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CoCreate Curriculum

Overview

The Problem

Business is the tool of the “post-modern” missionary. Yet, many missionaries and mission sending organizations lack the knowledge or structure to support a business as mission, or marketplace mission initiative. Building on the content of his new book CoCreate: Harnessing the Redemptive Power of Business, Steve Forman of the Camino Foundation seeks to develop curriculum for three teaching seminars to support a redemptive business program for: English-speaking missionaries and mission sending agencies in the U.S.

The mission field of the 21st century is changing. The “modern” mission movement of the last 200 years was principally built on a traditional church planting program. Today, donor-based giving is drying up. Younger Americans seek more “participatory” forms of giving. They “vote” with their pocketbook through the products and services they consume. The “post-modern” missionary must respond to the changing landscape. Today, global business connects and intersects every culture, race, religious group, people group and age demographic. Business is where the people are, spending over two-thirds of their waking hours in the marketplace. By its nature, business generates relationships. Every day, business people interact with customers, employees, suppliers and vendors and investors. Businesses influence culture and communities, and can even provide the sustainable revenue to support a missions team.

English-speaking Christian business people, through local churches. Spanish-speaking Christian business people, through churches in Spanish-speaking countries served by Camino.

About Camino Camino Global (founded as the Central American Mission in 1890) is the largest and oldest mission organization focused on serving Spanish speakers globally. Based in Dallas, TX, Camino Global has grown from the work of two missionaries under the leadership of Dr. C. I. Scofield to serving Spanish-speaking believers in over 140 countries worldwide. Currently, Camino has 265 missionaries and over 30 staff.

Some 700 million people live enslaved in poverty, shackled by scarcity, exploitation and lack of training. The earth’s resources are being consumed faster than they are replenished. Water, food and access to jobs are held in scarcity. Government aid programs and humanistic economic systems have failed. In 2015, Fortune magazine wrote: “Business in pursuit of profit still offers the best hope of addressing many of mankind’s most deeply rooted problems.” But only if those businesses, business owners and profits are submitted to God and made part of his Redemptive Plan. Jesus is making all things new, including business. Redemptive business can be a powerful tool of the Holy Spirit – but only if education happens.

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CoCreate Curriculum The Solution Christian business people must be taught why God created business, how God wants business to operate and what they need to do to become marketplace ministers and missionaries. The educator’s tool is a seminar course format, based on the content of the book CoCreate: Harnessing the Redemptive Power of Business (expected publication Sept. 2018). In the book, Steve draws from his business, theological and mission business experience with the Camino Foundation to “connect the dots” between business and God’s Redemptive Plan. Biblical Foundation - The key to understanding lies in what Steve calls CoCreation, the model of “Kingdom” business found in Genesis 1 and 2. Created in the Image of God, humanity is given the ability to “create” or add value and “relate” or act in community. The word “CoCreation” mirrors this truth: Co (for community, joint or together) and Creation (adding value to the resources given by God.) Kingdom business is based on the exchange of that value, created or added by humanity, for the benefit of the community. Practical Application - The seminar teaches a system by which Jesus, through the power of the Spirit, can make our businesses “new” and redemptive. That management system is called Redemptive Enterprise Management or REM for short. It is a realignment of business priorities to match those of God: Prayer, People, Products, Profits and Planet. Clear Follow Through - Finally, the seminar teaches practical steps toward operating a redemptive business. These steps are critical, especially in a mission organization. Not everyone is divinely designed to do redemptive business. It is important for marketplace missions to operate with a “corporate” or team approach, placing people where their divinely designed skills allow them to succeed, or developing a path for additional business education. Many Christian business people need additional theological training to become a business missionary, especially in a hostile region.

Opportunities For Engagement Invest $25,000 to cover the development, publishing and marketing of the seminar and materials. Once organizations buy the seminar, the program becomes self-sustaining. Become a certified CoCreate teacher. Engage CoCreate directly to help create a new redemptive business, or transform an existing business. Intern in our business missionary program (short term placement in a mission-based business). Become a business missionary through Camino Global.

Milestones Fall 2018

English version rollout

Spring 2019

Spanish version rollout

Spring 2019

Business missionary training course established at Camino.

