Mission Work Department
Christian missions is obeying Christ
After Christ’s death and resurrection, the Lord commanded the disciples to share the gospel, the message of His redemption: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:19–20). Christian missions is following Christ’s call: sharing the gospel with the lost world through God’s wisdom and strength.
A Christian mission is an organized effort to spread Christianity. Missions often involve sending individuals and groups, called missionaries, across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries, for the purpose of proselytism (conversion to Christianity, or from one Christian tradition to another).
THE TASKS TO BE SOLVED
Gospel Revelation And Revival Ministry will work in a goal-oriented way and will maintain a strategic focus on problem-solving. Activities and initiatives are not goals in themselves, but are meant to contribute to achieving agreed upon objectives. In order to share our faith in Jesus; eliminate poverty; and fights against injustice, we will focus on the following tasks:
A. Share the gospel
GRRM wants the gospel of Jesus Christ to be proclaimed to people who have not been reached by the Christian faith; to people in countries and cultures where churches are on a decline; and to new generations of children and youth. GRRM’s task is to challenge and equip all Christians to further the gospel.
B. Develop congregations
GRRM will continue to focus on planting and developing missioner congregations. We will develop congregations, equipping them to reach a healthy, biblical understanding of what a congregation is; what contributes to growth; and the tasks a congregation has. Important components of this are leadership development and board training. The work of GRRM is based on the call to love our neighbors and the opportunity for all people to live a dignified life. Our diaconal work springs out of our encounter with the message about God’s goodwill, care and love for people and creation. GRRM focuses on increasing theological competency at all levels: Training for lay people, Bible schools, and theological education.
C. Develop leaders’
One goal is for GRRM and our partners to have paid and unpaid co-workers with the necessary expertise to manage and to further develop their organizations. GRRM will encourage ongoing leadership development programs. We will emphasize relational leadership and cooperation through participatory processes. Themes within the leadership development programs will vary based on need. GRRM contributes to increased knowledge and insight into organizational theory and change management..
D. Develop local communities
GRRM will work to improve the living conditions and livelihoods of the poor. This is done through mobilization of volunteers, organizing and capacity building of civil society. Civil society has great potential contributing to improved living conditions, increased income, increased food production, strengthened rights, and equal opportunities for women and men, children and youth. We view local congregations as important agents of change in civil society. Equally important to meeting basic local needs for food, water, health, education and infrastructure, is the aim of strengthening people’s ability to contribute to development themselves, in interaction with government and civil society. This applies both to those who live in rural areas and those in urban areas. Climate change is a major challenge for poor countries. In order to support good living conditions locally, GRRM will contribute to good interaction between professional groups, civil society and government in working towards sustainable stewardship of creation. This includes investment in climate-smart agriculture, as well as rehabilitation of forest and agricultural soil. Investments in health must be viewed as complementary to the government’s public health system. GRRM’s work will be within primary health and will focus mainly on mothers and children in remote areas who have access to very limited provisions.
WHAT WE NEED TO SUCCEED
- Passion for and interest in mission
Gospel Revelation And Revival Ministry [GRRM] is wholly dependent on engagement in the form of prayer, voluntary work, and the joy of giving. This engagement springs out of God’s call to mission, Jesus’ prayer to let God’s kingdom come, and the activity of the Holy Spirit. GRRM’s financial foundation is based on voluntary efforts: people pray for the work, raise funds, work without pay in one of GRRM’s projects, at a campsite, in a charity shop, and/or donate money to the work. The passion for mission that these people represent must be valued and nurtured so that more people want to join in. Associations, groups and teams are still very important. GRRM will continue its work with various concepts for voluntary engagement.
B. Mission competency
GRRM wishes to be a learning organization that respects the experience that can be gleaned from the past. At the same time we will look for new solutions to the challenges we face both internally and in our encounters with partners in different countries. One enduring point is our holistic approach to mission, in which we focus on both spreading the gospel and supporting diaconal work, in addition to giving high priority to organizational development. We need missional congregations able to take on the challenge of Jesus’ great commission.
C. Fundraising and information
Fundraising is a collective term for all work that aims at gathering support for GRRM’s mission work. Through preaching we stimulate action and commitment in the form of prayer, voluntary service and donations. We will provide information about what is happening in churches societies, and with individuals. The information should provide assurance that the monetary donations are being managed in a good way. GRRM wishes to stand out more clearly in the