Link-2011-issue6-E

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2011

ISSUE

6

《未得之地》

From the General Director

INSIDE

In the earlier issues of Link this year, we talked about the 3Es in our mission The History of the COCM strategy: Evangelising, Equipping, and Encouraging. Traditionally, COCM assigns Year-End Camp missionary workers to focus on either the evangelising or the equipping area of ~Editorial Committee the ministry; their involvement in the encouraging area tends to be visiting and Working with God and sharing at their supporting churches. The 3Es may appear to be three separate Walking with God ministry areas at first. But once workers are settled in the mission field, they will encounter people who are at different stages of spiritual growth, and their ~Yan Tian ministry activities will actually include all 3Es in response to the needs of different God’s Higher Ways situations. ~Bing Liang The Great Commission tells us to go and make disciples, baptise them, and teach them to obey everything Jesus has commanded us. The disciple-making Saving up for a rainy day— process takes on the work of evangelising, equipping, and encouraging as one reflection on equipping integral ministry. If this has not been our thinking, then now is the time to make returnees a paradigm shift in the way we see our overall mission strategy. I believe all our ~Grace Li workers should be actively involved in all 3Es throughout the year and be flexible in our ministry roles. Every worker is considered an evangelist, an equipper, and an encourager. Realistically speaking, this is no easy task for a missionary worker to take on alone. Therefore it is important to pull our resources together and coordinate our efforts by building dynamic ministry teams to share the workload and support one another. For the past several years, the COCM Year End Mandarin camps held at our mission centre have provided an excellent platform for us to fine-tune a model to take on all 3Es effectively. Each winter, we use the team ministry approach to bring together COCM staff workers, local church and fellowship leaders, and supporters on short-term mission from North America to serve in the two Mandarin camps between Christmas and New Year. We intentionally create an interactive environment for believers and non-believers alike to have significant participation throughout the camps. Members on our team are reminded not only to share the gospel message verbally, but also to live it out in love and action. Our co-workers minister to the campers by getting to know them in a personal way and caring for their needs holistically. While these camps are evangelistic in nature, we also equip small group leaders by training them in personal evangelism before the camps, mentoring them as things get underway, as well as giving feedback and guidance at the end of each session. People on each year’s short-term mission team come from different Chinese churches in North America and priority is given to those who have not been to COCM before. Working alongside local co-workers, they gain first-hand information about the needs and challenges of the mission field and many go home with a passion to share our vision with their church congregations. As winter draws near, we are once again kicking into high gear to get ready for the upcoming Year End Mandarin camps. Please pray for us to have the strength and willingness to give ourselves fully to the work of the Lord. May we experience another fruitful season in Evangelising, Equipping, and Encouraging.

Rev. Henry Lu

神恩澤僑胞 福音遍全歐

Reaching the Chinese to Reach Europe

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