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251 Powell Drive, Jackson, Ohio 45640 † Phone: 740.286.2864 † Pastor: Rev. Nelson Sharp
» Nazarene Missions
©2007 Jackson First Church of the Nazarene
Nazarene Missions International
From the NMI Handbook & Constitution:
▪ 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.
OUR MISSION
To mobilize the church in mission through prayer, education,
giving, and interactive experiences.
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.
NMI provides various means of support to our missionaries around the world.
Full-time missionaries (excluding volunteers) in the Church of the Nazarene are employed by the World Mission Department. Each missionary receives a monthly paycheck based on a standard amount plus a cost-of-living adjustment.
Missionaries also receive medical insurance (see Missionary Health Care), a pension provision, and other items (such as housing and travel costs).
The World Evangelism Fund comes from Nazarene churches around the world. Each church is challenged to give an amount based on its income as its participation in the world mission enterprise. Approximately 75% of the World Evangelism Fund is used for world evangelization in one form or another. The remainder supports the structure of the system through such ministries as office administration, literature, and other resources.
Faith Promise is a plan based on giving at systematic intervals. Through Faith Promise, people pray about the amount they should give for missions (over and above their tithe). The amount is often given weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Over time, churches find they raise their mission support and often go over their goal through this giving plan.
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
In 1984, the Church of the Nazarene General Board instituted Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to meet the physical, emotional, relational intellectual, and spiritual needs of the world.
Work and Witness
Helping to build facilities for Nazarenes throughout the world, Work and Witness volunteers give of their own time and resources. While working primarily in other countries, Work and Witness also aids local Nazarene congregations with construction and repair.
Alabaster
The Alabaster Offering provides funds for property and buildings around the world. It gives a sense of permanence, the attitude that the Church of the Nazarene intends to "put down roots." Eighty percent of the money is used in world mission areas, and twenty percent goes to multicultural congregations in the United States and Canada. Alabaster funds help provide land for most Work & Witness projects. The entire offering goes toward the construction of churches, schools, medical facilities, and homes for missionaries and national workers.
Besides those listed above, local mission programs also include:
Veterans Ministry
Melanesia Scholarship Fund
Bellows Ave. Church Ministry
▪ 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.
OUR MISSION
To mobilize the church in mission through prayer, education,
giving, and interactive experiences.
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.
NMI provides various means of support to our missionaries around the world.
Full-time missionaries (excluding volunteers) in the Church of the Nazarene are employed by the World Mission Department. Each missionary receives a monthly paycheck based on a standard amount plus a cost-of-living adjustment.
Missionaries also receive medical insurance (see Missionary Health Care), a pension provision, and other items (such as housing and travel costs).
The World Evangelism Fund comes from Nazarene churches around the world. Each church is challenged to give an amount based on its income as its participation in the world mission enterprise. Approximately 75% of the World Evangelism Fund is used for world evangelization in one form or another. The remainder supports the structure of the system through such ministries as office administration, literature, and other resources.
Faith Promise is a plan based on giving at systematic intervals. Through Faith Promise, people pray about the amount they should give for missions (over and above their tithe). The amount is often given weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Over time, churches find they raise their mission support and often go over their goal through this giving plan.
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
In 1984, the Church of the Nazarene General Board instituted Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to meet the physical, emotional, relational intellectual, and spiritual needs of the world.
Work and Witness
Helping to build facilities for Nazarenes throughout the world, Work and Witness volunteers give of their own time and resources. While working primarily in other countries, Work and Witness also aids local Nazarene congregations with construction and repair.
Alabaster
The Alabaster Offering provides funds for property and buildings around the world. It gives a sense of permanence, the attitude that the Church of the Nazarene intends to "put down roots." Eighty percent of the money is used in world mission areas, and twenty percent goes to multicultural congregations in the United States and Canada. Alabaster funds help provide land for most Work & Witness projects. The entire offering goes toward the construction of churches, schools, medical facilities, and homes for missionaries and national workers.
Besides those listed above, local mission programs also include:
Veterans Ministry
Melanesia Scholarship Fund
Bellows Ave. Church Ministry