NINE STRATEGIES
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #1:
Disciple Deeply
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Pray for new believers to become
mature Christians, to learn the
Word and allow it to shape their
lives.
• Pray Christians will have access to
discipleship materials in their heart
language and fellowship with other
believers.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Read Cross-Cultural Servanthood:
Serving the World in Christlike Humility,
by Duane Elmer.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Give to the “Bible for Every Believer”
fund to provide a Bible for just $5.00
to help a new believer be grounded in
the truth.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #2:
Embrace All
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Pray for those who live in the
10/40 Window, home to many
of the world’s unreached people
groups.
• Pray for churches and individual
Christians to be welcoming and
hospitable to refugees relocating
to their communities.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Read Welcoming the Stranger:
Justice, Compassion & Truth in the
Immigration Debate, by Matthew
Soerens and Jenny Hwang.
• Read Christians at the Border:
Immigration, the Church, and the
Bible, by M. Daniel Carroll R.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Find ways to build bridges with
internationals in your community.
• Identify one or more practical ways
to live out the biblical truth that we
are blessed so we can, in turn, bless
others.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #3:
Engage Urban
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Pray for Free Methodist
church planting efforts in
urban areas.
• Pray for urban dwellers as they
face challenges inherent to most
large urban areas.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Read Red, Brown, Yellow, Black, White
– Who’s More Precious in God’s Sight?
A call for diversity in Christian
missions and ministry, by Leroy Barber
with Velma Maia Thomas.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Invest in ministries to strategic
cities through Country Support
Accounts.
• Participate in community events.
Learn about your city and be a
contributing part of it.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #4:
Develop Leaders
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Pray for leadership development
methods being used throughout
the worldwide Free Methodist
Church.
• Pray for the development of new
means of multiplying well-trained,
godly, effective leaders.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Read Just Courage: God's Great
Expedition for the Restless Christian,
by Gary A. Haugen.
Give
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CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Invest in the worldwide development of
godly, effective Free Methodist leaders
through Country Support Accounts.
Give to International Child Care Ministries’
“Emerging Leaders Scholarship Fund.”
Provide practical assistance to help your
pastor and other church leaders
participate in cross-cultural ministry,
whether local or global.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #5:
Multiply Ministries
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Pray for strategic Community Church
Planting efforts around the world.
• Pray for church planting trainers and
those they train.
• Pray for the world’s many villages
and towns that have no churches.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Read Being the Church in a
Multi-Ethnic Community: Why It
Matters and How It Works,
by Gary L. McIntosh and
Alan McMahan.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Give to Community Church
Planting efforts.
• Invest time, talents and resources
to help local ministries and charity
organizations grow stronger and
multiply.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #6:
Partner Strong
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Pray for the Free Methodist Church
and other Christian organizations
partnering with local churches to
respond to spiritual and physical
needs of people around the world.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Read Western Christians in Global
Mission: What’s the Role of the
North American Church,
by Paul Borthwick.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Partner with Free Methodist
missionaries as they work alongside
the national church and as they
pioneer work in unreached places.
• Support FMWM partners such as
International Child Care Ministries, the
Set Free Movement or SEED, as well as
affiliate partner groups.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #7:
Cultivate Health
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Use FMWM resources to help your church
be a praying church.
• Weekly Missions Hotline prayer update
• FMWM quarterly magazine prayer
calendar
• Ministry Prayer Directory
• Missionary bulletin inserts and prayer
cards
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Use “Evaluating Our Missions
Heart” to discover how you might
grow in missions effectiveness
globally and locally.
• Read When Helping Hurts: How to
Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting
the Poor and Yourself, by Steve
Corbett and Brian Fikkert.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Identify ways to practice generosity
by investing in global ministry.
• As soon as you wake up in the
morning, reflect on five blessings in
your life. Develop a grateful heart
by thanking God for each one.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #8:
Honor Fruitfulness
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Pray believers and churches will remain
in Jesus, the vine, so they are able to
bear fruit.
• Pray Christians will have increased
spiritual vitality that will bring renewal
to the Church.
• Pray effective methods are found and
used to reach many for God’s kingdom.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Read Necessary Endings: The
Employees, Businesses, and
Relationships that All of Us Have to
Give Up in Order to Move Forward,
by Henry Cloud.
• Share stories of kingdom fruitfulness
with your congregation.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Support the work of international
leaders, churches and ministries
through Country Support Accounts.
• As you hear or read missionary stories
of kingdom fruitfulness, write a
personal note to the missionary,
rejoicing with them in what God has
done.
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
Strategy #9:
Go Global
Pray
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Pray regularly for the missionaries
you support.
• Pray for unity and the Holy Spirit’s
power as Christians across the
globe seek to live out the Great
Commission.
Grow
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Read Strangers Next Door:
Immigration, Migration and Mission,
by J.D. Payne.
• To send well-prepared short-term
ministry teams, contact VISA
Ministries for training opportunities.
Give
CONNECT WITH GOD’S
HEART FOR THE WORLD
• Commit to support a missionary
financially, in prayer and by building
an ongoing relationship.
• Plan a vacation with a purpose,
such as well drilling, planting trees
or construction.
• Contact Free Methodist World
Missions to learn about short- or
long-term service.