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Best Practices Workshops

Best Practices For Church Missions

Developing effective and impacting Missions participation in FEBCC Churches

Basic Workshop:
Vision, Strategy and Planning
 

The workshops held on March 1 (Vancouver Island, Victoria), and March 8 ( Lower Mainland, Langley), 2008 were a success. A total of 13 churches participated guided by competent and enthusiastic facilitators experienced in missions.

"[The workshops have exceeded my expectations.  Not that I had low expectations but the level of relational building, prayer, and planning was very good....  My time with [the church missions] leaders was very significant … and some real progress was made. I felt honored to help them through the process.  
 
The number of people that came from the churches was also very significant.  To have 5-10 people from the same church (including pastoral staff) together at the table for 7 hours discussing Global Mission is truly remarkable."

- a facilitator

"One of the best seminars that I have been to.  We got down to brass tacks."

- a Pastor

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If you are interested in having this workshop in your church, or would like to be  informed when another multi-church workshop is being held, please contact Mark: mark.naylor@twu.ca

Download Best Practices Workshop Brochure


The amount of missions resources and information available to churches has increased exponentially over the last few years.  The options for churches are unending with short term missions trips, hands on participation in missions, global and local partnerships in cross-cultural ministries, specialized ministry concerns such as church planting or relief efforts, or the option to choose an unreached people group.  And this is in addition to the often ill-defined responsibilities towards the missionaries and missions projects currently a part of the program!

The average missions committee chairperson can easily become overwhelmed and confused.  Very few have the luxury of time to sort through the options and provide informed direction for the missions program in a way that will excite and involve the people, utilize the resources effectively and further the overall mission of the church.

Help is here!

Through the joint efforts of FEBInternational and Northwest Baptist Seminary a workshop has been designed to help churches navigate the maze of church missions options so that they can become effective and strategic partners in God’s mission to the world. Following the pattern of the Best Practices for Church Boards seminars, this one day basic workshop is designed for churches whose current missions program is non-existent or not meeting its potential.  The program is divided into 5 one hour sessions that walk those responsible for the direction of missions in their church through a process of discovery and decision making that will result in clarity, purpose and an achievable plan towards effective and impacting missions participation.

Program outline

  •     UNDERSTANDING Missions
  •     Determine your ROLE as a missions committee
  •     Assess the HEALTH of missions in your church
  •     Setting strategic GOALS  
  •     PLANNING and assigning tasks  

Outcomes

The participants will:

    Understand how missions fits into their church’s mission
    Bring their vision for the task of church missions into clearer focus
    Clarify missions priorities
    Identify their role in facilitating missions in the church
    Develop a sense of teamwork, cooperation and potential synergy
    Develop a clear goal concerning one of the key issues they have identified
    Make a specific plan on which to focus energy and resources
    Become excited about the potential for their church’s involvement in missions

Church Missions Survey
This workshop requires a commitment of time and resources on behalf of a number of people.  In order to get the most out of the workshop and to ensure that decisions are made with the highest possible relevance to your church, we highly recommend that the following downloadable survey be completed and brought to the seminar.  Some of the exercises you will complete at the workshop will utilize information from the survey.

Download: Church Missions Survey

Check out: Code of  Best Practices for Church Missions

For further information contact:

Mark Naylor
email: mark.naylor@twu.ca