Compassionate Ministries
Mission Statement...
“Following the example of Jesus, NCM partners with local Nazarene congregations around the world to clothe, shelter, feed, heal, educate, and live in solidarity with those who suffer under oppression, injustice, violence, poverty, hunger, and disease. NCM exists in and through the Church to proclaim the Gospel to all people.”
Mission Strategy USA/Canada Annual Report to the 2005 General Board
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Scope and Specifics of Ministry...
In keeping with the spirit of our Nazarene founders, NCM exists to minister
to the whole person. We bring the hope of Jesus to a needy world through
providing for people’s physical needs of food, clothing, and shelter.
Additionally we offer long term relief and development assistance in an effort
to combat the root causes of poverty.
We have a strong drive to educate; this exists on two levels. We want
to provide basic education and training for people who would not otherwise
have access to it; we also want to provide the Nazarene constituency
at large with resources like our newsletters and on our website, that
encourage and call forth compassion as a lifestyle. We will never
abandon our role in diligently calling the church to be the people
of compassion and simplicity that our founders envisioned.
The vision that drives NCM is simply that God's compassion would weave
into the fabric of the church. We do not want Nazarene Compassionate
Ministries to be just an organization within the Nazarene structure,
but rather that NCM would exist only because there are things that
we, as the church, can do collectively that we can't do individually.
NCM would then become the collective response of the church. Our prayer
is that social holiness would erupt in every local church and that
we could come alongside faithful members and resource them to serve.
As a part of this vision, we implore God to use us to minister to
our suffering and dying world. Our vision for ministering to poverty
stricken, sick, and hungry people has no limit. We can dream as big
as the church will allow, through its continued prayers and financial
support. We seek to implement this vision through managing resources,
empowering people, enabling compassion, and especially through extending
the hope of Jesus to the world.
NCM has a four-fold approach to ministering to those in need:
- Child development
- Disaster response
- Development education
- Social transformation
This is done through:
- Managing resources
- Empowering people
- Enabling compassion
- Extending hope
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