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Gateway Business Platform

Overview

Mobilizing Marketplace Missions

• Christians have lost hold of the “town square” and influence is waning. • Business is the “loudest” voice in the town square. • Camino is positioning HOPE Coffee to be at the heart of the town square conversation. • Along with a restaurant and a co-working space, HOPE Coffee begins to reside where community happens. • “Gateway Businesses” are independently sustainable, with a missional heart to multiply real transformation.

Camino is actively expanding beyond the traditional missionary sending model to focus on accelerated growth of its already successful marketplace missions model. We view the workplace as the next great movement to incorporate the Gospel both here and abroad. Mobilizing real business missionaries and successful mission-based business requires a level of knowledge, experience and resources often beyond what some churches, seminaries, and even traditional mission programs can provide. However, God has provided Camino Global with the expertise, resources, a pattern of success and unique opportunities to successfully accomplish this for His Kingdom. In 2011, Camino Global founded Hope Coffee as just such a model. Hope Coffee sources sustainable coffee from Honduras and Mexico, now supplying coffee to over 400 churches monthly throughout the US. In 2017, HOPE Coffee achieved financial self-sustainability and is positioned to grow further in 2018. In addition to financial sustainability, HOPE Coffee has scaled its impact. Since its founding, the company has provided the means to complete 170 shelter projects and 100 water projects through local churches in Honduras and Mexico. Through these community initiatives, more than 70 people have committed their lives to Christ. HOPE Coffee operates two “brick and mortar” coffee shops, one in Siguatepeque, Honduras, and one on the campus of Dallas Theological Seminary. The successful operation of these shops has led Camino Global to the next step, a viable “Gateway Business Platform.”

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Scalable and Replicable Platform Camino’s marketplace missions model has now grown to include commercial real estate strategy. A scalable and replicable opportunity has arisen in Sunnyvale, Texas within 10,000 square feet of “Class A” retail development adjacent to the Sunnyvale city offices. This space will combine a Hope Coffee shop, a co-working/executive suite, and a Buttermilk’s Restaurant (one of the most popular restaurants in East Texas). In addition to providing sustainable income for Camino Global, this model is envisioned to be replicated elsewhere in the US, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala and beyond. By combining these three outstanding services and products, relationship building will organically occur. Through relationships and employment of the right people, we believe that discipleship will continue to happen. When intentional discipleship is combined with entities that are independently sustainable, the potential for real transformation is multiplied. Camino’s Gateway Business Platform can become a significant tool to communicate the Gospel with a world in need.

Project Details • Sunnyvale Park Square will house a 1,500 square foot coffee shop, a 5,000 square foot co-working suite, and a 3,000 square foot restaurant. This project is envisioned to become self-sustaining by the end of the first year of operations. • The Spain Gateway project will house a 3,000 square foot co-working facility in Madrid. Relationship development will lead to the planting of an urban church in the heart of the city by the end of year two, and the project will become self-sustaining by the end of the third year of operations.

Cost to fund this initiative Investment in Hope Development Hospitality 1, LLC for 50% ownership of company.

$500K

Investment in Madrid Hospitality 1, LLC for 80% ownership of company.

$350K

Project Management

$100K

Ministry Overhead

$50K

TOTAL $1 Million

• Each operation is projected to become self-sustaining by the end of the first year of operations.

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Honduras Medical Initiative

Overview Camino Global’s medical initiatives serve the needs of people in some of the most underserved areas of the poorest regions who have little or no access to medical care. These initiatives provide not only medical attention, but also health promotion, prevention, community transformation and spiritual care.

HOSPITAL EVANGÉLICO was founded in 1949 by a group of Camino missionaries in Siguatepeque, Honduras. The hospital provides medical attention to low resource patients from towns and villages in the remote areas of Honduras. Hospital Evangélico offers full-time general and specialty outpatient clinics and hospital services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The medical staff sometimes ride burros to bring medical attention to the most rural communities.

