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Evangelical Mission Teams
What are they?
Mission work at the local level is the way the Christian church has spread throughout time. Small groups of people working in concert have the ability to be extremely effective in the work of the Gospel. The WordAlone Evangelical Mission Team program is designed to support and promote the vital work of local groups, WordAlone Chapters, new church starts, and house churches in carrying out their mission to the community.
The central purpose of the program is to empower people at a local grass roots level to make effective use of public media, open dialogue, and current marketing methodology to further the work of the gospel. It will be especially useful for groups like WordAlone chapters, congregations considering disaffiliation with the ELCA, and teams planting new congregations. Through this work EMT’s will engage in awakening of faith, renewing commitment to the Word, and public witness to raise the name of Jesus as worthy of passion and truth-speaking. The work itself will build up the confidence of members for “doing the Word.” Clarity about the future of area congregations will increase. Finally, and most importantly, this program will enhance the EMT’s ability to take on effective evangelical ministry to preach, teach, and confess the name of Jesus in its local area.
How does it work? Through this program, WordAlone provides consultation and support for local mission teams and supports their evangelical work particularly in the areas of media and marketing. The primary way our support works is through local workshops provided for a local team. Here are the seminars we have ready to go for your use:
- Direct mailing – covers both philosophical and practical use of direct mail in mission work and publicity. Especially deals with the issues of getting started using direct mail.
- Writing a news release – provides hands on instruction for how to prepare a news release and how to use them to get your message out.
- Writing a letter to the editor – provides hands on instruction for how to write letters to the editor that will get noticed and actually printed in papers.
- Establishing media contacts – answers questions about why the media is like it is, and what we can and can’t do about it as Christians working to spread the God’s Word in the local community.
- Newsletters – covers philosophy, writing, editing, art and photography, legal matters, computer typography and design required for effective newsletters.
- Key believer program – develop practical strategies for meeting person to person with other believers to discern common purpose for mission.
- Customized media and marketing training – develop with local leaders a seminar focused on local needs and requirements.
In addition to seminars on media and marketing the Evangelical Mission Team program is preparing a series of educational conferences that can be sponsored by local EMT groups. These conferences are designed to be offered to the public at large as an outreach from the local team. The conference we have read to go now is:
By What Authority:
Confronting Churches Who No Longer Believe Their Own Message.This is a daylong conference based on the WordAlone Book, “By What Authority.” In a series of four sessions, learners will examine the historical and theological issues that have given rise to the current problem with Biblical authority in mainline churches. Open discussion and answers to question will enable students to better form their positions and formulate explanations of how they believe.
To arrange for seminars, conferences and to get started as an Evangelical Mission Team contact:
Jimmy Olsen, Director, Marketing/Outreach
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