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New Life Church Missions Policy

We at New Life Church want to have a Biblical, comprehensive and sustainable missions philosophy.  What you see below is our initial endeavor. 

  1.  Missions, both domestic and foreign, is not optional for the Biblical congregation.
  2. Our goal is to tithe (give 10% of our church income) to missions (local, national, overseas) in addition to receiving special missions offerings and supporting special projects. 5% will be designated toward monthly missions support of on the field missionaries, and 5% will be kept in an account for special missions projects, such as student mission trips.
  3. Student mission trips

    Attendance
    We give preference to those who are regular attenders of New Life.  We ask that any student regularly attend (an average 3 of 4 Sundays per month) New Life for at least a semester (4 months) prior to asking for financial mission support from NLC. 

    Validity of the project
    We also wish to support valid missions endeavors connected to legitimate church or para church organizations with a proven history of credibility. 
  4. The leadership team will decide who is supported and to what amount.
  5. The process of requesting funds
    Apply, in writing, to the leadership team, and address the following: 
    - history of your faith journey
    - where you are going
    - when you are going
    - sponsoring mission agency
    - length of trip
    - what you will be doing
    - what you hope to gain from the mission
    Please email this request to shjohnson@malone.edu
  6. At New Life we wish to stress not only corporate but individual responsibility in missions funding.  Thus, we emphasize individual monthly missions giving in the form of faith promises (a commitment to give to the missions budget of NLC or some other missions endeavor on a monthly basis).  We also plan to stress faith promise giving during a yearly spring and fall missions emphasis. 

revised 8.24.09

I Get to Serve Christ as a Missionary

By Andy Raatz

I feel as if I've won the lottery.

I get to serve Christ in Moldova.

As I drove back from a small village this week, swerving around potholes and squinting through the fog, my mind fixated on how fortunate I am to serve in this country.  I detest the concept that I am sacrificing, but smile at the thought of being blessed.

Earlier that day, I chatted with an old married couple of 89 and 86 years of age.  My new friend fought in World War II, but on a different front.  I saw their tiny home, heard their stories and talked to them about Christ.

As we handed bags of groceries to the neediest in the village of Baraboi, I joked with people who had spent their entire life in that village.  I prayed with an old woman who still doesn't know Christ, but is concerned for her sick daughter.

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MISSIVE — NOVEMBER 2009

 

I am in debt to my good friends and colleagues John and Glenda Harris for having sent me the book “The Waiting Father: Sermons on the Parables of Jesus” by Helmut Thielicke. I want to share a quote with you today, because it’s so pertinent to our spiritual well-being.  Thielicke says,

“The man who lets his day grow recklessly and blindly, that is, the man who does not begin his day by talking with God before he goes on to the thousands of words, written and oral, which he must speak to men, that man grows rotten, both physically and nervously.   And what has been called “executive’s disease,” the symptoms of which are ulcers and heart attacks, is often only a symptom of these deeper disorders in the soil of our life.”

How often has this happened in our own lives? In order to expedite the responsibilities of the day, we sometimes leave home without the most important aspect of our life, which is, of course, consulting with God about all those responsibilities and duties we have to perform in the course of the day. It is generally counterproductive, because we end up spending more time correcting errors we have made when we proceed without divine orders.

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World Missions News & Information

  • I Get to Serve Christ as a Missionary

    We all need to stop and give thanks to God for the privilege of being used by Him. Life with Christ is an adventure, whether Moldova or Main Street. Jump in and go for it!

  • MISSIVE — NOVEMBER 2009

    In order to expedite the responsibilities of the day, we sometimes leave home without the important aspect of our life, which is consulting with God.

  • Community Choir Promotes Friendships and Love

    We started a community choir in Amsterdam. The choir is open to anyone interested in joining. This puts people in contact with the gospel message and gives them an opportunity to develop relationships.

  • Recovery in the Philippines

    Recovery from such devastation is slow. Yet, in the midst of this calamity, the church has also been presented with some wonderful opportunities.

  • Africa Assemblies of God Prepares to Launch Decade of Pentecost

    Across the Africa continent Assemblies of God churches are making preparations to launch the most aggressive Pentecostal emphasis in the history of the movement.