Missions

 

NAZARENE MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL - NMI

Barbara Korns
Phone: 726-8426
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NMI PURPOSE STATEMENT
To mirror the character and purpose of God in proclaiming His gospel to all the peoples of the world - through prayer, education, involvement, and giving by the total church.  

 

OBJECTIVES

  1. To encourage people to pray for all efforts of world evangelization
  2. To inform people of the world's needs and what the church is doing to meet those needs
  3. To challenge children and youth to keep their lives available to God's will
  4. To raise funds for mission outreach 

 

LOCAL MISSION OPPORTUNITIES

 

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SERVING LUNCH AT HOPE MISSION - February

 

We serve lunch at Hope Mission on the first Saturday bi-monthly (February, April, June, August, October and December).

If you would like to help please call Bill Santoni @ 764-3262 – or 515-4278

 

 

 

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WORLD MISSIONS

Compassionate Ministries  - Crisis Care Kits Crisis Care Kits (CCKs) are a cooperative effort between Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Incorporated (NCMI) and Nazarene Missions International (NMI).

 

This year our church family will strive to put together 100 Crisis Care Kits. Each month we will highlight a new item to be brought into the church, then at the end of the year we will assemble the kits so they can be sent to meet needs of those in crisis around the world.

 

SCHEDULE FOR DONATIONS:

July - 1 medium size bottle of shampoo (12 to 18oz.), please tape flip-tops closed

August - 2 bars of soap (no travel size)

September - 1 medium toothpaste (4.0 to 6.4 oz.)

October - 3 toothbrushes

November - 1 box of Band-Aids (30 or more)

December - 1 fingernail clipper

January - 1 sturdy hair comb

February - 2 hand towels

March - 4 pocket-size packages of facial tissue

April - 1 Beanie Baby-size stuffed toy

May - $2.00 donation for storage fee

June - assemble kits to have ready

 

Crisis Care Kits are made by Nazarene volunteers and are a tangible way that people can get involved in the disaster response process. Thousands of Crisis Care Kits are made, stored, and distributed globally each year as needs inevitably arise around the world. The kits have gone to places like Belize, California, Dominican Republic, Greensburg, KS, Haiti, Jamaica, Jordon, Louisiana, Philippines, Senegal. Sri Lanka, Ukraine, and Zambia. Your generosity  makes an incredible difference!

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU can make a difference!!

 

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Other Events and Facts about Missions in the Nazarene Church

 

Deputation: we support missionaries who have been to other countries and return to tell us about their experiences - at CCN our Missionaries are Ed & Lynn WIttung, Missionaries from Paraguay and Bolivia.

L.I.N.K.S. - The LINKS program  (Loving, Interested Nazarenes, Knowing and Sharing) of the Church of the Nazarene is a network of personal connections between missionaries and Nazarenes around the world. Missionaries are assigned to districts and, then on the district level, connected to local churches. This gives each church an opportunity to become personally acquainted with the missionary family and their field of service. Typically, churches send cards, cash gifts, packages, and other remembrances to their LINKS missionaries.

 

NAZARENE MISSION FAST FACTS: -

NAZARENE MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL - NMI

 

  • The Church of the Nazarene ministers in 156 world areas.*
  • 702 missionaries and 184 missionary kids were deployed from 36 world areas in 2010 (including 284 Mission Corps volunteers).*
  • 9,576 volunteers participated in mission in 2010. In addition to Mission Corps, there were 245 individual volunteers, 537 Work & Witness teams, and 92 Youth in Mission and university-age participants.
  • Churches in global mission areas numbered 21,120 churches (an increase of 9.7%) with 1.4 million members (an increase of 8.5%) in those areas.*
  • 439 districts have been established around the world with 24,504 clergy.*
  • 5 graduate seminaries, 32 undergraduate Bible/theological colleges, 13 liberal arts institutions, 3 nurses training colleges, and 1 education college had a 2010 combined enrollment of 30,936 residential students and 18,612 extension students globally.*
  • People were treated at more than 60 medical clinics and hospitals and thousands of compassionate ministry centers.*
  • 345 retired missionaries received pensions.*
  • In 2010, 288 literature projects were completed with an average of 5.5 books per week.*
  • Global Mission DVDwas distributed and JESUS Film infrastructure continues to be established globally.*
  • NMI partnered with pastors, church boards, Global Mission, and Stewardship to help churches raise funds for the World Evangelism Fund during the 2010 fiscal year (FY): US $44,123,911 compared to US $45,906,503 during FY 2009.*
  • Churches globally gave US $25,123,911 for Approved Mission Specials.
  • WEF giving beyond(formerly “overpayment”) was US $1,433,979, an increase of US $72,513 (or 5%) over 2009 FY. During the 17 years of this NMI ministry, the Church of the Nazarene has entered 57 world areas.
  • Missionary Health Care provided US $506,763 in medical assistance for Nazarene missionaries.
  • NMI partnered with World Mission Broadcast, giving US $437,233 to reach the unreached in 72 countries, 36 languages, and 140 programs.
  • Nazarenes gave US $1,816,655 in deputation offerings for missionaries, a decrease of US $507,418 (or -21.8%) from FY 2009.
  • NMI generated US $231,335 through LINKS, a vital personalized connection between churches and missionaries around the world.
  • Nazarenes gave US $2,781,658 for Alabaster to fund 258 construction projects on mission fields, averaging 4.5 projects per week. (For a detailed report, visit http://www.nazarenemissions.org/10081/story.aspx.)
  • International Student Scholarship Fund (NMI 80th Anniversary project) provided 103 scholarships for students to attend campus-based Nazarene theological institutions globally.
  • NMI partnered with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to give more than US $7 million for disaster response, to support 10,969 children through Child Development. Churches sent 67,771 Crisis Care Kits to Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Moldova, Philippines, Republic of Georgia, Ukraine, and Zambia and 13,800 School Pal-Paks to Haiti, Moldova, Ukraine, and Zambia.
  • NMI assisted Work & Witness in raising US $1,722,868 to deploy 537 teams, an average of 10 teams per week. 8,955 participants donated more than 302 years of labor.
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*       Supported either directly or indirectly by World Evangelism Fund (WEF).

Denominational statistics for 2010

NMI 4/2011

 

You can’t give more than Jesus gave . . .

But you can help spread the message of his love . . .

 

YOU MAY NEVER:

  • Go to faraway lands to help our missionaries
  • Travel 20,000 miles a year with missionaries on deputation work as they speak for the Lord
  • Take apart in the opening of a new filed
  • Go to specific areas to help evangelize unreached groups
  • Train a Pastor in another part of the world

BUT YOUR PRAYERS & FAITH PROMISE DOLLARS CAN!