Our Mission Impetus
To bring all purchased by the blood of Jesus under the blood.
And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:9-10
Our Mission goal
Every Knee shall bow every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
“All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed” Revelation 15:4
Urban Mission: Our Jerusalem
- To equip every believer of the church with the ability to witness and lead those they encounter on an everyday basis to the Lord.
- To raise up as many as possible to discern the call to full time ministry with the church.
- To see that the house churches develop into local worshiping communities and begin a church of their own in these respective areas. To be able to build a smaller church that can have a worshiping community of 500 people in the suburban areas of the growing city of Bangalore and other new growing cities in the city of Bangalore once every five years as funding is available.
Mission outreach of different departments of the Church
Mission outreach of Women’s Department
- Elizabeth Fellowship: Reaching to over 6 slums in the city of Bangalore empowering the slum women with the power of the spirit through inner transformation.
- Women’s Care cells: Six women’s cells in slum areas
- Women of Destiny Conference: An annual conference to reach the women of different churches in Bangalore to help them experience God’s hand of deliverance and transformation and take responsibility to see the city being changed.
- Helping hand: A social endeavor through which all women of the church collect a handful of provision every time they cook and bring it at the beginning of every month to the church for distribution to the very need families who lack even two decent meals a day.
- Rag pickers and Garbage cleaners Bible Study
Mission outreach of Children’s Department
- Little Lambs Clubs – 3 clubs Reaching to over 6 slums in the city of Bangalore (starting fourth one next month)
- Bondos Tribal group outreach: Children’s Christmas Gift from Mission Sunday Focus was sent
- CD for Beta Kurumbas tribal group – 30 Songs being done in the Kurumba language to introduce Christ through using tunes from their tribal folk songs. The CDs will go with the missionaries into these unreached areas.
Mission outreach of youth and Young Adults
- Youth Connect
- Visiting old age homes
- Visiting Orphanages
- Medical camp at Prison Fellowship
- Friendship Evangelism
Other mission involvements
Through Benevolence:
- Sponsoring education of some needy slum children by assistance with fees or books for their education
- Benevolent Fund for a few Widows and Orphans to help them with their day to day needs, medical expenses, etc.
- Blankets for the Street dwellers: 150 Blankets were distributed at Christmas time last year through a special white gift collection.
Partnership with Bible Colleges
- We currently provide Three Scholarships for needy Bible college students in Southern Asia Bible College
- Currently we sponsor five young men in Bible college who will come back to serve the church after completion of their M.Div and B.Th theological programs.
- In the last five years the church helped support and sent five of our youth to Bible college who are now serving the Lord in other ministries. We have more young people who will be going to Bible College two in 2009, two in 2010 after their basic degree programs, and one more a year later. Believe there will be more going out.
Missionary Support
- Currently make a 50% support for 5 missionaries of the central District of the South India Assemblies of God for mission work with unreached people groups.
- Along side the building construction we are involved in we also helped in building roof for a suburban church being troubled by fundamentalist groups because of the sound that came out of their temporary shed when they worshiped.
Future Involvements Planned
Crisis Mission plan
The Church has raised Rs. 200,000/ for rehabilitation work in Orissa after the dreadful spate of persecution that has left over 75,000 people homeless, jobless, and many having to deal with the death of Family members.
Looking to the future we believe that the right balance for financial stewardship of any church to fulfill her obligation towards the spread of the Kingdom of God in our nation is that she has a health mission budget that covers at least 50% of her total income. Our commitment to the completion of the current sanctuary is therefore a difficult experience. However we know that this is important for this community will function as the hub from which all our ministry and mission responsibilities will be resourced.
