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I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no-one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb”.
Revelation 7:9–10

Missions: the heart of God and the church

At WSCCC, we believe that God’s desire is to be known by all people, fulfilled through the medium of his people.

Reflecting this desire of God, mission is the nature of the church, not just an activity of the church.

Thus mission is any endeavour that has as its goal the bringing of men and women to the point where they fall at the feet of Christ, worship him alone, and offer him the gifts of praise and consecrated lives.

Our roles in mission

Our church has a fourfold role in missions ministry:

Sending

Prayer

Care and encouragement

Finance

Missions ministry at WSCCC

Missions as ministry at WSCCC is undertaken primarily by the pastors of the church, but in fact involves every leader of each ministry. Instead of relegating missions to a separate “ministry area”, we understand that every ministry has missiological perspectives.

However, to facilitate our congregation’s mission focus, cp11 has established a Missions Action Group (MAG), whose roles are:

• Missions education and global awareness, utilizing both existing ministry structures as well as special events
• Congregational action in member care of our missionaries
• Utilization and support of our short-term mission teams
• Liaison with missions committee

Administration of our global missionaries as their home church is the responsibility of the Missionary and Theological Education Committee (MTEC). It is their formal responsibility to send, interview, plan, and support our missionaries on the field and when they return on home assignment.

Missions in our congregation

At cp11, we have updates from our overseas missionary families every two weeks during the Sunday services. This is important as we partner them in their ministries to the people in their respective countries. It enables us to pray for them wisely, support them pastorally, and contribute financially.

Each year, June is our missions month. During this time, we have further detailed updates about our missionaries, sharing of the missions vision, and explanation of our missions budget of the church.

In 2005, we held a large-scale missions convention for the combined congregations of WSCCC, held at Trinity Grammar School, aimed at fostering missions awareness and education. Rev. Michael Raiter spoke from Psalm 148 about the heart of God. There were also seminars on challenging missions topics, as well as a missions fair incorporating displays by 19 mission agencies.

As part of the WS Equip programme, Bruce Dipple taught a series of seminars on the Biblical Theology of Mission, which systematically traced the Bible’s missiological heart.

Faith Promise Giving

Our financial support system is founded on the principle of Faith Promise Giving. It is based on 2 Corinthians 8 and 9, where the Macedonian Christians “gave as much as they were able and even beyond their ability”. They looked beyond their known sources of income, and trusted the Lord for his special enabling. Giving in this way is possible because of the grace God gives us.

Thus a Faith Promise is the promise of a certain amount of money, which you are going to trust God to enable you to give to support the missionaries of our church. Determining the amount to give is an exercise of faith, and the result of prayerful consideration.

Each June, we explain this Faith Promise system of giving. Forms are distributed for members to complete how much they will prayerfully give. No one will personally check or remind you on how your promise is going – this is between you and God. Instead, there are regular reports to the whole congregation as to how the promised gifts are coming in.