The Problem • More than 1.5 million Honduran people (18% of the population) do not have access to health services. • 9 out of 10 Hondurans are not covered by any kind of health insurance. • Infant (under five) and maternal mortality rates remain stubbornly high, and over one-third of infants are malnourished. • Only 12% of the Siguatepeque population surrounding the Camino hospital have access to clean drinking water. • There are only 0.2 dentists per 10,000 inhabitants.

Since 1971, the hospital has also served as a training center for local nursing medical assistants as well as laboratory and X ray technicians.

Lives Impacted Thus Far • Thousands of Honduran people have been treated and served by the Hospital Evangélico • Thousands of lives and families have been transformed • Dozens of churches have been planted as a result

The Hospital seeks to continue serving not only the physical health needs of the Honduran people, but also their spiritual needs. Thousands of people have been treated, but expansion opportunities are many, including the use of clinics on the ground, mobile clinics, and a vision for the first ever palliative/hospice care unit in the country. This is an opportunity for believers to take part in transforming lives, to meet very real physical needs, to share the gospel with those who have still not heard, and to leave a legacy for Christ.

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Mobile Clinic The mobile clinic serves 16 distinct communities. Each day, a different community is visited, providing medical, dental, and orthodontic services. Mobile Clinics also provide needed patient referrals to public hospitals that can provide specialized treatment.

Palliative / Hospice Care The Hospital Evangélico desires to expand services to include palliative care, which would be the only hospice care facility in all of Honduras. Elderly Hondurans have been identified by country officials as a vulnerable population. • The 60+ age group is particularly vulnerable for many reasons, including the fact that 79.7% do not have any Social Security coverage. • 44.5% of the overall population for those aged 60-69 years old live in extreme poverty. The rate grows to 51.2% of the overall population for those aged 70-79 years. This makes daily living conditions and end-of-life care often dramatically uncomfortable, which is where the first Palliative Care facility in Honduras can have a real impact.

Services Available

Adjuvant Services

Inpatient Care (adults and children) General Outpatient Medicine General Surgery Internal Medicine Radiology and Laboratory Services Cardiology Orthopedics and Traumatology Gynecology and Obstetrics Pediatrics ENT (Ears, Nose and Throat) Pathology Dermatology Urology Intensive medicine

Gastroenterology Neurology Nephrology Otorhinolaryngology

A wide array of diagnostic tests including, ultrasound, X ray, endoscopy, EKG and echocardiogram are also available.

Opportunities For Engagement Annual Sustaining Sponsor

One Year

$1 Million

Annual Supporting Sponser

One Year

$50k-$100k

Hospital Lifetime Sustaining Endowment

To Sustain for a Lifetime

$3 Million

Mobile Clinic Annual Provision

One Year

$50k

Mobile Clinic Sustaining Endowment

To Sustain for a Lifetime

$500k

Long-term Palliative/Hospice Care Founder

Establishes Facility

$150k

Long-term Palliative/Hospice Care Sustaining Endowment

To Sustain for a Lifetime

$1 Million

Good Shepherd-Pastoral Medical Care Benevolence Fund

Any gift welcome

Good Samaritan Community Benevolence Fund

Any gift welcome

Urgent Medical Equipment Needs Operation Room ceiling and portable lamps

Blankets, sheets, pillow cases

Microscopes

Autoclave with a 25 lbs capacity

Operating room tables

Monitors for ICU

Centrifuges with 6 to 8 tubes capacity

Analyzer for special tests

Water distillator

Surgical scissors, scalpels (blades and handles)

Portable suction machines

Pulse oximeters

Laparoscopic trochar, graspers, staples

Syringes and hypodermic needles

Any other available medical

(disposables and non-disposables), lenses, etc. Electrocardiograph (EKG) Machine

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and surgical material

Latino Community Engagement

Project overview

The Problem

• The U.S. white population is shrinking. Already school age children are less than 50% white. Soon the white adult population will be a minority.

Mono-cultural churches exist throughout North America in the context of rapid ethnographic/demographic change. The Hispanic and Latino population continues to grow while many of these churches lack the resources and expertise to effectively engage the changing community around them.

• The evangelical church is way behind in relating to minority groups, and needs help in adjusting to this new reality.

