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The
mission of Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church’s Global
Outreach Ministry is to involve the membership in spreading
the good news of God’s grace throughout the globe.
Global Outreach Values
Church Planting
We believe that the local church is God's primary vehicle
for the expansion of His kingdom. Therefore we will invest
the largest portion of our mission resources in church
planting strategies in various cultural contexts both in the
United States and abroad.
Indigenous Ministry
We believe that ministry is most effectively done by
trained men and women within their native cultural contexts.
We also believe that for long-term reproducibility,
ministries should receive their primary financial support
from sources within their culture.
Equipping Nationals
We believe that the proper role of the cross-cultural
missionary is an equipper of national church planters and a
facilitator of church planting movements. Therefore we will
strongly support missionaries with a vision for planting
indigenous churches with native leadership.
Strategic Prayer
We believe that prayer should be the most consistent,
mobilized activity of the Seven Rivers’ Missions Ministry.
We want to help create structures within Seven Rivers Church
for the understanding and execution of strategic
intercession for the world.
Geographical Focus
We believe in strategically focusing our resources in few
rather than many areas of the world in order to maximize our
effectiveness. Our current Global focal points are: Belize,
Japan, Uganda, and the Philippines.
Short-Term Missions
We believe that short-term missions are the most effective
method of involving our members in world evangelization.
Short-term missions provide believers with the opportunity
to experience the work of God in the world and provide an
excellent tool for the mobilization of longer-term
missionaries.
Communication
We believe that regular communication of the activities of
Seven Rivers' missionaries and of the overall progress of
world evangelization is an important part of our
accountability to the leadership and membership of Seven
Rivers Church. This information will be disseminated via
Seven Rivers’ website, our annual Missions Conference, and
various testimonies throughout the year.
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