins with
the planning of its first mission. There are three
missions in the programme
and each programmes last for three weeks. a) Mission
1. Takes from door-to-door visitation programme in
know
ing the religious background of the people by asking
question. The
aim is to discover who the people are in the
neighborhood and how
the church can help the community. This information
will be analyzed
and used as the basis for further outreach
programmes.
b) Mission 2. Our aims will be to encourage people
to ‘step inside the
church’. Ideas suitable for the church’s location
are arrange so that
people can come and see what the church have for
them, looks like
and meet people who attend. This encourage people to
feel less
apprehensive as and when they are invited to attend
a service or
meeting. Outreach continues throughout this mission
with leaflets and
tracts being used to invite people to the weeks
events.
Mission is specifically evangelistic and aims to
build on contracts that
have been made through the previous missions and the
outreach. This
is the time for harvesting and establishing new
growth within the
church.
3) People. Alongside the encouragement offered to
the church involved in
the project, there is a strong desire on our part to
help Christians to grow
in their faith. During the time the church is linked
to the project, we will
aim to help individual members and the new converts
of the congregation
to grow. This will be done in full partnership with
the leadership of the
church.
However, there is another group of people whom we
plan to encourage and support and they are the
members of the target 20/50 mission team. Each
mission will need a team of between 4 and 6 people
made up of Christians who are eager willing to give
a week of their time in order to help the church
grow. Additionally, further commitment in terms of
preparation for each mission is essential. In
return, not only will each volunteer help reach
others for Christ, but he or she will have faith
stretched, prayers answered and make lasting
friendship along the way. |
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MISSIONS |
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The
FMMGI mission is to impact this entire generation
with the fire of revival by raising up an army of
radical, spirit-baptized laborers committed to
taking the gospel of Jesus tothe ends of the earth.
Therefore, FMMGI welcomes all Biblical, information
on missionary assignments and missionary training
programmes to help eqiup believers who are eager
willing to serve on the mission field. In a
nutshell, it is our priority to reach the world with
the gospel of Christ with all wisdom as the Lord
directs. |
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WORKING TOGETHER WITH CHRISTIANS CHURCHES AND
ORGANIZATIONS:
Reaching the world with the gospel of Christ takes
working together with all Bible believing churches
and Christian missionary organizations by listening
to our areas of difficulties and putting ourselves
in one shoe and giving the word of knowledge, where
it is needed as the Holy Spirit gives us, so that
together we can win the world for Christ.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations “Matthew
28:19a”.
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