2013 Annual Report - The Foursquare Church

2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International
o Format changed, followed up with quicker responses from missionary care
coordinator
• Necessity of increasing MCT budget line item for gifts
• Field Retreats (regional): During Missions Committee meeting there was discussion of
importance for Foursquare missionaries to meet bi-­‐annually in their region
o Line item to be added in 2013 budget to include additional half-­‐day/day of training
for field missionaries at the retreat (led by AM and/or MCT)
• Creation of missionary profile/snapshot database: Historical document created in light of
file retention policy; the following info to be encapsulated:
o Deployment date
o Facilitating church
o Date file was received by MCT
o Report/Letters: Quarterly ministry report for GFMs; quarterly ministry report and
budget report for CFMs
o Category: GFM or CFM (including CFM-­‐Missionary Team Specialist and CFM-­‐Intern)
o Date Field Report: First 2 Months received
o Issues (i.e. funds, relational, assignment, too much time in U.S., etc.)
o Date file docs updated (including docs revised)
o Furlough dates
o Stateside dates (visits, i.e. Connection attended, vacation, etc.)
o Counseling sessions: Number and counselor name
o Next assignment (U.S./field; transition process with MCT)
o Re-­‐entry doc and date; Debrief dates
o AM/field supervisor report, receipt date
o Date file closed and sent to be archived
• Sabbatical for AMs (one month):
o Form/schedule to be determined (not a vacation, rather a spiritual, reflective time)
o Pending U.S. church sabbatical policy dialogue (established at March 2012
cabinet/board meetings)
• Implementing missionary psych/holistic health assessments
Missionary Training and Education Report
Johnell Loop, jloop@foursquare.org
http://connect.foursquaremissions.org
In 2012, two Missionary Training Intensives were held in Los Angeles. A total of 63 people
attended. This included 30 new missionary applicants, 4 FMI missionary units, 18 pastors
training as coaches (see below) and 8 missionaries from other groups that we embraced to
assist in their training needs.
Training Expansion
In 2012, Eloise Clarno passed her baton of teaching on Living Single on the Field to Linda Richey.
Two sessions were upgraded and developed by Dave Metsker. These include: Developing
Spirituality for Cross-­‐Cultural Ministry and Developing Spirit-­‐Directed Team Leaders.
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