1. Nuts and Bolts of Missions
in the local church

2. Comprehensive and Strategic Missions
Prayer
Education
Promotion
Inspiration
Motivation
Activation

3. Prayer
First task of the missions team
Teach the whole church to pray about
mission concerns- missionaries,
the persecuted church, world events,
etc. keep it before them

5. Global Missions Praises and Prayer Requests
June 15 – 21, 2015
Global Missions: Thank the Lord for our Regional Coordinators
and for the productive meeting with the Global Mission staff this week.
Church of God Convention: Pray for safe travels for all attending
the convention; pray that there will be a renewal and anointing
of the Holy Spirit in the movement.
Uganda: Pray for Missionary Tim Stevenson as he continues to
recover from a bout of Malaria.
Germany/US: Praise God that Josh and Audrey Weiger and
family have reached 100% of support and are working on the last 10%
so they can go to their field of service in early September!

6. EDUCATE
The whole church- start with the
children

7. 4/14 Window

8. Focus on evangelism and discipleship
with children

9. I praise you, Father,
Lord of heaven
and earth, because
you have hidden
these things from
the wise and learned,
and revealed them to
little children.
Yes, Father, for this
was your good
pleasure.
Matthew 11:25-26

10. Most people who will every make a decision to
follow Christ, will do so during the critical years
between the ages of 4/14

11. “From a missions standpoint, our interest in the 4/14 age group is not only because they are the most receptive, but also because as we will see, they are often the most effective agents for mission.” -Luis Bush

12. World Population
in the 4/14 Window

13. 4/14 Population (2010)
India 248,253,120 Pakistan 38,068,928
China 180,084,594 Bangladesh 36,068,928
Indonesia 42,716,276 Brazil ,734
Nigeria 42,116,276 Ethiopia 23,990,943
USA 41,819,347 Mexico 20,855,453
Total 709,595,962
Global total 1,218,517,366

14. “Millions are also at risk from prosperity
“Millions are also at risk from prosperity! Many children and young people today have everything to live with, but nothing to live for.” -Dan Brewster

15. “It is imperative that we act
decisively, inspired to raise
up a new generation from
the 4/14 Window to transform the world”
-Luis Bush

16. “We need to understand
again that God can and
does use children and
young people – their
prayers, their insights,
their hands and their feet-
in changing the hearts
of mankind”
– Luis Bush

17. Celebrate 4/14 Day in your
church
How will you challenge
children?

18. EDUCATE
Biblically literate- God’s heart for
missions
Train the team- orientation, seminars,
assign tasks etc.

19. Above all else, guard
your heart for it is
the wellspring of life.
-Proverbs 4:23

20. “Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all
your mind…love your neighbor as
yourself”
-Matthew 22: 37-39

21. Religion that God our Father accepts as
pure and faultless is this: to look after
orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted
by the world.
-James 1:27

22. 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,

23. and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded
you. And surely I will be with
you always, to the very end
of the age.
-Matthew 28:19 & 20

24. But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes
on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem,
and all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth
-Acts 1:8

25. Train the team- orientation, seminars, assign tasks etc.
EDUCATE
Train the team- orientation, seminars,
assign tasks etc.

26. Educate
What we do- focus
Who we support –criteria,
develop a relationship, communicate
How we serve- opportunities for
involvement

28. Promote
The missions’ team is the
cheerleader for Acts 1:8 missions
in the church – know your focus
Be creative and inclusive

29. Inspire
The Missions Team
Help the church dream big
Help the church identify the people
God is calling and inspire and
encourage them

30. Motivate
The church
The missionaries
The called

31. Activate
Pray for it
Plan for it
Just do it!