An Exciting “New” Approach to Mission
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An Exciting “New”Approach to Mission
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• Your Church alaunching pad forMission.
HisHands
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Every Church/Organization • sponsors one missionary
volunteer annually.
What is HisHands?
• hosts one
missionaryvolunteerannually.
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• Revive a spirit of mission.• Provide thousands of volunteers who are
available to serve in all the world.
HisHands will:
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Jesus Said:All authority is given to me therefore
GO
The GREAT commission
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• MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations.• BAPTIZE.• TEACH them to obey everything I have taught
you.
I AM with you always.
Jesus said,
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1. WHO SENDS?
2. ON WHAT BASIS are we sent?
3. WHO IS SENT?
4. WHO ARE WE SENT TO?
Who? What? How?The risen Christ through the medium of His
Church.The Authority and Command of Christ.
All disciples.
All nations (peoples/ethnic groups).
5. WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
6. WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF POWER FOR THISMISSION?
7. HOW LONG DOES THIS MISSION LAST?
a. Go—action is required.b. Make disciples.c. Baptize.d. Teach them to obey Jesus’
commands.Jesus is with us always.
Until the very end of the age. NOT atemporary assignment.
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• “He calls for volunteers who will cooperate with Himin the great work of sowing the world with truth. . . . Inevery place to which they can gain access. . . . Hiskingdom is to be enlarged.”
1 Selected Messages, page 112
The PROPHET SPEAKS
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• The Church Family – “The home missionary work will be farther advanced
inevery way when a more liberal, self-denying, self-sacrificing spirit is manifested for the prosperity offoreign missions; for the prosperity of the home workdepends largely, under God, upon the reflexinfluence of the evangelical work done in countriesafar off.”
6 Testimonies, page 27
Reflex Influence• The Individual Church Member – “Those who take up their appointed work will not
onlybe a blessing to others, but they will themselves beblessed. The consciousness of duty well done willhave a reflex influence upon their own souls.”
Ministry of Healing, page 148
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• A small prayer group at Antioch was asking God forguidance. He answered with a call to mission service.
• Paul and Barnabas were commissioned to go andspread the message about God’s kingdom.
New Testament Model
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End-Time Mission• Why should not the
members of a church,or of several small churches unite tosustain a Missionaryin foreign fields?
Gospel Workers, page 466
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• Heavenly angels employ human hands in practicalministry . . . This is heaven’s way of administeringsaving power . . . Human agencies are called to behand helpers.
My Life Today, page 305
• We have a great work to do by cooperating with Himas His Helping Hands.
Upward Look, page 76
We are His Hands!
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• sponsors a minimum of one volunteer annually.• selects from projects advertised on division or
General Conference websites or call books, unlessassigned to home church.
• volunteer serves in another division, the homedivision/union/conference/mission, or homecommunity.
OverviewEach church• receives a minimum of one volunteer
annually,funded by sponsor.
• advertises positions on division or GeneralConference websites or call books.
• is not required to enter into an exchange withanother church.
• chooses assignment as permanentarrangement until project is completed.
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• Appoints A CoMission (a committee to organize the program).
• Sends a Missionary.• Hosts a Missionary.
Every Church
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• Works with local congregation, cooperatingwith pastor, church board.
• Designs local project, funding, staff and implementation.
• Selects project to sponsor - raises funds.• Selects HisHands missionaries.• Monitors projects while underway.• Holds CoMissioning service for missionary.
The CoMission
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• Provide hospitality and guidance to missionary.• Provide training when needed.• Engage missionary with local congregation.• Monitor local mission project.• Mediate in conflicts.
Appoint Coach To:
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Financial Support• fares.• accommodation expenses.• stipend.• insurance costs.• visa fees.• medical examination fees. Financial responsibilities and/or services
may beshared with receiving organization, e.g.accommodation, food, etc.
Sponsorship Means:Spiritual Support• The CoMission coordinates spiritual nurture,
prayersupport.
Physical Support• The CoMission coordinates regular
communicationwith missionary—sending evangelistic, personal andother items.
