Purpose
In obedience to the Biblical command to go, the purpose of the Missions Ministry is to help members of NCC find a place in world wide missions (all pray, many give, some go) and to provide a bridge between NCC and current missionaries and mission organizations
Functions
1. Educate
and Inform
Biblical basis for missions
Missionaries: who, what, where, when, recent happenings, prayer and praise. We will do this using bulletin inserts, quarterly update, sermons, bulletin board, annual missions' conference.
2. Support Current Missionaries
Strategies: e-mail, sharing during prayer time, correspondence, gift packages, and identifying specific projects that NCC can support.
3. Motivate/Recruit
Strategies:
Identify responsibilities of missions committee and missionaries
Obtain and disseminate information in a timely manner
Keep youth informed about missions opportunities
Identify and plan missions outreach events in BC, North America, and beyond
Send pastor to visit missionaries
Participation
Compassion for the unsaved
Empathy for missionaries
Desire to learn more about missions and willingness to do outreach
Specific Ways to help Missions Committee:
Hosting
Correspondence
Prayer/intercessors, standing in the gap