Every European believer, pastor, local and national church be involved in fulfilling the Great

Commission

The role of PEM is to serve the Pentecostal churches and movements in Europe by:

◦ Empowering them for world missions

◦ Engaging in world missions activities under its structure as agreed upon by its members.

Promote the fulfilment of the Great Commission by mobilizing all PEF member churches to reach the whole world with the whole gospel.

Be a dynamic mission motivator, coordinator,

instructor and implementer to empower the European Pentecostal churches for global missions.

◦ Unity

We strive for unity in Christ, cooperating in cross-cultural partnerships, respecting our partners, to fulfil the Great Commission.

◦ Value of every individual from the divine perspective

We act in love towards every individual regardless of their ethnic background, religion, or gender, recognizing their temporal and eternal value. (John 3,16)

◦ Holism

We serve to meet the entire scope of human needs – spiritual, physical and emotional.

◦ Truthfulness

We want to be real, transparent, trustworthy, accountable, and stand for truth as revealed in the Bible, God’s Word.

◦ General call

The fulfilment of the Great Commission is the responsibility of every member of the church.

◦ Leadership of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is the initiator and leader of mission activities. We look to Him for guidance in all we do.

◦ The Bible is our basis and Jesus is the only saviour and way to God

The Bible defines our criteria for mission.

◦ Cultural diversity

We act in a culturally sensitive way in multinational contexts.

◦ Transforming societies

We want to be visible and inclusive towards the society in our activities.

◦ Networking / partnering

We work in partnership with the church where it exists, especially with national Pentecostal movements and churches.

◦ Emphasis on the unreached

We want to reach those who have never heard the gospel.

◦ Multiplication

We endeavour to see our ministries and established activities multiplied.

◦ Establishing strong indigenous churches

We want to follow the four-self principle:

Self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating, and self-theologising

The indigenous church is not to be led, governed, financed, nor is its practical theology to be decided from outside.

◦ Including all age groups from children to seniors

Missions training and programmes are provided for all age groups: children, youth, adults, and the elderly.

◦ Welfare of the involved people

We give attention to member care of missionaries, education of their children, and welfare of the PEM office and other workers.

◦ Prayer and discerning God’s will

◦ Empowerment

◦ Effective networking and cooperation synergy Excellent and up-to-date

communication with and Europe-wide links to the local church

◦ Team-based ministry and team mindset

◦ Lobbying (community relationships including national governance and EU contacts)

◦ Good structure and human resources management (HRM)

Every European believer, pastor, local and national church be involved in fulfilling the Great Commission

Praying

Empowering

Networking and Involvement

Doing cross-cultural holistic missions

Praying

Developing prayer movements and networks

Providing tools for churches to become active in prayer for missions

Guaranteeing prayer support for every missionary.

Empowering

Enable European churches and movements, including different age groups, to become mission-minded.

PEM is providing training, conferences, consultations, information, materials, services, networks, etc. to equip European churches to be involved in missions.

Impact the quality of missions by providing certification criteria for various areas of mission activities.

Networking and Involvement

Develop strong networks consisting of PEM member organisations, PEF churches, and international partners, all of which are participating in missions.

Doing cross-cultural holistic missions

PEM is initiating additional joint humanitarian actions, special missions programmes, etc.

Leadership

Communication

Human Resources Management (HRM)

Fund Raising

Administration

OPERATIONAL LEVEL (FUTURE)

Progressive increase of office personnel. Responsible to the executive group and committee.

EXECUTIVE GROUP / BOARD

Makes quick decisions, consists of chairman, vice chairman, and coordinator, (and

treasurer when needed). Responsible to the committee.

COMMITTEEResponsible for creating and implementing the strategy, annual plans, and reports.

ANNUAL MEETING

Accepts the strategy, annual plans, and reports. Elects the committee members.

PEM-Certificates◦ Certificates for the quality of work of PEM

member organisations, e.g.:

Certificates for the quality of each of the five supportive process factors (Leadership, Communication, HRM, Fundraising, Administration)

Basic Missions ethics

Other needed criteria

Good centre, office, etc.

Centres for specialised work areas (immigrants, involving children in missions, etc.)◦ Distribute information on best

practices

◦ Connect people of similar interest

Networks: ◦ World Missions Commission /

Pentecostal World Fellowship (PWF)

◦ Pentecostal Asian Mission (PAM)

◦ World Assemblies of God Fellowship (WAGF)

◦ Others

Web page◦ Intranet

Manuals Prayer letter in

development Presence in national

conferences◦ Good brochures, standing

banners, cds, etc.◦ PEM partnering with

national missions conferences

◦ cooperation with PEF and PEF branches

Informing about practical paths to missions

HRM needs◦ Qualified webmaster and

graphic designers

Capable personnel to update and maintain web page

◦ Journalist

Use existing materials from PEM members

Request material in English

Create a bank of experts in missionary member care◦ Member organizations will provide

their experts to be contacted.

◦ These experts will form a team defining needs and action plans.

◦ Experts will be available to help when called upon by an organization which has a need.

Specialized teams for different areas of ministry (immigrants, short term missions, web page...)

Missionary training ◦ PEM Mission Course

◦ Scholarship funds foundation for:

Fida Missions Course, BA or MA

CTS missions course

Other recommended mission -education programmes

◦ Create a medium-term programme with training and practice (not a summer course)

◦ Explore Bible school possibilities (CTS etc.) to create longer practical programmes, including discipling

Principle Need - Personnel sent as missionaries by cooperating organizations to serve PEM full-time in the following areas:

◦ Practical / technical fund-raising tools Web page, i.e.