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• A “HisHands” Missionary Volunteer is a baptized Seventh-day Adventist, at least eighteen years of age, who is willing to devote his/her gifts on a full-time basis, preferably for a period of six months to two years, to serve in some form of witness to spread the gospel.
Definition of a HisHandsMissionary:
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• Church planting in cities and towns where there areno Seventh-day Adventists.
• Door-to-door visitation.• Public evangelism.• Bible studies.• Teaching.• Medical and dental care.• Building construction.• Office work.And much more……..
Project Possibilities
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• Selected by CoMission (Interviews).• Assists in fundraising.• Serves at project site.• Implements project.• Provides regular
financial and narrative reports.
HisHands Missionary
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• Cross-cultural training essential for missionariesworking in another culture – Passport to Mission Manual.
• Witnessing and evangelism training provided bydepartmental directors – HisHands Training Resources Handbook.
• HisHands Missionary Handbook.• HisHands Host/Sponsor Handbook.
Training
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• It is a team approach to mission– The Conference/Mission assists the
congregationin creating structure and provides training.
– The CoMission in the local congregation plans andinitiates the project.
– The CoMission selects the missionary.– The CoMission provides the resources.
What is Different aboutHisHands?
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• The Coach introduces the missionary to the project.
• The Coach links the missionary with host community.
• The Coach nurtures the missionary—culturally, sociallyand spiritually.
HisHands Differences• The HisHands Missionary is selected for a
specificposition.
• Is accountable to the home CoMission for projectfulfillment and use of project funds.
• Will receive training for mission service on-site aswell as in home church/conference/mission.
• Has specific support—CoMission, Coach.
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• Take time to understand the “reflex influence.”Pastor and/or church member(s) may visit the project site.
• Sponsoring church may convene short-term missiontrip with several members to lay the groundwork.
Catching the Vision
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• Face-to-face connection with project hosts.• Evangelistic plans agreed upon.• Budget refined.• Needs clarified.• Inspiration shared with
home church.
BENEFITS of Pastor or Group Visiting Project Site
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• Personal Ministries Council recommends to Church Board.
• Church Board approves and recommends toBusiness meeting.
• Business Meeting approves.• Church Board nominates CoMission Members
and appoints Chairperson.
• CoMission voted into office as for any church office.
How to Initiate HisHands
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• First at Home.– Learn by doing mission projects close to home.– Less expense.
• Then to Foreign Fields.– “A company of believers may be poor,
uneducated, and unknown; yet in Christ they maydo a work in the HOME, the NEIGHBORHOOD,the CHURCH, and even in the “REGIONSBEYOND,” whose results shall be as far-reachingas eternity.”
– Desire of Ages, page 640
Launching HisHands
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• Becomes the missionary organization.• Expects and receives regular reports from the
missionary and is blessed.• Doubles its prayer and financial support.• Develops greater dedication to mission and to
theChurch.
• Becomes a pool of potential missionaries to serve athome and abroad.
• Develops a new vision of what can be done.
The Sending Church/Organization —
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• Is blessed by the experience.• Sees a broader perspective of the community and the
world.• Has an opportunity to test gifts and talents for
service.• Has a chance to enlarge the Christian family and
make new friends.• Derives sense of satisfaction from serving.• Learns what true giving means.• Learns to value other cultures and new ways of
doing things.
The “HisHands” Missionary Volunteer —
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• Is blessed.• Is exposed to the care and interest of
missionaries.• Gains a new perspective on the world outside their
local area.• Receives material and spiritual aid they would
otherwise never know about.• Invites individuals to join God’s remnant Church
whoare discipled by the missionary volunteer.
The Host/Receiving Church/Organization
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• “He calls for volunteers who will cooperate withHim in the great work of sowing the world with truth.God’s workers are to plant the standards of truth inevery place to which they can gain access. Theworld needs restoring. It is lying in wickednessand the greatest peril....God calls upon His peopleto labor diligently for Him, so that Christian efficiencyshall become widespread. His kingdom is to beenlarged.”
1 Selected Messages, page 112
You Can Make It Happen
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