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.

Emphasis Each Month (Ongoing) — Prayer and Fasting

“Prayer begins where human capacity ends.”
                                                     - Marian Anderson

Prayer and fasting are vital to missions. For this reason, the prayer and fasting emphasis is not restricted to a particular month. Nazarene Missions International (NMI) provides special prayer and fasting opportunities in a variety of settings throughout the year. NMI knows that such spiritual disciplines take place in individual, small group, and corporate settings.
 
Ongoing Prayer Requests:

1. Pray for missionaries and their families—for their ministry and safety.
2. Pray for missionaries and Christians in creative access areas, where government officials may not welcome missionaries and those who share their faith are in danger on a daily basis.
3. Pray for World Mission Broadcast programs and personnel who minister globally via radio, television, Internet, podcasts, and cell phone texting. For more information about World Mission Broadcast, visit broadcast.nazarene.org.
4. Pray for Nazarene Compassionate Ministries teams that share the love of Jesus to a needy world.
5. Pray for the JESUS film ministry. For more information about JESUS film, visit the JESUS Film Harvest Partners Web site.

January — Volunteer Ministries 

February — Alabaster  

 

March — Mission Education

April — Easter Offering (World Evangelism Fund, Faith Promise)

May — Missionary Health Care

Overview

The cost of providing insurance for Nazarene missionaries is quite high. In fact, the cost for health insurance alone for a year is approximately $1.9 million, and the costs continue to rise. Yet the Church of the Nazarene wants its missionaries to be able to serve and not worry about where they will scrape up the cost of the next premium.

Nazarene Missions International has helped subsidize some of these funds since as early as 1919. Through your giving to the Memorial Roll, Distinguished Service Award, Gifts from the Heart, and Missionary Health Care plate offerings, you helped offset approximately 23 percent of those insurance costs. Thank you!

The remaining 77 percent of the insurance costs is provided by the World Evangelism Fund. So two important facts to remember are…

1) The more money that comes in for Missionary Health Care, the more money from World Evangelism Fund can be used specifically for evangelism.
   
2) Giving to World Evangelism Fund affects many aspects of missions in the Church of the Nazarene.

What is Missionary Health Care, and why should I give to it?
 
Missionary Health Care (MHC) is an opportunity to help with the health care costs of Nazarene missionaries. MHC allows missionaries to focus on their work without raising funds to pay for medical care. The money comes from Distinguished Service Awards (DSAs), Memorial Rolls (MRs), Gifts from the Heart, or plate offerings.
 
What are the Distinguished Service Award and the Memorial Roll?
 
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes someone (living) who has served or is serving the church. It may be presented by the church or a group within the church (not individuals). The Memorial Roll is a record of people who have been memorialized by gifts to the Medical Plan. It is kept in the General NMI Office and is a significant way to honor the deceased (members of the local church or not) and may be presented by groups or individuals. Both of these honors are accompanied by attractive certificates stating the recipient and—in the case of a DSA—the reason for presentation.
 
Where can I access a history of individuals on the Memorial Roll or individuals who received DSAs?
 
The Memorial Roll/DSA history is available online. This allows you to:

Search for (and/or print) a list of individuals from your church/district who received a DSA.
Search for (and/or print) a list of individuals who were placed on the Memorial Roll.

To access the MR/DSA History, click here.
 
Where can I get order forms for Distinguished Service Awards and Memorial Rolls?
 
DSA and MR order forms are included in the annual District NMI Convention packets or may be ordered free of charge from Nazarene Publishing House (1-800-877-0700). They are also available on the Missionary Health Care Promotional Ideas page.

What is Gifts From the Heart?
 
Gifts From the Heart is a facet of Medical Plan that allows individuals to give to Missionary Health Care. People may be honored or memorialized with an attractive card noting the monetary gift to Missionary Health CAre (the donor chooses the amount). Look for the display in your church. Take a card from the rack and follow the instructions. If you do not see a Gifts From the Heart display at your church, ask your local or district NMI president.

            Special Prayer Emphasis — Global Day of Prayer

Global Day of Prayer

May 27 2012

“If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
(2 Chronicles 7: 14)  

Values: 

The Bible and the Apostle’s Creed
Worship and Prayer
Respect
Humility and Repentance
Servant Leadership
Quality
Relationship
Integrity
Inclusiveness
Sacrificial Giving

For more information see the Global Day of Prayer Web site.

Mission
 
To call Christians from all Nations to:

1. Unite in repentance and prayer, and
2. Work together as God’s servants for the blessing and healing of the Nations
   

Strategy
 
Following the example of the first believers who "joined together constantly" in prayer (Acts 1:14) until the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the Global Day of Prayer is calling Christians from all nations to unite in prayer.
 
A simple strategy will be implemented each year:

     1 – 10 – 90

- A Global Day of Prayer (Moving from large events to more smaller locations, including as many people as possible)
- 10 Days of day-and-night prayer preceding and leading up to the Global Day of Prayer
- 90 Days of Blessing and continuing prayer, following the Global Day of Prayer

     PLUS

Bi-weekly newsletters with prayer challenges from the nations, information, tools and teaching to mobilize prayer from our many partners in the global prayer movement  (Sign up for Newlsetter HERE)

Promotional materials:

Poster
Logos
Videos

For more information and resources, visit the Global Day of Prayer Web site.

June — World Mission Broadcast  

 

July — International Ministry, Bible Schools & Seminaries

 

August — LINKS

 

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

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.

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