Missions Ministry Policies and Procedures
STRATEGY
The Global Impact Missions Team (GIMT) of Mount Pleasant
Baptist Church (MPBC) will work to fulfill the Great
Commandment (Matt. 22:37-39) and the Great Commission (Matt.
28:19-20). Our strategy will be guided by Acts 1:8. We
choose to partner with the Southern Baptist Convention and
its entities (SBC), the Southern Baptist Conservatives of
Virginia (SBCV), Petersburg Baptist Association (PBA) and
other Great Commission Christians (GCC) of like faith and
practice. We seek to work through strategic partnerships, to
the extent possible, as we strive to complete the task. We
desire to provide training and resources for MPBC members,
other churches and individuals, so that the gospel may be
preached throughout the whole world (Matt. 24:14).
POLICY
 The GIMT will consist of the Minister of Missions (MOM)
and Team Leaders (TL) of various ministry teams. Ministry
teams will include the Community Team, Commonwealth of VA
Team, Country Team, Continents Team, Global Impact
Celebration Team, Missionary Support Team, Epena Saija Team,
Partnership Teams and Short Term Project Teams. This list is
not all inclusive. We anticipate the make up of the GIMT
will constantly change as new teams are formed and other
teams complete their task and are dissolved.
In consultation with the MOM, each ministry team will
develop strategy for their area of responsibility. They will
seek opportunities for service, plan and calendar ministry
events, plan and calendar related training and coordinate
these with the Missions Ministry Calendar. They will prepare
a team budget request to be included in the Missions
Ministry of the MPBC budget and/or the Global Impact
Offering (GIO). The MOM will authorize disbursement of funds
and give joint oversight, along with the GIMT, to Missions
Ministry budget line items and funds.
Potential TL must successfully complete team leader
training, cross cultural training, prayer walking training,
chronological storying training, personal evangelism
training and have participated in an approved MPBC mission
trip before applying to lead a MPBC team. The MOM, one other
MPBC staff person and at least one other approved TL will
interview the potential TL before final approval is given.
Team members must successfully complete the application
and interview process, show evidence of a genuine salvation
experience, have particular skills or abilities needed on
the team and be an active MPBC member. Interviews will be
conducted by the MOM, the TL of the project being applied
for and at least one other TL. A waver may be granted for
any of the above requirements at the discretion of those
conducting the interview.
PRIORITIES AND VALUES
These are basic to us and are the foundation of our
ministry. Everything we do is built upon them.
- Prayer-All of us can pray and God chooses to work
when His people pray. We must continually pray for the
Lord of the Harvest to call out and send laborers into
the fields. We must continually pray for those already
working in the fields, for our ministry partners and for
those who have not yet responded to the gospel.
- Scripture-The Word of God is truth without any
mixture of error and draws the lost to faith in Jesus
Christ. It is “inspired by God and profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in
righteousness”. (2 Timothy 3:16, NAS)
- Church-God has given the responsibility of reaching
the lost world to His church. We will start, build and
support churches. We must work to start Church Planting
Movements among unreached peoples.
- Evangelism-God has given each believer a testimony
and uniquely enabled them to share the Truth around the
world.
- Discipleship-As we grow in our likeness to Christ,
we are to lead others in becoming more Christ like and
impart to them a desire to complete the Great
Commission.
- Unique culture of every society-We will communicate
the Gospel in a way that is understood by the people
where they live.
- Ministry that has eternal significance-We will be
good stewards of the time, talents and resources that
God has entrusted to us.
PROCEDURE
COMMUNITY TEAM
Goal: to seek, plan and provide opportunities of service
in the tri cities of Colonial Heights, Petersburg and
Hopewell, VA.
Responsibilities include conducting a comprehensive
survey of the community to determine ethnic patterns and
ministry opportunities, developing additional opportunities,
determining team training needs, providing training,
calendaring of events and preparing a ministry budget for
inclusion in the Missions Ministry budget line.
Examples may include the MPBC food pantry, soup kitchen,
Pennies From Heaven, Pregnancy Support Center, Gideons,
Angel Tree Project, multifamily housing ministries, ESL,
tutoring/mentoring at risk children, Starlight Crusade and
ethnic church starts.
COMMONWEALTH TEAM
Goal: to seek, plan and provide opportunities of service
in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Responsibilities include conducting a comprehensive
survey of the state to determine existing ministry
opportunities, developing additional opportunities,
determining team training needs, providing training,
calendaring of events and preparing a ministry budget for
inclusion in the Missions Ministry budget line. Attention
should be given to the need for starting new churches in the
state.
