Following the three guidelines announced by Church of God General Overseer, Raymond Culpepper, of Prayer, Great Commission and Trust, World Missions General Director, Douglas LeRoy has expanded these to form a specific vision for World Missions workers.
LeRoy encourages everyone to read the articles on Prayer postedm on the Web site www.forwardtogetherinchangingtimes.com during January, 2009. Overseer Culpepper has called for a world-wide emphasis and focus on prayer.
Someone has said: “Together, we stand; divided, we fall.” How true it is? God’s Word emphasizes the importance of “togetherness.” His Spirit unites. His Word focuses on us as the “people of God.”
The General Overseer has set three goals for the church during 2008-10. We in World Missions embrace them. Our projections flow out of these three goals:
Prayer – Central to All
Great Commission
• Initiate ministry among the 60 unreached people groups targeted.
• Win one million souls to Christ, and plant 1,000 new churches.
• Increase World Missions receipts to $40 million and reduce administrative costs by 10%.
• Mobilize LMRs in 30% of our 2,100 churches and mobilize a short-term missionary movement of all age groups.
Trust
• Improve the communications of World Missions so that current information is quickly available to all.
• Celebrate World Missions Centennial.
• Establish a training program for field directors, regional superintendents, national overseers, and field reps.
By joining hands we will create a team united in action and spirit to do God’s work in these final hours.
We invite you to join the team. Together, we can make an eternal difference.
Douglas LeRoy, General Director, Church of God World Missions