How does the Church in North America effectively engage Hispanics in their surrounding communities? Where can church leaders turn for guidance, practical answers, and tools?

• Thousands of majority culture churches are searching for models and strategies to effectively engage Latinos and Hispanics in their communities. • The LCE Project will catalyze a movement of churches actively pursuing, practicing and promoting healthy engagement with the Hispanic community in North America.

The Solution Camino Global has been working with Latin Americans since 1890. What we have learned through more than a century and a quarter of experience must now be leveraged to serve the multifaceted Church in North America. Camino has the experience, expertise, resources, and relationships to effectively address the needs of North American churches in their desire to engage their growing Latino communities.

The Plan Camino Global is developing a product line of tools and services to catalyze Latino Community Engagement in North America. Product resources envisioned in this approach include assessments, workshops, consultation, program development, training material, online resources, and facilitated networking.

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Core Product: The LCE Workshop A core product to be fully developed in 2018 is the 6-hour intensive LCE Workshop, consisting of a pre-workshop survey/assessment tool and the following five modules: Module 1: Latinos in the United States • Trends, Misconceptions and Opportunities • Latin Segmentation in the US • Diversity in your Neighborhood (specific to seminar location)

U.S, Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/

Module 2: God’s Heart: A New Humanity • Understanding God’s Heart for the Immigrant • Exploring Unity and Diversity in the Body of Christ Module 3: Aligning Our Hearts for Unity in the Church • From Distinction to Mutual Dependence • From Prominence to Equality • From Teaching to Learning Module 4: Leading your Church into Effective Latino Ministry • Levels of Involvement. What will it take? (leadership, staff and congregation) • 9 Church Models – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly • 7 Core Commitments to Effective Latino Ministry Module 5: Cultural Awareness for Rewarding Relationships • The Seed, the Root, and the Fruit of Culture • Cultural Awareness: Individualist vs. Relational Cultures • Cultural Sensitivity: Skills for Intercultural Relationships

Pew Research Center www.pewresearch.org

At the current rate of growth, Camino can serve only 72 churches and 1,800 leaders in the next 4 years. However, with an investment of $355,00 the impact could grow to 270 churches and 6,750 leaders to make this a self-sustaining initiative by year 4.

Investment needed for this initiative Year 1

$179,798

Year 2

$106,876

Year 3

$67,952

TOTAL

$354,626

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Online Ministry Resources

Overview

The Plan

Obrero Fiel (“faithful worker”) was launched 15 years ago to provide biblical resources and training online for Spanish-speaking ministry leaders around the world.

A four-year plan to enhance Obrero Fiel includes the following six major upgrades: 1. New Website - Launch a new version of the webpage that is more visually appealing, is fully responsive for mobile device screens, and allows for premium content and subscriptions. (2017)

Last year, Obrero Fiel offered 8,700 different Spanish language ministry resources to 1.6 million unique users in more than 140 countries.

2. Video Content - Launch Canal Obrero Fiel video content which can be used by teachers in preparing classes, and others to watch content such as sermons and misc spiritual growth topics. (2019)

This year we reached the key threshold where more than 50% of our users are accessing the Obrero Fiel platform using a smartphone instead of a computer.

3. Revenue Generation – In order to achieve long-term financial self-sustainability, monetize portions of the ObreroFiel website by launching premium content and/or subscription-based content access. (2018-2020)

After 15 years of service to Spanish speaking pastors, missionaries, and leaders around the world, it is time for a significant upgrade to this platform and related resources which will position it for continued growth and even more impact over the next decade.

4. Enhanced Resources - Update the most accessed resources and add an additional 3,000 new resources for a total of 12,000 available ministry resources. (2018-2020)

5. Marketing Communications - Develop weekly marketing emails, social media posts, and texts to enhance meaningful engagement with ObreroFiel users (2018) 6. Mobile-Friendly Formatting - Convert online courses to a new format which helps students wanting to study via their phone instead of a computer. (2018)

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Online Ministry Resources

Opportunities For Engagement

Investment Needed

Video Production – Volunteer video production teams to help us create simple, 3-minute teaching videos.

