2013 Annual Report - The Foursquare Church

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2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International Field specific reading lists have been established and upgraded and will continue to be developed into 2013. Support Raising Coaches In November 2012, 18 Foursquare pastors were trained as support raising coaches. These pastors attended training along side of our Foursquare missionary candidates. These coaching pastors will be assigned to a new missionary candidate(s) that has been approved to raise support. They will provide weekly encouragement and accountability during the time that they are raising support to go to the field. Our professional support-‐raising trainer, Henri Moreau, has provided both training and coaching materials written specifically for Foursquare Missions International. This training focuses on raising funds from individuals rather than focusing on churches as a support base. This new coaching role is being beta tested this spring. Grant Approval Foursquare Missions International, Foursquare Media and Foursquare Missions Press partnered together in 2012 and were approved for a $40,000 Foursquare Foundation Leadership Development Grant. These funds as well as matching funds will provide the starting monies needed to provide translation and distribution of Foursquare resources for Foursquare leaders and pastors around the world. A second grant is being submitted in hopes of providing a wider scope of translation and distribution possibilities in the immediate future. The ultimate goal is to provide every pastor and leader with a package of doctrinally correct materials in a language that can easily be read and understood. These materials include but are not limited to: • Foundations of Pentecostal Theology The ICFG Board of Directors has approved the translation of the new edition of this book in three chapter segments as they are completed and approved. • The Foursquare Church • Women in Leadership Ministry • Disciples of All Nations FMI Communications Report Rod Light rlight@foursquare.org Foursquare Missions has a rich heritage of effective global ministry but often has lacked the same finesse and relational equity with our U.S. pastors, leaders and church members. This is especially true in the area of FMI Communications. Identifying the Roadmap in 2012 Our threefold goal during 2012 was to identify successes and failures of past communication efforts, determine what currently works well, and develop a roadmap for success in a new paradigm and with a new communications philosophy. FMI contracted with Mark Dreistadt and his team from Infinity Concepts to consult and help steer our processes and personnel leading to a sustainable and self-‐sufficient communications 30
2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International team. Although progress was slow in the beginning, by the fall of 2012 we started to gain traction. By the end of December 2012, we had successfully launched and managed a Children’s Christmas Offering campaign resulting in $65,607.70 received that will help FMI support our global ministries to children. This campaign had one major distinction over all other previous fund raising efforts – with this offering we began to engage and cultivate donations from individuals in Foursquare churches in addition to our conventional fund raising efforts with senior pastors and credentialed ministers. We also made major strides in 2012 beginning to identify our FMI mission, message, and brand. Clarity in these three areas is helping us now share the FMI story with more focus and impact. Taking the Journey in 2013 FMI Communications reflects our new philosophy of cultivating the support of individuals in addition to the support of our credentialed ministers and local churches. Our comprehensive communication strategy encompasses the following seven priorities: • Donation Processing • Donor Receipting • Donor Development • Donor Communications • Video Communications • Website • Media We are well on our way toward identifying areas of adjustment and innovation in each of these seven priorities. We project that 2013 will see improved FMI communications systems and strategies, tangible donor development, and an increase to the FMI Global Fund. GO Teams Report Chad Isenhart, cisenhart@foursquare.org http://connect.foursquaremissions.org 2012 2011 2010 Teams reported to FMI 250 226 276 Countries visited 63 59 59 Team participants 2154 1659 2200 Estimated $ spent on STMs* $2.6 million $2.3 million $2.8 million *Estimates based on the following formula: (# of participants x best flight cost) + insurance + (# of participants x # days on field x $40/person/day for room, board, transportation and ministry costs. In 2012, GO Teams worked hard to better track the US church’s involvement in Short Term Missions (STM). This year's data shows that short term missions are still at the heart of the US 31
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