Missions

How were you introduced to Jesus Christ? How did you come to know Him as Savior and Lord? What opportunities do you have to grow and be in fellowship with other believers?

What if...

• you didn't know any believers and had never heard the good news in any relevant way?
• you lived in a land without hope?
• you were trapped in the spiritual darkness passed down for generations?
• the culture in your country villified or ridiculed Christianity?

In so many places all over the world, these "what ifs" are true. Yet, God wants "all men (and women) to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth". (1 Timothy 2:4)

In Romans 10, Paul asks how people can call on God when they've never heard the good news and how can they hear it unless someone tells them. So, we support those who are sharing this good news - believers who are already there and believers who travel or move specifically to tell others about Jesus.

The map above gives the names of people and churches we at FOC support and where they are located. To find out more about any of these missionaries, please ask a member of the Council on Missions.

Current members:

• Tina-Joy Kinard - Chairman/International Liaison
• Steve Cook - Vice Chairman
• Pam Cook
• Patti Francis
• Allene Johnson
• Bill Davis - Session Liaison

The Council on Missions meets the 2nd Sunday of every month during the first service, immeditately following our initial worship/announcement time. Council members commit to serve for at least one year. If you would like to join us or find out more about being sent out by FOC on short or long-term missions, please contact any Council member.

The Council on Missions exists to send out missionaries, whether short-term or long-term, to be actively involved worldwide making disciples of all nations. For details, please read our Mission Policy provided here in PDF format.

To travel on a Fellowship mission trip for the first time, you must complete a Missionary Application. For all subsequent trips - even if several times in a year - you need to complete the Missionary Application Update. Applications are available in the office. OR, both are provided here in writeable PDF format. Click here for the first time Missionary Application. Click here for the Missionary Application Update. Instructions regarding filling out these forms are listed below.

The Missionary Application and Update are writeable PDFs. After opening from your desktop, you can print them out and complete by hand if you prefer. In that case, you need to give the completed application to Bill Davis or another council member.

You can also complete the application/update on your computer. How? You will see “yellow fields (blanks).” Place your cursor in the first field, type your answer. Tab. It will take you to the second field. Continue until the form is completed. If you make a mistake, backspace/delete and retype your answer. Type font/size are part of the form; you cannot change. Tab order is also part of the form, so if you tab to a field you don’t need to complete, tab on to the next field applicable for you. Your answers need to fit the yellow field. It cannot be enlarged.

Once complete, if you want a copy for yourself, print it. You cannot save a copy of the completed application. When ready, connect to your email service and hit the “Email Form” button (upper right). An email window will open with your completed form (PDF icon) and email addresses for the Council on Missions and church office. Send. Because the Council only meets once per month, this ensures that your application is received in a timely fashion.

Check out the websites referenced below for more information about the following organizations.

SEN (www.citygate.org) is based in Bratislava, Slovakia, “The purpose of SEN is to strengthen the witness of the Church by helping to bridge the gap between the reality of Christ and everyday life.” Goal “...a Church in Central and Eastern Europe that delights in God, obeys His Word and serves Him as the King of Heaven in this world until He returns.”

Global Business Assist (www.gba.org) operates in several countries. They are working to empower the world’s powerless through micro-development. Hands-on help examples: grant for an agricultural or poultry farm in Sudan; starting a cattle ranch in Uganda or a small hamburger stand in Kosovo; small business training seminars for villagers in India.

enTrust (www.entrust4.org) was formerly BEE. Their goal: “training servant-leaders in every church in every culture.” Barry and Ronah Francolino serve as missionaries in Timisoara, Romania through enTRUST4. Two Romanian friends in Aletheia serve through the “BEE” Romanian foundation: Mitica Iliesi and Lidia Schiopu - Director of Women’s Ministry for Romania.

The map above shows names of people/churches FOC actively supports–restricted areas not included. Please keep all lifted before the Lord in prayer as well as the countries and people where/to whom they minister. To find out more about any of these missionaries, please ask a member of the Council on Missions.