2013 Annual Report - The Foursquare Church

2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International
church. While we weren’t able to gather all the data we would have liked, we did gain some
valuable information.
The number of short term missions teams in 2012 grew significantly from 226 to 250, with the
number of countries visited growing from 59 to 63 from 2011 to 2012. Through this growth, it is
evident that we are reaching out to more of our global family, but we are still far away from
partnering with the entirety of our family. Our goal for the year to come is to continue to pray
for outreach opportunities and growth as we strive to reach more nations.
Some significant figures this year show a constant presence in Haiti and Japan. The US church’s
tremendous efforts to partner with the ongoing relief efforts in Haiti and Japan have been
consistent; 57 teams were active in Haiti during 2011, 50 teams in 2012 and Japan had 9 teams
in 2011 and 8 in 2012.
The numbers show that 20% of our total STM have gone to Haiti over the past 3 years. With this
focus on Haiti, one may ask: with over 400k spent on Haiti and the trend of 1 in 5 teams
traveling to Haiti, is this focus of resources at the expense of other fields
Mexico is our second most visited country over the past 3 years, with a total of 45 teams
participating in efforts within the country. An interesting fact is that Mexico has more
missionaries than any other field, compared to Haiti with no long-­‐term missionary. In Mexico,
30% of teams are working with Foursquare Missionaries or participating in national work,
compared to Haiti where 99% of teams are working with Foursquare and national church.
There is a large number of teams going to Haiti and tend to be small and understaffed, but
teams are working alongside the local and national church. In Mexico however, teams are
helping around the country, and not necessarily with and through the Foursquare National
Church or missionaries.
Finally, 2012 saw the end of the amazing work from David Wheeler, who served as GO Teams
Coordinator for FMI. David created a very high standard of communication and relationship,
both of which I strive to continue. I, (Chad Isenhart) have taken over the role as GO Teams
Coordinator, combining my experience of missions and disaster relief with GO Teams to help
more teams get in the field and be become better equipped and trained to “go into all the
world.” I look forward to expanding FMI’s global reach through STM.
Foursquare Relief and Compassion Report
Chad Isenhart, cisenhart@foursquare.org
http://www.reliefandcompassion.org
In 2012 Foursquare Relief and Compassion (FRC), a relief arm of Foursquare in service to both
FMI and the National Church Office (NCO), assisted in 16 total disasters, domestically and
globally. FRC strategically focused on helping local churches and leaders in response to crisis
with the love of Christ. FRC was also able to partner with specifically trained Disaster Chaplains
from the Foursquare Chaplains ministry.
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