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Below is board information. Go here to view the ministries and resources of Global Outreach.
The NWYM Board of Global Outreach is comprised of Friends with gifts, passion and expertise in cross-cultural and overseas outreach ministries. Like the Board of Local Outreach, this board aims to encourage evangelism, church planting, peacemaking, social justice and compassionate service but with a global emphasis. Specific responsibilities include:
- Oversee church planting and evangelism ministries in cultures outside of the Northwest
- Provide care, administrative support, and encouragement to those serving on mission fields
- Provide relevant services through culturally sensitive ministries
- Share Christ through friendship evangelism
- Build self-multiplying Christian communities
- Develop independent national leadership and self-supporting, self-replicating ministries
- Develop a support network for cross-cultural workers
- Continue to prayerfully explore possible new fields for mission activity
- Maintain an active participation in the outreach of EFM through the presence of designated representatives, communication, and financial support
- Expand and broaden the shape of global ministry opportunities for NWYM people
- Research peacemaking, hunger relief, social concerns, possibilities that NWYM might identify as outreach ministries
- Connect with NWYM people and churches to serve in short-term, global ministries, i.e. medical teams, hunger or disaster relief, peacemaking, social concerns that are compatible with NWYM
- Provide publicity, recruitment, support-raising avenues, and personnel oversight for those interested in ministries identified as NWYM-supported works
- Actively identify, equip and release those individuals who are called to serve in cross-cultural ministries
- Determine personnel and policy matters for each program, including financial support for the workers
- Challenge individuals who sense a call to missionary service, and provide standards of qualification with appropriate procedures for their preparation, education, and ministry
- Encourage a cross-cultural ministry focus by NWYM churches. Provide education and resources which highlight the biblical/theological/Friends concern for mission/service
- Challenge local faith communities to become mission-minded with prayer and finances
- Oversee the Teaching Abroad program and consider other, short term ministry options for NWYM people in outreach ministries
- Provide education regarding global issues as they relate to Christian faith and practice
- Work in conjunction with the NWYM staff to promote mission/outreach awareness, facilitate missionary deputation, and other education in the local church
Download our philosophy of ministry, developed during 2008.
