Overview
Local Missions is divided into three categories:
- Ministries: Second Pres based ministries dedicated in outreach to those in need.
- Mission Partners: Organizations within our community that receive direct funding from Second Pres.
- Mission Affiliates: Organizations within our community Second Pres supports through use of our facility, donations, volunteer assistance, and other support.
Scripture Foundation
When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some.
I Corinthians 9:22
I Corinthians 9:22
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:16-18
1 John 3:16-18
Membership
The team is made up of least 5 interested and committed members with one team member nominated by LDN and elected by the congregation to be ordained as an Elder to represent the ministry on Session.
Non-church members may be on the committee as non-voting members.
Members should be representative of various sectors in our community.
Ministry team shall determine its meeting schedule based upon what it needs to accomplish.
Non-church members may be on the committee as non-voting members.
Members should be representative of various sectors in our community.
Ministry team shall determine its meeting schedule based upon what it needs to accomplish.
Responsibilities
We have spent a great amount of time aligning our Local Mission Outreach with the philosophies of When Helping Hurts which is reflected in the responsibilities below.
- Our role is that of connectivity rather than oversight of efforts.
- Focus on people and processes instead of projects and products.
- Do not do things for people they can do for themselves.
- Discern the needs in the community and the assets needed to support those needs.
- Our relationship to the materially poor should be one in which we recognize that both of us are broken and that both of us need the blessing of reconciliation.
- Our perspective should be less about how we are going to fix the materially poor and more about how we can walk together, asking God to walk in both of our lives.
- Move our missions toward a process of doing with not doing to.
Staff Liasons
Direct – Pastor and/or designee (ex officio)