Examples may include disaster relief, Habitat for
Humanity, Appalachia Ministries, continued work with our
church start in DC, new church starts, establishing
partnerships to strengthen churches.
COUNTRY TEAM
Goal: to seek, plan and provide opportunities of service
in the United States of America.
Responsibilities include conducting a comprehensive
survey of the United States to determine existing ministry
opportunities, developing additional opportunities,
determining team training needs, providing training,
calendaring of events and preparing a ministry budget for
inclusion in the Missions Ministry budget line. Attention
should be given to the need for starting new churches in the
U.S.
Examples may include disaster relief, Habitat for
Humanity, new church starts, continued work with our church
starts in NY, church construction and renovation.
CONTINENTS TEAM
 Goal: to seek, plan and provide opportunities of service
internationally.
Responsibilities will include surveying the MPBC
membership to determine any existing connections or
affinities anywhere in the world, selection of a region of
involvement, research and selection of a people group to
work with, developing strategy for reaching this people
group with the gospel, determining training needs, providing
training, calendaring of events and preparing a ministry
budget for inclusion in the Missions Ministry budget line.
Attention should be given to selecting a people group that
has not yet heard the gospel.
Examples may include partnerships, short term projects,
long term projects, one time projects, strategic work with
specific field personnel, and strategic work with specific
people groups.
MISSIONARY SUPPORT TEAM
Goal: to provide emotional, spiritual and physical
support for members of MPBC serving either nationally or
overseas.
Responsibilities will include prayer support beginning
with the application process, providing transportation as
needed, helping pack and store household items, maintaining
contact databases, mailing newsletters, providing secure
e-mail as needed, conducting research and developing ways to
be involved in the field strategy. Other things may be added
as needed by individuals.
GLOBAL IMPACT CELEBRATION TEAM
Goal: to plan, publicize and conduct the annual Global
Impact Celebration.
Responsibilities will include scheduling the GIC on the
MPBC master calendar, securing speakers, booking music
groups, enlisting stateside missionaries to provide
displays, scheduling information sharing times for the
missionaries, arranging travel as needed, planning special
children and youth activities with the missionaries,
publicity, promotion, decorations, displays, enlisting
member to provide housing for guests and preparing a budget
for inclusion in the Missions Ministry budget line. This
team will also establish yearly offering goals, compile the
results from commitment cards and maintain a database of
those results.
EPENA TEAM
 Goal: this is an adoption of the Epena Saija people group
in Colombia. Adoption is a lifetime commitment until full
spiritual maturity of this people group is reached. For our
definition, full spiritual maturity is reached when the
church among the Epena Saija becomes strong enough to
complete the evangelization of their people.
Responsibilities will include research into their
culture, develop methods of entry into their community,
provide resources, enlist personnel to meet needs, determine
team training needs, provide training, calendar events, and
prepare a budget request for inclusion in the Missions
Ministry budget line. Attention should be given to being an
advocate for this people and networking with other churches
and GCCs to provide resources and personnel.
Members of this team should include a vision leader,
project coordinator, training coordinator, prayer
coordinator, travel coordinator, financial coordinator,
publicity coordinator, translators and researchers.
PARTNERSHIP TEAM
Goal: to allow MPBC to work with a people group, field
personnel, church or project for a specific length of time.
This will be a signed agreement to be reviewed and updated
yearly and may be extended with the agreement of both
parties.
Responsibilities will include determining the project
selection criteria, writing the partnership agreement,
monitoring progress, conducting yearly evaluations,
determining team training needs, providing training,
calendaring of events, providing resources and personnel and
preparing a budget request for inclusion in the Missions
Ministry budget line. Attention should be given to
determining field strategy and ensuring that the partnership
fits within that strategy.
Benefits include allowing MPBC to work strategically in
various parts of the world, allowing our members to share
the gospel in areas where there is little known work. It
provides documentation of both parties’ expectations,
providing a basis for evaluating our work and allowing us to
determine our progress toward completion. They may be of
varying lengths.
SHORT TERM PROJECT TEAM
 Goal: to provide opportunities for MPBC members to be
involved in missions around the world. These will vary in
length of from one to three weeks. They may be one time
projects or recurring, depending on the need.
Responsibilities will include seeking opportunities of
involvement, determining team training need, providing
training, calendaring of events, providing resources and
personnel and providing a budget request for inclusion in
the Missions Ministry budget line. Attention should be given
to meeting a strategic field need.
These projects may include medical, construction,
disaster relief, leadership training, evangelism, VBS and
literature distribution. |