Graphic Design and resource layout: $40K Video Production:

$40K

Graphic Design – Volunteer graphic design and resource layout assistance to refresh the existing 8,700 resources and/or the thousands of anticipated new resources.

Marketing, Communications, Social Media Consultant:

$30K

IT Services: $40K Security and System Management:

$30K

Total to fund 4-year impact plan:

$180K

Branding – Volunteer support and input on branding, messaging, and marketing.

Four-year Milestones & Evaluation Usage Growth: From 1.6 million to 2.8 million (25% per year over the next 4 years) Resource Growth: From 8,700 available resources to 12,000 Video Content: Total of at least 100 new video resources available on Canal ObreroFiel

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Points of Hope 15 of the 25 most violent countries in the world are Spanish-speaking countries.

The Problem Every day millions of Spanish-speakers around the world find themselves in the middle of major life choices that have the potential to destroy their personal lives, families, and communities. They are searching for help and hope to understand how to face these serious situations. The reality is that most have little chance of finding the help they desperately need. Failed family and social institutions are sad realities verified by sobering statistics, such as the fact that 15 of the 25 most violent countries in the world are Spanish-speaking countries, located primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean.

About Camino Camino Global (founded as the Central American Mission in 1890) is the largest and oldest mission organization focused on serving Spanish-speakers globally. Based in Dallas, TX, Camino Global has grown from the work of two missionaries under the leadership of Dr. C. I. Scofield to serving Spanish-speaking believers in over 140 countries worldwide. Currently, Camino has 265 missionaries and over 30 staff.

The Solution Camino Global desires to partner with Hope for the Heart to train and equip Spanish-speaking Christian leaders with easy-to-use Biblical resources that they can skillfully leverage to minister to the families in their local church congregations, and to set up proactive “Points of Hope” in their communities. Points of Hope provide training for families, helping them avoid poor choices that lead to crisis situations and societal failures. Local churches need the training and tools to impact their communities and provide some HOPE in the midst of these challenging situations. Ultimately our desire is to introduce as many people as possible to the only real HOPE, which is found in Jesus Christ.

The Plan: Prepare, Train, Resource, Encourage 1. Prepare (2017) In March 2017, Hope for the Heart and Camino Global signed a partnership agreement which permits Camino to distribute their 100 Quick Reference Guides to Spanish-speaking Christian leaders online. Thousands of pastors and missionaries now have easy access via smartphone or computer to these excellent ministry tools which they can download, print and use in their counseling ministry to others. 2. Train (2018 and 2019) Camino Global will send trainers to teach 1,000+ pastors and ministry leaders in Latin America and Spain how to use these Biblical counseling resources so that they can join Hope for the Heart’s International Lay Care Network. In addition, we will look for 50+ leaders to train as trainers so that the ongoing work of training will continue to reproduce itself beyond our initial training effort in each country.

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Points of Hope 3. Resource (2018 and 2019) Each person that joins the International Lay Care Network will receive a set of the 100 Quick Reference Guides. We will also facilitate the sale of the individual Spanish-language Key books, the 10 volume complete set, as well as the electronic Keys version on Logos software, or on memory cards for phones and computers. 4. Encourage (2018 and 2019) While we are confident that this material will help pastors in their role as shepherd of a congregation, we will also encourage trained members of the International Lay Care Network to set up “Points of Hope” (Puntos de Esperanza) in their communities and schools which will proactively provide conferences and resources to help families apply biblical principles in their daily life choices. We will launch a simple web page to help record metrics, participants’ basic information, and share testimonies and resources, etc.

1. Vision, Planning and Execution of this 3-year initiative

$10,000

2. Initial training, prep & materials for 15+ country and ministry leaders 3. Promotional and ministry resources for Camino’s 30+ teams

$700 $1,300

4. Promotion/training/equipping 1,000+ leaders in seminars around the world

$20,000

5. Setup and maintain a dedicated website for this initiative for first 3 years

$2,000

6. Reserve funds to assist trainers with airfare

$5,000 TOTAL:

$39,000

THE ROI

1,000+ trained, equipped, and reproducing Spanish-speaking ministry leaders around the world utilizing Hope for the Heart resources to transform lives by providing Biblical counseling to their congregations and communities for just $39 each. Countless families and communities will receive HOPE through the biblical truth they need to make wise decisions and effectively navigate life in a way that brings HOPE to others and glory to God.

