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Missions
Philosophy and Objectives (Developed in 1998)
Wanting to be doers, not just hearers, of the Word, we at the Church in
Clarendon determined in 1998 to be active witnesses both at home and in “all
the world.”
We decided to not only support with our finances, but to support with our
gifts and talents, efforts made toward the spreading of the Gospel. We
targeted Mexico and Central America because we had personal, reliable
missionary connections, and because travel to these countries was very
feasible.
Although there are many types of short-term missions with varying
focuses, we decided that our primary objectives would be:
- To bring support, finances and aid to those missionaries already
established on the field.
- To share the Gospel in an evangelical outreach, particularly aimed
toward children.
- To bring physical support and labor to whatever construction
projects were deemed necessary by the field workers.
- To share Christ’s love with both missionary staff and children in
whatever ways of service were beneficial.
- To give the Church an awareness of the needs beyond itself: that by
going on a short-term trip, many would spread the awareness of the world
at large.
God’s Primary Purpose - For men to know (personal intimacy) Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:3-4, “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who
wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth”.
- John 8:32, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you
free.”
- John 14:6, “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.
- Ephesians 4:11-13, “It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to
be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and
teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body
of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in
the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the
whole measure of the fullness of Christ”.
God’s Commission.
- Matthew 28:18-20, “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority
in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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, and teaching them to obey everything
I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end
of the age.”
- Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on
you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Jerusalem - Clarendon, Rutland, Wallingford, etc.
- Judea - Southern Vermont
- Samaria - Northern Vermont
- The World
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