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Mission Outreach Proposal
1. Background of the Outreach: 1) In June 2009, Michael Gray and David Chung, under the coordination of NGA, went to Gisenyi, Rwanda to have a conference with the local Rwandan pastors in preparation for a citywide evangelistic festival in 2010. After a long talk, the Rwandan pastors and the two evangelists (Gray and Chung) came to the conclusion that a series of professional ministerial training sessions would more effectively meet the pastors’ practical needs than holding another outreach event such as a festival. 2) Islam has rapidly grown in Gisenyi because, during and after the Genocide, the Muslims have shown compassion to the suffering people by meeting their physical needs. As the pastors explained how strong the Islamic influence had become in Gisenyi, Gray and Chung mutually saw the spirit of defeat in the eyes of the pastors. Consequently, the local pastors think they lack resources, both human and spiritual, to counter the Islamic influence on their city. 2. Invitation to Cooperation 1) Michael Gray and David Chung extend an invitation to other NGA evangelists and Christians of the world to cooperate with them in partnering with the churches and church leaders of Gisenyi, Rwanda to revive and strengthen the churches in their area. 2) Michael Gray and David Chung also ask the NGA office to recommend a point person in Rwanda who will work as coordinator of this outreach in terms of communication, preparation and translation. 3. Our Mission To revive and strengthen the churches of Gisenyi, Rwanda through partnership outreach in the areas of evangelism, leadership training, social ministry, and youth development. 4. Goals & Activities 1) Evangelism a. Saturation evangelism Participating NGA evangelists will bring evangelistic teams from the churches of the United States to partner with local churches in their effort of evangelism. b. Local church revival meetings Participating NGA evangelists will hold local church evangelistic/revival meetings to spiritually awaken the churches of Gisenyi. c. United prayer rallies Participating NGA evangelists will partner with the local church pastors in inviting churches and Christians of Gisenyi to united prayer rallies to pray together for spiritual unity and cooperative evangelism. 2) Leadership Training Participating NGA evangelists will take turns holding week-long church leadership training seminars 2-3 times a year. These are the potential classes they need: a. Basic Systematic Theology b. Bible Survey courses (OT/NT) c. Various Leadership courses (both personal and organizational leadership) d. Marriage Enrichment e. Prayer f. Evangelism g. Discipleship h. Biblical Interpretation for preaching and teaching i. Principles of teaching j. Christian education k. Small group ministry l. Finances m. Business n. Church planting o. Conflict management f. Etc. (Ask the local pastor for what they need) 3) Social Ministry a. Participating evangelists will recruit and bring with them doctors, dentists and nurses to Gisenyi for various medical outreaches. b. Participating evangelists will assess the needs of the city and utilize appropriate resources to help meet the people’s practical needs (i.e., clothes shop, etc). c. Though our evangelistic ministry will be focused on saving souls, we will wisely engage in meeting the physical needs of the people in order to exemplify Jesus’ compassion for suffering people. 4) Youth Development a. Participating evangelists will recruit from the United States and bring with them action sports teams that will play sports with the young people of Gisenyi as a way of building relationships for evangelism and discipleship with a view of training them as future church leaders. b. Participating evangelists will recruit from the United States and bring with them volunteers that will hold summer English camps as a way of building relationships for evangelism and discipleship with a view of training them as future church leaders. c. Participating evangelists will recruit from the United States and bring with them various professionals that will hold vocational seminars as a way of building relationships for evangelism and discipleship with a view of training them as future church leaders. If you are interested in this bold outreach, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Gray at michael@graceextendedministries.org, or David Chung godcmi@gmail.com.
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