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Publicaciones

El Problema

La Solución Un plan de dos fases para preparar a ELA para servir a la próxima generación en un mundo rápidamente cambiante:

Ediciones las Américas (ELA) fue fundada por Camino Global hace más de 60 años en Puebla, México y ha desarrollado cientos de recursos impresos que actualmente son utilizados por hispanohablantes en todo el mundo.

Fase 1: Reestructuración para aumentar las ventas de libros impresos en todo el mundo de habla hispana:

Cerrar el taller de impresión offset existente y el almacén en Puebla, México, liquidando todas las cuentas y entregando indemnización laboral a todos los empleados.

Cada año, miles de recursos de ELA se envían a iglesias, líderes cristianos, ministerios, y librerías en toda América Latina y España. Los cambios significativos en los costos que van relacionados con la impresión, el envío internacional, los reglamentos aduaneras, el envejecimiento del equipo de impresión y otros factores han llevado a una crisis financiera que obligará a ELA a cerrar permanentemente si no reciben ayuda inmediata.

Poner en orden los asuntos legales de la asociación civil. Reorganizar la AC para centrarse en la mercadotecnia, las ventas y la distribución de todos los recursos de ELA en formatos impresos y electrónicos.

Fase 2: Nuevas herramientas para mejorar y aumentar nuestro impacto a la nueva generación:

Digitalizar todos los recursos existentes, lo que nos permitirá producir libros utilizando los servicios de impresión por demanda. Desarrollar una red de impresión por demanda que pueda proporcionar una mejor distribución para todo el mundo de habla hispana. La digitalización de recursos también nos permitirá vender y distribuir estos materiales en plataformas adicionales como sitios web, aplicaciones de teléfonos inteligentes, unidades de memoria flash, etc.

Al reconocer la situación grave en que se encuentra Ediciones Las Américas, la junta directiva de ELA pidió apoyo de Camino Global. La junta solicitó que Camino tomara el control y la propiedad del ministerio.

Convertir el contenido a formatos adicionales como audio, video, PowerPoint y cursos en línea.

Oportunidades para involucrarse

Con firme convicción Camino Global cree que el ministerio de ELA es importante y necesario en el mundo de habla hispana. Está claro que cambios significativos e inmediatos son necesarios para la sobrevivencia del este ministerio valioso.

Voluntarios para digitalizar el contenido y convertirlo a nuevas plataformas. Expertos en negocios para desarrollar un plan de negocios y crear la red impresión por demanda como negocios que generan ingresos en sus regiones locales. Inversión financiera para tener el capital necesario para reestructurar y desarrollar esta iniciativa.

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Publicaciones El Plan Fase 1: Reestructuración

Medida:

Cerrar por completo el taller de impresión offset y el almacén, los que agotan los recursos del ministerio. Finanzas: $77,000 para los procesos legales y la reestructuración. Medida:

Fase 2: Nuevas herramientas

Digitalizar los recursos y darles formato para impresión por demanda. Convertir los recursos clave para su distribución en plataformas adicionales. Finanzas: $38.500 para conversión digital y diseño, y realización inicial de impresión por demanda. Medida 2: Aumentar la distribución de los materiales del ministerio en un 25% cada año durante los primeros 4 años. Finanzas: $51.500 para una nueva oficina, equipo, nueva página web y pago de gastos mensuales para el primer año.

La Urgencia Está claro que sin una reestructuración significativa e inmediata y nuevas herramientas, ELA tendrá que cerrar sus puertas. Pero la propuesta de un ministerio ELA totalmente renovado y actualizado está llena de oportunidades. Las dificultades actuales que enfrenta ELA en realidad brindan una oportunidad para que Camino Global haga los cambios significativos necesarios que permitirán a ELA ministrar de manera mucho más efectiva a una nueva generación.

