Nazarene Missions International

At the Penticton Church of the Nazarene the Nazarene Missions International (NMI) ministry is responsible to bring awareness about the exciting way God is working around the world in Nazarene Missions.  A different emphasis each month as described below is used to highlight the numerous and varied world areas that the Church is involved in through missions.  Click on the underlined links to get more information about each month's emphasis from the Nazarene Missions International website.

April — Mission Education

May — Missionary Health Care

             Special Prayer Emphasis — Global Day of Prayer

 

July — International Ministry, Bible Schools & Seminaries

 

August — LINKS

The LINKS program of the Church of the Nazarene is a network of personal connections between missionaries and Nazarenes around the world. Missionaries are assigned to districts and, then on the district level, connected to local churches. This gives each church an opportunity to become personally acquainted with the missionary family and their field of service. Typically, churches send cards, cash gifts, packages, and other remembrances to their LINKS missionaries.
 
In return, the churches feel a sense of involvement with the global mission enterprise of the church through regular correspondence from the missionaries, updates from their field, and even through deputation services while the missionaries are on home assignment. The missionaries are encouraged, knowing people care and pray for them. The relationships built over time personalize names and faces that both the missionaries and their LINKS churches value highly.

 

How Can I Be Involved?

Ask your local NMI president who your LINKS missionaries are.

Write your LINKS missionaries and assure them of your prayers, asking for personal requests.

Send remembrances for special days like birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. Remember, surface mail takes quite a while to arrive in some locations, so plan accordingly.

Children and youth find it especially meaningful to become personally acquainted with a missionary or a missionary's child. Encourage young people to send cards, small gifts, pictures, videos, and audiocassettes to your church's LINKS missionaries.

Check the Unofficial LINKS Lists. Have your LINKS missionaries posted specific needs for their field with which you can help?

September — Alabaster

October —Thanksgiving Offering (World Evangelism Fund,Faith Promise)
                     Special Prayer Emphasis — 10/40 Window  

November — Mission Priority One
                        Special Prayer Emphasis — International Day of Prayer

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

Hebrews 13:3

 December — Nazarene Compassionate Ministries

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Work & Witness

Over 150,000 people have been mobilized through Work & Witness since its beginning in 1974.  Resulting in more than 5000 years of donated labor worldwide, Work & Witness teams go to every region of the world and partner with local churches in construction projects, technical needs, evangelism and compassionate ministries.  Come be a part of something significant!

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9

Work and Witness is an important ministry opportunity that is generously and enthusiastically supported by the Penticton Church of the Nazarene.  We have sent teams to South America, Cuba, the Ukraine and most recently to Ethiopia in January/February of 2009.  Click on the image below to go to the Work and Witness site to see how you can become involved.

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What is NMI?

• "NMI is the organizational representative of missions for the Church of the  Nazarene on the regional, district, and local levels."
• "NMI is the promotional, educational, program, and fund-raising arm of missions."
• NMI is the organization that "provides the structure and spiritual dynamic for mobilizing the church in mission."
  

What is the purpose of NMI?

NMI Mission Statement:  To mobilize the church in mission through praying, discipling, giving, and educating.

NMI Objectives:

• To encourage people to pray for all efforts of world evangelization
• To inform people of the world's needs and what the church is doing to meet those needs
• To challenge children and youth to learn about and participate in the mission of the church
• To raise funds for mission outreach

For more information click on the image below to go to the Church of the Nazarene Missions International website.