CBC Missions Committee

April 2012

What is really important about Missions?

o A ministry that is grounded in God’s word

o A ministry that has plans for God’s church

o A ministry that glorifies God

o A ministry that shows the love of Jesus

o A ministry that has people working together to fulfill Matt 28’s great commission

There are 2 Billion in 6,000 people groups unreached

Missions at CBC

• Our Purpose - To enable our local church body to obey and participate in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).

• Our Mission – To glorify God through the spread of the Gospel worldwide, through the equipping of the community of God’s People, and the sending of people on missions to disciple the nations.

Principles• Commitment to local church-based Missions• Commitment to partnering with indigenous church plants • Commitment to mobilize national leadership • Commitment to engaging our local church body in missions • Commitment to unreached people groups world wide • Commitment to support those from our local church body who

have been called and affirmed by leadership to missions

Moving to TomorrowToday In the next 2-4 years19 missionaries supported from CBC 8-10 missionaries supported at 25%

or more by CBC

More than 50% of those missionaries based in Canada

All missionaries engaged supporting the development of the global church

$126,000 spread across 16 different ministry areas

An increased budget annually in support of 8-10 missionaries

Limited direct contact with many of our missionaries

Every family in CBC linked to one or more missionary families on the field

Limited intentional ministry or geographic focus

Specific focuses internationally, nationally and locally

A combination of support work and front line missions work

A greater focus on unreached peoples and frontline missions

Global Group I

Global Group II

Global Group III

National Ministry

Local Ministry

Global Ministry Tool

Year 1 Year 5 Year 10

Short Term MissionsPartial Alignment to the future focus areas

through exposure and experience that supports the vision/direction

Based on strength of MissionOrganization/strength of Missionaries against the CBC MissionCommitments*; initial focus includes:

DRAFT Future Focus

China/KoreaMuslim – Central AsiaTool Focus – GalcomAfrica – Rwanda?HondurasQuebecAboriginal CanadiansNew Life Prison Ministry

Unreached:

Key Things for the Future

• Increasing our support of local church development around the world

• Increasing the accountability of our relationship with missionaries (both ways)

• More engagement from the congregation in the work and lives of the missionaries we support

• Increase the resources we provide to missionaries

• More time in prayer for our missionaries – asking God to do amazing things

Prayer...• For our missionaries serving the Lord• For our church as we continue to engage in

supporting missionaries• For your involvement!

Questions???

Short Term Missions Offering

• To be Supported Financially • Tim and Kendra Wagler - Thailand, to help with childcare during a missionaries'

conference • Hannah Smith - Child Evangelism Fellowship - lead VBS and backyard Bible clubs in

Ontario• Marty Smith - Child Evangelism Fellowship - lead VBS and backyard Bible clubs in

Ontario• Tyson Kraul - Operation Mobilization - Moldova • Doug Loveday - Burundi - pastoral training• Hondouras Outreach Team

• Under Consideration for Financial Support• Tom and Helen Froese - Haiti with Kids Alive• Hannah Froese Sierra Leone with Rain Ministries

• Support Through Prayer• Hans & Elly Timmerman - discipleship - Malawi