Acerca de Camino Global Camino Global (fundada como la Misión Centroamericana en 1890) es la organización misionera más grande y antigua enfocada en servir a hispanohablantes en todo el mundo. Con sede en Dallas, TX, Camino Global ha crecido desde el ministerio de dos misioneros bajo el liderazgo del Dr. C. I. Scofield hasta el actual servicio a creyentes de habla hispana en más de 140 países en todo el mundo. Actualmente, Camino tiene 265 misioneros y más de 30 empleados.

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Publishing

The Problem

Ediciones las Americas (ELA) was founded over 60 years ago in Puebla, Mexico and has developed hundreds of print resources that are currently in use by Spanish speakers around the world. Each year thousands of ELA resources are shipped to churches, Christian leaders, ministries, and bookstores throughout Latin America and Spain. Significant cost changes related to printing, international shipping, customs regulations, aging press equipment, and other factors, have led to a financial crisis which will require ELA to shut down operations forever without immediate help. In 2017, recognizing their inability to find and deploy adequate resources and solutions for these serious problems, the board of ELA asked Camino to take complete control and ownership of the ministry. Camino firmly believes that the resourcing and equipping ministry of ELA is significant and is desperately needed in the Spanish-speaking world. It is clear that ELA will not survive and that its ministry will not continue without significant and immediate changes.

The Solution

A two-phase plan to prepare ELA for ministry in a rapidly changing world among the next generation: Phase 1: Re-structure for increased sales of printed books throughout the Spanish-speaking world: Close down the existing offset print shop and warehouse in Puebla, Mexico, liquidating all accounts and giving severance packages to all employees. Transfer inventory and additional assets to a new non-profit which will outsource the actual printing and focus on the marketing, sales and distribution of all ELA resources in printed and electrรณnic formats. Phase 2: Re-tool for continued growing impact among a new generation: Digitize all existing resources, which will enable us to produce books using Print on Demand services. Develop a network of Print on Demand businesses which can provide better distribution for the entire Spanish speaking world. Digitizing resources will also enable us to sell and distribute these materials on additional platforms such as websites, smartphone apps, flash drives, etc. Convert content to additional formats such as audio, video, powerpoint, and online courses.

Opportunities For Enagement Volunteers to digitize content and convert it to new platforms. Business Experts (BAM) to develop a business plan and create the network of Print-on-Demand publishers that are income-generating businesses in their local regions. Financial investment for the capital needed to restructure and grow this high impact vision initiative.

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Publishing The Plan Phase 1: Re-structure

Phase 2: Re-tool

Outcome: Finances:

Completely shut down current print offset print shop and warehouse which is inefficient and draining the ministry of resources. $77K for legal processes and re-structure

Outcome 1: Digitize resources and format them for Print on Demand. Convert key resources for distribution on additional platforms. Finances: $38.5K for digital conversion, layout and design, and initial print on demand run. Outcome 2: Increase distribution of ministry materials by 25% each year for the first 4 years. Finances: $51.5K for new office, equipment, new webpage, and pay monthly expenses for 1st year.

The Urgency It is clear that without significant and immediate restructuring and re-tooling, ELA will have to close its doors. But the promise of an entirely reimagined and updated ELA ministry is full of opportunity. The current struggles that ELA is facing actually provide an opportunity for Camino Global to make the significant changes necessary which will enable ELA to minister much more effectively to a new generation.

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Seek First | Buscad Primero

The Problem

The Plan: Seek First Ministries

Over 1,500 pastors per month walk away from ministry.

Seek First Ministries is designed to nurture and develop pastors and their wives.

Only one in ten pastors will actually retire from ministry.

The program is a redemptive approach to lifelong personal and professional development which purposes to develop a culture that enables leaders to experience Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transforming power, so that by His grace they come to fully glorify Him.

75% of pastors say they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a close friend, and over half are discouraged, stressed and fatigued. The majority are also overweight and unhealthy. Without healthy biblical leadership that has the capacity to sustain itself amidst the stress and challenges of ministry, the church will continue to struggle in fulfilling its biblical mandate. Healthy, vibrant churches cannot exist apart from healthy, vibrant leaders.

Seek First builds a Christ-like community of lifelong learners by assessing and supporting the development of the total person, committed to mental, physical, relational and spiritual care and growth.