PEM support

Humanitarian crises

PEM-conferences, etc.

SMS donating

EU funds ( full time person needed)

Scholarship funds

Common funds for humanitarian needs

Membership fees

Consultation registration fee

Special offerings and campaigns

Humanitarian crisis situations and collections

◦ Network of European Pentecostal business people to support missions

Demonstrates best practices and principles of good administration

PEM adheres to European standards, and values training and transparency

Professionals needed in administration

Distinction between administration and management (leadership = what to do, management = how to do)

3000 fulltime missionaries

At least 7000 short-term missionaries annually

New works started among at least 200 unreached or least reached people groups

A strong prayer support for missions with at least 100,000 committed intercessors

Everyone in Europe has heard the gospel

Inspire national movements to contribute.

◦ National / organisational strategies encouraged

Flexibility for movements to communicate the vision in a way fitting to their cultural context

Suggestion: every local church involved in supporting a missionary or a missionary family in some measure

Inspire more missionary candidates

Monitor the ways of going and sending

Develop missions conferences and ways to challenge people◦ Pastors needed to be involved and present

Develop challenging material and media

Encourage national leaders of movements to have mission conferences

Encourage national movements and local churches to have annual mission budgets.

Practical application manual Total mission strategy manual.

Additional manuals with non-binding suggestions.

Short-term missions must meet field needs (various types of teams needed; experts, professionals, those with vision for certain work, etc.)◦ i.e. Reaching the unreached, also in Europe

PEM short-term resources:◦ Database

◦ Manual

practical “how to” information (putting together the wisdom of different movements and national mission agencies)

◦ Create a network of PEM-members involved in short-term mission

Definition of short-term mission:◦ Up to one year (with flexibility)

◦ Cross-cultural, intercultural

◦ Includes various types of activities and ministries

◦ Provided for all age groups from children to seniors

Provides path to long-term missionary work

Church-based teams encouraged◦ Missional churches

Short-term team distinctions between PEM and PEFY◦ PEFY organising the “shortest” short-

term outreaches

◦ PEM short-term personnel sent up to one year.

Good cooperation with PEFY Impact Teams Coordinator important

Establish a common short term office

Partnering with other PEF-linked ministries with short-term expertise◦ Partnership agreements

Cooperation with Bible training institutions

Gather the needs of various movements

Training◦ PEFY Team leadership training

◦ PEM Mission Course

◦ PEF Impacts

◦ Good preparation required for each team

◦ Other

The direction and leadership of Holy Spirit is respected

Clear goal: Work started among 200 new LRPs (of which over 600 groups still exist) or URPs

Special emphasis on URPs and immigrants in Europe

◦ Short-term mission teams serving in especially in Europe

◦ Encourage the national churches to see and reach the URPs in Europe

◦ Material Centre needed to meet the needs in Europe

◦ Media used to reach this objective

◦ Training

Training the churches and teams to start cross-cultural ministry in Europe

Benefiting from the experience of the organisations already involved in cross-cultural ministry

Bible translation needed in many cases Holistic and social approach needed

◦ Cooperation with Pentecostal European Social ministries (PES)

Special PEM team formed

◦ To identify

the existing ministry of PEM members

which groups are being touched

the different organisations plans and potential target groups

URPs and especially who are from the global LRPs now in Europe

◦ To make a list of recommended new people groups to start working among

Organisations are asked to take the responsibility of starting the work among these groups

Use the former missionaries who worked among different peoples and have returned back to Europe

◦ Possibility to have a “Timothy”-program in Europe for younger people to work together with older missionary and learn from him/her

Successful implementation of 2020 objectives is based on prayer

◦ The number of full-time missionaries rises through prayer

Prayer strategy needed

◦ Prayer days organised

◦ Missionaries send prayer letters

◦ Good links, information sharing

◦ Sensitive matters considered and shared discretely

Intranet

Prayer letter

◦ Extensive prayer networks that can react to sudden needs

◦ Prayer coordinator and coordination team needed

Research as to what prayer movements already exist

Every missionary has at least 10 committed intercessors behind him/her

◦ Committed prayer support as well as financial support required from the missionaries.

PEM members have prayer in their programmes and offices

Flexibility for movements to communicate the vision in a way fitting to their cultural context

Cooperation with PEF and PEF branches

Immigrants in Europe◦ Both to be reached and used as

evangelists

Special team formed to concentrate on this objective◦ The needs in Europe mapped

◦ Mapping what is already been done and by whom

◦ In team PEF, PEFY, PEM, immigration expertise, pastoral sight, media

Need to avoid narrow approaches ◦ Various channels used

◦ Wide collaboration of different ministries encouraged

Cooperation with PEF and PEF branches

Immigrants in Europe◦ Both to be reached and to be enabled

to serve as evangelists

Special team formed to concentrate on this objective◦ The needs in Europe mapped

◦ Mapping what has already been done and by whom

◦ Team includes PEF, PEFY, PEM, immigration expertise, pastoral insight, media

Need to avoid narrow approaches ◦ Various channels used

◦ Wide collaboration of different ministries encouraged

Every European believer, pastor, local and national church be involved in fulfilling the Great Commission

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