Frustrations Frustrations On the FieldOn the Field

Will the church-plant ever become autonomous?

Will the church-plant ever become autonomous?

Frustrations Frustrations On the FieldOn the Field

Is there an end in sight?Is there an end in sight?

Frustrations Frustrations On the FieldOn the Field

Where is the consistent growth?

Where is the consistent growth?

Our FormulaA well trained mission team

for Successful Church Establishment:

Sufficient support and adequate resources

Maintenance on the field for an adequate number of years (10-20

yrs.)

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First Piece of the Formula:

A Well TrainedMission Team

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

Our Team

Allison BoydAllison is the newest member of our team. She is originally from McMinnville, TN where she attended the McMinnville Church of Christ. She attended Freed-Hardeman University where she received a B.A. in Biblical Studies. She is currently finishing her second degree from there, a M.A. in New Testament Studies.

Our Team

Charla grew up in Columbia, TN. where she was a member of the West Seventh Church of Christ. Charla attended Freed-Hardeman University from 2000-2003 where she majored in Missions and pre-Nursing, and she graduated from Jackson State Community College in 2005 with a degree in Nursing. She is currently working as a nurse for the hospital in Selmer, TN. Matt was raised in Farmington, WV. He has earned both a B.A. and M.A. in N.T. Studies from Freed-Hardeman University. He will soon earn an M.Div. from the program as well. Matt is currently working as the pulpit minister for the Stantonville Church of Christ in Stantonville, TN.

Matt & Charla Cook

Our Team

Allison grew up in Huntsville, AL and was a member of the Memorial Parkway Church of Christ. She also attended Freed-Hardeman University from 2000-2003 and is a 2007 graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham with a degree in Art Studio and a concentration in Graphic Design. She works as a graphic designer in Birmingham, AL. Barton was raised in Haleyville, AL and attended the 9th Avenue Church of Christ. He earned both a B.A. and M.A. in New Testament Studies from Freed-Hardeman University. He is now the associate minister for the Ashville Road Church of Christ.

Barton & Allison Kizer

Our Team

Jennifer was born and raised on the mission field in Taiwan. Her family returned to the U.S. in 1989. Her home congregation was the Quinton Church of Christ. Jennifer attended Freed-Hardeman from 2000-2003 where she received her degree in Merchandising and Interiors with an emphasis in art. She is currently living in Wisconsin as a homemaker. Gary was raised in Seneca, MO where he attended the Seneca Church of Christ. Gary has a B.S. in Missions and a M.Min from Freed-Hardeman University. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Army. Currently he is working with his overseeing congregation in Janesville, WI.

Gary, Jennifer, & Logan Reaves

Our Team

Dreaming, planning, survey trip, develop relationship with Continent of Great Cities, psychological assessments, language study, and two recruiting retreats

December 14th-15th recruiting retreat and team commitments

2002-Present

2007

Team Training

Our TeamTeam Training February 9th fundraising seminar, language

training, fundraising, complete team commitments, and prepare for training and mission work

2008

2009Begin six month training with Continent of Great Cities, three month internship with overseeing congregation, depart for mission field in Fall of ’09

We recruit individuals and families who commit a minimum of five years to the mission.We train the teams by preparing them to efficiently and effectively serve as instruments in God’s hands to grow and mature his church.We care for these teams by serving as advisors, mentors, friends, trouble-shooters, counselors, and advocates. We stay with the teams until their job is completed.

Second Piece of the Formula:

Sufficient Support andAdequate Resources

Ephesians 4:11-12Ephesians 4:11-12

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesBasic Mission StrategyPrinciple #1: Bring the lost of all socio-economic classes to faith in Jesus Christ, but targeting middle class heads of households in an effort to reach whole family units that can impact the city.

Principle #1: Bring the lost of all socio-economic classes to faith in Jesus Christ, but targeting middle class heads of households in an effort to reach whole family units that can impact the city.

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesBasic Mission StrategyPrinciple #2: Incorporate these new believers into one dynamic local church with an eventual attendance of 300 to 500.

Principle #2: Incorporate these new believers into one dynamic local church with an eventual attendance of 300 to 500.

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesBasic Mission StrategyPrinciple #3: Raise up national leadership composed of elders, deacons, evangelists, teachers, and ministry leaders.

Principle #3: Raise up national leadership composed of elders, deacons, evangelists, teachers, and ministry leaders.

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesBasic Mission StrategyPrinciple #4: Secure a permanent church building, attractive to all classes of people, at an accessible, centralized and well-known address that takes into account the particular needs of each city.

Principle #4: Secure a permanent church building, attractive to all classes of people, at an accessible, centralized and well-known address that takes into account the particular needs of each city.

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesBasic Mission StrategyPrinciple #5: At the appropriate time, plant at least one additional congregation before the team leaves the field.

Principle #5: At the appropriate time, plant at least one additional congregation before the team leaves the field.

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesTimeline for the WorkYear One

Year Two

Adaptation, settle in, culture and language study

Intensive evangelism begins

Year ThreeIntensive evangelism continues with growing attention to the task of maturing new believers in faith

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesTimeline for the WorkYears Four to TenIntensive evangelism continues, Maturation of young believers continues, Leadership training begins, Begin fundraising for property purchase and building construction, Some missionary families may return to U.S., First full-time national minister is selected, Establishment of additional congregation may begin

Sufficient Support & Adequate ResourcesTimeline for the WorkYears Ten to FifteenAll previous activities continue, Leadership training intensifies, Additional full-time national ministers added, Other missionary families may return to the U.S., Establishment of additional congregations continues, and Training for elders and deacons beginsYears Fifteen to TwentyPrevious activities continue, Elders and deacons are appointed, Additional congregations are established, and Last missionary family may return to U.S.

Third Piece of the Formula:

Maintenance

On the Field

Maintenance on the Field

The Field: Cusco, PeruThe city is situated

in a valley of the Andes Mountains at approximately 11,500 feet.Peru is officially a Spanish speaking country, and in Cusco many of its citizens are bilingual, speaking both Spanish and the native language of Quechua.

Maintenance on the Field

The Field: Cusco, PeruThe city is in a

surge of development because of the migration of Quechua Indians from the surrounding rural areas.

Maintenance on the Field

The Field: Cusco, PeruThe population

has tripled in the last twenty years, and now the city has around 320,000 people. The surrounding province contains nearly 1.2 million inhabitants.

Maintenance on the Field

The Field: Cusco, PeruThese factors

produce a ripe mission field for pure Christianity.

Maintenance on the Field

The Church in Cusco One congregation

has existed for approximately sixty years and maintains a membership of 60-80. Another meets with a membership of twenty. Additionally, we have recently heard that there may be a few other smaller groups who meet throughout the city.

Maintenance on the Field

The Church in Cusco The existing church

there was pleased to hear of future workers coming and even expressed interest in partnership. However, we’re interested in church-planting and believe that joining the existing congregation could cause problems.

Cusco is a gateway city, and evangelizing this influential city could mean reaching countless numbers of people in the surrounding area.

Cusco is a gateway city, and evangelizing this influential city could mean reaching countless numbers of people in the surrounding area.

John 4:35John 4:35

Do you not say, “There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest?” Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.

Do you not say, “There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest?” Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.