Seek First learning communities will be characterized by leaders who are committed to encouraging one another to pursue a vibrant intimacy with God so that they may experience His joy and proclaim His glory as they lead His church.

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Seek First | Buscad Primero Opportunities For Engagement Retreats To Nurture And Develop (Year One) The primary ministry platform for nurturing and development is a three-day retreat. Retreats are offered annually so that participants develop the habit of self-care and development as a lifestyle. Retreat schedules allow for rest, reflection, renewal, and interactive learning exercises in which participants engage session topics individually or as groups. At the conclusion of every retreat a personal development plan is designed to guide them in integrating principles learned into their lives, families and ministries. esourcing (year one) The seek first website will provide a growing list of resources to support self-care and development of the total person (mentally, physically, spiritually and relationally), as well as resources for community development. Community Development (Year Two) As the network of retreat participants grows, communities are encouraged and developed for mutual support and encouragement.

The relationships and support networks that form community accelerate transformation in the life of an individual. Training and needed tools to make these communities successful will be provided through seek first personnel and its website. Coaching (Year Three) For those desiring it, personally designed coaching and input will be provided.

Year One with no additional investment Retreats 20 Couples Per Retreat

Year Two

with additional investment

with no additional investment

Year Three

with additional investment

with no additional investment

with additional investment

Community Memberships

none

Coaching Sessions

none

Cost

159,000

224,000

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Unreached Mindanao, Philippines

Profound spiritual need • In a nation of nearly 100 million people, 20% live on the island of Mindanao. •

Mindanao is comprised of five Muslim provinces. The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao has great spiritual need, with very few believers and churches.

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The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches has identified 5.7 million unreached people in this region with little or no access to the gospel.

• The first Camino missionaries to form the core of a new team in Mindanao will arrive from Honduras by the end of 2018.

Historical Context After the Spaniards journeyed to the Americas and settled in Latin America, they returned to Spain by way of the Philippines. This island contained natural resources and provided the option of expansion. In 1565, with their hopes and drive, they brought conquest. They named the island for their King Philip II and pressed the animistic nationals into Catholicism. While the Spaniards were colonizing the North, Muslims were gaining control of Mindanao from the South. However, since the Spaniards had already converted the animist Filipinos to Catholicism, the progress of Islam in the Philippine Islands was temporarily halted. As the Muslims pushed for northward expansion, coming through the Indonesian islands, they brought their religion of Islam. As a result, Mindanao has become the center of Filipino Muslims. A 2012 report by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) stated “there were 10.7 million Muslims, or approximately 11 percent of the total population” within the Philippines. The beauty of this country is its mix of Asian culture with Latin American influence. Because of the history and its cultural roots to Spain, Latin American missionaries are better equipped to serve the Filipinos. It is easier for a Latin American missionary to connect with a Filipino Muslim than for a North American missionary. The barriers of race and language are reduced as the Filipino language shares numerous similarities with Spanish. And the Philippine islands are located at the same tropical latitude as Central America, extending the affinity and similarities between regions that are across the globe from each other.

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Mobilizing From Latin America 2015 was an historic year as the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) celebrated its 50th anniversary (the same year that Camino celebrated its 125th). Even the President and Chief Justice of the Philippines were in attendance. At this event, Camino Global was recognized as a formal partner of the PCEC, anticipating future ministry together. Following the event, Camino met with business leaders, educators, government officials, and ministry leaders throughout the Philippines.

Spanish-speaking countries that collaborate to mobilize cross-cultural missionaries. Camino is working with FAM to open new fields together. The first couple to serve jointly with FAM and Camino in the Philippines has been identified. A couple from Siguatepeque, Honduras, plan to begin service in the Philippines by the end of 2018.

Recognizing the great need of Mindanao and the invitation we have from the PCEC to work together, Camino is combining efforts with partners in Latin America to bring transformation to Mindanao. Caminoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-established relationships and partnerships in Latin America stem from its now more than 128 years of work. In 1999, Camino helped form FAM Internacional, a coalition of mission agencies from nine

Cost to fund this initiative

TOTAL $60,000