2013 Annual Report - The Foursquare Church

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2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International Points of Celebration: • Bangladesh – Stage 2-‐3, churches planted in multiple villages, young reproducing leaders under a strong visionary leader • India – Stage 2-‐3, empowerment of board and district supervisors, growth of India Network to connect with multiple “Foursquare cousins” throughout India and Foursquare ministers reaching into India, outreach ongoing among multiple unreached people groups. • Nepal – Stage 1-‐2, missionaries doing outreach, church planting, discipleship, recording studio, vocational training, and children’s homes, Nepali church planter with growing city fellowship. • Pakistan – Stage 2, rebuilding foundations of servant-‐leadership, two new city church plants in Lahore, focus on leadership development. • Sri Lanka – Stage 4, sustained growth, sending missionaries to multiple nations, need funding help to match strong vision, model national church for the region with ability to help other national churches. • Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives – Following up contacts and building relationships in each of these countries, praying for inroads, work beginning afresh in Afghanistan. • South Asia Regional Council – Stage 1, Leadership and vision by Regional Chairperson Opportunities: • Huge need for at least 3-‐4 long-‐term missionary units • Half of world’s unreached people groups (3,575), 97% of 1.6 billion people need Jesus, millions of Dalits (low-‐caste) responding to Christ. • Foursquare Sri Lanka vision for national transformation. • Sri Lanka increased regional involvement – training/planting/modeling, • Potential for reaching dozens to hundreds of unreached peoples in the region. • Partnership with Foursquare-‐related ministries in India • Development of high-‐level Christ-‐like healthy servant leaders and intentional empowerment of younger leaders, • Greater vision for and commitment to 4-‐self development • Biblical unity and strong relational bonds Challenges: • Lack of missionary team • Religious persecution and threats • Political and social instability and upheaval • Strong dividing lines of culture, language, and religion: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam • Rampant corruption • Natural disasters • Unhealthy predominant cultural values and leadership models • Dependency on outside funding 14
2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International SOUTHEAST ASIA – George Butron After 3 ½ years of being a part time area missionary and a full time pastor, I have realized that the greatest need for FMI SE Asia is for missionary care. The need for regular visits and pastoral care for missionaries as well as key pastors and national leaders is at the top of my priority list. Since it is not possible for me to do this, I have approached Jim and Linda Thomas from Faith Center in Eugene Oregon to make 2 trips to SE Asia this year as pastoral care missionaries. In addition, I will fully step out of the AM role following the convention in June in order to allow a new person to step into what is clearly a full time position in SE Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and Guam). I will continue to be involved relationally, in ministry and as a mentor and supporter to the new AM. Points of Celebration and Opportunities: • Malaysia is moving forward with a vision to plant 300 house churches by 2020 and National leader Henry Liew continues to give oversight to the nation and the SE Asia region as our regional chairman. • Cambodia has navigated some significant challenges with the appointment of a new national president while the former national president and a key former US ministry partner have teamed up in opposition of Foursquare Cambodia. Ted and Sou Olbrich continue to give oversight to this strongly apostolic movement in spite of significant challenges and warfare • Philippines is also undertaking an ambitious church planting project along the national highways. They will also be selecting a new national leader in the next year as Pastor Val Chaves steps down from being the president • Laos: Outreach continues to take place in the closed nation of Laos with Cambodia leading the way. Construction of a training center for Lao speakers on the border between the two countries is a key part of the effort to reach Laos • Myanmar: The more open political atmosphere in Myanmar has allowed from greater acceleration of church planting and discipleship. Missionary Chris Curry is able to travel to areas previously prohibited to foreigners and the national church in Myanmar is opening new churches in new areas. At the same time, the leadership is stretched and need to find a new place of agreement and unity in order to move forward • Thailand: The Bangkok building has been sold and the loans paid off. The church there has regrouped and come back into health under the leadership of missionaries Andy and Tina Opie. After serving as the pastors for 1 ½ years, the Opie’s have helped to raise up a new pastor who was just appointed in January. An assessment process is now underway to help the work in Thailand have a fresh start and a new season. 15
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